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{{Short description|Tabletop game}}
'''Marvel Legends Showdown''' (initially named '''Marvel Superhero Showdown''') is a collectible tabletop game in which the primary component is [[action figure]]s and cards. It was a collaboration between [[Upper Deck Company|Upper Deck Entertainment]] and Toy Biz (Now known as [[Marvel Toys]]).

The game was played on at least a 3×4 grid of ''Panel cards''. Panel cards broke into two categories; ''Locations'' (Places in the Marvel Universe) and ''Plot Twist'' (Special events that occurred on that space)  The goal was to move around the Panel card grid and knock out your opponents character with ''Punches'', ''Kicks'', or shooting them with an included projectile launchers. Once you did three damage to a character he/she was out. The more characters on each side, the larger the Panel grid had to be. (2 on 2 a 4×4 grid, 3 on 3 a 5×5 grid, 4 on 4 and 6×6 grid and so on)

It was released in 2005 with two starters and two waves of five boosters each. The set was renamed ''Legends Showdown'' to tie it in to the popular [[Marvel Legends]] figures. The first two starters and booster sets were re-released with the new name, plus 2 new starters, 3 rider packs, and two new waves of boosters (Though these two waves 3 and 4 had limited release, seen in comic shops and [[KayBee Toys]] shelves rarely). Toy Biz changed its name to [[Marvel Toys]] and then sold the rights to all Marvel action figure properties to [[Hasbro]]. Marvel Legends Showdown was not one of the product lines that transferred over.

The Starters included 2 figures, 2 projectile launchers, 3 power cards for each figure, 12 Panel cards, and 2 dice.

Boosters included a figure, a projectile launcher, 3 power cards for that character, 3 power cards for other characters in the wave, and 1 panel card.

All characters had at least 6 Power Cards, but some may have had up to 10 or 12! (Spider-Man had 3 different figures, starter [[Spider-Man]] had cards 1-3, Black Costume Spider-Man from the Booster had cards 4-6, and sometimes had cards found only in the boosters.)

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===Figures===
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====Starter Wave 1====
* [[Spider-Man]] vs. [[Thing (comics)|Thing]]
* [[Hulk]] vs. [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]]
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====Booster Wave 1====
* Berserker [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] (chase) 
* Black Costume [[Spider-Man]] 
* [[Doctor Octopus]]
* [[Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)|Ghost Rider]] 
* [[The Punisher]]
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====Booster Wave 2====
* [[Captain America]] 
* [[Doctor Doom|Dr. Doom]]
* [[Human Torch]] 
* [[Iron Man]]
* Spider-sense [[Spider-Man]] (chase)
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====Rider Wave 1====
* [[Ghost Rider]] on Motorcycle
* [[Namor]] on Hammerhead Shark 
* [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] on Chopper
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====Starter Wave 2====
* [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] vs. [[Colossus (character)|Colossus]]
* [[Mole Man]] vs. [[Mr. Fantastic]]
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====Booster Wave 3====
* [[Beast (comics)|Beast]]
* [[Elektra (comics)|Elektra]]
* [[Green Goblin]]
* [[Juggernaut (character)|Juggernaut]]
* [[Silver Surfer]]
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====Booster Wave 4====
* [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]]
* [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]]
* [[Invisible Woman]]
* [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]
* [[Venom (character)|Venom]]
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===Repaints and Variants===
* [[Beast (comics)|Beast's]] {{refn|Standard fur color is blue, but the figure has a grey fur chase variant.|group=note|name=beast1}}
* [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil's]] {{refn|Standard outfit is red, but the figure has a yellow and black chase variant.|group=note|name=}}
* [[Elektra (comics)|Elektra's]] {{refn|Standard outfit is red, but the figure has a white costume chase variant.|group=note|name=elek}}
* [[Invisible Woman|Invisible Woman's]] {{refn|Standard outfit is blue and black, but the figure has a blue and white costume chase variant, as well as a semi-transparent variant.|group=note|name=invwom}}
* [[Juggernaut (character)|Juggernaut's]] {{refn|Standard face sculpt is in an open-mouth pose, while his variant features a closed mouth along with a different color scheme.|group=note|name=jugger}}
* [[Mr. Fantastic|Mr. Fantastic's]] {{refn|Standard outfit is blue and white in the starter set, but the figure has a blue and black costume chase variant.|group=note|name=mrfant}}

