Five Villains You Will Never See in ‘Iron Man 2′

I finally saw ‘Iron Man’ and I was blown away by how good it was. Given that I have almost no affection towards the character, the filmmakers did an amazing job of making me care about Tony Stark and company. One of my favorite things about the film was the main villain of the piece, and how he never once crossed the line towards campiness.

Iron Man is a more grounded character than most, and one would expect the same from his villains. Unfortunately this is not the case, since the majority of his enemies are mad scientists or throwbacks to the Cold War. I only pray that ‘Iron Man 2′ will go with the logical choice of a antagonist, rather than dabble in what is probably the most embarassing Rogue’s Gallery ever.

Here are five of the rejects you’ll never see on the big screen.

5) The Unicorn!

Former KGB agent Milos Masaryk has been doing battle with Iron Man for over 40 years as the villainous Unicorn. His name is fitting, though, since Masaryk wears a projector on his forehead capable of firing deadly blasts of energy!

Perhaps due to the basic nature of his powers The Unicorn has become somewhat of a joke within superhero circles. However, despite this fact, he is one of the most prominent Iron Man foes, having battled the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and even the X-Men numerous times.

Odds of seeing The Unicorn in ‘Iron Man 2′: 100 to 1

How Did it Go?

It went well! We had about ten people show up, and I’m under the impression that everyone had a good time.

The Top 4 is as follows:

1) Marvel Knights KO Fest
2) World’s Finest (Me, yay! Decklist is posted after the jump.)
3) Revenge Squad Front Row
4) Fantastic Four

There were three World’s Finest variants in our small group, one of which was almost identical to mine. I ended up playing against both of them, and both of those matches went to turn 9. I don’t run a 9 drop in my deck, but since I had the initiative I was able to push things over the top in terms of damage.

Although my deck packs 3 Skrees, its was not enough to counter the insane KO shenanigans of Marvel Knights. It’s an incredibly solid deck, so I have no problems with my loss.

In a format with such little hidden hate decks like this or Birds of Prey can go virtually unopposed. I’ll be racking my brain over the next few days to come up with some answers to this dilemma. Well played, good sir.

Next week we hope to get some new faces in the crowd. Our format?

Bring Your Own Set Un-Silver!

That’s right kids, anything older than Silver Age is legal! See you there!

BYOM Round-Up! Part 2 (of 2)

Yesterday I explored some of the ‘older’ deck types that could make a splash at your local Hobby League’s Bring Your Own Set (Modern) Event. Today I’ll be exploring the two latest VS. sets, Marvel Legends and DC Legends, and what impact we can expect from them in this format.

Actually ‘impact’ is an understatement, because these two latest sets will most likely define the average tournament and metagame…

Final Crisis is Coming

Entertainment Weekly has the first five pages of Final Crisis #1 posted on their website, complete with commentary from writer Grant Morrison.

I’m not the biggest New Gods fan, but I have to admit that getting to revisit Morrison’s take on the Kirby Deities is making me terribly excited. Also of note are cameos with She-Question and John Stewart. Fun times!

BYOM Round-Up! Part 1 (of 2)

Exciting times are upon us, as tomorrow our local Hobby League will be hosting our Bring Your Own Set (Modern) tournament. Admittedly I have not put much thought into the deck I will be running, but I figure this post will serve to flesh out some of my ideas.

After all, it’s a limited format. How many viable decks can there be?

Apparently enough for a two-part series, that’s how many.