Hero deck backs, the art that never was

One of the very few, and very minor things that I wish that GtG had done differently is that I wish that they had given each individual hero deck its own distinctive art for the backs of the Hero decks.

Each of the villains and environments has a distinctive, stylish, awesome backing- my favorites being Kismet's Native American trickster and Dawn's propagan-tastic RISE!  Each one gives you just a little more about them, and immerses you just that little bit more.

The heroes get standardized backs, based on which expansion (or the base game) they are from.  Its actually a bit difficult to tell (for instance) Nightmist's deck apart from the Argent Adept's at a casual glance.  

So, I tend to think about what I wish they had for their backings.  And i'm wondering what you guys think.  In practical terms, I tend to think that the hero's names aren't always necessary on the backs of the cards (if you make them distinctive enough).

Here's my thoughts:

Legacy: White and blue card, with the lantern Symbol in the center. (much like Iron Legacy's)

Wraith: The Wraith shilhouetted on on gargoyle against a stormy sky.  Her eyes and bandages are white, the rest of her is black.

Tachyon: Tachyon in full sprint, circles and goggles leaving red trailers. 

Bunker: The Bunker suit (open) in it's bay being rearmed, repaired, and weapons being fitted.

AZ: AZ's triangular symbol glowing blue on a field of black.

Ra: A giant, fiery sun rising over the desert.

Tempest: A jagged pillar of lightning coming out of a gathering storm.

Visionary: An opalescent ball of colors, with a figure taking shape within them 

Haka: Haka, holding up the couch (with one hand) to vaccuum underneath it.  His folded laundry (including his outfit) is stacked neatly beside his weapons.

Fanatic: A praying (while armed and armored) Fanatic in a pool of candlelight.

Unity: The pieces of raptor bot coming together in mid-assembly

the Scholar: A half-full white russian (with tiny umbrella), beaded with condensation in the sun. 

Expatriette: A workbench with a gun in mid-cleaning, loaded cartridges and spare ammo next to it.  Many other guns are in brackets on the wall behind it.

Mr. Fixer: Fixer on a moonlit night, smoking a cigar and sweeping the front of his shop.

The Argent Adept: Silver card, with the (insert favorite of his instruments) in the middle.

Nightmist: a dark street, with a trenchcoated woman under a streetlight is turning into mist.

Omnitron X: Omnitron's-X's red symbol blazing in the middle, surrounded by dark blue.

Chrono-ranger: Chrono's timey-wimey badge in the middle, crackling multi-colored lightning all around.

 

If you could get art for the card backs, what would you go with? 

Interesting ideas! :)

Just the Nemesis Symbol could also be a simple but effective back art as well

If I could change the backs, I think the only thing I would do is give Unity and Scholar Mini-Expansion backs. From their current backs, it appears they are from the base game, when they are not.

Ditto. This is my only real complaint, but the other idea is cool too.

I thought about this earlier and even looked into what it would cost to make custom sleeves for the hero decks... it turned out to be in the vicinity of $30 for 100 sleeve minimum order... which was a bit much for what it would add. 

Alternatively, if you use clear sleeves (like I do) you could print the card back art you want on the thinnest paper you can find and slip it into the sleeve for each card. I tried it on vellum using the nemesis symbols to test it out and it actually turned out pretty well, the translucency of the vellum created a watermark effect of the original card back. 

Ultimately though, it would be way too much work for minimal enhancement, I think... but I really enjoy testing all this stuff out. 

+1 Foote, adding nemesis symbol!
+1 Ronway

+2 pennies OP