2025 Rules

Draft

We will have a locked roster. Once we open draft submissions, we will not make any changes to the roster, even if a trailer drops. 

Teams are:

  • 10 Heroes (from our roster) 

  • 3 Bonus categories: 1 Item, 1 Location and 1 Organization (from our roster)

  • 1 Hail Hydra pick (any Marvel comics character not on our roster, or previously in an MCU property)

Completing your draft:

  • Drafting Order-

    • Snake Draft: In Snake Drafts, teams take turns drafting players live, with the pick order reversing each round. 

    • Randomized Straight Draft: In a Straight Draft, each team drafts in the same order every round.

  • Drafting Styles: Once you decide on your drafting style, you can determine if a live draft or slow draft is easier for your league. 

    • Slow draft: message your draft pick when its your turn, on your own time. Please be respectful of other peoples time. 

    • Live draft: If convenient, set up a time to video chat, meet in person, and do submit your drafts in real time. 



The Point System 

Points are per title unless otherwise stated.  Titles are movies and Disney+ shows released in 2024. 

Appearance | (+5 per movie, 1 point per episode) 

Character appears for a majority of the duration of the title such as Main Characters or Supporting Characters

SHOWS - Points stack each episode instead of each season. 

Cameo | +1  (Max once per movie) 

Films: Roster characters that make a miniscule appearance:

in a single scene

single location

Surprise character, not it trailers

(Example: Daredevil in No Way Home, Guardians in Thor: Love and Thunder)

Contested cameos will be deferred to 10% of screen time as a tiebreaker

Shows - no cameos, all character appearances = one point per episode


Mentions | +1 (Max 3 points per movie or season)

Photographs or symbols, direct name mentioned. 

Mantle mentions are context based and up to creators discretion

Mentions and cameo points can be combined, however the mention points will cease once a cameo is made.


Identical Variant | +1 (Max 3 points per title)

A multiversal-version (share a face OR a name) of a rostered character appears on screen (IE Sylvie is not a variant) 

Any additional version of a rostered character will be considered a variant. The points will be based off the variant that had the highest screen time. (Appearance vs Cameo + Variant; ie. Multiverse  Christine Palmer took over most of the show.)

Bonus | +1. (Max 1 point per title)

Players can draft one Item, Location, and Organization from the approved roster, and get one additional point per title per bonus category when that item/location/organization is verbally referred to (Mjolnir / Wakanda / SHIELD) or appears.

One point per title, not per mention. 

Hail Hydra | +10 (Max once per year) 

Hail hydra is a character you want to show up, but has not been officially cast by the MCU for the draft year or previously (Reed Richards in Dr. Strange MoM)

Hail Hydras can be villains

Rostered characters do NOT qualify for Hail Hydra

Have to see character in the flesh. Do not need to speak. 

Injury / loss of powers | -1 (Max once per title) 

Loss of (or use of) body part, extends beyond the title

Examples: Rhode’s legs, Tony’s heart, Klaue’s hand, Strange’s hands, Thor’s eye, Bucky’s arm, 

Hurt to the point it affects their ability to “hero” for the remaining duration of the title

Deceased (Presumably) = -3 (Max once per title) 

If your character dies or is presumed dead in the title. Example - Wanda, Kilmonger, Thanos

If revived by end of title, points will be returned (Marc Spector)



Skrull Addendum

If a roster character appears in a title, and turns out to be a Skrull, there is no consequence or loss of points for the appearance. If the Skrull is a rostered character, they will get their respective Appearance/Cameo points 

Trading 

 Mid year, you can trade in a character for another character that has not yet been drafted by a member of your league. If multiple players in your league want to trade a character, the player with the lowest score will get their pick first. The released character is now a draftable character for the rest of the league to draft. This will be open for ONE week, dates will be announced to captains. 

Off Months

Zu and SD will pick a random previous property to score. All points would just be equal to 1 (IE Appearance is just one point)