DC Comics Deck-Building Game

The DC Comics Deck-Building Game (no subtitle), sometimes abbreviated to DC1, is the first Cerberus Engine game designed by Cryptozoic Entertainment based on the DC Universe. Based on the standard Justice League of America, it features the most iconic or well-known Super Heroes, esp. Batman and Superman, as well as dozens of other Heroes and Villains in the form of non-playable character cards, as well as a variety of objects, powers, and places from the DCU, esp. ones pertaining to the JLA.

Being the first installment, the groundwork for the game was laid out with many simple-to-understand, high-power, and typecast cards for quick, engaging, and highly replayable games. Most of the Super Heroes have an affinity for one particular card type or card ability, segregating them into distinct strategies revolving around getting as many of that card as possible; SH's in later installments also follow this model, but in increasingly complex ways. All Attacks in the game come on Villain cards, while Defenses were anything but Villains.

Despite--or perhaps especially because of it--being the first game, the feature list on the back of the box mentioned inter-compatibility with all future Cerberus Engine: Heroes releases, promising that the C-shield logo card back would return for everything but The Lord of the Rings, though in hindsight it should be noted that there was no promise of the card front never changing.

New Features
Power, Attack, Defense, Cost, Card Type, Victory Points, Discard Pile, Drawing Cards, Gaining Cards, Destroying Cards, Super Heroes, Super-Villains, Variant Games, Promo

Super Heroes

 * Aquaman - Can use cards the next/same turn
 * Batman - Equipment expert
 * Cyborg - Equipment/Super Power mix
 * Green Lantern - Balanced character
 * Superman - Super Power man
 * The Flash - Draw cards faster
 * Wonder Woman - Villain hunter
 * Martian Manhunter (Promo only) - Hero/Villain mix

Super-Villains

 * R'as al Ghul - Self-recycling power
 * Black Manta - Power and draw
 * Deathstroke - Hero/Villain hunter
 * Captain Cold - Disabling ability
 * Sinestro - Hates Heroes
 * Atrocitus - Highly destructive
 * The Joker - Inescapable trick
 * Brainiac - Random shuffle around
 * Darkseid - Highly destructive
 * Lex Luthor - One hit for each Villain
 * Parallax - Double the power
 * The Anti-Monitor - Destroys the Line-up

Cardlist
See also: Crisis 1 Cardlist
 * Under construction

Expansions
All Cerberus Engine: Heroes installments are viable expansions, but Crisis 1 was designed specifically to expand upon the theme established in DC1, with teamwork-centric versions of the DC1 Super Heroes and 6 new characters to round out the roster, particularly Robin.

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