Marvel Legends Showdown (initially named Marvel Superhero Showdown) is a collectible tabletop game in which the primary component is action figures and cards. It was a collaboration between Upper Deck Entertainment and Toy Biz (Now known as Marvel Toys).
The game was played on at least a 3×4 grid of Panel cards. Panel cards broke into two categories; Locations (Places in the Marvel Universe) and Plot Twist (Special events that occurred on that space) The goal was to move around the Panel card grid and knock out your opponents character with Punches, Kicks, or shooting them with an included projectile launchers. Once one player did three damage to a character, they were out of the game. The more characters on each side, the larger the Panel grid had to be. (2 on 2 a 4×4 grid, 3 on 3 a 5×5 grid, 4 on 4 and 6×6 grid and so on)
It was released in 2005 with two starters and two waves of five boosters each. The set was renamed Legends Showdown to tie it in to the popular Marvel Legends figures. The first two starters and booster sets were re-released with the new name, plus 2 new starters, 3 rider packs, and two new waves of boosters (Though these two waves 3 and 4 had limited release, seen in comic shops and Kay-Bee Toys shelves rarely). Toy Biz changed its name to Marvel Toys and then sold the rights to all Marvel action figure properties to Hasbro. Marvel Legends Showdown was not one of the product lines that transferred over.
The Starters included 2 figures, 2 projectile launchers, 3 power cards for each figure, 12 Panel cards, and 2 dice.
Boosters included a figure, a projectile launcher, 3 power cards for that character, 3 power cards for other characters in the wave, and 1 panel card.
All characters had at least 6 Power Cards, but some may have had up to 10 or 12! (Spider-Man had 3 different figures, starter Spider-Man had cards 1-3, Black Costume Spider-Man from the Booster had cards 4-6, and sometimes had cards found only in the boosters.)
Checklist
Figures
Starter Wave 1 Spider-Man vs. Thing Hulk vs. Wolverine
Booster Wave 1 Berserker Wolverine (chase) Black Costume Spider-Man Doctor Octopus Ghost Rider The Punisher
Booster Wave 2 Captain America Dr. Doom Human Torch Iron Man Spider-sense Spider-Man (chase)
Rider Wave 1 Ghost Rider on Motorcycle Namor on Hammerhead Shark Wolverine on Chopper
Starter Wave 2 Magneto vs. Colossus Mole Man vs. Mr. Fantastic
Booster Wave 3 Beast Elektra Green Goblin Juggernaut Silver Surfer
Booster Wave 4 Cyclops Daredevil Invisible Woman Thor Venom
Repaints and Variants Beast's Daredevil's Elektra's Invisible Woman's Juggernaut's Mr. Fantastic's
Panel Cards Wave 1 Starter Wave 1 and Booster Waves 1 and 2:
P-01 360 Degree Vision P-02 Acrobatic Dodge P-03 Armory P-04 Asgard P-05 Base of Operation P-06 Baxter Building P-07 Blind Alley P-08 Blindsided P-09 Burning Mad P-10 Cerebro P-11 Daily Bugle P-12 Danger Room P-13 Dark Alley P-14 Doc Ock's Lab P-15 Earthquake! P-16 Find Weakness P-17 Flurry of Blows P-18 Graveyard P-19 Gust of Wind P-20 Handy Weapon P-21 Huge Target P-22 Leg Sweep P-23 Medical Attention P-24 Mindless Attack P-25 Muir Island P-26 Mystical Transformation P-27 Not So Fast P-28 Outnumbered P-29 Rejuvenation P-30 Revenge Strike P-31 Road Block P-32 Stop Time P-33 Super Punch P-34 Teleportation P-35 Victory Stance P-36 War Room
Wave 2 Starter wave 2, Rider sets, Booster Waves 3 and 4:
P-37 Absent Friends P-38 All in Due Time P-39 Armed to the Teeth P-40 Avalon Space Station P-41 Body Blow P-42 Boulder Toss P-43 Caught Off-Guard P-44 Come to Me! P-45 Desperate Measures P-46 Double Trouble P-47 Field Dressing P-48 Genosha P-49 Hostage Situation P-50 Meditation P-51 Mega Punch P-52 Nerve Center P-53 New Fantastic Four Building P-54 Parry P-55 Phoenix Rising P-56 Pride P-57 Reed's Underwater Lab P-58 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base P-59 Sabotage P-60 Sanctuary P-61 Smash! P-62 Strength in Numbers P-63 Surge of Power P-64 Surprise Attack P-65 Knee Strike P-66 The Dojo P-67 The Maelstrom P-68 Uncontrollable Rage P-69 Underground Base P-70 Underwater Arena P-71 Brute Force Attack P-72 Weapons Locker
