There's a lot going on in Marvel Rivals. Between grinding out ranks in the new competitive season and completing limited-time events like the Spring Festival, most players are kept on their toes pretty much constantly. But one area of Marvel Rivals that perhaps isn't given as much attention is the Gallery Cards.
Gallery Cards are a feature in Marvel Rivals that serves as a reward for completing seasonal tasks. They are collated in seasonal comic books called Serials, with each season having a dedicated comic strip that stores all the unlockable art. But as well as giving players cool art of some of their favourite heroes, completing these pictures also gives players access to some lore drops. For example, in Doom's Rise (the Serial for Season 0), after completing events to unlock the 'Your Biggest Fan' comic strip, you can read more about the non-playable narrator Galacta. Some bits of lore are more exciting than others, but the latest drop is something that has really stood out to players.
Plans Within Plans is the latest Gallery Card in the Season 1 Eternal Night Falls Serial, and accompanying this piece of art is a passage from the Book of Doom – 2099. The short passage is mostly just Doom recounting giving a shard of Chronovium to Dracula and how, despite New York City being cast into darkness, everything's going according to Doom's plan of using the Vampiric Verses to become immortal.
But before his sinister plan can take place, Doom admits that he's had to join forces with some of the heroes fighting against Dracula to throw them off the scent of his ambitions for immortality. And with that, he announces, «Doom has a gala to attend.»
To most that may just sound like Doom's got some fancy Friday night plans in his diary, but some players think that this short line is hinting at something far more important. «Season 2 is Hellfire Gala confirmed in game!!!» DynamiteDynamo10 says. The Hellfire Gala is an X-Men storyline that saw a new X-Men team unveiled and
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