The Wildcards

The Wildcards is a fictional team of superheroes made up of cannon and original characters.

Team History
Following the passage of Senator Whedon's Mutant Rights Act, which effectively decriminalized the X-gene, the Initiative's semi-secretive "51st" - a team dedicated solely to the capture of hostile mutants - defied their orders to stand down and went rogue. Judging by an early attack they staged on the New X-Men, the 51st intended to continue their war against mutant kind on their own.

The Initiative, embarrassed by the betrayal and concerned for the safety of mutants, tasked David Alleyne - a former mutant, no less - with orders to assemble a 52nd team of Initiative agents whose primary and secondary functions would be hunting down the 51st and bringing them to justice, and acting as liaisons to the New X-Men. Alleyne was allowed to choose from existing 50-State Initative agents, a maximum of one per state, though he was automatically assigned the Scarlet Spider.

The team, while officially designated "The 52nd", has already been nicknamed "The Wildcards."

Roster
It is no surprise that David wound up selecting agents sympathetic to mutant rights, some of which have even admitted to bending the rules to protect mutants in their state. The team's final roster inludes:
 * David Alleyne, team leader, former mutant and member of the X-Men
 * Avona, field leader, formerly of Califorina's The Order
 * Hardball, formerly of Nevada's Heavy Hitters
 * Komodo, formerly of Arizona's Desert Stars
 * Scarlet Spider, formerly of New York's New Avengers
 * Ultra Girl, formerly of Georgia's The Cavalry

Resources
The Wildcards operate out of Camp Hammond, the Initiative's primary headquarters and training facility in Stamford, Conneticuit. This location is ideal, as it not only affords the team full access to the Initiative's resources, but keeps them a mere 20 miles from the Xavier Institute in Salem Center, New York.

In addition to uniforms and standard personal equipment, the Wildcards have requisitioned an Initiative-model quinjet for transportation.