April 06, 2022 by Polar_Bear
X of Swords is a new set for HeroClix coming out soon. And while the game obviously isn’t a card game, WizKids is adding a bit of a deck mechanic to it with the new Tarot Card Rules. How do those work? Well, we get a look at exactly that in this preview.
From the article:
In 2020, Marvel rolled out the groundbreaking X of Swords storyline in their X-Men titles, pulling us into the past to trace the history of the mutant island of Okkara. Thousands of years ago, a great war split Okkara apart, forming the twin islands Krakoa and Arakko. This sundering serves as the prologue to a cataclysmic confrontation between the two nations, a grand contest between Krakoa and Arrako and the ten mutants chosen by each side to fight for their nation as “Swordbearers.”
We were extremely excited to bring this incredible storyline to HeroClix, knowing it would serve as a fantastic basis for a standard HeroClix booster set and an amazing theme for a storyline organized play event series! When planning for the storyline event series, there was one major element that immediately jumped out to our design team as essential to capturing the feel of the comic event— Saturnyne’s deck of Tarot cards.
In X of Swords, Saturnyne draws from her Tarot deck to determine the unique challenges that the Swordbearers from Krakoa and Arakko must face in their head-to-head battles. From an artistic standpoint, we were excited to reimagine a full Tarot deck in the context of the Marvel Universe. Each Marvel HeroClix Tarot Card features custom art that marries the symbolic imagery and deep meaning of the Tarot with our favorite X-Men characters. From a gameplay perspective, Tarot Cards provide a unique opportunity to add a dynamic element to HeroClix— much like the unique challenges that the Swordbearers must face in each of Saturnyne’s contests.
Source: Tabletop Gaming News
