well, now that HoT has been out for a while, have these pieces been dominating as predicted? We've been doing a lot of sealed and HoT-related tournys lately so I haven't ben able to accurately measure the new stuff vs. the old.

Resounding yes around here. Just like what happened when crisis came out. Though, ironically, my friend did come in to win the tournament today with an x-men team featuring Wolverine with Vampirism and Automatic Regeneration.

Hammer of Thor stuff has turned out to be mostly more balanced than anticipated due to a general lack of range. We haven't been seeing a lot of it integrated with the old stuff yet, though. Hammer of Thor teams vs. older stuff seems to be fairly balanced, but I couldn't tell you what'll happen when someone throws Balder on a warrior keyword team with some good supporty warriors.