Marvel’s Midnight Sunsblends the tried-and-tested formula seen in turn-based tactical games with a robust card system, all wrapped up in glorious superhero action. Naturally, you’ll want to know how to make the most out of your abilities. Here’s ourMarvel’s Midnight Sunscard system guide to help explain combat mechanics, Heroism, and more.

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Marvel’s Midnight Sunscard system and combat guide

The types of cards

To understand how the card system works inMarvel’s Midnight Suns, we’ll first need to look at the different types of cards in a hero’s deck. Each deck needs to have eight cards in total, and at least one of each type:

The combat system

Now, once you enter combat inMarvel’s Midnight Suns, that’s when you’ll be able to try the card system in full, along with the relevant actions. Up to six cards are drawn randomly depending on the decks of all characters in your active squad.

Heroism: Heroic cards and actions

As you continue using Attack and Skill cards, you’ll gain more Heroism points (seen in the lower-right corner of the screen). These allow you to use special moves:

Refreshing and managing the Card Plays value

The most important factor to consider regarding the combat and card system inMarvel’s Midnight Sunsis how you’ll manage your Card Plays. By default, you’ll only have three at the start of your turn, and these points will quickly run out if you choose the wrong actions. Still, there are a couple of nifty ways to refresh this function:

Note:If you have abilities with the “Quick” and “Knockback” perks, you can use these to smack grunt/fodder enemies (i.e., those that die in one hit). You can either push a grunt toward another opponent or obstacle, or push someone else into them. Since they’re KO’d in a single blow, you’ll get an easy Card Plays refresh.

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Card upgrades

Moreover, the card system inMarvel’s Midnight Sunsallows you to upgrade your abilities. You’ll need the following:

In any case, we’ll discuss how to acquire more cards in thenext partof our guide series.

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