Okay, so here's the question. Thunderbolts and Alpha Flight require the "Avenger's team ability." Syphon Power requires "Wild card team ability." The Society requires the IL symbol.

Seeing as how for Syphon "wild card" is sufficient, even though there is no "Wild card" team, would the case not be that, by definition, the Avengers Team Ability and the Justice League team ability are identical and, therefore, by virtue of the precident set by Syphon, in light of the definitive alternative wording of "Society," it stands to reason that all JLA and Brotherhood figures legally meet the prerequisite for Thunderbolts, so long as there are no wording variations within said powers [like the way UXM and 200AD are different powers]. This understanding would also apply to a Brilliant Tactician's ability to affect people with whom he or she shares a "team ability."


[Also, does anyone care that a new Collosal figure has been confirmed? Am I the only one that's psyched about one that won't be convention exclusive or cost a mint?]

There is no need for a FAQ entry. There is a definition of Wild Card Team Abilities in the Icons rule book, and all wildcard TAs state "members of this team are wildcards".

So, nice try, but no dice.

Wrong answer! That's not the error in my logic I'm looking for. [The Wild card banter is more red herring than anything.]

Next!

I think I see what you are trying to say, and I'll answer the best I can:

As for the "wild card" teams:

So, all the above TAs are defined as 'wild card' team abilities by thier very description.

Avengers, on the other hand:
While the effects are similar, if not exact, these are two distinct Teams, and what applies to one does not apply to the other.

I hope I made my point, I'm kinda tired and my brain is kinda fuzzy.....



And this thread really belongs in the rules forum, so I'll move it over there....

Wild card is used, and in such, encompasses all of the things that would claim to be 'wild card'. Whiel the Avenger's team ability is a free move, as is the JLA, the requirements on the card does not ask for 'A free move team ability', it asks for the Avengers team ability. It's asking for a specific TA that grants that power, not any TA that grants that power, as do Spidey-Friends, Legion of Superheroes, and the like.


Where and when was this new Colossal fig confirmed? And was it confirmed that it wasnt a con exclusive?

The reasoning here reminds me of an anecdote from a help desk worker I found online:
Quite frankly, it DOES matter whether you type 'N' or 'M', and it does likewise matter whether a figure is an Avenger or a Brotherhood member...

Okay, maybe this was out of line a little bit... Psylockeslover is not the only one here who's tired...

And to debunk my own pseudo-loophole, per the Icons glossary, "Team abilities are indicated by a symbol printed on a character's base," so, therefore, the "ability" is fundmentally tied to the symbol.

Isn't law fun?

What's this new Colossal figure?

I don't know who it is, but in the statement about changing the term from "big" to "colossal" there was an ambiguous hint that there'd be a new one. So I asked Seth and he said "yes. there will be another one." And I have reason to believe it WON'T be exclusive in any way. So that's fun. I'm thinking it may erhaps accompany Supernova? WHo would be a Colossal Marvel dude though? Unless it's a DC guy, but they wouldn't with Spectre being out, would they?

The question was posed in the wk forum under the aks prophus thread, i believe. Seth all but confirmed there would be a new non-exclusive big fig. I'll be hyoped when they confirm its a new sentinal. Till then, meh. It could be something from DC that I'll have absolutely no concern or wish for.