Power Cards
Beast BST-01 Acrobat BST-02 Feral Rage BST-03 Super-Leap BST-04 Genius BST-05 New Perspective BST-06 True Blue Friend
Captain America CAP-01 Retrieve CAP-02 Ricochet CAP-03 Shield Bash CAP-04 Leadership CAP-05 Shield Defense CAP-06 Tactics
Colossus COL-01 Organic Steel COL-02 Stand Firm COL-03 Strength of Character COL-04 Fastball Special COL-05 Self-Sacrifice COL-06 Transformation
Cyclops CYC-01 Defensive Blast CYC-02 Optic Blast CYC-03 Surprise Attack CYC-04 Leadership CYC-05 Overload CYC-06 Revenge
Daredevil DAD-01 Baton Strike DAD-02 Heightened Senses DAD-03 Sonar DAD-04 Amazing Agility DAD-05 Man Without Fear DAD-06 Swing Line DAD-07 Blind Luck
Doc Ock DOK-01 Dangerous Experiment DOK-02 Tentacles of Fury DOK-03 What are the Odds? DOK-04 Easy Eight DOK-05 Four-way Attack DOK-06 Idle Hands
Dr. Doom DRD-01 Plan B DRD-02 The Power Cosmic DRD-03 Reign of Terror DRD-04 Decoy Program DRD-05 Mystical Confusion DRD-06 Mystical Fog
Elektra ELK-01 Crossed Blades ELK-02 Double Sai Strike ELK-03 Waiting in Ambush ELK-04 Concentration ELK-05 Mystical Training ELK-06 Group Tactics ELK-07 Contract ELK-08 Counterstrike
Ghost Rider GHR-01 Chain Attack GHR-02 Relentless Assault GHR-03 Revenge GHR-04 Burn Rubber GHR-05 Penance Stare GHR-06 Vengeance GHR-07 Burning Mad GHR-08 Road Warrior GHR-09 Spirit of Vengeance GHR-10 (Unconfirmed)
Green Goblin GRG-01 Strike From Above GRG-02 Flight GRG-03 Pumpkin Bomb GRG-04 Hostile Takeover GRG-05 Inner Struggle GRG-06 Paranoia
Hulk HLK-01 Crushing Blow HLK-02 Getting Angry HLK-03 Super-Leap HLK-04 Hulking Out HLK-05 Hulk Smash! HLK-06 Rush of Adrenaline
Human Torch HMT-01 Flight HMT-02 Heat Wave HMT-03 Nova Flame HMT-04 Cosmic Radiation HMT-05 Flaming Aura HMT-06 Nova Burst
Invisible Woman IVW-01 Force Bubble IVW-02 Flight IVW-03 Enraged IVW-04 Stealth Strike IVW-05 Force Field IVW-06 Invisibility IVW-07 Shockwave IVW-08 Psionic Blast
Iron Man IRM-01 Focused Blast IRM-02 Jet Boots IRM-03 Power Strike IRM-04 Recharge IRM-05 Energy Shield IRM-06 Wide Beam
Juggernaut JUG-01 Flying Tackle JUG-02 Mystical Energy JUG-03 Smash! JUG-04 Appetite for Destruction JUG-05 Steamroller JUG-06 Unmasked JUG-07 Invasion JUG-08 Reckless Charge
Magneto MAG-01 Flight MAG-02 Magnetic Personality MAG-03 Magnetic Force MAG-04 Entangle MAG-05 Leadership MAG-06 Twisted Metal
Mole Man MOM-01 Bojutsu Strike MOM-02 Burrowing MOM-03 High Ground MOM-04 Sewer Surprise MOM-05 Sinkhole MOM-06 Summon Monster
Mr. Fantastic MRF-01 Brilliant Mind MRF-02 Framistat MRF-03 Stretch Attack MRF-04 Far-Reaching Plans MRF-05 Long-Range Grab MRF-06 Twisted Dodge
Namor NAM-01 Flight NAM-02 Force of Will NAM-03 Shark NAM-04 (Unconfirmed) NAM-05 (Unconfirmed) NAM-06 (Unconfirmed)
Punisher PUN-01 Extra Ammo PUN-02 Outgunned PUN-03 Punishment PUN-04 Cover Fire PUN-05 Dual Sidearms PUN-06 Fully Loaded
Silver Surfer SIS-01 High-Speed Turn SIS-02 The Power Cosmic SIS-03 Surf's Up SIS-04 Cosmic Awareness SIS-05 Molecular Control SIS-06 Tireless Warrior
Spider-Man SPM-01 Spider Strength SPM-02 Web Shooter SPM-03 Web Slinging SPM-04 Alien Symbiote SPM-05 Come To Me! SPM-06 Spider Reflexes SPM-07 Sticky Situation SPM-08 Altered Genetics SPM-09 Spider Senses SPM-10 Wall Crawling
Thing THG-01 Batter Up! THG-02 It's Clobberin' Time! THG-03 One-Two Punch THG-04 Charge! THG-05 Rock Solid THG-06 Stomp!
Thor THR-01 Divine Protector THR-02 Hammer Time THR-03 Mjolnir THR-04 Flight THR-05 God of Thunder THR-06 Retrieve
Venom VNM-01 Keen Senses VNM-02 Rage VNM-03 Web Slinging VNM-04 Fear VNM-05 The Symbiote VNM-06 Tongue Lashing
Wolverine
WLV-01 Combat Reflexes WLV-02 Healing Factor WLV-03 Snikt! WLV-04 Berserker Rage WLV-05 Deep Wound WLV-06 Nasty Surprise WLV-07 Heightened Senses WLV-08 Intense Training WLV-09 Chopper WLV-10 In One Swing WLV-11 Shrug It Off WLV-12 (Unconfirmed)
Notes
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