Marvel Rivals Timeline/Reading Order

[BabyBomber]

Scroll of the Immortal Beasts: "Immortal Beast: Vermillion Bird"
• It's Zhuque choosing Sue as its champion then getting tricked into choosing Loki it can go with the other scrolls

 

[BabyBomber]

Scroll of the Immortal Beasts: "Immortal Beast: Yinglong"
• Talks about Yinglong finally being free and merging with Daredevil, so it can go with the other scrolls

Heart of the Dragon Gallery Card: "Inner Devil"
• It recounts how Matt become Dizang after fighting the Hand and being corrupted by the Beast. I'd put it before the first Iron Fist story since it explains how Dizang came to be but I'll keep it in order with the other Gallery Cards (before the Grandmaster one) since that's likely the intent anyway and it explains Yinglong's motivations

 

[BabyBomber]

Added the last of the scrolls and got the Ultron skin

 

[BabyBomber]

Updated with the Heart of Heaven stage and new accessories

 

[BabyBomber]

I'm gonna hit an all-time gamble and try predicting the Season 4.5 roadmap based on the last couple. If I get 3 things correct (regardless of order) everybody becomes a billionaire, and if I don't we're all in crippling debt for life.

 

[BabyBomber]

Season 3.5 and 4.0 Roadmaps for reference



October 10:
• Daredevil
• Skin for him
• Immortal Beast Iron Fist skin
• Immortal Beast Event (Wolverine, Angela, and Storm)



October 17:
• Shop Skin for Thor

October 24:
• Shop Skin for Spider-Man
• New stage

October 31:
• Shop skin for Scarlet Witch
• Halloween Event (Blade Knight skin for Blade, Frankenstein skin for Hulk, Jack-O-Lantern skin for Jeff; they call it Jeff-O-Lantern)



November 7:
• Shop skin for Groot

November 14:
• Start of Season 5 and they add Rogue

The shop skin gambles are based on vibes and this list from X0X Leaks of upcoming skins

 

[BabyBomber]

Once again, we will all owe the Debt Shadow Council billions if I fumble. So yall better send good vibes our way

 

[BabyBomber]

I got Jeff O'Lantern, Blade Knight, and Wanda right. We're all billionaires now guys

 

[BabyBomber]

Praying for Hulk to get anything. I'll even accept an Orange Recolor (Marvel vs Capcom reference)

 

[BabyBomber]

Daredevil: "The Long Road Back"
• Spider-Man mentions a voice in his head telling him to capture the Mission Area lmfao. Daredevil is from the same timeline as Wanda and Illyana and in their world Peter had a daughter (the Watson-Parker family dies btw). In that universe he made a deal with Mephisto to save his marriage and daughter. Matt tells Peter that Yinglong told him about his plan to use the Sword of Fu Xi to release Chiyou, so I'd say this story goes after the Inner Devil Gallery Card

Collectible: Sword of Fu Xi
• The sword was forged a millennia ago so I'll place it after the Galacta's Cosmic Tea collectible (Jarnborn)

Team Up Profile: Gamma Charge (S4.5)
• Literally nothing changed in the story. It still has Namor's dialogue

Team Up Profile: Deep Wrath
• It's Namor contacting Hela with magic while she's still trapped in her cell. Since this likely takes place before the tournament begins I'll place it after the Divine Armory team up

Team Up Profile: Bestial Hunt
• Punisher is tailing an assassin and he finds that he's starting over and starting a family. Since his hunt led him just outside the Eighth City I'm assuming this takes place after Daredevil's story, where he's on the edge of Kun-Lun then disappears into the shadows to return to the Eighth City

 

[BabyBomber]

This came out of nowhere lol

 

[BabyBomber]

Same writer as the main Rivals infinity comic so I assume it's linked to that and follows the vacation quartet's POV of Season 4

 

[BabyBomber]

Voyage to Astonish Gallery Card: "Voyage to Astonish"
• Namor takes Peni and Jeff to Miktlan, for a festival where they remember the dead. It's really sweet. I'll place this at the end since it lines up with the tournament being delayed and seems to kind of follow up on the Namor/Hela team up

Marvel Zombies: Midtown
• The opening text says it's a universe on the brink destruction bc of the Entanglement and a virus from the Quantum Realm swept across Earth infecting heroes. Vision got killed which led to the already zombified Scarlet Witch. I'll place it just before Voyage to Astonish since it can go basically anywhere post-Entanglement but Rivals tends to keep like things close together

 

[BabyBomber]

In there like swimwear

 

[BabyBomber]

