3 minutes ago, Iuchi Toshimo said:

Hulk, Black Widow, Spider Woman, et al. are all already just allies so I'm guessing not everyone gets to be an identity. I mean, there were 60+ characters in the movies and with a release cycle of 1 every other month that would be about 9 or 10 years to release all of them as playable characters.

The LotR LCG has several examples of a character showing up as an Ally card as well as a Hero, so that's not really a concern, actually. Plus the rules say Uniqueness only matters by Subtitle/Alter-Ego--which allows, for example, another "Spider-Man" to come alongside "Peter Parker" so long as his name is "Miles Morales" or something else. (It would be interesting to see a Superior Spider-Man at some point, though since he's still in Peter's body I... don't know how that would be best resolved.)

As for release schedule, you're also not accounting for larger box releases. Not sure how often we'll get them, but it seems likely we'll get some sort of X-Men "mini core set," since everything so far has been Avengers focused. Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four, and plenty of other groups could see similar box sets at some point, which would escalate the release for new heroes even more.

That doesn't mean everyone will be a Hero, no. In fact, it seems likely to me that the Ally card for each character (Shuri for Black Panther, Rhodey for Iron Man, etc) will never be Heroes, as it would mean being forced to include an effectively dead card in your deck to play those heroes together. Which is okay, since those characters are relatively Side-Kick-y... But it'll be interesting to see who all gets put in that role. (One alternative, I suppose, would be that a Rhodey Hero has Stark as an Ally, and you just don't play those Heroes together... But I doubt that.)

Actually, I'm tempted to say that, from the point of view of 90% of Scenarios, Strange's job as Earth's Sorcerer Supreme is irrelevant. Come to think of it, when it comes to foiling villains, Dr Strange is the Hero and Sorcerer Supreme of Earth is the Alter Ego. In fact, it could be a hindrance, or maybe even an Obligation:

Extra-Dimensional Infiltration
Give this card to the Doctor Strange player.  You may flip to Alter Ego.
Either exhaust Sorcerer Supreme to remove this card from the game or exhaust all Magic upgrades in play to discard it.

And then Baron Mordo is his Nemesis.

16 hours ago, CEOWolf said:

@Hippie Moosen I won't argue people's points more just as far as Alter Ego implies some heroes have none but with everyone's opinions I suppose it can work for the likes of Deadpool (who sure as **** doesn't have one) and Stephen.

By the way Doctor Strange facts: He has down time obviously but he just doesn't wear the cape which is effectively the only 'true' superhero accessory as it lets him fly.

In The Day The Magic Died Arc it is stated that Stephen no longer can ingest human food and he begrudgingly has to eat bizarre foods from other dimensions which he states several times taste terrible.

He is Earth's Sorcerer Supreme yet other dimensions in the multiverse have their own.

Deadpool could be something like “Oh hey it’s me again!” With art of him “waving at the player” Seeing as he always breaks the fourth wall... And he’s just a hero on both sides lol idk how that would work though... just spitballing

as for the other heroes with no alter egos they can simply make them a one sided card and just “overpower” them a bit...?