Ever since Star Wars Epic Duels came out, my closest gaming friends and I were hooked. We quickly decided that 2v2 was the best way to play and we spent many evenings playing the original decks. Fast forward to Summer 2007 when a couple of my friends discovered the online community of custom Epic Duels deck. They brought over several custom decks. Some were great - others... were... not so great... The idea of custom decks, though, was magnificent. With renewed interest, we enjoyed trying all sorts of different decks. Then we were introduced to the awesome Deck Designer Program (developed by Corey Andalora); and that's when the creative gears began to turn. We came up with all sorts of different decks - from Marvel to video games to Wheel of Time to even decks of ourselves.
Finally, one friend brought over a deck for two of the most iconic characters I knew - Mario and Luigi. While that particular deck had it's issues, it did have some good ideas. With that deck, though, I realized that Epic Duels was the board game equivalent of one of my favorite video game series - Super Smash Bros. The chaotic multiplayer fun of Smash Bros. was a natural fit for Epic Duels. After that, I was inspired to make a set of 24 decks featuring Nintendo's greatest characters that really captured the feel of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. My goal with this project was to create a full set of unique characters that maintained their personalities and play styles while still being balanced enough to be played with the original Hasbro decks. After several years of creating, adjusting and playtesting, the set finally feels complete. So, now, it's time to give back to the online community that's continued to breathe new life into the awesome game of Epic Duels.
Special Thanks to Wolsel for contributing ideas to the Samus, Mario, Bowser, and Fox decks and Justin for contributing ideas to the Marth and Ness decks. Thanks also goes out to Jordan, Taco, Russs, Lucas, Pierce, Trisha, Jensen, Zach, Avery, Reuben, and all the other friends that helped me playtest these decks.
Please print and enjoy Super Smash Bros. Brawl Epic Duels!
NOTE: Pokemon Trainer and Captain Olimar use TWO character sheets. Page 1 of the second Pokemon Trainer and Captain Olimar Pdfs need to be printed up solely for the character sheets.
You can also print a copy of the basic Epic Duels rules, including house rules used for 2v2 matches and specific SSBB Epic Duels rules: SSBB Epic Duels Rules.pdf
Please leave feedback about any of the decks!
Below you will find any custom additions, modifications, and other such things I or anyone else might have cooked up for Super Smash Bros Brawl Epic Duels. As of this writing (5/31/16), there's only one item here, but feel free to make your own additions.
~Freaky Mutant Man
Custom Health Chart for Pokemon Trainer - Since there's no real need for the Pokemon Trainer himself to be on the chart, given that he is not an actual character, I whipped up this custom chart so you don't have to use the two provided in the PDFs. No idea how well it'll print, since I've only used it in Tabletop Simulator, but hopefully it'll work for your needs. By Freaky Mutant Man
Star Fox Zero Health Charts for Star Fox Characters - I've been working on a deck for Peppy & Slippy. While that deck isn't quite ready to be presented, I did end up making some new health charts for the Fox & Falco and Wolf & Leon decks to match the one I made for Peppy & Slippy. These use the Star Fox Zero character portraits, and are a bit more colorful than the originals. The health charts themselves are your standard Deck Designer stuff, just cleaned up a bit. By Freaky Mutant Man
Original set by Atom & co.
Comments (9)
Benjamin Hanson said
at 2:10 pm on May 10, 2014
Great Overall Effort. I've looked through a couple, and there seems to be a nice blend of different specials with nothing too outsized.
Diminished said
at 12:00 am on Jan 18, 2017
Were these decks ever converted to Vassal? I can only find printable PDF's. Would the original creator care if I copied everything into Deck Designer and converted them myself? I've already got 3 done but I don't want to continue if they already exist or if he doesn't want it done for some reason.
Roman F said
at 8:53 am on Aug 21, 2017
Just a plug: At GenCon50 this past weekend, I was fortunate to meet Atom as he was running the Smash Bros. Epic Duels event that he has run for several years. I was very impressed with the event itself as well as the Epic Duels content Atom has created. The event was well-organized, well-run, and drew a mix of Smash Bros. and Epic Duels fans -- who knew there were so many? Atom explained the rules to set everyone up for some fun duels of 2v2 and 3v3, and I saw the participants quickly figuring out, and getting into the game.
The decks themselves are also excellent, creative and clever. They break a lot of rules, but do so carefully and thoughtfully. The balance between the decks indicates that they've received a lot of play testing as well. While I'm not a Smash Bros. fan per se, I recognize many of the characters, including additions like Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokemon, MegaMan and others. If you are a fan of Smash Bros. or Epic Duels, these decks are well worth a look!
Freaky Mutant Man said
at 2:38 pm on Aug 21, 2017
Mega Man, you say? Sounds like there's been an update to the set. Curious to see what's been added and changed...
MiThiKaL said
at 11:29 am on Jan 15, 2018
Some decks that my group of friends and I have came up with to go along with the smash bros version. A lot of though t and some testing have been put into them. Im not positive that they are completely balanced at this point and would appreciate any feedback.
Robin Male & Robin Female
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992731/Robin%20M%26F%20Deck.pdf
Lucina & Bowman
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992722/Lucina%20%26%20Bowman.pdf
I took a different route with this deck, rather than just making her a clone of Marth like on the smash bros games. The deck is based around the idea that she came from the future, making her change outcomes or see your cards/deck.
The Villager & K.K. Slider
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992734/villager%20and%20kk%20v2.pdf
Little Mac & Doc louis
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992719/Little%20Mac%20%26%20Doc%20update.pdf
Roy & Eliwood (fire emblem roy)
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992791/final%20roy%20deck.pdf
Cloud & Chocobo (untested)
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992713/Cloud%20deck.pdf
Mewtwo & Mew
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/122992728/new%20mewtwo.pdf
Roman F said
at 4:44 pm on Jan 15, 2018
Oh nice! I'm actually going to put these in the body of this page along with your commentary.
Freaky Mutant Man said
at 7:09 pm on Jan 15, 2018
Should probably go in the fan content section
Roman F said
at 9:53 pm on Jan 15, 2018
Make it so!
MiThiKaL said
at 3:50 pm on Jan 30, 2019
Mega Man and Rush (minimal testing)
http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/file/131658900/Mega%20Man%20and%20Rush.pdf
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