Atomic Mass Games released the Thanos Ultimate Encounter for Marvel: Crisis Protocol today, Friday, November 13, 2026, for $69.99. The Asmodee USA catalog lists the set, product code MCP23, with a November 13, 2026 release date, and Atomic Mass Games detailed the encounter in its Transmission article on November 11, 2026.
The set is the November headliner on our tabletop and TCG releases this month tracker. It is Atomic Mass Games’ second big Marvel release window in a month, ahead of Maul and Sith Probe Droids for Star Wars: Legion on December 11. Unlike a normal character pack, this is a complete cooperative style scenario in one box, built around one player running Thanos against two teammates.
Key facts
| Name | Marvel: Crisis Protocol Thanos Ultimate Encounter (MCP23) |
| Publisher | Atomic Mass Games |
| Release date | Friday, November 13, 2026 |
| Price | $69.99 |
| Players | 3 (two Crisis Team players vs one Cosmic Threat player) |
| Link | Ultimate Encounter: The Infinity Gauntlet on atomicmassgames.com |
How does the Thanos Ultimate Encounter work?
Two Crisis Team players each bring an 18 Threat squad and cooperate against one player who controls Thanos, Chosen of Death. The Crisis Team activates three characters in a row before the Cosmic Threat player activates Thanos and, once Minions enter play, up to one Minion.
Thanos cannot take damage unless he has a Suppression token, thanks to the Cosmic Entities rule. To apply Suppression, the heroes collect Antimatter Cores from Supply Caches, deliver them to three Amplification Modules on the battlefield, and fire the Nullifier Beam. Thanos and his Minions can Trash the Modules to slow that plan down. The Crisis Team wins by KOing Thanos. The Cosmic Threat wins if all three Modules are Trashed at the end of a Cleanup Phase, or if the Crisis Team is reduced to four or fewer characters.
How strong is Thanos, Chosen of Death?
On his Healthy side, Thanos starts with 12 Stamina and defenses of 5 Physical, 5 Energy, and 6 Mystic. If he is Dazed, he removes his damage and flips to his Injured side at the start of the Cosmic Threat turn, returns with 20 Stamina, gains Cosmic Obliteration, a Strength 8, Beam 5 attack, and the Black Order starts arriving as Minions, one when he flips and more in later Cleanup Phases.
| Infinity Gem | Effect in the encounter |
|---|---|
| Power Gem | Grants Thanos 10 Power |
| Space Gem | Lets Thanos place himself anywhere on the battlefield |
| Time Gem | Reduces enemy movement to Short and increases allied movement to Long |
| Mind Gem | Lets the Cosmic Threat player choose which Crisis Team characters activate |
| Soul Gem | Temporarily brings a KO’d hero back into play as a Minion |
| Reality Gem | Turns Thanos Failure results into Criticals |
At the start of each Cosmic Threat turn, the controlling player picks one Gem to be active until the next Cosmic Threat turn, and each Gem can only be chosen once per round.
What is in the box, and what does $69.99 buy?
The set includes the Ultimate Encounter rules, a Thanos, Chosen of Death Stat Card, all six Ultimate Infinity Gem cards, and the custom components for the Amplification Modules, Supply Caches, Nullifier Beam, Antimatter Cores, and Suppression. That contents list is why the price sits at $69.99: this is a full encounter set with its own rules and components, not a single character pack. The encounter is designed for narrative play, where Inviolable Resolve gives the heroes extra Power, and higher difficulty settings cut the Crisis Team’s Team Tactic Cards, with the highest setting flipping heroes to their Injured sides as soon as they would gain a Dazed token.
Source: Ultimate Encounter: The Infinity Gauntlet, Atomic Mass Games Transmission, November 11, 2026, and the Asmodee USA MAP Catalog listing for MCP23 (price and release date).
Image credit: Thanos, Chosen of Death stat card art via Atomic Mass Games.
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