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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    You know what I forgot it's delicious?

    Some refried beans in my sandwiches.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kyougu wrote: »
    You know what I forgot it's delicious?

    Some refried beans in my sandwiches.

    That's alarming

    What sorts of other ingredients are in these sandwiches?

    Just Sliced turkey, mayo, sometimes mustard and some greens.

    It's a much simpler Mexican torta basically.

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  • The JudgeThe Judge The Terwilliger CurvesRegistered User regular
    edited April 17
    OTA changes:

    ADAM WARLOCK
    [Old] 2/0 – After each turn, draw a card if you’re winning here.
    [Change] 2/0 -> 5/4
    Whenever we’re developing an OTA, we always check in on cards that have been languishing, which has included Adam Warlock for quite some time. We want every card to succeed somewhere, but Adam Warlock is a special case given how powerful the character is creatively. And make no mistake, this effect is very powerful-drawing a card is one of the strongest things you can do in SNAP, as decks are only 12 cards. Consequently, the card is designed to make that fairly difficult to do.
    We’ve considered reworking Adam Warlock, but like Spider-Man 2099 last time, we’re going to try something else first. As a 2-Cost card Adam needs to be dramatically more limited, because even 1 Power could help draw multiple cards. As a 5/4, you have to jump through more hoops to accomplish that. That said, drawing one card is a fair bit easier, as Adam carries a chunk of Power to compete for the location. That’s why we’re staying conservative on Power here-the effect isn’t one we want to make commonplace for a lot of decks, especially given it can fuel combo decks. But if you want to work for it, there are cards to be drawn, and maybe this is enough to get it done.

    DARKHAWK
    [Old] 4/0 – Ongoing: +2 Power for each card in your opponent’s deck.
    [Change] 4/0 -> 5/4
    This change has been in and out of our builds for several months now, as Darkhawk has consistently flirted with individual performance rates at the top of the metagame and fueled multiple decks to similar heights. We resolved to wait and see what happened after Blob and, well, it looks basically the same. Darkhawk has spent a long time at the top of the mountain as an individual card, so we’re making this change to freshen the landscape. There’s every chance we’ll revert this down the road, in a different metagame.
    We do also recognize that Zabu is a huge part of Darkhawk’s strength, of course. But it’s not all on Zabu, and there are other decks with the cat that are fun and healthy. Let’s see what Zabu looks like with a new best friend in March.

    FORGE
    [Old] 1/1 – On Reveal: Give the next card you play +2 Power.
    [Change] 1/1 -> 2/2
    Funny enough, this is the exact Forge change we started internally all those months ago. It’s been a wild ride, but Forge is a great case study in what we like about OTA balancing-things can ebb and flow. For the last few months, Forge has been a lynchpin card for multiple decks and (more importantly) really dwarfing the influence of other 1-Cost cards. In fact, Forge has appeared among the top five most-played of all cards in the game some weeks! It’s been a bit much, so we’re dialing Forge down to reduce that impact. We expect to improve a few more 1-Cost cards to compensate for this loss in the near future.

    ANT MAN
    [Old] 1/1 – Ongoing: If your side of this location is full, +3 Power.
    [New] 1/1 – Ongoing: If your side of this location is full, +4 Power.
    And we’re starting with this one! Ant-Man’s one of our favorite cards, playing well for new players while maintaining some longer-term use thanks to Spectrum and Ka-Zar, among others. Given the inherent disadvantages of being a 1-Cost card, putting a little extra Power into Ant-Man’s conditional shouldn’t shake things up too much but is a meaningful amount of additional strength.

    AMERICA CHAVEZ
    [Old] 2/3 – On Reveal: Give the top card of your deck +2 Power.
    [Change] 2/3 -> 1/2
    As we’re sending Forge to 2-Cost, it made sense to swap America Chavez down to 1-Cost. These effects are similar enough to seem like they overlap, but America has proven slightly too weak at 2-Cost while Forge was very strong at 1-Cost. Both changes together should leave us with two reasonably healthy cards.

    LOCKJAW
    [Old] 3/2 – After you play a card here, swap it with a card in your deck. (once per turn)
    [Change] 3/2 -> 4/5
    Hela and variations on Thanos have both been leaning heavily on Lockjaw lately, and while the decks are fair on performance the card is a bit of an outlier. Lockjaw is fairly clearly a design risk, as a card that “cheats” Energy and kind of draws cards. However, Lockjaw is also a blast to play with! We’ve tried to maintain a good balance around the effect, but in the last few months it’s been a growing concern that even affected future design work. Moving Lockjaw up to 4-Cost takes away an entire turn of swaps, which is a big loss but reins in the raw potential quite a bit. We’re compensating that with a healthy amount of extra Power.

