Hello all. I'm playing in my first official game at my local shop this week. The scenario is as follows:

"400-point Unrestricted Event. Build 2 half-teams of no more than 200-pts each. After map selection and object placement, but before declaring Thunderbolts team assignment, Player 2 chooses a 200-point half-team from Player 1's force to use as his own. Player 1 will then pick one of Player 2's half-teams. These two half-teams will now form a single 400-point team. Choosing Arch Enemies in each of your half-teams would make a cool twist!!"

I guess I'm looking for some strategy/advice as far as how to construct the two teams. Are there powers and abilities I should avoid in the event I have to face them? Should they be about equal in strength so I have a good idea what I'll be up against? Any comments are appreciated.

make 2 balanced 200 point teams... complete.. I.E. all support powers needed for the game within those 200 pts... for that go with figures that have the ability to be a 2ndary attacker while having those powers... Perfect examples: Domino, Jinx, Batman( starter), Mystique, Lobster Johnson, Johnny Alpha... and have each 200 pts team have its own counterpart on the other team... that way no matter what team of your the opponent picks... you're still good...

Yeah... That's evil but hey... if you wanna win.. .then go for it...