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Aunt May is the first Series 5 card joining Marvel Snap for the July 2026 Season, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. It is a 3-Cost, 5-Power card that reads: When you draw a card, give it -1 Cost if this is your only card here.
Decks with Aunt May
Today, let’s explore the new card strengths and, of course, the best decks to try it out in.
Synergies
I wasn’t exactly sure how many cards were included in the “Moveable ability” referred to in Aunt May’s text. According to the answer we got from Second Dinner, we should look at “Moveable in ability description”. So I went to check in our deck builder, and there are about 20 cards with “Moveable” in their ability, split among cards able to move on their own, or move another card with a delay.
For example, Ghost-Spider or Araña aren’t Moveable because they move our card immediately rather than allow it to move on its own. On the other hand, Cloak is considered a Moveable, because it grants other cards the capacity to move to its location.
However, if you watched the YouTube video about the new cards, you might have noticed Silk moving was enough to trigger Aunt May, although it doesn’t mention “Moveable” in its ability.
So really, we’re going to have to try Aunt May to fully figure Aunt May. For the sake of this article, we’re going to consider Moveable as “The player may chose to move a card”.
In that context, Aunt May should synergize very well with most of the flexible decks built around the move synergy. Indeed, those builds use moveable cards to both grow and be flexible with their power on the board. Thanks to the new 2-cost, they will also add flexibility and power to the cards in their hand.
Two different card packages immediately come to mind:
One with solid standalone cards we can fit in most flexible decks. We’ll need a decent amount of Moveables to both trigger Aunt May and have a target in our hand.
Decks with Spider-Man Brand New Day
Decks with Jeff the Baby Dolphin!?
Decks with Nocturne
One of the stronger cores in Marvel Snap, always able to serve as the foundation of a competitive archetype.
Decks with Batroc the Leaper
Decks with Silk
Decks with Sam Wilson Captain America
If either of these core is enough to trigger Aunt May multiple times in a match, we can then look to value her ability even more.
For example, we could duplicate the now cheap and empowered card:
Decks with Frigga
Decks with Mother Askani
We would also have an easier time using our situational cards, who typically lack power. With a beefed card to by their side, these would be much easier to use, especially when behind on the board:
Decks with Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Decks with Juggernaut
Decks with Professor X
The Verdict: Should You Get Aunt May?
There aren’t a lot of cards to synergize Aunt May with, but if Silk triggers the new 2-cost, we won’t have to look for long. Indeed, we’ll simply slot Aunt May alongside the already great core of Kraven, Sam Wilson, Batroc the Leaper and add a couple of moveable cards to serve as targets for the buff.
If that option doesn’t work out, the card might struggle a bit more to find a spot in the metagame. Even then, moveable cards such as Nightcrawler, Mercury, the recently buffed Nocturne or the new season pass card Spider-Man Brand New Day should represent a solid foundation to build a flexible deck.
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Aunt May Decks
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I hope this review of the new card was helpful. You can find everyone on the Marvel Snap Zone team in our community discord to have a chat or ask any questions.
Good Game Everyone!
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