    SWORD MASTER
    [Old] 3/6 – On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand.
    [Change] 3/6 -> 3/7
    It’s fairly clear that our “simpler” discard enablers struggle to remain competitive, as we’ve made many strong options in recent seasons. However, even in smaller collections Sword Master is struggling to become a reliable option, which is indicative that the card could improve. This buff makes Sword Master a more reasonable substitute or a complementary card in Discard decks looking for robust amounts of Power.

    VULTURE
    [Old] 3/3 – When this card moves, +5 Power.
    [New] 3/3 – When this card moves, +6 Power.
    This increase to Vulture’s move ability is another instance of an ongoing trend we’re enjoying, which is adding a little bit of strength to some older cards that have narrowed as the game grows. There was a time when playing Vulture was nearly synonymous with playing a Move deck, but that hasn’t been the case for a while now. With Shang-Chi now eliminating cards with 10 or more Power, single-move Vultures are also safe at 9 Power, which is a nice bonus for players trying to set up something like Heimdall.

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  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    Wow, somehow they made Adam Warlock even worse. I didn't think that was possible.

    SD: Lockjaw too stronk! Make him cost 4!
    Zabu: *exists*

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Coin Return Admin Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 14
    big Kingdom of Zeal energy

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 17
    Adam Warlock going to 5 cost means he can reasonably draw a card on his own, which is a huge benefit to combo decks. If you can cheat him out, getting 2 draws is possible. Maybe some form of Ramp/Tribunal? Probably not, but maybe?

    At the very least, I think AW is way more playable at 5 than 2. It has seen virtually zero play over the past year. I like the experiment to see if it works out, although I personally don't think it will. 4 cost would be dangerous if Zabu remains unchanged.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't think I ever been to Outback.

    I guess cause it always seemed too expensive, so we stick to Chilis, Applebee's, TGIFS.

    Dunno if they are or not but "steakhouse," made us think as much.

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Aw wtf

    I've been waiting for Hildryn normal to be in The Circuit so I can get Pillage for subsume

    But you need to kill Exploiter anyway for Lazulite Toroids!

    What's the point of getting it from Circuit then?

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Turambar wrote: »
    Aw wtf

    I've been waiting for Hildryn normal to be in The Circuit so I can get Pillage for subsume

    But you need to kill Exploiter anyway for Lazulite Toroids!

    What's the point of getting it from Circuit then?

    Blueprint drop RNG?

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    i think if i’m going to play a bad tempo card on 5 it’s gonna be leech every time.

    idk why you’d ever play aw for a conditional chance at one card while nuking your tempo.

    lockjaw nerf is good, probably could use a power hit because zabu exists but zabu is the problem there.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Turambar wrote: »
    Aw wtf

    I've been waiting for Hildryn normal to be in The Circuit so I can get Pillage for subsume

    But you need to kill Exploiter anyway for Lazulite Toroids!

    What's the point of getting it from Circuit then?

    Blueprint drop RNG?

    Yuuup.
    A Lazulite Toroid will drop 100% of the time, so you need exactly 6 Exploiter Orb runs.

    Hildryn blueprints have a pretty high droprate, which means that on average you'll have all your blueprints after 6 runs. But for me it took over 20 runs to get the Systems blueprint. I would have loved to just make 6 runs and then completely forget that the Exploiter orb ever existed and just get the blueprints from the Circuit.

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  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    And if not Leech, then def Sera

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  • hushhush Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    The nerfs are once again way more interesting/impactful than the buffs - I think hawk & lock decks are on ice for the foreseeable future (unless you can reasonably put zabu into your lockjaw deck) - that warlock change is hilarious garbage, I dont find him anymore playable, and if his needle moves at all I'll be shocked. Antman and vulture are the only two that got me lookin, and antman is prob the only one I would use, since move is not even close to my jam.

    The chavez and sword master changes are forgettable.

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    This is the future. This is what we built. This is what we wanted. It must have been. Because we all had the fucking choice, didn't we? It is only our money that allows commercial culture to flower. If we didn't want to live like this, we could have changed it at any time, by not fucking paying for it.

    So let's celebrate by all going out and buying the same burger. -transmet
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    https://apnews.com/article/wendys-burger-pricing-ef75fa9214beddbd0d9d459f37722638
    The burger chain clarified its stance on how it will approach pricing after media picked up on comments by CEO Kirk Tanner that the company would test features like dynamic pricing at restaurants.

