Thanks for the effort and list AZS.

I will plan on playing Absorbing Man IF I pull him.

You're welcome

Usually these Special Powers questions are really a lot simpler than people initially assume, it's just a question of knowing where to look

Totally have to disagree with Mimic and Morph. I played them last night, and Morph by himself took down half the Wrecking Crew. True he had Auto Regen, but he never got there. Granted good dice rolls were a factor as well, hitting LOTS of Shape Change rolls.

As for Mimic...he's a terror. He laid a BEAT DOWN on Avengers Ult Hulk by himself and came out on top. Good Super Sense and Regen rolls helped there. And for both, I didn't have any TK'ers or multiple Perplexers and we played on the Arena map...I think both could EASILY get and extra smiley for the sealed event no question.

Fabian Cortez fixes other charactors in the set like Cyclops, and Morph for instance now Cyclops's psychic blast is potentially doin 6 damage. You better put a healer on your team because without a damage reducing power Cortez can chip way at a charactor really fast.

I really like the Hulk more than just three out of five. It's tricky, but if you can get to that 19 it lasts a loong time. I played a 400 point game against three teams that had among them Prof. X, Mimic, Monolith, Danger, Box, Giant-Zombie, and the High Evolutionary. My two Hulks stuck it out for a very very long time. My second Hulk took out Mimic and Gambit, but finally succumbed to a Giant HE, who was the last figure standing.

Well worth 143 points IMO. As for sealed play, there's options for cheap TK to get Hulk into the thick of things, plus he can be carried into battle, unlike those pesky Giants.

I have played both Gambit and Mimic...and they both were awesome!

i played mimic, leader and pete wisdom. if my dice didn't hate me i would have won. mimic rocks!!! just hypersonic out two times and have pete heal you up one. leader is there to make sure you hit and make sure you hit straight through.ohh and i put monster hunter so he was even better. take that devil dinosaur.

Morph, X-23, Mimic and Gambit are the best Uncommons, imho. Mimic should have a 4-star rating in sealed, for the HSS alone.

I also think Beast deserves at least a 3 - a dial full with good support powers and decent numbers is definitely worth playing. He may not be a frontline fighter, but he can definitely handle himself in battle - that late dial Flurry/Perplex combo can come as a nasty surprise for anyone foolish enough to engage him in close combat.

Also, to further back up Melkhor, I want to point out that "knockback" is not an official game term. Here is the relevant section from the rulebook:
There is more, but this should be more than enough to prove my point: Not once is the term "knockback" used, it is always "knock back" - and it clearly is two words, as evidenced by the number of grammatical changes applied in the underlined sentences.

Has anyone seen a case where Giant-man was a good anti-Mimic piece? I figure the Outwit that can see over other figures would be handy to shut off Mimic's HSS, which seems to be the whole reason people are touting Mimic so heavily. I personally don't tend to use HSS figures that much, so the whole "HSS hit and run and you will totally win!!!!11" line doesn't do much for me. The fact that you can X-men heal him is annoying, but if you can put enough damage on him it will take your opponent a while to get him back up to top (or else burn through multiple other x-men).

I love how Absorbing Man has the nasty combo of MoE + SE.

While a good solution, I'm not sure that would help his effectiveness. When you're paying over 100 points for a fig who offers nothing but Perplex and tie-up abilities, you really need to re-evaluate your strategy.

I have to disagree about korg. Aside from the lack of charge (which he deserved) he is decent for his cost. He is excellent master mind fodder with that stretch of damage reducers, he has a consistent 3 damage and capable of doing 3 or more damage his dial save for one click. He can triple as, MM fodder, secondary attacker and a good tie up piece.

And here, I agree with Azs' review of Korg.

Bagman - you're right Korg is great as Mastermind fodder (second to miek & brood).

I used him in the pre-release but couldn't hit anything with him. Mastermind is about the only thing he's good for, and I'd rather have somebody else (miek/brood) who's less points fill that roll while tying up the badguys and working as secondary attackers.

He could be the greatest MM fodder piece in the game, unfortunately there are 4 figs in the whole set with Mastermind (and they all have it via Special Power btw.) All of whom are also grounded figs. So ideal MM foder for them would be a flying brick (a-la Brood.)
For a secondary attacker or a tie up piece, there are several figs in the set that fill either or both rolls for as little as half of Korg's cost.

I stand by my original assessment.