Definitely looks like fun. Yeah, the Mind Gem doesn't really add anything to benefit his play-style, but the +1 attack makes the 10 point boost worth it. I wonder how he stacks up against In-Betweener.

Sadly, this pretty much guarantees the impossibility of a Elders of the Universe theme team for the foreseeable future.

An interesting and well costed dial. The Mind Gem adds a few more options but is more effective for the AV boost than the powers it grants. That just seems a little unsatisfying. More to do with the gem than the dial though.

I like him. It would have been awesome if he granted like, +8 to the map roll though.

I would actually use him unlike half of these figures

Grandmaster is great figure for the Heroclix player that likes to gamble.

lol, I am a HC-Gambler. So yeah, I WILL be playing this fig.

You roll for impervious after the attack but before damage is dealt-since your impervious roll (a 5-6) determines how much (if any) damage is to be dealt to the figure. Therefore the "MYLTM" SP can still be used if you fail the impervious roll.

dan it he is up for grabs the same day is chaos war is out. I not sure if I will be playing that day

Um, NO. Impervious either reduces damage dealt to 0, or reduces damage dealt by 2. Either way, the damage has to be dealt before Impervious kicks in.

I sincerely hope these sculpts will show up, much more economically available, in a later set. Perhaps even Chaos War.

He should have had a trait reading something like this:

Avengers Annual #16: If your opponent's team includes a figure named Hawkeye, it gains the following trait: "Give Hawkeye a power action. Hawkeye can counter a single power or ability possessed by Grandmaster."

still a great fig, but i would have loved to see a manipulative power that allows gm to (for ex.) pull 2 figs(friendly/enemy together and have a battle w/o any interference. Somthign along the lines of that.