    Companies like Uber have used dynamic pricing, or surge pricing, to moderate use by customers during the busiest days of the year, or when drivers or cars are in short supply during the day. Prices rise and fall with demand using that business model.

    This month during a conference call with investors and industry analysts, Tanner said, “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart offerings, along with AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling.”

    The company said Wednesday, after the story began to circulate this week, that any features it decides to test in the future “would be designed to benefit our customers and restaurant crew members.”

    “Wendy’s will not implement surge pricing, which is the practice of raising prices when demand is highest. We didn’t use that phrase, nor do we plan to implement that practice,” the company said in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

    "FUCK THEY HEARD US, DAMAGE CONTROL NOW!"

    Yeeeup that's 100% a "oh shit the backlash is bigger than we thought backpedal faster!" move.

    it's the same fucking thing too, it's just a matter of how you frame the idea

    Backlash, and getting flame grilled by BK in the socials.
    Who would, naturally, be doing the same thing in a second if it looked like they could make a buck without stepping on the same rake.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 17
    hush wrote: »
    The nerfs are once again way more interesting/impactful than the buffs - I think hawk & lock decks are on ice for the foreseeable future (unless you can reasonably put zabu into your lockjaw deck) - that warlock change is hilarious garbage, I dont find him anymore playable, and if his needle moves at all I'll be shocked. Antman and vulture are the only two that got me lookin, and antman is prob the only one I would use, since move is not even close to my jam.

    The chavez and sword master changes are forgettable.

    I just had Sword Master help me win a game in a Surfer deck. He fills the role of old Maximus as a big T6 stat stick, especially after a T5 Sera. SM and Gladiator w/Surfer vomits out a lot of points.

    Of course, Alioth is still a thing and blows you out hard since you often don't have initiative.

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  • hushhush Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    yes but that is a deck you were already playing him in - im not gonna find a way to include him in a non-surfer/non-discard deck (and i really dont even like running him in discard at this point) - like this does not put him into 'good card meta' territory for me (primarily because his drawback is big gamba if played on any turn but 6) - hes just one point better in the few decks that still use him.

    Anzekay on
    This is the future. This is what we built. This is what we wanted. It must have been. Because we all had the fucking choice, didn't we? It is only our money that allows commercial culture to flower. If we didn't want to live like this, we could have changed it at any time, by not fucking paying for it.

    So let's celebrate by all going out and buying the same burger. -transmet
  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    i like move but only the lockdown silk variant. traditional move is fucking terrible to play, makes discard look flexible

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    hildryn BPs are equal 33% chance for all 3 of the components, and the main BP is from the market I think? doing circuit for the components is probably really not saving any effort over doing thermia and exploiter.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    hildryn BPs are equal 33% chance for all 3 of the components, and the main BP is from the market I think?

    They're not.
    Hildryn BP is from Vox Solaris faction shop (rank 2). You always get one component blueprint, but the chance of them dropping isn't equal. The components have a drop chance of 38.72% for Chassis/Neuroptics and 22.56% for Systems.

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    I'm surprised darkhawk even needed a nerf honestly.

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  • antheremantherem Registered User regular
    edited April 17
    I don't think I've ever run into a Darkhawk when I didn't have one or both of Shang-Chi and Enchantress in hand.

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Wordle 986 4/6

    ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
    ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
    🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    CARES
    POINT
    FORTH
    FORTY

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Looking to replace a gas cooktop, the kind that drops in to a counter top. Looks fairly simple. Unplug it, shut off the gas supply, unscrew the gas line connector (it's a metal flexible hose), drop the new one in and connect everything up, probably put new Teflon tape on the screw threads for the gas connection.

    Does something like this typically require a permit since technically you are messing with a gas hookup?

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Also don't skimp on the soap in the soapy water either.

    I know someone who put like a single drop of dawn in a 1/2 gallon spray bottle and then ended up having to call 911 for a gas leak.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Neuvillette is such a beast that I might have to go for his C1. Not gonna have much of anything saved for him, though, since I'm going to continue rolling for Miko as long as she's available, as I always do.

