Every Confirmed Character (Full Roster Tracker)

It’s official: the roster is done. As of Evo 2026, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has locked its launch lineup at 20 fighters, split into five teams of four. No more silhouette slots, no more “at least six to go” — the last three names dropped on the Evo stage and the board is set. What a board it is, too: iconic headliners (Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine), genuine deep cuts (Magik, Danger, Peni Parker), a full villain team, and a final squad nobody fully called (Blade and Loki as playable fighters — in a traditional fighter, for the first time).

This page tracks every confirmed fighter by their official team, with archetype, difficulty rating, and what we know about their gameplay so far. Anything past confirmed bios — frame data, tier placement, exact combos — is informed speculation, and I’ll flag it as such.

Unbreakable X-Men

Four mutants, and the team where the roster’s execution ceiling lives.

Storm

Archetype	Zoner
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	Fighting Avengers Trailer

Storm dominates the screen with weather-based projectiles and aerial superiority. Lightning strikes, wind projectiles, and what appears to be a fullscreen super make her the premier zoner of the roster. Her assist — expected to be a horizontal beam or projectile — will likely be one of the most in-demand in competitive play, making her a common team member even for players who don’t main her.

Wolverine

Archetype	Rushdown
Difficulty	Medium

Wolverine is pure aggression distilled into a fighting game character. Fast dashes, rapid multi-hit strings, and the kind of close-range pressure that forces opponents into the corner — exactly where you want them for Wall Breaks. His trailer footage shows berserker-style attacks that chain together rapidly, making him an excellent point character who generates damage thresholds quickly through the tag system.

Magik

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard

Magik is a deep cut, and her inclusion signals that ArcSys is building for competitive variety, not just name recognition. Her Soulsword and teleportation abilities translate into what appears to be a portal-based movement system — teleporting through Limbo to attack from unexpected angles. Hard difficulty, high reward for players willing to invest the lab time.

Danger

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard

Danger is the deepest cut on the team — the sentient Danger Room AI from the X-Men comics. Very little gameplay has been shown, making her the most mysterious confirmed fighter. As a technical character with hard difficulty, expect complex mechanics that reward dedicated players — possibly construct-based attacks or shape-shifting drawn from her Danger Room origins.

Amazing Guardians

The team that mixes street-level speed with cosmic firepower — and the one people keep mis-sorting, because Spider-Man rides with the Guardians here, not the Avengers.

Spider-Man

Archetype	Rushdown
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	Announce Trailer

Spider-Man is the poster character for Tōkon — front and center on every piece of marketing. His gameplay shows extremely fast ground and air mobility, web-based special moves that control space, and the kind of high/low mixup pressure rushdown characters thrive on in ArcSys games. Accessible enough for intermediate players but with a sky-high ceiling; his air game — air dashes, cross-ups, divekicks — is expected to be among the best in the game.

Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)

Archetype	All-Rounder
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	Announce Trailer

Ms. Marvel brings something unique to the all-rounder category: reach. Her stretchy limb attacks give her normals significantly more range than characters at similar difficulty levels, creating mixup opportunities at distances where other fighters would be stuck in neutral. A perfect gateway from easy-difficulty picks into medium-difficulty tech.

Star-Lord

Archetype	Zoner
Difficulty	Medium

Star-Lord brings the cosmic flavor with element-gun gameplay that lets him control space with varied projectile types. He’s a zoner with more personality than most — dashing, shooting, and keeping opponents at his preferred range while looking stylish doing it. His jet-boot hover keeps him mobile in a way most keep-away characters aren’t.

Peni Parker

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard
Revealed	March 2026

Peni Parker fights from inside SP//dr, the mech her father built, and she’s exactly the kind of gadget-heavy improviser the roster needed. A brilliant, slightly eccentric young scientist and the spider-hero of a parallel universe, she leans on a wide range of tools rather than a single game plan. Expect a technical setplay character — official material stresses “gadgets and unique tools” over raw fundamentals — so pencil her in for hard difficulty and a deep lab commitment.

Fighting Avengers

The starter-friendly team, now with a bruiser and an acrobat bolted on.

Iron Man

Archetype	All-Rounder
Difficulty	Easy
Revealed	Announce Trailer

Iron Man is Tōkon’s recommended starting point. Easy difficulty, versatile toolkit, no glaring weaknesses. Repulsor blasts for ranged combat, strong normals up close, and a Unibeam super that covers a huge portion of the screen. His assist is expected to be one of the most versatile in the game — useful for any team.

Captain America

Archetype	All-Rounder
Difficulty	Easy
Revealed	Announce Trailer

Captain America plays like a fundamentalist’s dream. Shield-based normals with great range, forward-charging specials perfect for Wall Break carries, and honest, read-based gameplay that rewards patience over gimmicks. Another excellent starter, especially for players who want to learn the fundamentals before branching into complex picks.

Black Panther (Shuri)

Archetype	Speed
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	May 2026

This Black Panther is Shuri, not T’Challa — the new Wakandan queen and chief scientist who’s inherited the mantle. She’s a mobile, acrobatic mid-range fighter built around the Spear of Bashenga and a confirmed high-speed mobility skill, Bast’s Blessing, that lets her dash in multiple directions and cancel it out of attacks for flexible combos. If you like fast, flowing pressure, she’s the roster’s speed pick.

