Sentinels of the Multiverse contains many unlockable Variant Cards for heroes and villains. To switch to an available variant, just tap "Variants" on any card where it appears. Variants can be unlocked by performing specific story challenges in the game. If you're feeling a bit stuck, select a variant below to see instructions for unlocking it.
Still too much work? Approximately 30 days after first release, or once the official unlock condition has been discovered (whichever happens first), each variant will also have a button that can be used to automatically unlock that variant in-game. However, unlocking a Variant this way will not fulfill any related achievement once those are added to the game (but it also won't stop you from earning the achievement if you do complete the challenge in the future).
Unlock conditions are posted to this page once they have been discovered by the community. Players often work together to discover Variant unlock conditions on the Handelabra Games Forum, the Greater than Games Forum, and the Steam Forum.
To unlock a variant hero in multiplayer, you must be controlling that hero. Variant villains can be unlocked in multiplayer by anyone playing the game who meets the conditions.
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Villains
Defeat standard Baron Blade. Then, while fighting Citizen Dawn, destroy Citizens Blood, Sweat, and Tears in the same round.
Mad Bomber Baron Blade
Defeat standard Omnitron. Then, while fighting Grand Warlord Voss, destroy two spaceships in the same round.
Omnitron II
(AKA Cosmic Omnitron)
Defeat standard Spite. Then, defeat GloomWeaver by having 3 villain relics in the villain trash. At least two of the following must be in play: Cursed Acolyte, Profane Zealot, Chosen Disciple, or Ophidia the Deceiver. No Voodoo Pin may be in play.
Spite: Agent of Gloom
Defeat standard Spite and GloomWeaver. Then, do one of the following:
Defeat Spite: Agent of Gloom in Rook City on his “Broken Vessel” side with zero cards under the Safe House and at least five Victims in play.
-OR-
Be defeated by Spite: Agent of Gloom in Rook City on his “Agent of Gloom” side with no more than two Drug cardsface up. Spite must have destroyed at least five Victims.
Skinwalker Gloomweaver
Lose a game against regular Kismet in The Block, with at least K.N.Y.F.E., The Argent Adept, and Fanatic on the team. Over the course of the game, the Talisman must spend more full turns in hero play areas than full turns in the villain play area.
Trickster Kismet
Defeat Infinitor with damage dealt by a Construct. Captain Cosmic must be the first hero and no heroes may be incapacitated. Each different Manifestation must enter play at least once.
Heroic Infinitor
Core Game Heroes
Alphabetical order by Variant name
Defeat Ambuscade in Silver Gulch with no hero character cards over 9 HP and Legacy not on your team.
America's Greatest Legacy
Baron Blade himself deals damage that incapacitates Legacy in Wagner Mars Base.
America's Newest Legacy
(AKA Young Legacy)
Defeat GloomWeaver on his “Demon-God Incarnate” side using The Visionary. Telekinetic Cocoon must have been destroyed at the start of The Visionary’s turn
Dark Visionary
Win a game where Haka is the only non-incapacitated hero. Then, defeat any villain in The Final Wasteland, playing each “Haka of” card at least once each. Again, Haka must be the only non-incapacitated hero.
The Eternal Haka
Play all three mode cards in the same game.
G.I. Bunker
A member of The Ennead deals damage that incapacitates Ra. The Staff of Ra, Flame Barrier, Flesh of the Sun God, Living Conflagration, Solar Flare, and Wrathful Gaze must be in play.
Ra: Horus of Two Horizons
Defeat the Ennead in the Tomb of Anubis with Ra: Horus of Two Horizons as the first hero. Fanatic may not be on the team. During the game, Ra must be reduced to 1 HP, then restored to maximum HP. Ra must deal the final blow to at least 3 members of the Ennead.
Ra: Setting Sun
Defeat Apostate with damage dealt by Fanatic using the power on “Absolution.” Undaunted must be in play. Prayer of Desperation must have been played at some time after Fanatic was restored by Aegis of Resurrection.
