Piecing Together Marvel Puzzle Quest: Northstar (Classic)
This Alpha Flight member is the newest 4-Star Rarity character!
![Northstar](https://cdn.marvel.com/content/1x/oemmgsuxxiw7.png)
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As a famous athlete, a widely successful entrepreneur, a devoted husband, and a speedster member of Alpha Flight, Jean-Paul Beaubier is an icon in his home country of Canada. And now, Northstar is also an icon for Marvel’s Puzzle Quest, as the latest 4-Star Rarity (Legendary) to join!
![northstar](https://cdn.marvel.com/content/1x/comicattribution.jpg)
The 4-Star Rarity (Legendary) character with affiliation heroes has a tool kit that includes Running Early, Star Bright, and Up North.
Using his incredible speed and expert precision, Running Early, a high-cost blue power, Northstar destroys a chosen row. Gains Yellow AP for each Yellow tile destroyed.
![northstar](https://cdn.marvel.com/content/1x/vfx_runningearly_2x.jpg)
Using Star Bright, a mid-cost yellow power, Northstar joins hands with his twin sister Aurora, creating blinding light to dazzle enemies. Converts 2 basic tiles of the target's strongest color into Team-Up tiles and creates a 2-turn Countdown tile targeting a random ally. While on the board, this tile grants 1 turn of Invisibility and gives a burst of 118 health to that ally at the start of your turn (Max level 229 health).
![northstar](https://cdn.marvel.com/content/1x/vfx_starbright_3x.jpg)
Northstar lifts the enemy into the air and pummels them with fists and gravity with Up North, a mid-cost black power. Sends Northstar and the target Airborne for 1 turn. When the enemy lands, destroy 1 AP and 2 basic tiles in the Airborne enemy's second-strongest color, dealing 76 damage per tile destroyed. Destroyed tiles don't deal damage or generate other AP (Max level 148 damage).
![northstar](https://cdn.marvel.com/content/1x/vfx_upnorth_2x.jpg)
Recruit Northstar between January 9-14 In placement rewards; or January 9 - January 16 with rewards tokens to Venom Bomb, a random cover of Northstar (Classic), and more.
Northstar’s featured event is Hearts of Darkness, playable between January 13-17; and a Versus Tournament, Star Athlete, between January 12- 15.
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