Hulk

Archetype	Grappler
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	May 2026

Here’s the grappler everyone said the roster was missing. Hulk is a green goliath whose strength grows with his rage — he can overpower opponents at any range with sheer force, and his confirmed Gamma Gauge fills as he takes and deals punishment. Max it and he enters Gamma Rage, a boost to strength and speed. Exiled to the Savage Land by S.H.I.E.L.D. and his own former teammates, he shows up in dinosaur-bone armor with a chip on his shoulder the size of a building.

The Knights of Doom

Revealed during State of Play 2026, the villain team is led by Doctor Doom and tied to Tōkon’s Episode Mode story. The Knights of Doom reveal confirmed all four members at once.

Doctor Doom

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard

Doctor Doom is the leader of the Knights and arguably the most anticipated character on the roster. His fighting game legacy across Marvel vs. Capcom is legendary — Hidden Missiles, Foot Dive, screen-controlling plasma beams. In Tōkon, expect a technical powerhouse with tools that control every angle of the screen. Hard difficulty, but potentially the strongest character in the game in the right hands. A perfect anchor pick for the late-game 4v4 phase.

Magneto

Archetype	Zoner
Difficulty	Hard

Magneto in a fighting game is a statement — his Marvel vs. Capcom history includes some of the most broken iterations of any character ever made. Here he’s a hard-difficulty zoner with magnetic field control, expected to manipulate space, dominate at range, and cash out devastating super meter reversals. One of the most exciting characters to watch develop in the competitive meta, and one of the first hands-on fan favorites from the pre-release events.

Green Goblin

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard

Green Goblin brings glider-based combat to the roster. Footage suggests aerial movement options tied to the glider, pumpkin bomb projectiles, and a mobile style that makes him hard to pin down. As a technical character, his glider mechanics likely demand unique execution compared to the rest of the cast.

Carnage

Archetype	Rushdown
Difficulty	Medium

Carnage is symbiote chaos given fighting game form. Long-range tentacle attacks, shape-shifting normals, and unhinged rushdown pressure that makes opponents panic. At medium difficulty he’s the most accessible Knight, a good entry point into the villain team for players who want aggression without hard execution demands.

Samurai Outriders

The fifth and final team, revealed at Evo 2026 — and the reveal that broke the internet, because two of these three had never been playable in a traditional fighter before.

Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)

Archetype	Power
Difficulty	Medium

Ghost Rider brings the Robbie Reyes incarnation — chains, hellfire, and a flaming car. As a power archetype he hits harder per attack than most of the roster but likely moves slower. His chain attacks are expected to give him exceptional range for a non-zoner, dangerous at mid-range where other close-combat fighters can’t reach.

Blade

Archetype	Rushdown
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	Samurai Outriders (Evo 2026)

Blade — Eric Brooks, the Daywalker — is an aggressive close-range hunter with ranged tools to spare. He wields the Muramasa demon-slaying sword (normally sealed, it glows red when he unleashes full power for enhanced sword skills) plus machine guns and glaives. His confirmed Heartstopper move throws a stake that pins the opponent in place so he can close the gap. First time Blade’s been playable in a traditional fighting game — long overdue.

Loki

Archetype	Technical
Difficulty	Hard
Revealed	Samurai Outriders (Evo 2026)

Loki, the God of Mischief, shows up trying to play hero for once — and fights exactly like you’d hope. His whole game is trickery: feints, counters, illusions, erratic movement, and ice-and-magic projectiles. The catch, per official material, is that once the opponent reads through his deceptions he’s vulnerable, so this is a hard-difficulty mind-games character, not a safe one.

Deadpool

Archetype	All-Rounder
Difficulty	Medium
Revealed	Samurai Outriders (Evo 2026)

Deadpool is exactly as chaotic as his Marvel vs. Capcom 3 run promised. Guns, grenades, swords, healing-factor high-risk techniques, and fourth-wall crowd-pleaser antics baked into the moveset. An all-rounder with a comedic streak and a self-destructive edge — accessible enough to pick up, with plenty of rope to hang yourself if you get greedy.

Roster stats at a glance

Category	Count
Total confirmed	20
Teams (four fighters each)	5
Rushdown	4
All-Rounder	4
Zoner	3
Technical	6
Power	1
Grappler	1
Speed	1
Easy difficulty	2
Medium difficulty	11
Hard difficulty	7

Every archetype is now represented — the grappler hole closed the moment Hulk showed up, and Black Panther’s arrival gives the cast its first dedicated speed pick. Technical is the deepest bucket at six, which tracks with ArcSys’s love of complex characters (and the FGC’s love of labbing them).

Roster complete — and what comes after

For the first time since the reveal, there’s nothing left to predict for launch. All 20 fighters are official, the five teams are set, and the character-select screen is effectively finished. If you’d been holding out for a most-wanted pick, the Evo reveal was your last shot before August 6.

The story doesn’t stop at launch, though. Arc System Works has confirmed Year 1 DLC: four additional characters and one new stage after release. Crucially, no DLC names have been announced — so every “leaked” DLC roster floating around is unverified. Community wishlists lean toward Venom, Thor, Doctor Strange, Nightcrawler, and deeper cuts like Knull, but treat all of it as speculation until an official trailer says otherwise.

For team-building with the finished roster, check the tier list and starter characters guide and the beginner’s guide. For dates and platforms, see the release date and platforms page, and for the big-picture summary, the everything we know hub.