Black Widow

From the Moscow Protocol The Moscow Protocol Black Widow to the Budapest Gambit The Budapest Gambit Black Widow, Black Widow is mission ready. She'll have you caught in her web before you even know she's there.

Special ability Special ability The unique rule printed on a hero's character card. It is always in effect unless the card says otherwise.

MISSION READY Before drawing Draw Take the top card of your action deck into your hand. your starting hand Hand The cards a player holds. You start with five and may hold up to seven, discarding down at the end of your turn., add THE MOSCOW PROTOCOL card to your hand. Then, shuffle your deck Action deck A hero's unique deck of action cards, played to maneuver, scheme and fight. and draw 5 cards. (Your starting hand is 6 cards instead of 5.)

At a glance

• Starting health Health A fighter's life total, tracked on a health dial. At zero health the fighter is defeated.: 13

• Move value Move value The number on a hero card showing the maximum spaces that fighter may maneuver in one turn.: 2

• Attack Attack An action that pits an attack value against a defense value to deal damage. Can be melee or ranged. type: Ranged Ranged attack An attack that may target any fighter in the same zone, not just an adjacent one.

Sidekicks Sidekick A secondary fighter represented by a token. A sidekick can be defeated without ending the game.

• Maria Hill: Ranged, 6 health, move 2.

Set-specific rules

Mission Ready

Black Widow's scheme Scheme A scheme action: play a scheme (purple) card from your hand to resolve its non-combat effect. cards are called missions. At the start of the game, place Placed A fighter set directly into a space by an effect. Placing is not a maneuver, so it ignores normal movement rules. The Moscow Protocol in your hand, then shuffle and draw 5 more cards.

Unlike typical schemes, each mission has a requirement that must be met before you can play it. You cannot take the scheme action to play a mission if you do not meet its requirement.

When you acquire a new mission, reveal cards from the top of your deck one at a time until you reveal a mission card; add it to your hand and shuffle the rest back. If you have no missions left in your deck, you do not acquire a new mission.