Gauntlet Guide: Hydra High Council, S.H.I.E.L.D.

Most gauntlets are eight or nine legs. The S.H.I.E.L.D. set has four schemes, which makes the Hydra High Council gauntlet the shortest complete championship on the board — and completeness is the only thing standing between you and a ranked entry. There is no partial credit, but there is also not much to finish. This gauntlet cannot currently be played. Starting a match against the Hydra High Council now fails immediately with an error naming the mastermind. That is deliberate, and it is an improvement on what came before. ...

July 18, 2026 · 7 min · Jeffery Jensen

Gauntlet Guide: Red Skull, Core Set (2nd Edition)

A single win proves you had a good night. A gauntlet proves you understood the set. The Red Skull gauntlet asks you to beat one mastermind under every scheme in the Core Set (2nd Edition) — nine of them — and it ranks you on the total of your best run against each. There is no submission step. Finish a qualifying match and the publisher picks it up on the next cycle. ...

July 18, 2026 · 6 min · Jeffery Jensen

The Fixed-Pool Problem: Magneto, Core Set

Magneto’s Master Strike reads: “Each player reveals an X-Men Hero or discards down to four cards.” That one line decides this entire gauntlet. Eight schemes, one hero pool, and a Mastermind who taxes you every single Strike unless you are holding the right team. Then leg three asks for something the X-Men cannot give you. This is the guide to that problem. The board The block below is generated from the live gauntlet catalog. If a set changes, it changes here too. ...

July 18, 2026 · 10 min · Jeffery Jensen