Now that Life Goes On has gone on for a couple of events, we’re excited to announce our next Vs. System 2PCG Featured Format! As before, this will be the model of play for all official Upper Deck tournaments this season. We encourage community and event organizers to join in, and can’t wait to see how these decks turn out! 

Featured Format #17: Boss vs. Boss Battles

Let’s answer once and for all: among all the heaviest hitters of Bosses, just who is the Bossiest?

Season: Winter 2022

Dates: October 1st 2022 through December 31st 2022

Rules:

• Choose a Boss Battle card.
• Choose a Main Character with the same name.
  • Note that some Boss Battle cards are able to be played with a Photographic or Illustrated Universe Main Character.
  • Standard Photographic and Illustrated Universe deckbuilding rules still apply.
    • When you build a deck, you can’t mix together cards (including your Main Character) from the Illustrated Universe with cards from the Photographic Universe. However, you can play decks from one Universe against the other, and once the game starts,  it’s perfectly fine to play an effect that moves an opponent’s Photographic character to your side.
  • Build a Good Loyalty or Evil Loyalty deck, depending on the alignment of your Main Character.
    • Most Main Characters are clearly Good or Evil on all their levels.
    • If a Main Character is both Good and/or Evil on their levels, they use the alignment of their Level 1 card.
    • If a Main Character has no team affiliation, you can choose either a Good Loyalty or Evil Loyalty

Good Loyalty: Each supporting character in your deck (and in out-of-game piles) must have at least one Good team affiliation and no Evil team affiliations. Each other card in your deck (and out-of-game piles) with a team affiliation can also only have Good team affiliations.

Evil Loyalty: Each supporting character in your deck (and in out-of-game piles) must have at least one Evil team affiliation and no Good team affiliations. Each other card in your deck (and out-of-game piles) with a team affiliation can also only have Evil team affiliations.

Notes: Your main character is the source of Boss Battle effects. For example, if a Boss Battle effect stuns an enemy character, your main character gets credit for the stun.

Boss Battle effects do NOT count as powers, and can’t be turned off. They always occur, even if your Main Character is face down, not currently in play, has lost its powers, etc.