The Book of Jean Grey (AoA)

[Arkham]

The Book of Jean Grey (AoA)

C3G MARVEL WAVE 35
MUTANT MULTIVERSE


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the X-Men Xavier's School set.
Its model number and name are #065 / Jean Grey.

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Character Bio - In Earth-295, Jean was the first mutant, other that Magneto's own children to become an X-Man. Due to their being no telepathic teachers to help her control her power, she could not block out other team members thoughts, including their pain. When she was captured by Prelate Cyclops, she was held prisoner in Sinister's lab and he took her DNA and combined it with Cyclops. Later, after being killed, Sinister revived Jean and used her to create a new opposing team to the X-Men, but Weapon X managed to get through to her. She destroyed Sinister and she and Weapon X became leaders of the X-Men along with Magneto. -Comic Vine
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Crossover Symbol: The Crossover Symbol next to Jean Grey's secret identity indicates that she is draftable into the same army with other Jean Grey cards. See C3G's Secret Identity Rules.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutant, Jean Grey has these Mutant Synergies.
• As a Rebel, Jean Grey has these Rebel Synergies.
• As a Telepath, Jean Grey has these Telepath Synergies.
• Jean Grey adds dice to her Psychic Pain Special Attack for each wounded friendly Rebel or Telepath.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Jean Grey offers synergy to Mutants and Telepaths with her Mutant Telepathic Empathy special power.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a Mutant, Jean Grey interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers the Interact Differently with Mutants.
• As a Telepath, Jean Grey interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers the Interact Differently with Telepaths.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Jean Grey cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers: Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Jean Grey cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers: Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (Arkham)
• Second playtest: (Dr Jekyll)
• Third playtest: (Karat/Arkham)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham

[Arkham]

NAME = JEAN GREY

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = REBEL
PERSONALITY = EMPATHETIC

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 7

POINTS = 240

MUTANT TELEPATHIC EMPATHY
Jean Grey has the class of Telepath in addition to what is listed on this card. While Jean Grey is in play, all Mutants and Telepaths you control are considered in clear sight of each other. When a Mutant or Telepath in your army receives one or more wounds or is destroyed, you may immediately move any unrevealed Order Markers from that figure's card onto any other Mutant or Telepath card you control, or move any unrevealed Order Markers from Mutant or Telepath cards you control onto that Mutant or Telepath’s card.

PSYCHIC PAIN SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3 + Special. Attack 3 + Special.
Jean Grey does not need clear sight to attack with this special attack and may attack non-adjacent figures when she is engaged. When attacking a figure that does not have the Mental Shield special power and is not a destructible object, add 1 to the Range and Attack numbers of this special attack for each Rebel or Telepath you control with one or more wounds. If you roll 3 or more additional dice when attacking with this special attack, all figures adjacent to the defending figure are also affected by this special attack. Roll attack dice once for all affected figures.

FLYING

SUPER STRENGTH

[Arkham]

Comic:

[tcglkn]

Kinda weird that she has the Igniting the Phoenix power but cannot turn into Phoenix but otherwise I like everything here.

[johnny139]

I like her! I think alternate universe versions like this are a good way to do "greatest hits" versions of their mainstream iterations - doing the Jean to Phoenix transformation in a truncated way. A little worried about the potency of her Wrath when she's in Phoenix mode - with smart army building you'll be getting a pretty consistent 2 auto-wounds per turn on top of figure movement, which is always super useful. Maybe it's not too much for the high-200s, but something to keep an eye on.

[Yodaking]

Her second run seems really strong at the moment. Only needing an 8+ for an auto-wound and able to use it up to 4 times sounds daunting. I know it requires the wounded allies, but when everything comes together that's much stronger than Magneto at 375 points. Just something to keep in mind when trying to price her for testing.

[Arkham]

I'm fine with her coming in wherever she does, since it is Jean + a bit of Phoenix in one. Trying to aim for a point value that works within army building blocks. 300 would be a fine point value.

As for her 2nd run, yeah, she's gonna get a bit rough. But at 4 life, I think she should still be manageable. Also taking down her allies as you do against the F4 with Thing, should also help. And of course, it's limited to Rebels, so that's not the biggest or cheapest pool to draw from.

Originally Posted by johnny139

I like her! I think alternate universe versions like this are a good way to do "greatest hits" versions of their mainstream iterations - doing the Jean to Phoenix transformation in a truncated way. A little worried about the potency of her Wrath when she's in Phoenix mode - with smart army building you'll be getting a pretty consistent 2 auto-wounds per turn on top of figure movement, which is always super useful. Maybe it's not too much for the high-200s, but something to keep an eye on.

Yep, figured it would be nice to see a Jean + Phoenix on one card type of feel. She gets some Phoenix presence in AoA, so I felt it was a nice fit here.

[IAmBatman]

I dig it.

[Arch-vile]

I like it. I think points will go up quite a bit thanks to the last power.

[Arkham]

I'll mark her down at a starting point of 300 then.

[Arkham]

Changed most of the numbers to 3's for ease of memory and to reel it in a hair.

[tcglkn]

Like the changes but Breathing Period