===Panel Cards===
====Wave 1====
Starter Wave 1 and Booster Waves 1 and 2:
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* P-01 360 Degree Vision
* P-02 Acrobatic Dodge 
* P-03 Armory
* P-04 Asgard 
* P-05 Base of Operation 
* P-06 Baxter Building
* P-07 Blind Alley 
* P-08 Blindsided 
* P-09 Burning Mad 
* P-10 Cerebro 
* P-11 Daily Bugle 
* P-12 Danger Room 
* P-13 Dark Alley 
* P-14 Doc Ock's Lab
* P-15 Earthquake! 
* P-16 Find Weakness 
* P-17 Flurry of Blows 
* P-18 Graveyard
* P-19 Gust of Wind
* P-20 Handy Weapon 
* P-21 Huge Target 
* P-22 Leg Sweep 
* P-23 Medical Attention 
* P-24 Mindless Attack 
* P-25 Muir Island 
* P-26 Mystical Transformation 
* P-27 Not So Fast 
* P-28 Outnumbered 
* P-29 Rejuvenation 
* P-30 Revenge Strike 
* P-31 Road Block 
* P-32 Stop Time 
* P-33 Super Punch 
* P-34 Teleportation 
* P-35 Victory Stance
* P-36 War Room
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====Wave 2====
Starter wave 2, Rider sets, Booster Waves 3 and 4:
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* P-37 Absent Friends 
* P-38 All in Due Time 
* P-39 Armed to the Teeth 
* P-40 Avalon Space Station 
* P-41 Body Blow 
* P-42 Boulder Toss 
* P-43 Caught Off-Guard 
* P-44 Come to Me! 
* P-45 Desperate Measures
* P-46 Double Trouble 
* P-47 Field Dressing 
* P-48 Genosha 
* P-49 Hostage Situation 
* P-50 Meditation 
* P-51 Mega Punch 
* P-52 Nerve Center 
* P-53 New Fantastic Four Building 
* P-54 Parry 
* P-55 Phoenix Rising 
* P-56 Pride  
* P-57 Reed's Underwater Lab 
* P-58 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base 
* P-59 Sabotage 
* P-60 Sanctuary 
* P-61 Smash! 
* P-62 Strength in Numbers 
* P-63 Surge of Power 
* P-64 Surprise Attack 
* P-65 Knee Strike 
* P-66 The Dojo 
* P-67 The Maelstrom
* P-68 Uncontrollable Rage
* P-69 Underground Base
* P-70 Underwater Arena
* P-71 Brute Force Attack
* P-72 Weapons Locker
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===Power Cards===
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====Beast====
* BST-01 Acrobat 
* BST-02 Feral Rage 
* BST-03 Super-Leap 
* BST-04 Genius 
* BST-05 New Perspective 
* BST-06 True Blue Friend
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====Captain America====
* CAP-01 Retrieve
* CAP-02 Ricochet
* CAP-03 Shield Bash
* CAP-04 Leadership
* CAP-05 Shield Defense
* CAP-06 Tactics
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====Colossus====
* COL-01 Organic Steel
* COL-02 Stand Firm 
* COL-03 Strength of Character 
* COL-04 Fastball Special 
* COL-05 Self-Sacrifice 
* COL-06 Transformation
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====Cyclops====
* CYC-01 Defensive Blast 
* CYC-02 Optic Blast
* CYC-03 Surprise Attack
* CYC-04 Leadership 
* CYC-05 Overload
* CYC-06 Revenge
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====Daredevil====
* DAD-01 Baton Strike 
* DAD-02 Heightened Senses 
* DAD-03 Sonar 
* DAD-04 Amazing Agility 
* DAD-05 Man Without Fear 
* DAD-06 Swing Line 
* DAD-07 Blind Luck
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====Doc Ock====
* DOK-01 Dangerous Experiment
* DOK-02 Tentacles of Fury
* DOK-03 What are the Odds?
* DOK-04 Easy Eight
* DOK-05 Four-way Attack
* DOK-06 Idle Hands
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====Dr. Doom====
* DRD-01 Plan B
* DRD-02 The Power Cosmic
* DRD-03 Reign of Terror
* DRD-04 Decoy Program 
* DRD-05 Mystical Confusion
* DRD-06 Mystical Fog
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====Elektra====
* ELK-01 Crossed Blades
* ELK-02 Double Sai Strike 
* ELK-03 Waiting in Ambush
* ELK-04 Concentration
* ELK-05 Mystical Training
* ELK-06 Group Tactics 
* ELK-07 Contract
* ELK-08 Counterstrike
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====Ghost Rider====
* GHR-01 Chain Attack
* GHR-02 Relentless Assault
* GHR-03 Revenge
* GHR-04 Burn Rubber
* GHR-05 Penance Stare
* GHR-06 Vengeance
* GHR-07 Burning Mad 
* GHR-08 Road Warrior 
* GHR-09 Spirit of Vengeance
* GHR-10 (''Unconfirmed'')
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====Green Goblin====
* GRG-01 Strike From Above
* GRG-02 Flight
* GRG-03 Pumpkin Bomb
* GRG-04 Hostile Takeover 
* GRG-05 Inner Struggle 
* GRG-06 Paranoia
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====Hulk====
* HLK-01 Crushing Blow
* HLK-02 Getting Angry
* HLK-03 Super-Leap
