First off lets look at all the Avengers in levels of playability:

Angelica Jones (50) low att / high damage / flier

Anty-Man (43) low Att / high Def / stealth / hard to come by

Atlas (E-107 / V-125) Charge brick with quake / medium-low att /giant

Black Knight (REV-54,64,77) Charge & EW / low def / high DAM / trans

R Black Panther (27) Outwit / stealth

E Black Widow (41) stealth / low att / low dam

Capt. America (REV-41,47,62) R-low att / E-stealth/ V-Charge/ all-esd, leadership

Firestar (V-64) medium att & def(esd) with high damage & move/ flier

CT Hawkeye (EV-43,64) oy... with right TA Vet may be playable

FF Hawkeye (REV-61,71,84) trans / RS/ high dam / short dial-cost ratio

Hellcat (R-27) L/C, blades, ssences / low def / low att

Hercules (V-83) Juggernaut light / low def

Hulk (R-103) laid kluh a sti llew [well its a hulk dial] & not an impressive click forward or back vs. Hercules for 20 less

XP Iron Man (REV-117,161,189) colorful dial / huge damage potential /horrid att... in fact researching this I realized I'd forgotten how horrid / flier

Jolt (REV-32,46,55) RE-Flurry, SSences/V-activation, SSences, HSS then flurry

Marc Spector (35) SStrength, WP, stealth, but you get nothing (no thing) but an arrow (4r,2t) over...

Moonknight (R-27) stat for stat identical for 8pts cheaper (4r,1t)

Meteorite (EV-75,85) phasing / sstrength / RCE / flier

Narya (66) ehh... Stealth, then it just gets confusing / flight (sometimes)

Northstar (RE-52,61) low att / hss/ short dial

Puck (REV-38,42,57) charge / good att / Sstrength on vet /Herc light

Quasar (122) front loaded- high def, high att, high move /barrier, then defend / back dial - 4att / consistent dam

E Quicksilver (24) huge move, flurry, high def(esd), low att

R Sasquatch (R-80) activation/ L/C /brick esque dial

V Scarlet Witch (40) PC / low att / so-so def

Sersi (76) TK / MC / 3 dam / low (unprotected) def / 8 range / flier

She-Hulk (V-120) quintessential arse-wupper: high everything w/ charge & SStrength

Simon Williams (120) a flying, & slightly weaker, version of V She-Hulk, pound for pound S-H's move & att/def will make her the go-to brick.

Snowbird (REV-64,77,93) see Narya for my thoughts / flier (sometimes)

Songbird (REV-44,67,79) TK, but E & V bring RS to the table making her a great back up attacker / flier

Sub-Mariner (V-150) Flying, deadlier, longer lasting She-Hulk. a dial you have to see for yourself

Thor (RV-109,187) flier... think Ult Thor only weaker & sporting SStrength...

Tigra (REV-40,46,54) stealth into charge, blades into EW, SSences, high def

Vindicator (104) RS with dual-target EE / leadership, inv into tough, good move & dam

Vision (112) The Man! This guy is consistent to a fault. Hercules w/ range, flight, phasing, but low dam (i.e. 2)

Walter Langowski (93) activation / high everything after that

Warbird (129) flier / RCE, SStrength, RS into Charge, but is a bit costly in my book

Wasp (EV-33,37) low att, high def flier

Wasp (U-44) dual incap / 19def /low att / flight / leadership

Uni. Wasp (E-19) flier / high def

Wildheart (E-50) stealth into charge, blades, / down, up, down dial / regen

Wonderman (EV-112,132) Flier / R- for Vision's cost you lose phasing & range for a charging brick w/ a great last click / V- a little more durable, but similar stat wise to V She-Hulk(at 120)

YellowJacket (REV-107, 129, 144) Giant, RS brick w/ so-so range / R-trumps R Hulk / E- better than Warbird in my book / V- insane damage dealer / both him and Atlas (& all Giants) suffer from def that everybody can see & hit.

(Part 2 up in a bit)

Team building using only Avengers:

300-

Swarm

67 E Songbird
61 E Northstar (+10 Armor Piercing)
57 V Puck (+5 Unstoppable)
46 E Jolt
27 R Hellcat
25 Thunderbolts cost (5x5)

Total 298

Team Usage: Bat Ally/Kabuki or Serpent Society

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Brick

120 V She-Hulk (+25 Fortitude)
064 E Black Knight
044 R Songbird
027 R Black Panther
020 Thunderbolts (4x5)

Total 300

Team Usage: Bat Ally/Kabuki, Serpent Society, Mystic, or SupesEnemy

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Range/Giant

144 V YellowJacket (+10 Shake-Off)
104 U Vindicator
027 R Black Panther
015 Thunderbolts (3x5)

Total 300

Team Usage: Ultimates/Superman... duh

Just some food for thought... my shoulder feels like its going to fall off, so I'm heading out.

wow!

Yep... sometimes I like writing articles, but never bother to submit them as they're not really in format. I would have done more & maybe later I'll drop some Fantastic Four knowledge on the people (lol). But I'll need lots of free time before I tackle Wildcards (though its my favorite thing to talk about).

Hey anybody & everybody chime in...

ok now that we get a feel for how Theme teams can be effective w/ this card lets look for constructed teams & bump it up 100 points (because I find it easier to build in 400).

Also for easy use I'll eliminate LEs (& Uniques as much as possible)

400:

Abuse

161 V XP Iron Man (yes XP IM on an abuse team)
025 Fortitude (on Irom Man)
020 Trick Shot (on Iron Man)
039 E Psylocke (LE Betsy Braddock at 44pts is better choice)
036 E Black Panther
022 V U-Men
022 V U-Men
022 V U-Men (or LE Clay Quartermain, or V Paramedic & other two LE upgrades)
016 V Hand Ninja (range) (LE Elektra at 19pts is good too)
016 V Hand Ninja (range)
016 V Hand Ninja (range)
005 Thunderbolts (1x5)

Total: 300 or less

Team: Green Lantern Corps

Strategy:
3 hydra in front (Elektra in middle if played),
Iron Man in the center (of course),
U-men on sides,
Psylocke/Betsy rotates where needed to protect LoF to U-men (or clay or paramedic),
3rd U-men (or Clay or Paramedic) in back/middle... [Clay can be back gunner w/ his EE & U-men/Psylocke bonus.]
Black panther plays the loner & can be joined by psylocke later or jump on the bus if needed.

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Giant Mess

144 V Yellowjacket
131 V Awesome Andy
107 E Atlas
010 Thunderbolts (2x5)
008 R Paramedic (Pog Alfred if AA can't copy the Avengers new TA)

Total: 300 or 298

Team: Bat ally

Strategy: I'm not sure this one works, but if it does it'd be fun to play... though a well balanced team would drop Andy for support like outwit, & Black Knight/Moon Knight(or Hellcat) or Vindicator....

V Yellow Jacket, E Atlas, E Black Knight, E Black Panther, R Moon Knight, Thunderbolts 4x5, total=398
or
V Yellow Jacket (w/ Shake-off), E Atlas(w/ Shake-off), Vindicator, E Paramedic, Thunderbolts 3x5, total=400