We made a bracket to determine who deserves to survive 'Avengers: Endgame'

Fill out your bracket to determine the MCU's most deserving hero.
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Alexis Nedd
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"We're in the endgame now."

With those five words in Avengers: Infinity War, Dr. Strange telegraphed both the Avengers' final showdown with the mad titan Thanos and the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it.

While the MCU will survive past the events Avengers: Endgame, it's highly likely that not all of the beloved heroes introduced in the first four phases of the shared Marvel universe will be as lucky. With half of the universe currently dusted, Endgame has a lot to get through — will the dusted characters be brought back? And if so, who else is doomed to lose in the final fight?

Mashable has created a bracket to determine who should, not necessarily who will, survive the endgame. Which Marvel character has most earned the right to move forward into the next phase of the MCU?

We leave that choice to you.

Behold...the Avengers: Endgame survival bracket.

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Alexis Nedd

Alexis Nedd is a senior entertainment reporter at Mashable. A self-named "fanthropologist," she's a fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero nerd with a penchant for pop cultural analysis. Her work has previously appeared in BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Esquire.

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