Great card, but I wish it wasn't limited to your identify-specific ally. It would be sooo nice to be able to explore more possibilities; for example, I hate being stuck with Jubilee as Wolverine, and I'd love to have X-23 as my Sidekick instead!

Just for fun, here's a list of pairings I would have loved to see with this card:

Spider-Man: Peter Parker and Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Captain America and Falcon

Cyclops and Havok (c'mon, the Summers brothers are even in the picture of Side-by-Side!)

Hawkeye: Clint Barton and Hawkeye: Kate Bishop

Iron Man and Ironheart

Black Panther and Okoye

Wolverine and Colossus (Fastball Special let's go!)

Bonus: Spider-Man and Venom: Eddie Brock!

What are yours?

I have a doubt with this card. If, in a Magik deck I use this to pay for a Mutant Protectors while I have an ally on top of my deck, which resolves first ? The Mutant Protectors effect, or the Defensive Energy interrupt ? I would say that defensive energy must resolve first (if triggered), so you can't "setup" your ally with Limbo if you want to draw with Defensive Energy, I would thank if anybody can confirm me if I'm right or not.

Supports with Alter-Ego actions are often a little questionable. You always have to ask if you're going to be in alter-ego form often enough to make playing the card worthwhile. Well, Ham wants to absorb damage to gain those spiffy toon counters, so it's almost given he will be flipping down to heal on a fairly regular basis. Claiming an extra pair of toon counters each time you do so is definitely worth the investment of playing the card.m

Can anybody clarify whether a minion brought into play with Hunted will proc any “When Revealed” effects on that minion? I assume it would activate Quickstrike (if you’re in hero), but during a game of Civil War someone argued that When Revealed effects wouldn’t go off as the minion is not entering play in the usual way.

Can anyone weigh in on this with some sources for clarity? My Google-Fu is not cutting it on this one.

To evaluate Iron Man, I usually compare him with Ronin, because they're both allies you want to slap upgrades on, and with Beast because of the similar stat line. Therefore, if you attach Inspired to each, you get:

Iron Man 6 ER (equivalent resources), THW 3, ATK 3, HP 3

Ronin 6 ER (equivalent resources), THW 3, ATK 4, HP 3

Beast 5 ER (base cost of 5, plus 2 for Inspired, minus a 2-point resource card you get in your hand), THW 3, ATK 3, HP 3

So, with only 1 upgrade card, Iron Man falls behind both Ronin (who has 1 more ATK) and Beast (who costs 1 less ER). If you also attach Reinforced Suit to each, you get:

Iron Man 7 ER, THW 3, ATK 3, HP 5

Ronin 8 ER, THW 3, ATK 4, HP 5

Beast 7 ER, THW 3, ATK 3, HP 5

In this case, Iron Man becomes equivalent to Beast, while compared to Ronin, you're trading 1 more ER for 1 more ATK (personally, I'd still choose both Beast and Ronin over him).

Conclusion: Iron Man becomes truly competitive only in a full Voltron scenario with 3+ upgrades, which however is far from easy to achieve. While not terribly subpar, he's now an outdated card and definitely could've been given more love (1 more HP would probably do the job, maybe also adding a thematic Aerial trait).