Silver Surfer
Table of Contents
Archetype pages are updated after each tier list is made. If a page isn’t up-to-date, it means there was nothing worth saying about in the last report, either because there was no data about it, or the archetype did poorly.
How to Play
The Silver Surfer synergy is built around getting as many 3-Cost cards in play as possible in order to buff them on the last turn of play with your signature card. Unfortunately, while Silver Surfer dominated Marvel Snap when it released back in December 2022, it isn’t so much of a threat now in 2024. Nowadays, the deck can’t rely solely on its proactive potential; instead, it needs to be a little creative in how it creates points or prevents the opponent from doing so.
There are a multitude of ways to build around Silver Surfer, but the deck is at its best when it can bring in some disruption, surprise its opponent with how it develops, or spread its points around. As such, Silver Surfer should be played with the intent of developing points on all three lanes, which is what the Patriot deck excels at. In doing so, you keep your opponent in the dark regarding the lanes you covet, and you’re able to adapt to them with your highest scoring cards. Also, you make it really difficult for reactive builds to stop you since they can’t counter just one lane.
The other avenue to explore is becoming a disruptive deck yourself, which is what the pure Silver Surfer deck tends to do by packing cards such as Rogue, Goose, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (depending on the meta).
Overall, the most important part of playing a Surfer deck well is to understand you aren’t coming in with the best proactive potential in the game. It is essential to focus on creating an advantageous position throughout the game so you can mitigate your lower ceiling with more flexibility or disruption. With that in mind, the choice of how to build the best Silver Surfer deck is entirely based on your read of the current environment and the situations you are comfortable navigating.
Current Silver Surfer Builds
Silver Surfer
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den
den, updated 11 days ago
2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
4x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
5x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
3.2
Cost
3.8
Power
Current Power Level in the Meta
For most of 2023, Silver Surfer didn’t feel like it could compete, no matter how the deck was built, mostly due to never feeling unfair compared to other dominant archetypes. With a lot of new cards being strong 3-costs, Silver Surfer keeps piling on the good cards to include, and feel like it can produce a competitive build at any point.
The Hazmat, combo oriented build isn’t part of the report this week, but the other, more classic build is carrying the torch with a 0.35 cube average and 58% win rate, one of the highest in the game.
Conquest Performance
Toxic Surfer
Created by den
den, updated 4 days ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
9x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
1x Recruit Season
3.5
Cost
2.8
Power
For yet another report, Toxic Surfer survives as the most popular build for the Silver Surfer archetype, but lacks to put up results to justify it. Its 55% winrate isn’t terrible, but the latest develoments in the metagame don’t feel good for Toxic Surfer.
Indeed, both Cosmo and Mobius M. Mobius are more popular lately, while Valentina made Shadow King also see a bit more play. Then, it is hard to recommend this deck for a full Conquest run, as you are bound to be countered eventually in the current environment.
Archetype Evolution Over Time
April 28th Update
- Silver Surfer remains a solid Tier 2 deck, and one of the most flexible archetypes when it comes to adapting to various match-ups.
- Silver Surfer finally switched from the Toxic build to the more traditional list; the meta just wasn’t right for Hazmat anymore. With Red Guardian available, the deck got a nice boost when it comes to its disruptive ability, which is a great addition considering there is no beating The Living Tribunal in a points shootout.
- Thanks to including either Wong + Odin for extra On Reveal triggers or more disruptive cards to limit the opponent, Silver Surfer managed to stay afloat in this very points-focused meta. However, the archetype has shown it cannot build its deck the wrong way. Just using Silver Surfer to grant a bonus two power to your other 3-Costs is nowhere enough against the power of the top archetypes.
- With less of Thanos around, Toxic Surfer lost a bit of momentum, but it remains an overall good archetype in this new Marvel Snap season. There are other builds of Silver Surfer to explore as the meta develops, but the core synergy looks like it’s still able to compete.
- Affliction Surfer came almost out of nowhere and posted a very solid performance, at a 0.4 Cube Average overall. The unpredictable aspect of the Hazmat combo in this archetype probably helped, so let’s see if it can maintain this kind of result in the future.
- The traditional way to build around Silver Surfer also had a great week. It had a weaker Cube Average than its counterpart, but a much better Win Rate at around 57%.
- After being in and out of the meta for a while, Silver Surfer returned in style with plenty of new 3-Cost cards to include. Hope Summers was already a terrific addition, although it kind of helped most archetypes in Marvel Snap.
- With the recent OTA, this deck has started running Groot and Jean Grey, which tilts the build towards more of a disruptive style. Considering Silver Surfer doesn’t have enough points to compete with the top archetypes, this new direction gives the deck a much better shot at being competitive.