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited April 19
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    Of course I got all 3 Hildryn parts in the 3 runs I needed to do to get the toroids with a booster

    It's like raaaiiiiiiiaaaaiiiin

    Obviously I wouldn't have been so "lucky" if I didn't do The Circuit first, but still

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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    How in the world do you cook that frozen fish you get from the store in a way that's good

    I'm like lady Macbeth over here trying to pat dry the surface for searing

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    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Wordle 987 4/6

    ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
    ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛
    ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    CARES
    GRAND
    PRIAN
    URBAN

    I am kicking myself for not thinking of it faster.

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  • kralizecckralizecc Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    this is the way

    Sacrifice all hope, do hours of, in the end, needless work, only then will things you once needed start to drop regularly. Those who got things easily are obviously DE bots and shills, created and payed to spread propaganda.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I see cheese on something, maybe fried chicken? on a bed of hashbrowns

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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    That sounds delicious. Personally I'd have to drop the sausage patty, it's tasty but sausage Does Things to my internals, but I think I can make that kind of breakfast today minus gravy since I don't have those ingredients.

    You need the sausage for the fat, and if you have flour and milk, blammo gravy. Surprisingly, in this kind of meal, the sausage is the leanest part since you rendered out its essence into the gravy.

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    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    I know how to make gravy, hence I said I don't have the ingredients. Also I just finished saying sausage does heinous things to my guts.

    Sorry. Thought the issue of sausage might have been the high fat content. Do you have that reaction with pork in general or is it just sausage?

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    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    It's just sausage

    Thinking about ditching sausage has made me get existential about gravy. Like, I've never made bacon gravy, but it seems like it would basically be the same as sausage gravy minus the sausage. Why stick to pork products as well (for biscuits and gravy)? Why do some recipes use flour as a thickener and some use cornstarch? How necessary is milk, and can you use milk alternatives?

    Anzekay on
    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited April 19
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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    If you plan it out by having lean, high fiber lunches and dinners, then a high fat breakfast can work well as a time-release energy source through the day

    Anzekay on
    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Connections
    Puzzle #265
    🟪🟪🟪🟪
    🟨🟨🟨🟨
    🟩🟩🟩🟩
    🟦🟦🟦🟦
    I felt really proud of getting the purple one first. Huzzah being a chemist... It really just clicked right away for me. The rest kind of went into place quickly after.

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    If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Paladin wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    It's just sausage

    Thinking about ditching sausage has made me get existential about gravy. Like, I've never made bacon gravy, but it seems like it would basically be the same as sausage gravy minus the sausage. Why stick to pork products as well (for biscuits and gravy)? Why do some recipes use flour as a thickener and some use cornstarch? How necessary is milk, and can you use milk alternatives?

    Milk is necessary to make a cream gravy traditional for spooning over biscuits. non-dairy alternatives should work but the flavor won't be the same no doubt. Could make something that'd work and be delicious tho. Might need more roux (flour+fat) or simmering longer to get as thick; because I think the fat in the milk thickens it up more than might otherwise happen.

    The mixing of starch (flour/cornstarch) + fat (bacon/sausage/oil) + liquid (milk/water/stock) is basically the core composition of so many sauces in cooking. It's just which ingredient is used to get the final product. Swap out milk for beef stock and you've got brown gravy for example. Not all of them are fitting in every application but all of them are super delicious in the right application.

    Fascinating. I'd always morally justified biscuits and gravy as a savory version of pancakes and syrup, so I wonder how blasphemous trying different types of gravy on biscuit is compared to using different fruit compotes on a waffle, for instance.

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    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    edited April 17
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZZLh29eSU

    New season is Avengers Vs. X-Men
    5 cards:
    • Hope Summers (Season Pass): 3/4, After you play a card here you get +1 Energy next turn
    • Pixie (Series 5): 2/1, On reveal: Shuffle the costs of all cards in your deck that started there
    • Cannonball (Series 5): 5/8, On reveal: Move the highest-power enemy card here away. If you can't, destroy it and replace it with a Rock
    • Mockingbird (Series 5): 5/9, Costs 1 less for each card you have in play that did not start in your deck
    • War Machine (Series 5): 4/6, On reveal: Until the end of your next turn, nothing can stop you from playing cards anywhere
    Season Pass variants are Iron Man and Magneto (they look awesome)
    New locations are Krakoa (Your first card played here adds its power to the top card of your deck) and Utopia (3 and 4-Cost cards cost 1 less)
    Spotlight Caches:
    • March 5th: Pixie, Mobius M Mobius, Spider-Ham
    • March 12th: Mockingbird, Ms. Marvel, Man-Thing
    • March 19th: Cannonball, Kitty Pryde, Ghost Spider
    • March 26th: War Machine, Silk, Silver Samurai

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