Best Marvel Snap Cards: Series 4 & 5 Meta Tier List – March 4, 2024

In Marvel Snap, new cards are released weekly into Series 4 or 5, and players need to carefully think about whether they should purchase the card or not. To help players make better decisions and build better decks based on their collections, we rate all the cards from Series 4 and 5 into a Meta Tier List and review the current meta.

• Each week on Tuesday, a new Series 4 or 5 card is introduced to the game. For more information on card release schedules, click here.
• Series 4 and 5 cards can be obtained from Spotlight Caches that appear every 120 Collection Levels after 500. They can be one of the three featured cards that rotate every week, or a random Series 4 or 5 card.
• Series 4 cards cost 3,000 Collector’s Tokens and Series 5 cards cost 6,000 from the Token Shop.
• Cards no longer have a scheduled Series Drop; it is now at the discretion of the developer. Most recently, 14 cards dropped series with the patch on January 9, 2024.

Introduction to the New Series 4 & 5 Meta Tier List Report

This report is informed by our new approach to rating and reviewing all of the Series 4 and 5 cards. Over the past few months, it has become clear that Series Drops will not be occurring as often, and major changes can occur to cards that change their value. This changes the previously maintained Meta Tier Lists almost weekly, which was never the original intention of our old Tier List structure.

Instead, these reports will discuss the biggest movers and shakers and highlight at least one deck to try (although I will often aim for more), and the Tier List will be updated accordingly. Hopefully, this will help ensure this is a valuable resource for reviewing cards to consider investing in, as well as a better live snapshot of how the cards are playing! This report will be updated every 2 weeks or after significant changes occur.

Tier Explanation

This Tier List is heavily geared towards the current environment, and the report will be updated bi-weekly at a minimum. This is to adjust for the in-game balance changes and what is competitively viable.

• Tier 1: These are the cards that support a current top tier deck in the meta or are universally strong enough that not owning them is a disadvantage.
• Tier 2: These are strong cards that are core to playing the currently strong archetypes, or are strong enough that you can play them in several different deck types.
• Tier 3: These are strong supporting pieces of specific archetypes that can be replaced, part of archetypes that are currently not performing at a Tier 2 level, or are universal cards that are options but often replaceable.
• Tier 4: These cards are niche and can only be used within very specific archetypes or only support an archetype that is currently not performing well.
• Tier 5: These cards are very limited and easily eclipsed by other options.
• Kang: This tier is a special tier to represent just how much lower this card is than the cards above.
• * This card is provisionally ranked, and in-game performance may change the ranking as the changes are either not finalized or still too new.
• ** This card is ranked higher in anticipation of a changing meta due to new card releases or balance changes and will be evaluated again on release.

Cull Obsidian

Variants

Cull Obsidian

You can only play this where you have a 1-Cost card.

Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Cull Obsidian

Cull Obsidian is the most successful of our new arrivals in Marvel Snap. This is due to it’s simplicity and how easily it can slot into decks. It is a reward for playing 1-drops in the early game and allows your Turn 4 to be a simple ten power play that demands an answer. Yes, it can be countered, but it demands resources that are often saved for answering your bigger threats – and this can be pretty valuable. All this combines for a solid card that, with the recent nerfs to Darkhawk, may find itself in even more decks very soon.

Cull Obsidian

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

1x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

4x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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The early front runner seems to be Black Knight decks with Cull Obsidian. However, the deck simply serves to demonstrate how few 1-drops are needed to consider using Cull Obsidian in your deck. It can be an unconditional ten power in many circumstances, so experimenting with three to four 1-drops and Cull Obsidian may be the way forward in this new meta.

Loki

Variants

Loki

On Reveal: Transform your hand into cards from your opponent’s starting deck and give them -1 Cost.

Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Loki

Loki may not have been adjusted in the recent patch, but the value this card can produce was highlighted. With the meta power levels being brought down ever so slightly, room has been opened for Loki to rise up the ranks once again as one of the most flexible decks available.

Loki Basics

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

2x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

2x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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Loki is back to life in a big way. With many ways to use the cards from your opponents alongside multiple good enough early games, Loki was definitely the big winner from the OTA. The deck is still considerably harder to pilot than original Loki decks, but it is emerging as one of the archetypes that just remains viable and is worth investing some time into.

MODOK

Variants

MODOK

On Reveal: Discard your hand.

Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

view card details Start a deck Decks with MODOK

With so many new discard cards these past two months, there’s one card that benefits the most: MODOK. This card has long been a must have for Discard decks, and this month only solidified that since this card remains the only guaranteed way of hitting cards in your hand. This has excellent synergy with Proxima Midnight because it allows the new card to always hit the board. Unlike the other discard cards on the list here, the decks do not function the same without this card. And with Discard decks finding a level of consistency they have not had for some time, MODOK is the big winner.

Discard

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3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

1x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

2x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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Discard seems to be somewhat back. It is not a meta tyrant by any means, but the deck is now strong enough (and another core archetype in Marvel Snap) that it’s worth investing some time into. MODOK now can create value, add power to the board, and buff both Morbius and The Collector. It is back once again as one of the best 5-Cost plays you can make when combined with this deck, and it is definitely worth trying in this new meta.

Conclusion

That’s it! All Series 4 and 5 cards in Marvel Snap ranked in the current environment. Marvel Snap is a unique game, and these cards can lead to different scenarios and decks. At times, you may just like a certain character more than another. As a final disclaimer: chasing the card you want with your heart instead of your head is not wrong.

Have we missed any ideas that raise or lower the bar for these cards? Let us know below in our Discord server.

I’m looking forward to more of the community acquiring these cards and seeing how players will utilize them in new and interesting ways!

Good luck out there!