Editing Sentinels of the Multiverse (section)

===The Scholar===
John is a lazy old coot who just so happens to be the nigh-immortal bearer of the Philosopher's Stone and the most powerful alchemist who ever lived. He occasionally rouses himself to help the other heroes actually do things whenever his comfortable existence is threatened, and/or when he feels a disturbance in the ley lines that needs correcting, while occasionally serving as a mentor and source off wise advice.

The Scholar's base power involves healing himself, and the other cards in his deck frequently either do the same or let him draw cards. He needs to draw all he can, as his main gimmick involves stacking cards that transmute his "mortal form" into various elemental substances, to let him soak damage, boost the amount of hitpoints he heals by each turn, and damaging enemies for the same amount as he heals... assuming he can discard a card for each of them in play at the start of his turn to ''keep'' them in play. He's also got a decent amount of support in there too, helping other players draw cards, play cards, and occasionally tanking, blasting, or neutering specific enemies for one round.

'''Variant:'''
* ''Scholar of the Infinite'': After communing with the Void, John sees what's coming in the final expansion, and it ain't pretty. It's enough to finally get him off his ass. His new power damages himself and a target of his choice an amount equal to the number of cards he's discarded since the end of his last turn plus one. While this obviously makes him a whole lot less tanky in terms of regeneration, and undermines his counterpunching playstyle a bit, it makes him ''plenty'' more blasty, especially given the huge amounts of damage reduction he can give himself will actually fuel this power by destroying cards.