* HLK-04 Hulking Out
* HLK-05 Hulk Smash!
* HLK-06 Rush of Adrenaline
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====Human Torch====
* HLK-01 Crushing Blow
* HLK-02 Getting Angry
* HLK-03 Super-Leap
* HLK-04 Hulking Out
* HLK-05 Hulk Smash!
* HLK-06 Rush of Adrenaline
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====Invisible Woman====
* IVW-01 Force Bubble
* IVW-02 Flight 
* IVW-03 Enraged 
* IVW-04 Stealth Strike 
* IVW-05 Force Field 
* IVW-06 Invisibility 
* IVW-07 Shockwave 
* IVW-08 Psionic Blast
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====Iron Man====
* IRM-01 Focused Blast 
* IRM-02 Jet Boots
* IRM-03 Power Strike 
* IRM-04 Recharge 
* IRM-05 Energy Shield 
* IRM-06 Wide Beam
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====Juggernaut====
* JUG-01 Flying Tackle
* JUG-02 Mystical Energy
* JUG-03 Smash!
* JUG-04 Appetite for Destruction 
* JUG-05 Steamroller 
* JUG-06 Unmasked 
* JUG-07 Invasion
* JUG-08 Reckless Charge
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====Magneto====
* MAG-01 Flight 
* MAG-02 Magnetic Personality 
* MAG-03 Magnetic Force 
* MAG-04 Entangle 
* MAG-05 Leadership
* MAG-06 Twisted Metal
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====Mole Man====
* MOM-01 Bojutsu Strike
* MOM-02 Burrowing
* MOM-03 High Ground
* MOM-04 Sewer Surprise
* MOM-05 Sinkhole
* MOM-06 Summon Monster
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====Mr. Fantastic====
* MRF-01 Brilliant Mind
* MRF-02 Framistat
* MRF-03 Stretch Attack
* MRF-04 Far-Reaching Plans
* MRF-05 Long-Range Grab
* MRF-06 Twisted Dodge
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====Namor====
* NAM-01 Flight
* NAM-02 Force of Will 
* NAM-03 Shark 
* NAM-04 (''Unconfirmed'') 
* NAM-05 (''Unconfirmed'') 
* NAM-06 (''Unconfirmed'')
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====Punisher====
* PUN-01 Extra Ammo {{refn|Each of your figured gets +2 ATK this round and may reload his weapon.|group=note|name=pun1}}
* PUN-02 Outgunned {{refn|Punisher gets +2 DEF this round, make a ranged attack. Unload the defenders weapon.|group=note|name=pun2}}
* PUN-03 Punishment {{refn|Punisher gets +4 ATK this round. Use this power only if Punisher was hit this round.|group=note|name=pun3}}
* PUN-04 Cover Fire 
* PUN-05 Dual Sidearms 
* PUN-06 Fully Loaded
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====Silver Surfer====
* SIS-01 High-Speed Turn
* SIS-02 The Power Cosmic 
* SIS-03 Surf's Up 
* SIS-04 Cosmic Awareness 
* SIS-05 Molecular Control 
* SIS-06 Tireless Warrior
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====Spider-Man====
* SPM-01 Spider Strength
* SPM-02 Web Shooter 
* SPM-03 Web Slinging 
* SPM-04 Alien Symbiote 
* SPM-05 Come To Me! 
* SPM-06 Spider Reflexes 
* SPM-07 Sticky Situation
* SPM-08 Altered Genetics 
* SPM-09 Spider Senses 
* SPM-10 Wall Crawling
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====Thing====
* THG-01 Batter Up!
* THG-02 It's Clobberin' Time! 
* THG-03 One-Two Punch 
* THG-04 Charge! 
* THG-05 Rock Solid 
* THG-06 Stomp!
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====Thor====
* THR-01 Divine Protector
* THR-02 Hammer Time 
* THR-03 Mjolnir 
* THR-04 Flight 
* THR-05 God of Thunder
* THR-06 Retrieve
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====Venom====
* VNM-01 Keen Senses
* VNM-02 Rage 
* VNM-03 Web Slinging 
* VNM-04 Fear
* VNM-05 The Symbiote
* VNM-06 Tongue Lashing
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====Wolverine====
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* WLV-01 Combat Reflexes
* WLV-02 Healing Factor
* WLV-03 Snikt! 
* WLV-04 Berserker Rage 
* WLV-05 Deep Wound 
* WLV-06 Nasty Surprise 
* WLV-07 Heightened Senses
* WLV-08 Intense Training
* WLV-09 Chopper
* WLV-10 In One Swing
* WLV-11 Shrug It Off
* WLV-12 (''Unconfirmed'')
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== External links ==
*[http://www.toybiz.com/archive/marvel_legends_showdown Official Homepage: Toybiz's Archive]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}
*[https://archive.today/20130122231714/http://ns2.figurerealm.com/checklist.php?action=checklist&seriesid=655&universeid=&figures=marvellegendsshowdown Marvel Legends Showdown Action Figure Checklist]

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