Ramp & Hela

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How to Play

Hela is one of the most popular foundations in the current metagame, with three different decks around the Goddess of Death.

Most of those decks function the same way, aiming to play Hela to bring back all the cards we discarded during the course of the match, but the strategy to get there are different.

Hela Corvus or Electro Ramp will look to gain energy, and discard when Hela isn’t in hand, or simply leverage their extra energy to play their big cards early. In that sense, they are very proactively minded, and won’t hide much of their strategy to their opponent.

On the other hand, Hela Tribunal is trying to hide MODOK behind Invisible Woman or Hela behind Supergiant in order to trigger their ability on game’s end, summoning our entire hand into the field. In that sense, the Hela Tribunal deck is much more combo-oriented. This lead to a riskier deck to run, as your synergy being disrupted often means you have no chance of winning the match, but you have one of the highest points ceiling in the game in exchange for that risk.

If the metagame isn’t pushing you to play one or the other play style, the main factor to take into account if your ability, or willingness to take risks. Hela Tribunal clearly requires being bold and snap aggressively, while Ramp decks are more flexible in the way they operate.

Current Hela Builds

Current Ramp Builds

Guides

Hela Lockjaw Discard Detailed Deck Guide: All Routes Lead to a Big Hela!

Current Power Level in the Meta

I expected to find Electro Ramp as the dominant deck, but it seems like that archetype hasn’t done anything significant so far with Blink. Instead, Hela Corvus seems to enjoy the new season pass card, and added Jubilee as well in the process. Due to this build not being very popular, I had to include it in the Silent Performers. Yet, I don’t think it will stay here for long, as Hela Corvus has been popular for two months already, so it is just a matter of spreading the word.

Here, Blink helps with finding Hela more consistently, as you can swap Jubilee on turn five to get Sandman or a 6-cost card, or try your luck at a 1-cost plus Blink on turn six if Hela is still in the deck.

I though Electro Ramp would do much better with Blink now in the mix. Yet, even if the deck’s win rate is on the rise, as 56% is pretty good for the archetype compared to its previous performances, the cube rate remains pretty low. 0.25 isn’t bad, as just being featured on the report means this is a top 15 archetype in the game. Yet, it might show Electro Ramp can’t keep opponent in the match, revealing its game plan too early.
Then, I would advise accepting the need to snap early in the match if you pick up this deck, turn three before Electro or Corvus Glaive probably is the right timing.

Conquest Performance

The Living Tribunal is almost gone from the metagame, except for Phoenix Force using it in one of its lists, but Hela remains a decent contender.
In this more flexible metagame, the Corvus Glaive build just makes more sense to run, and represents a nice counter to Loki. Unfortunately, Ongoing Affliction or Junk will often eat you alive, as they know they can easily disrupt your deck.

Similarly to Destroy then, Hela isn’t a bad pick, but needs to avoid certain match-ups to get to the promise land, unless you are confident you can navigate unfavorable match-ups like a boss.

Archetype Evolution Over Time

May 8th Update

• Hela Corvus is doing great early in the season, while Electro Ramp has a higher win rate, but not so good cube rate so far. Both decks are running Blink, and look improved with the new season pass card in the mix.

April 28th Update

• Hela is one of the few proactive synergies able to exist in the current metagame. However, the environment is particularly difficult to navigate, with Cosmo, Professor X and clog synergies roaming Marvel Snap

April 19th Update

• Hela Tribunal is in the discussion for best deck in the game right now, even if it has a huge target on its back. As for Hela Corvus, the deck is good but it just loses against The Living Tribunal too often to be a force in this meta.

April 13th Update

• Hela was the best deck in the game shortly after the patch. It is a contested battle with other high potential decks, but both the Corvus Glaive and the Living Tribunal builds had great results.