Redeemer Fanatic
Use the Infrared Eyepiece power twice in the same turn.
Rook City Wraith
Put five or more Burst cards into the trash in a single turn.
The Super-Scientific Tachyon
Complete a game in the Enclave of the Endlings with the regular Argent Adept and Dark Visionary on the team. The Argent Adept must use the effects of at least one melody, one harmony, and one rhythm on Dark Visionary. Dark Visionary must be incapacitated, and the Argent Adept may not be incapacitated.
The Visionary Unleashed
Season 1 Heroes
Alphabetical order by Variant name
Defeat Infinitor with regular Captain Cosmic on the team. 10 Manifestations and 5 Constructs must be destroyed. Captain Cosmic must deal the final blow to Infinitor.
Captain Cosmic Requital
Win a game against Ambuscade in the Wagner Mars Base with any versions of Tachyon and Chrono-Ranger on the team. Tachyon must not be incapacitated. Chrono-Ranger must not play any bounties on targets other than Ambuscade. Neither Tachyon nor Chrono-Ranger may deal the final blow to Ambuscade.
Chrono-Ranger The Best Of Times
Win a game with any version of the Argent Adept on the team. Every time the Argent Adept uses a power, perform text, or accompany text that can benefit himself, he must benefit himself. The Argent Adept must deal at least 20 damage over the course of the game.
Dark Conductor Argent Adept
Win a game against Baron Blade with regular Sky-Scraper on the team. Three separate times in the game, Sky-Scraper must be Tiny, Normal, and Huge over the course of a single turn.
Extremist Sky-Scraper
Defeat regular Omnitron with Omnitron-X and Unity on the team; neither of them may be incapacitated. Then, defeat Cosmic Omnitron with Omnitron-X and Unity on the team; Omnitron-X must be incapacitated, but Unity may not be incapacitated. Then, defeat any villain with Unity and without Tachyon or Omnitron-X on the team. Construction Pylon, Modular Workbench, Scrap Metal, Supply Crate, and Volatile Parts must be in play. Robot Reclamation must be played at least once.
Omnitron-U
In a game with Guise on the team, allow a single player to take 25 actions outside their turn. Valid actions are playing a card, using a power, or drawing a card. The actions must be caused by hero cards, powers, or incapacitated abilities.
Santa Guise
Defeat either GloomWeaver or Apostate with The Scholar incapacitated. The Scholar must have healed hero targets for at least 20 HP in total.
The Scholar of the Infinite
Season 2 Heroes
Alphabetical order by Variant name
First, defeat Ambuscade (classic mode) without any heroes getting incapacitated. Then, defeat Ambuscade (team mode) without any heroes getting incapacitated. Then, defeat The Chairman in Pike Industrial Complex with The Sentinels on the team. At the end of that game, all heroes except Mainstay must be incapacitated.
Action Hero Stuntman
Win a game in Nexus of the Void with Akash'Thriya on the team. Each unique primordial seed must enter the environment deck. Akash'Thriya must be reduced to 9 or less HP, then recover back to full HP. Akash'Flora must be in play at the end of the game without ever having left play.
Akash’Thriya: Spirit of the Void
First, win a team mode game wherein you play at least (100 - 10*X) equipment cards and destroy at least (50 - 5*X) devices, where X is the number of RevoCorp related decks in the game. Then, play an equipment card. The list of RevoCorp related decks is: Ambuscade, Baron Blade, Benchmark, Expatriette, Friction, Fright Train, Luminary, Parse, Plague Rat, and Setback.
Benchmark Supply and Demand
First, defeat Baron Blade in the Realm of Discord without Luminary on the team. Then, win a game in Freedom Tower with the Freedom Five (any variants). Then, in a game in Megalopolis with Luminary on the team, use the power on each Doomsday Device while at least 15 cards are in Luminary's trash.
Heroic Luminary
In a game with regular K.N.Y.F.E. in The Block, have K.N.Y.F.E. destroy 5 Agents other than Warden Hoefle. K.N.Y.F.E. may not destroy Warden Hoefle.
