Now that Critical Mass is on the shelves, you may be thinking about picking up the new Unique Beta Ray Bill to replace Experienced Thor as your resident hammer-weilding powerhouse. At the same point total, let's see which is better suited for your needs.

	THOR (E)	vs	BETA RAY BILL (U)
Points	144		144
Set (Rarity)	Clobberin' Time (4)		Critical Mass (6)
Team Ability	Avengers		None
Click-by-Click Analysis	Right off the bat Thor seems to have the edge with a free move via the Avengers team ability. Their numbers are extremely similar, but Thor keeps ahead on the first three clicks: on the first click his 17 defense beats Beta's 16. On the second, Thor keeps his 11 Attack while Beta goes down to 10. And on the third click Thor again beats him in defense 16-15. The fourth click they're exactly the same, and Beta pulls ahead on the 5th click, beating Thor's defense by 1 point, and then they even out again on the 6th. Here's the 7th click clincher: Beta keeps his toughness with a 14 defense while Thor's toughness goes bye-bye as he falls to a 13! Both of their last clicks is a stand-still 5-8-13-1. I dunno about you guys, but I'm stickin' with the original Thunder God. The Avengers ability far outweighs Beta's extra click of toughness, which Thor might not even need with his mighty 1-point edge in defense on the first click.
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