Reading through the Blackest Night Starter, I noticed that on Page 17 (under the "Alternate Team Abilities" section, last line) it says this:

A force may only include one ATA card.

I don't know about you guys, but to me that means you can only run one ATA card total. Using the Existing ATA's and the previous rules, you could run Alpha Flight and Alternate Fantastic Four (like Alpha Flight on Northstar and Alt. FF on Human Torch). Under the new rules, you can only run one of them.

My guess is that this is because the re-worded ATA's will play off Key Words, so figures like Spider-Man or Wolverine, who could have "Avenger" and "Fantastic Four" as Key Words would, (theoretically) be able to use both the Alpha Flight and Alternate FF ATA's. This way, it's "either or", not "both".

This means that teams could not run the League of Assassins and Checkmate ATA's, just one or the other. Am I correct here?

Well, this should be in the Rules of Combat forum, not the FORUM rules forum... but yes, you'll only be allowed one ATA now.

Oh crud! Talk about a n00b faux pas... I know better than this, really!