{"id":21256,"date":"2026-03-31T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/?p=21256"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:01:26","slug":"silverupdate0426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2026\/03\/31\/silverupdate0426\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Age Update &#8211; April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_color: #1d57b3;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1206.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Hello HeroClix Masterminds!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The HeroClix team and our trusted Silver Age partners have been hard at work analyzing tournament results, as well as feedback from players. With all that information, we&#8217;re announcing several changes to the Silver Age Banned and Restricted lists. For a full explanation of Silver Age, <span data-contrast=\"auto\">check out\u00a0<\/span><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/silver-age\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">this page<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">Temporary Ban List<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Temporary Ban list serves to isolate characters that might be too powerful in Silver currently, but as the metagame changes, we expect to be able to release them in the future. The changes to the Temporary Ban List is as follows:<\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Added:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">S&amp;D L17-002 Spirit of Vengeance Red Hulk<\/li>\n<li>MSNP 056 Khonshu<\/li>\n<li>MSNP 057 Ammit<\/li>\n<li>MSNP 058 Taweret<\/li>\n<li>MSNP 068 K.E.V.I.N.<\/li>\n<li>XM97 041b Rogue<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;D 043 Captain America<\/li>\n<li>LL 002c Kyle Rayner<\/li>\n<li>MVSS 25-t003 Upper Body<\/li>\n<li>MVSS 25-t004 Head<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;D t007 Dumpster Fire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8212;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Removed:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>DCX 024 Butterfly<\/li>\n<li>DP21 005 Wonder Woman (<span style=\"color: #800080\">Restricted<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>WoV 042 Chthon (<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Banned<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>MoT 052 Darkseid (<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Banned<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>WoV 048 Ghost Rider (<span style=\"color: #800080\">Restricted<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>DWX 043b Colossus (<span style=\"color: #800080\">Restricted<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>WKX 001 Kong (<span style=\"color: #800080\">Restricted<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">Restricted List<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>The Restricted List collects those game elements that might not be problematic on their own, but can enable damaging synergies. A force can only use a Restricted List element, keeping them from overwhelming the format. The changes to the Restricted List are as follows:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Added:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">D+ s005 Captain Carter&#8217;s Shield<\/li>\n<li>SMBA 062 Carnage Silver Surfer<\/li>\n<li>D+ 054 Sakaarian Iron Man<\/li>\n<li>MVX-013 Wakanda Hulkbuster<\/li>\n<li>F4 013b Black Leopard<\/li>\n<li>LL 044 Animal Man<\/li>\n<li>WW80 065 Sky Tyrant<\/li>\n<li>DP20-002 Plastic Man<\/li>\n<li>WoV 048 Ghost Rider<\/li>\n<li>DWX 043b Colossus<\/li>\n<li>DP21-005 Wonder Woman<\/li>\n<li>WKX-001 Kong<\/li>\n<li>DNDX-s004 Ring of Telekinesis<\/li>\n<li>WW80s001 The Angler<\/li>\n<li>MVSS OS001 Halt Mutant<\/li>\n<li>ST OS006 Images of Ikonn<\/li>\n<li>ST OS002 Crimson Bands of Cytorrak<\/li>\n<li>XM97 OS003 Practiced Teamwork<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8212;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Removed:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>BP 036 Ares<\/li>\n<li>HoX 051 Maggot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Ban List<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The game elements on the Ban List are those that the WizKids team has decided cannot be allowed in Silver, and we do not expect that to change. Elements on the Ban List are either uniquely powerful or enable infinite loops or other synergies too potent for the Restricted List.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Added:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">MSV 040 The Spot<\/li>\n<li>MVP25-009 Infinaut<\/li>\n<li>MoT 052 Darkseid<\/li>\n<li>WBX1-001 Betelgeuse<\/li>\n<li>WoV 042 Chthon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Map List<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An additional rule is being added to Silver Age regarding maps. Any map text other than Location Bonuses is ignored for Silver Age events. Any colored terrain related to map text (such as orange or pink) is treated as clear terrain if it is not also marked as another terrain type. For example, a terrain both marked as blue (water) and orange (special) is still water terrain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Removed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>King&#8217;s Tomb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><div>The above changes will go into effect on<strong> April 6<\/strong>. For the full Banned and Restricted List, please refer to the WIN <a href=\"https:\/\/win.wizkids.com\/bb\/viewtopic.php?f=33&amp;t=16559&amp;sid=d20d8de29d922cfa884ecfa3d4b670b4\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Our goal with these changes is to foster Silver Age as a fun, competitive format for casual fans and tournament-goers alike. We reserve the right to make emergency changes to the Banned and Restricted lists to preserve the health of the game if needed. Thank you to our players and play testers for providing your feedback on how we can further improve the game of HeroClix.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>&#8211; The WizKids Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":20638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,31,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-heroclix-watch-list","category-wizkids-info-network"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21256"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21295,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256\/revisions\/21295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}