The best Marvel: Legendary expansions
Marvel: Legendary is a fantastic game and to this date there has been 40(!) expansions released, and most of them are great. But if we have to narrow it down, to, say, a top 5 or top 10? This is our take on the best legendary expansions.

Posted 22 April 2025 by Jay Kay
Marvel: Legendary is a fantastic game and to this date there has been 40(!) expansions released, and most of them are great. But if we have to narrow it down, to, say, a top 5 or top 10? This is our take on the best legendary expansions. Starting with the best one and work our way down.
Marvel Legendary: X-Men

This is expansion came out 2017, and it was the 13th expansion to come out, and in the big box format we used to be blessed with, containing 394 cards!
Marvel Legendary: X-men obviously revolves around X-men heroes like Psylocke, Banshee and Phoenix (which have an insane ulti that annihiliates everything 😅).
The set also contains 6 Masterminds which are double sided (Normal and Epic variants), and among these are Dark Phoenix, and Onslaught, two insanely strong Masterminds, especially if you go up against the Epic versions.
As for keywords, this set has cards with the cool Berserk mechanic which allows you do discard the top card of your deck and get thay cards printed attack to your attack pool. The set contains also contain the unique keyword Piercing Energy which allows you to attack a villains Victory point value rather than their strength. Very interesting and cool!
Pros: Alot of cards, and many cool heroes, villains and masterminds. It also has a bunch of Heroic Bystanders and some other cool stuff we will let you explore on your own 😉.
Cons: It's been out of print for a very long time and it seems unlikely that is subject to change any time soon. Also, some keywords like Lightshow> and X-Gene are so so.
Overall a super good expansion, especially if you like the X-Men, 10/10
The Marvel Legendary: X-Men rulebook pdf
- Playercount: 2 - 5
- Length: Slightly longer than basegame depending on heroes and mastermind.
- Cost: 50$
This expansion has been out of print for a long time...
Marvel Legendary: Dark City

The first big expansion to this fantastic card game. Marvel Legendary Dark City used to be considered essential by the fans of the game, but the status have somewhat changed as more expansions have been release.
Nevertheless, it's definately one of our favorite expansions, with great masterminds like Apocalypse and Kingpin, along with a whole bunch of classic heroes like Domino, Blade and Elektra. Not to mention one of the best heroes in the game; Iceman. There are 5 Masterminds and 17 Heroes in this set, which is only something you can dream of in any of the new sets...
This expansion obviously contains some schemes (8 of them) as well where our favorites are Capture Baby Hope and Detonate the Helicarrier. A couple of new bystanders are included as well.
Pros: This expansion introduces new keywords and mechanics that were not present in the base game without making the game fiddly or overly complicated. A super good expansion for playing with new players.
Cons: It's been out of print back and forth so it might be difficult to get a hold of.
Overall a super good expansion, especially if playing with new players as the cards are very straight forward in most cases. It might very well be the best Marvel legendary expansion. 💪 10/10
- Playercount: 2 - 5
- Length: Same as base game.
- Cost: 40$
This expansion is often out of print, but comes back every now and then