The trailer looks like it's showing the temporal storm that swept Krakoa into 2099 (Cyclops goes missing, the hurricane swirls, etc.) so I'll place this at the start of the Entanglement

 

[BabyBomber]

Gambit: "Deal of a Lifetime"
• Rocket mentions that they've been to Kun-Lun so this can go after Season 4 and Gambit mentions his deal with the Grandmaster to steal from the Collector. It explains that Gambit and Rogue were on their honeymoon in space while Ultron attacked Krakoa, and that the Grandmaster gave Gambit his Chronovium Die

Collectible: "Chronovium Die of the Grandmaster"
• I'll place it before Gambit's story since this is something he gives to him

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Grand Games"
• The Grandmaster talks about how the Entanglement has affected the Elders of the Universe and he talks about his plan to enlist Gambit to still a contract with Doom that Collector is keeping. I'll put it before Gambit's story and the Dice collectible

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Museum Security"
• Goes at the end of the Serial and its Collector planning to send Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone after Rogue/Gambit for stealing the contract.
Grand Garden: Conquest
• Sorry there's not a better subtitle, the stage isn't actually out yet. The cinematics show Gambit and Rogue spending time on the Grand Garden and Rogue's powers going out of control with Gambit in his Guild uniform. It can go after Gambit's story

Team Up Profile: "Explosive Entanglement"
• Takes place while Magneto and Gambit are fighting Grandmaster's goons and it says Magneto's banished Rogue from Krakoa to avoid her losing control there. I'll place it after the Grand Garden map

Team-Up Profile: "Sword of Duality"
• They mention that Daredevil wiped out the hand in his timeline and the group is fighting through Hand in what I assume is the Present Timeline. Since it's after they've met Daredevil, I'll place it after everything in Season 4 and before Season 5's stuff

Team-Up Profile: "Blade of Khonshu"
• It mentions Moon Knight being surrounded by a horde of vampires and Blade coming to his rescue so it's possible that this takes place during Season 1. I thought about placing it before Iron Man's Season 1 story (before Blade gets kidnapped) and possibly moving the Lunar Force team-ups from Pre-Entanglement to just after this one. But at the same time Spidey's story says that Blade was MIA when the invasion started so I think I'll place it pre-Entanglement with Lunar Force

Team-Up Profile: "Primal Flame"
• Widow mentions her time on Klyntar and bonding with the Phoenix so I'll place this after everything in Season 4 too since Shou-Lou postponing the tournament seems to be a safe sort of downtime between seasons and major events

 

[BabyBomber]

Actually now that I think about it Blade of Khonshu can also go in that downtime between seasons since I doubt Blade being an avatar of Khonshu wouldn't have come during the Vampire invasion, so I'll adjust that

 

[BabyBomber]

I'll add the new accessories later

 

[BabyBomber]

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "About to Make a Name for Myself"

• It's Gambit and Rogue finally enjoying a picnic at the grand garden and the X-Men showing up too, but there's no fighting yet so I'll place it just before the map

 

[BabyBomber]

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Phantoms of the Past"

• It's Doom 2099 having visions of a woman trapped in hellfire and calling out to him and he's learned that the key to learning about her is linked to the contract the Collector has. Since the Gallery Cards are typically in order I'll place this after "About to Make a Name for Myself" since this is likely before things go downhill in the garden

 

[BabyBomber]

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Trouble in Paradise"
• It's Gambit sneaking out to do his Thieves Guild MVP and Galacta says that Rogue and Magneto aren't asleep and know he's sneaking out. I'll place it after the Doom card

 

[BabyBomber]

All Systems Go Gallery Card: "All Systems Go"
• It pretty much explains how and why Galacta became an e-girl and that she's visiting Times Square for Rivals Day. It also explains the Cake themed skins. I'll put it at the end of the timeline for now after Season 5's events

 

[BabyBomber]

Rogue: "Forever Alone"
• It's Rogue's POV of the Trouble in Paradise Card so I'll place it right after

Team-Up Profile: Chilling Assault (S5.5)
• Forge appearance!! It's Emma Frost in Forge's workshop and he's studying Luna Snow's Dark Ice left over from Ultron's attack, so I'll place this in the same gap between seasons 4 and 5 with the other Team-Ups

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Cosmic Contest"
• It's the Collector and Grandmaster going band for band before the game is interrupted by an alarm going off (Gambit stealing), so I'll place this before Rogue's story since it's what leads to Gambit running back to Rogue

