Ministravaganza is still a long way off, being scheduled for the 15th of November, but I have some ideas about what we might see during the event for MCP and wanted to share them with you. Disclaimer: I have no inside knowledge and this is all speculation.
1. The big meta shake up
I'm pretty sure we will get the updated stat cards for all the 2026 re releases. Shick always said we would get them "early next year or maybe late this year" and I don't think it's a coincidence that Ministravaganza is later than ever before this year.
Let's recap who's getting a reprint next year. Every character marked with a * is one I think will get an update (not if I think they need one or not); characters marked with a *1 are confirmed by AMG staff to get an update:
My guess to how they will release is:
Sentinels Affiliation Pack:
2x Sentinel MK4*1
Sentinel Prime MK4*
Cassandra Nova
Dormammu*
(I don't think he'll be repacked in any other way than by himself again)
SHIELD Affiliation Pack:
Nick Fury & SHIELD Agents
Black Widow, Agent of SHIELD*
Hawkeye
All New All Different Avengers Affiliation Pack:
Captain America Sam Wilson (he'll have his current iteration of his leadership printed on his card for the first time but not change otherwise)
War Machine*
Ant-Man*
Wasp*
A-Force Affiliation Pack:
She-Hulk
Ms. Marvel
Squirrel Girl
Gwenpool
Mind over Matter X-Men Affiliation Pack:
Jean Grey
Emma Frost*1
Professor X
Psylocke
The actual Evil Mutants Club Character pack:
Juggernaut
Omega Red*
Mr. Sinister*1
Shadow King*
The Pawns to go first Brotherhood character pack:
Scarlet Witch*
Quicksilver
The Blob
Pyro (he shows up on the next picture instead of this one but I think that's a copy and paste mistake. We will see though)
Winter Guard Affiliation Pack:
Crimson Dynamo
Red Guardian
Darkstar*
Ursa Major* (he doesn't show up on the road map but I think that was a mistake and Pyro is not supposed to be here )
The Hand Criminal Syndicate Affiliation Pack :
Shadowland Daredevil
Elektra
Hand Ninjas
Klaw
Hulkbusting Avengers Affiliation Pack:
Vision
Hulkbuster*
Winter Soldier
Hulk
Martial Arts Masters Defenders character pack:
Shang-Chi*
Silver Sable
Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Black Panther, Chosen of Bast
Getting some updated characters should especially help the Sentinels and Hellfire Club to be relevant again but getting some character updates isn't the only bigger change confirmed for next year we also have:
2. The Stat Card Reveal of Adam Warlock and the fully reworked Infinity Gems
Through post Adepticon interviews with Will Shick we already know that Adam Warlock is a 6+ threat who can hold two Gems and brings the second Guardians leadership to the game (and I will play at least 10 games with it as soon as I have Adam painted in my hands). But also that he'll come with a special version of the Soul Gem and a full rework of the Infinity Gems overall. No idea how big or small those changes will be but hopefully it will revive the absolutely dead affiliation that Black Order currently is.
3. The introduction of a new Gamma Affiliation
These three showed up at Gen Con without much information about them but on the Unofficial Fanserver Will Shick gave the hints that:
Red Hulk is not a 6 threat
New She-Hulk is Sensational
And
He's called Leader for a reason
Which brings me to the conclusion that we will get a new Gamma Affiliation in the game, with Leader as the, well, leader. Assuming Leader might be a 4 threat, Red Hulk and Sensational She-Hulk both 5s plus Abomination also at 5 and then Hulk and classic She-Hulk at 6 and Immortal Hulk at 7 there's some variation in threat bands you can play. Doc Samson and Sasquatch would be the most likely candidates to fill more slots on the affiliation list and especially for Samson there could be an argument to have him at 4 threat.
4. Roadmap of new characters
Yeah I know it's a given but I want to talk about some educates guesses as to who might be on the horizon:
Wonder Man
Of course appearing on a TTC isn't a guarantee to get into to game soon but it at least means Marvel has green lit the use of the character in context of the game (which is why you don't see the F4 or Doom on any cards yet for example). And Simon Williams appears on two already:
Scorpion
Matt Gargan is currently the one big missing Spider-Foe and he's been in the art of multiple TTCs and on the box for Just The Parker Luck.
New Mutants: Wolfsbane, Cannon Ball
With Jubilee and Danny Moonstar already on the horizon it's highly likely that the New Mutants will be increasing their numbers in 2026 with two of their most prominent members (and maybe more, basically anyone showing up on their affiliated cards is fair game).
Forge
This is probably more about what the game needs which is a second X-Force leader. And Forge could be the guy here. And he also shows up on a card:
Blackheart
Although I don't think he's going to be very high on the list, I have to follow through with my own logic here and Blackheart does feature prominently on two pretty new TTCs (or at least new Artwork for one of them). AMG is also known for throwing some pretty random characters at us sometimes so it's not too out of the ordinary.
5. The new Timeline and it's Mutants only
Seeing as the new crisis pack in 2026 is going to be Tolerance is Extinction and my expected changes and releases making a timeline strictly Mutant related is absolutely doable. Might not appeal to everyone but that's always the case with Timelines anyway.During last years Ministravaganza it was said that Will Pagani was in the process of developing a new Multiplayer game mode for MCP. We will get some more info and a time frame for it this year is my guess.
I will not speculate on anything regarding the F4 and Doom anymore. They will come some day and that's it.
That's it for today. Come join my Discord Server and if you want to support me you can do so at patreon.com/sgprotocol
Cheers from Germany 🍻
Comments
Post a Comment