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You are an editor; I used to be a glorified technical writer back when I worked for a living.  Nowadays I get paid to stay home.  But I think I understand where you're coming from.ll
Someone could do ": Speedster" variants if they so wished to do so.  It will not be me.  I feel it is either understood as is, or it is unusable.

Sorry, I'm an editor, so the brain twitches.

I've been doing something in my customs with Character "versions" -- the thing after the colon in later clones. So you could do a Flash: Speedster and Quicksilver: Speedster, for example.

Regarding the term "speedster": no, it is not defined anywhere that I know of.  I define "speedster" as a character that is insanely fast by physical means (though cyborg-enhancement or other reasons could be debated).  My intent had 3 specific categories of characters in mind.  First, obviously, is the DC speedsters which include Barry Allen, Wally West, Eobard Thawne, Hunter Zoloman, Jessequick, and some of the kids as well.  (Note: I've seen versions of all the characters I cited.)  The second category is speedsters from other publishers - Quicksilver and Velocity come to mind, but I'm sure there are others.  The third category is the debatable characters - electronic characters can exhibit great speed, and then there's Superman....

My philosophy leans more towards "if both players agree to it, then let's try it out".

None of which directly answers your question.  The simplistic beauty of it is, I don't need to "enforce" anything!  I merely present ideas for your perusal.  In light of the previous philosophy, if the cards work for you and yours, then I am both flattered and honored, and wish you Happy Venturing.  And if they don't work for you and yours, then justa don't use them.  No harm, no foul.  And Happy Venturing anyways!

justa, how do you enforce the "teammate" part of Black Flash's IA? It's not like "speedster" is defined in the game anywhere.

Thanks for fixing it! 

That's my fault. They've been gone for a long time. You have to access them through the wayback machine. I didn't copy the whole address.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160330170919/http://www.beenhereandthere.com/overpower/overpower_card_lists.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20160401152822/http://www.beenhereandthere.com/overpower/Overpower.txt

Just wanted to add that the new cards, which arrived last week, look awesome!

Very excited to see new OP cards! 

The first two links appear to give 404 errors.

Never be afraid to make a charcter = to the middle of the pack.  Otherwise it just doesn't work.

Marvels also offers a non-OPD version of the EB special.
"Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made with a Special Card against Captain Britain's team may be moved to Britain's Champion. Captain Britain's team may not defend. Britain's Champion is discarded after 1 Hit."
Polaris has a version that targets Power cards. I still recommend the upgraded EB. It offers so much more functionality.

As to playtesting.... I wish i could say i do more but if I've got something new, I'll just lay a hand or two out vs a common deck and see how they play.

This is good advice........

QuoteTo me, balanced means something to the effect of "not so bad that you would never play the card or character; and not so good that using a certain card, or character, or group of characters, will guarantee a win".

I am guilty of this.

QuoteMost of the times that I have seen "not balanced" come into the conversation, it's when people are justifying NOT using other people's custom cards.

However there are a few guidelines that i've learned over the years that help.
1. (I never realized this for years) Inherents go on characters that are max 6 or have one 7 stat. Characters with a 7-6 stat or an 8 high never have inherents. (Except the Batman Holos) I have broken this guideline sometimes but not often.
2. Locations. If they provide a team above the max deckbuilding limit probably get a negative inherent. Though often the Marvel locations go overboard in my opinion.
3. Max six or less characters often get better inherents and overall spread of specials. (so you might want to play them instead of cheap 8 stat characters. X-Babies and Jubilee are good examples.


EDIT:
Here are some good links to bookmark.
GDMJR's comprehensive overpower checklist. For text from printed cards.
http://www.beenhereandthere.com/overpower/Overpower.txt
GDMJR's checklists. All the individual set checklists
http://www.beenhereandthere.com/overpower/overpower_card_lists.htm
The Marvels set.
https://overpower.ca/wiki/List_of_new_cards_in_Marvels_OverPower
The Masters Of Evil Set from NAOPA
http://www.beenhereandthere.com/SMF/custom-cards/masters-of-evil-set/
Specials by code.
https://overpower.ca/code/
Meta Rule lookup. (Though it's not always right)
https://overpower.ca/meta/

You are quite welcome.  I'm happy to assist and encourage other card creators where I can.  And yes - no hate or mal-intent from here also.  justa an honest expression of opinion, a reasoned defense thereof if needed, and a willingness to concede and admit when I'm proven/convinced that I'm wrong.
I did want to point out, though, the I'm probably the last person to ask about cards or characters being "balanced", because I can't define what it really means.  To me, balanced means something to the effect of "not so bad that you would never play the card or character; and not so good that using a certain card, or character, or group of characters, will guarantee a win".  Most of the times that I have seen "not balanced" come into the conversation, it's when people are justifying NOT using other people's custom cards.