K.N.Y.F.E. Rogue Agent
Win a game in Time Cataclysm with La Comodora on the team. Each of La Comodora's unique equipment cards must be in play at one time. After that, each of her unique equipment cards must be in her trash at once. La Comodora must deal the final blow with at least 10 damage using Run Aground.
La Comodora: Curse of the Black Spot
Win a game in the Court of Blood with Lifeline on the team. Play each of Lifeline's unique one-shots while both copies of Cosmic Immolation are in play. Lifeline must be incapacitated by Blood Countess Bathory. No other heroes may be incapacitated.
Lifeline Blood Mage
Defeat Progeny with regular Parse on the team. At the end of the game, Parse must have at least 10 ongoing cards in play, and must be at exactly 1 HP.
Parse: Fugue State
Lose a game with regular The Sentinels incapacitated at the end. The Sentinels must be incapacitated before any other heroes are incapacitated. All four Signature cards along with Sentinel Tactics must have been in play at the same time during the game.
The Adamant Sentinels
Win three games where regular The Naturalist deals the final blow to the villain. Each different villain must be defeated while The Naturalist is in a different form.
The Hunted Naturalist
Teams:
Defeat Omnitron in Omnitron-IV with regular Bunker as the first hero. Then, defeat Cosmic Omnitron in Omnitron-IV with regular Bunker as the last hero. At the end of both games, Bunker must be active and have less than 10 HP.
Termi-Nation Bunker
In a single non-hero turn, regular Absolute Zero must take over 10 damage, regain over 10 HP, and deal over 10 damage to a single non-hero target (in one shot). These three things can happen in any sequence, but all must occur on the same turn.
Termi-Nation Absolute Zero
In a game with regular Unity on the team, more than 5 times (H) hero targets must be in play for a complete round (from the start of the villain turn through the end of the environment turn). Only hero targets that have HP printed on their card count.
Termi-Nation Unity
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular Absolute Zero on the team. Then, defeat any villain with regular Absolute Zero and without a Legacy on the team. Each of Absolute Zero’s equipment cards must be destroyed at least once, and he may not be incapacitated.
Freedom Six Absolute Zero
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular Bunker on the team. Then, defeat any villain with regular Bunker and without a Legacy on the team. Bunker must draw at least 12 cards, and he must be the only incapacitated hero.
Freedom Six Bunker
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular Tachyon on the team. Then, defeat any villain with regular Tachyon and without a Legacy on the team. Fleet of Foot must be played at least 5 times.
Freedom Six Tachyon
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular Tempest on the team. Then, defeat any villain with regular Tempest and without a Legacy on the team. Aquatic Correspondence, Localized Hurricane, and Reclaim from the Deep must be played at least once each. Tempest must be the only incapacitated hero.
Freedom Six Tempest
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular The Wraith on the team. Then, defeat The Chairman with The Wraith as the first hero and without a Legacy on the team. The Wraith must deal the final blows to The Chairman and The Operative.
Freedom Six Wraith
Lose a game to Iron Legacy with regular Unity on the team. Then, defeat any villain with regular Unity and without a Legacy on the team. Unity must end the game with more mechanical golems in play than her HP.
Freedom Six Unity
Defeat Baron Blade in Rook City with Expatriette using the card “Unload” to fire guns at least 3 times at Baron Blade to destroy him.
Dark Watch Expatriette
The Operative herself deals damage that incapacitates Mr. Fixer in Rook City. Bloody Knuckles, any one Style, and no Tool must be in play.
Dark Watch Mister Fixer
In the Realm of Discord, deal damage to both hero and villain targets with an Oblivion play that revealed two 4 spell icons. Expatriette must be on the team and Master of Magic must be in play
Dark Watch Nightmist
Defeat The Chairman in Rook City with the 4 hero team: Setback, Dark Watch Expatriette, Dark Watch Mr. Fixer, and Dark Watch NightMist (in any order).
