Editing Sentinels of the Multiverse (section)

===Benchmark===
Randall Butler was an extremely gifted individual, being skilled at chess, boxing, acting and just about everything else under the sun. He always wanted to make the world a better place but didn't really have a good idea for doing that, thinking that simply getting into acting would be enough to inspire people to be better. Eventually he got a call from his casting agency about being a superhero and leapt at the chance, too bad he didn't look into his new employers. Revocorp (a company Baron Blade set up to further his schemes then abandoned) wanted to use him as a means of gaining good publicity as well as settling a personal vendetta for the company's CEO, leaving Randall to juggle heroism with the demands of his new boss. Notably the in universe fan reaction to Benchmark was negative, with him being viewed as a Gary Stu due to his massive amount of talents and quick push to the forefront of the comics.     

Benchmark's deck has two kinds of special cards in it, "Hardware" and "Software" (which are also Equipment and Ongoings respectively). These cards allow him to do almost anything, but the catch is that if he ever starts his turn with more Software then Hardware, his software starts blowing itself up two at a time until the hardware and software are equal again. This balancing act makes him one of the toughest characters in the game to play, but also the most rewarding. If set up and played right, he can deal damage by the bucketload while healing hp almost as fast as he takes it. If played poorly (or if you get unlucky with Equipment/Ongoing destruction) Benchmark's player might as well sit around and jerk off for all the use he'll be. His innate power allows him to draw a card and deal 1 energy damage. Useful for keeping his hand full, but you'll have much better options at your disposal for damage.  

'''Variants:'''
* ''Supply and Demand'': An alternate universe version of Benchmark where he is the only hero in the world, and Revocorp isn't run by evil jackasses. His innate power heals him 1 HP then plays the top card of his deck, which is an effective but risky way to set him up quickly. He also has one of the bigger HP differences between his base card and the variant, but the HP restoration from the innate power should make up for that.