So i have been told by a few people which I believe that you cannot make a generic theme team anymore, however after scouring the 2013 and 2014 rule books I cannot find anything that says that.

That's because whoever told you that is mistaken.

From the 2014 rule book (bold lines are pertinent):

What's also important to note, is that once the game begins, if you bring another character(s) into the game that would not share the themed keyword, somehow-- Alpha Primitive, Morph/Promotion, etc.-- the theme bonus remains. Only keyworded characters (if the theme is named) would be able to use TTPC, though.

As has been pointed out you can still make a generic Theme Team. However the generic Theme Team no longer grants Theme Team Probability Control. Which might be what they were refering to.

However a generic theme team still grants the bonus on the initiative roll.

thanks for the clarification, one more question along those lines. Do you get to negate a battlefield condition with a generic theme team?

And generic theme teams can still use ATAs.

You do not get to do that with any type of themed team. That bonus was dropped from the most recent rulebook.


It should be noted that people asked if that was intentional, and Mister_Id said he would check on it. He never came back with an answer about whether or not it was intentional. The bottom line, however, is that there is nothing in the rules which states you can do that. (Also, WK will no longer address any issue involving feats or BFCs.)

on the issue of how to use a theme team and the benefits of generic and named, please see my blog post (in my signature, below).

Please let me know if it requires any changes or clarification.

I haven't thought about this in awhile, but I suppose if they knew they were going to no longer rule on BFCs then it was intentional.
I wonder if Feats and BFCs will just be completely removed from the rulebook with the next update. Kinda silly to list something in the rulebook if you're not going to give rulings on it.

I don't know how many people still play Golden Age, though. Heck, the Golden Age world champion actually got to design a fig.

To be honest though, I think they may start thinking about adopting Silver Age as a new standard if they are going to drop Feats and BFC from the rulebook.