Dark Watch Setback
Defeat Advanced GloomWeaver in the Realm of Discord with The Harpy on the team. Flip all control tokens to avian, then all to arcana. After that, they must remain all arcana until the end of the game. The Harpy must destroy at least one villain relic, and may not be incapacitated.
Dark Watch Harpy
Lose a game to Akash’bhuta with the regular Argent Adept on the team. Then, defeat Akash’bhuta with the regular Argent Adept as the first hero; the rest of the team must be regular Haka, regular Captain Cosmic, regular Tempest, and Redeemer Fanatic (in any order). Each of the Argent Adept’s instruments must enter play during the game.
Prime Wardens Agent Adept
Prime Wardens Argent Adept must be unlocked. Then, in a game in Dok’Thorath Capital, standard Captain Cosmic must prevent a total of 20 damage that would be dealt to other heroes or refugees. The prevention must be accomplished with Energy Bracers or by redirecting damage from Abject Refugees to Captain Cosmic.
Prime Wardens Captain Cosmic
Prime Wardens Argent Adept must be unlocked. Then, in a game against Apostate, regular or Redeemer Fanatic must destroy 2 Imp Pilferers, 2 Fiendish Pugilists, and 2 Relic Spirits.
Prime Wardens Fanatic
Prime Wardens Argent Adept must be unlocked. Then, defeat Ambuscade with regular Haka on the team. At the end of the game, Haka must be the only active hero, and be at maximum HP.
Prime Wardens Haka
Prime Wardens Argent Adept must be unlocked. Then, with regular Tempest in a game, play Ball Lightning, Chain Lightning, and Lightning Slash at any time when Electrical Storm, Grievous Hail Storm, Localized Hurricane, and Vicious Cyclone are all in play.
Prime Wardens Tempest
Win a game in Insula Primalis with the regular Argent Adept on the team. The Argent Adept must use his Vocalize power to activate each of his unique Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm cards at least once each.
Xtreme Prime Wardens
Argent Adept
Win a game in Dok'Thorath Capital with regular Tempest on the team. Tempest must deal at least 1 damage on each of Tempest’s turns. At the end of the game, both Gene-Bound Shackles and Elemental Subwave Inducer must be in play.
Extreme Prime Wardens
Tempest
Win a game in the Enclave of the Endlings with regular Captain Cosmic on the team. At least 10 Construct cards must enter play. By using his own card effects, damage from himself, or damage from Constructs, Captain Cosmic must destroy at least 10 Construct cards.
Xtreme Prime Wardens
Captain Cosmic
Win a game in the Court of Blood with regular Fanatic on the team. Fanatic must destroy each unique Vampire at least once. Fanatic must not be dealt any infernal damage.
Extreme Prime Wardens
Fanatic
Win a game in Magmaria with regular Haka on the team. Haka may never have any equipment cards in his play area. Haka must destroy at least 5 villain targets and at least 5 environment targets.
Xtreme Prime Wardens
Haka
First, the Prime Wardens (all variant members) must be defeated by Progeny anywhere other than Rook City or Megalopolis. Then, Dark Watch (all variant members) must by defeated by Progeny in Rook City. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant members) must be defeated by Progeny in Rook City.
(mouseover the Freedom Five logo to see prerequisite games)
First, play the Prerequisite Games. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant team members) must defeat Progeny in Megalopolis. During that game, Absolute Zero must be dealt over 29 fire damage and must deal over 29 cold damage. Absolute Zero must have at least 6 Ongoing cards in play at one time.
Freedom Five Absolute Zero
First, play the Prerequisite Games. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant team members) must defeat Progeny in Megalopolis. During that game, Bunker must discard each unique Mode card at least twice. Bunker must deal at least 4 different types of damage to Progeny.
Freedom Five Bunker
First, play the Prerequisite Games. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant team members) must defeat Progeny in Megalopolis. During that game, Trust Fund must be played at least 3 times. The Wraith must draw at least 20 cards and play Smoke Bombs at least once.
