Each Hero and Villain character card features a Nemesis Icon. This icon indicates which characters have personal vendettas or negative history with other characters. This is represented by characters dealing additional damage to their nemesis. Any time a target deals damage to a target of a different type than itself (Hero, Villain, or Environment) that shares its nemesis icon, that damage is increased by +1.

EXAMPLE!

The Hero Legacy and the Villain Baron Blade are nemeses. So, when Baron Blade uses his Hasten Doom card to deal 2 toxic damage to each Hero target, it does 3 damage to Legacy, due to the Nemesis icon.

However, if one of Baron Blade's minions attacks Legacy, that damage is not increased, as that minion doesn't have Legacy's nemesis icon.

Similarly, when Legacy attacks that minion, the damage is not increased, but when Legacy would deal 3 melee damage to Baron Blade himself, he deals 4 melee damage.