Love is a Battlefield Gallery Card: "Broken Vows"
• Starts with Gambit stumbling over his words after escaping and being confronted by Rogue like in the end of her story, so it can go after. It also follows up on the Grand Garden map (Grandmaster tearing up the fake contract). It can also go before the Explosive Entanglement team-up since it can be assumed that the cosmic enforcers they're fighting are chasing them after they decide to run and it has Gambit confronting Magneto for exiling them (which he learns here)

Collectible: "Chronovium Cabinet of the Collector"
• Talks about the cabinet the collector hid the contract in that Collector talks about in the final Gallery Card so I'll place this right before Museum Security

Season 6 Night at the Museum Trailer
• The Game Awards surprise that revealed Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone as the next heroes and it can go at the end of S5 for now

 

[BabyBomber]

Holiday Special Gallery Card: "Unfurgettable Holiday"

• It's the people with Holiday Skins sending her around the city before surprising her at the end. It can go at the very end

 

[BabyBomber]

For some reason ComicBoard wasn't sending my verification email to login yesterday, and I thought my account got Old Yeller'd. I literally created a Timeline blog in case this one died. Idk what changed but I'm glad this is still here

Anyway, what I wanted to do yesterday was wish everyone a Happy New Year and thank you for being with me while I worked on this timeline. Whether you contributed or just lurk, it means the world to me that you've stuck around. Have a great new year, and may nobody gamble and lose their ribcage

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

For some reason ComicBoard wasn't sending my verification email to login yesterday, and I thought my account got Old Yeller'd. [...] IDK what changed but I'm glad this is still here

Yeah, I was getting that issue as well.

 

[BabyBomber]

Deadpool's lore is so funny (he literally begs you to not click off his lore) and there's a lot of Easter Eggs and mentions (Ultimate Universe Origin Boxes, possible Black Vortex skins, etc.). I expected Wade's Poolishness to make placing him difficult to place, but he left a lot of great hints. He tells the story of how he captured Sai for the Collector (he cites Squirrel Girl's lore for the story of Sai's wolf), and that he spent some time with Jeff before choosing to give him to the Collector to protect him. He also says to check the new Gallery Cards for more lore

I'll place his story before Mantis' lore

 

[BabyBomber]

I've been updating it but completely forgot to actually post the updates

Elsa Bloodstone: "Special Delivery"
• Deadpool has a flashback to his pregnancy for the kids that didn't read the Gallery Cards. Elsa has a flashback of her own and there's finally a follow-up to Thor's initial banishment to the Collapsing Timeline and coming across Hulk in his own Gallery Card. This takes place in a damaged Collector's Museum after Deadpool gives birth so I'll place this after Museum of Contemplation (Bro Queen defeated, Elsa's finally come around, and Devil Dinosaur is there)

Night At the Museum Gallery Card: "There An' Back Again"
• Rogue and Gambit finally get married after they're saved by the New Marauders it can go after their card

Night At the Museum Gallery Card: "Haze of Future Past"
• It's Doom 2099 stealing his mother's contract and Rogue trying to see his memories only to find nothing. Since it's after the wedding party, it can go in order.

Collectible: "The Soul Contract of Cynthia Von Doom"
• It's the contract Cynthia made to overthrow the Baron of Latveria, so since it's Doom's origin it can go Pre-Entanglement after the Secret Seas entry (it's old but not ancient)

Team-Up Profile: "Psionic Mayhem"
• It's Invisible Woman and Strange fighting Moloids Underground and Sue blames Fisk's Underground Construction for angering them. For now, I'll place it after Season 6's event

Team-Up Profile: "Gamma Charge" (S6.5)
• It's the team fighting off the Hand's stragglers in the Collapsing Timeline (this is after they've met Daredevil), this can go also go after S6 since the heroes jumping between timelines to defend is standard. These team-ups seem like they fit another "filler arc" like the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda one from before. (Hulk giving his Gamma Energy is cool, I hope he gets a season focused on him)

Team-Up Profile: "Rocket Network" (S6.5)
• Same as the others

 

[BabyBomber]

There's a new Mantis story and I completely missed it

 

[BabyBomber]

Mantis: "Growing Together"
• It mentions the Guardians leaving the Elder's planet after they came with the other heroes to free everyone the Collector captured and Rocket mentions Gambit's heist. The Gardner is mad at the state Rogue left his garden in. They mention Mantis and Loki fighting alongside each other in countless battles in the Chronoverse (lots of Loki x Mantis feeding). Since the Gardner has a barrier around the planet keeping the Milano from leaving (mad about his garden), this should be happening before Deadpool's escape plan launches them into space for the New Marauders to find. I'll place it after the New Marauders Gallery Card.

They also seem to be setting up Loki betraying Mantis and scheming something involving the Garden and Yggdrasil (he's going to break her heart)