Freedom Five Wraith
First, play the Prerequisite Games. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant team members) must defeat Progeny in Megalopolis. During that game, Tachyon must play at least 10 cards in one turn. Tachyon must run out of cards in her deck and thus shuffle her trash into her deck at least once. Tachyon must be incapacitated.
Freedom Five Tachyon
First, play the Prerequisite Games. Then, the Freedom Five (non-variant team members) must defeat Progeny in Megalopolis. During that game, Legacy must prevent at least 20 points of damage and must prevent more damage than he increases. Danger Sense must be played during the game.
Freedom Five Legacy
First, 5 Concepts must be in play with at least 2 cards under each of them for at least 2 rounds. Then, in the same game, 5 Concepts must be in play and no Concept may have a card under it.
Super Sentai Idealist
First, Void Guard Dr. Medico must be dealt 50 damage in a single game. Then, Void Guard Dr. Medico must destroy Re-Volt.
Dr. Medico Malpractice
Complete a game with Void Guard Writhe on the team. Void Guard Writhe must play at least 1 equipment card and at least 1 ongoing card. Whenever Void Guard Writhe has an ongoing card in his play area, he must have more equipment cards than ongoing cards in his play area.
Cosmic Inventor Writhe
First, all 3 of Void Guard Mainstay's equipment cards must enter and remain in play for at least 3 rounds. Then, in the same game, Void Guard Mainstay must destroy all 3 of his equipment cards in one turn.
Road Warrior Mainstay
Completionist Guise
First, unlock all other variants via their story challenges. Then, in any order, earn a mint cover on a Weekly One-Shot, and activate the special form of Guise or Santa Guise.
Defeat 4 different Earth-Prime villains with Lady Liberty landing the final blow.
All-New Lady Liberty
Daedalus deals himself fire damage from Antigrav Field, Atlas Gravity Well, Forcewave Doru, Gravitic Snare, Graviton Cannon, Matter Collapser in a single turn and is incapacitated by that damage.
Daedalus At The Forge
Using a card play from Bowman's Play Card phase, play Bowman Lineage, Practice Makes Perfect, Practice Makes Perfect, Practice Makes Perfect, and Bowman Lineage (in that order).
Golden Age Bowman
Star Knight is incapacitated by damage redirected by Star Knight Oath while she has at least 4 cards in her trash.
Star Knight Hashik of Haassaa
Defeat Omega with Captain Thunder in Freedom City or The Terminus after having 6 or more Breaches in play at once.
Rookie Captain Thunder
Lose a game where Lantern Jack incapacitated himself. Then, win a game with Lantern Jack on the team where he is at or below 1 HP and at or above 30 HP during the game and is not incapacitated during the game.
Chilling Tales Lantern Jack
Play a turn where Johnny Rocket starts below 10 HP and with 5 or more Momentum cards in play, ends with 5 or more Momentum cards in play, and 5 or more Momentum cards are destroyed in that turn.
Maximum Speed Johnny Rocket
In Freedom City, play all 3 copies of Tools of the Trade, searching for Into the Shadows and Strike From Above at some point with them. Then, the Raven is incapacitated while Into the Shadows or Strike From Above is in play.
Silver Age Raven
Over the course of a game, prevent 50 damage to hero targets with Loa of Storm and Sea. Siren must use the 9 different powers on her Weather Effect cards while Ridden by the Loa is in play. Then, win the game.
Siren Beneath The Sea
Defeat any villain with Doctor Metropolis in Freedom City with 8 or more unique Location cards in play.
One With Freedom Doctor Metropolis
Defeat the Meta-Mind with Pseudo on the team. At least 3 different Shape cards must have been played in a single turn.
Space Infiltrator Pseudo
Lose a game against Malador the Mystic with Eldritch on the team. Malador must be at 0 HP or less, and Eldritch must be incapacitated while having all of his Master spells in play with at least 4 tokens each.