Skaar and Caiera Decks: Bonus Challenge (Weekend Mission) Guide

During the weekend, there is now one more set of Missions for players to complete: The Bonus Challenge! These involve additional rewards for winning games related to the week’s new card and the Season Pass card. These missions provide extra Collector’s Tokens and Gold!

You need to win games with the card starting in your deck, and it does not count if the card was generated by cards such as Cable, Loki, and Maria Hill. Each of these reward amounts will vary depending on the difficulty of the mission.

There will be Bonus Challenge Missions available for each new card release to allow players to earn back Collector’s Tokens and subsidize their cost. Players can also expect the rewards to be stabilized at 200 Tokens to help them plan their token budget for the month.

Bonus Challenge: January 6, 2024

This week’s Bonus Challenge Missions are:

Variants

Caiera

Ongoing: Your 1 and 6-Cost cards can’t be destroyed.

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

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Variants

Skaar

Costs 2 less for each of your cards that has 10 or more Power.

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

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Most players will want to be efficient with these missions, so today we will give you three different decks that incorporate Skaar and Caiera.

We’ll also give you a short guide on how to get the most out of the deck and finish the missions quickly, but first let’s take a quick look at the new card’s performance this week.

For more inspiration, make sure to check out our latest strategy guide on Skaar and Caiera as well:

Performance

To kick off the Planet Hulk season we have two new cards that we welcomed to Marvel Snap: Skaar, the Season Pass Card, and Caiera, a new Series 5 cards. And they both came with a lot of hype. Skaar represented another member of the Hulk family that becomes cheaper with 10+ power cards you get down on the board.

Caiera was even more anticipated because it represents universal protection for two of the most vulnerable card types, 1- and 6-Cost cards. The experimentation has been wild, but have they lived up to the hype, or do they fall short of impacting the game in a significant way?

Variants

She-Hulk

Costs 1 less for each unspent Energy last turn.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Variants

High Evolutionary

At the start of the game, unlock the potential of your cards with no abilities.

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

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As a mother and son pair, the two cards synergize well with each other. Skaar represents big stats on a 6-Cost card and Caiera protects it from all destruction. The cross over synergy is most realized along with High Evolutionary. This deck includes several high value 1-Cost cards and often runs other big 6-drops like Evolved Hulk and She-Hulk. The only issue is that Caiera and Skaar lead the deck away from the cost reduction synergies that support Abomination, and you can end up limited in your final plays because to this.

There are a few directions you can try, such as Moon Girl or just Leech. However, the card that was disappointing in this strategy was Skaar. It often just wouldn’t be needed since double She-Hulk and Evolved Hulk was often more than enough.

The best 6-drop to pair with Skaar was easily She-Hulk. She-Hulk can come down early and enable Skaar while being protected by Caiera. This combination of Skaar and She-Hulk can be used to support other decks based around Skaar as well.

Variants

Thanos

Starts in your opening hand and shuffles the six Infinity Stones into your deck.

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

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Variants

Killmonger

On Reveal: Destroy ALL 1-Cost cards.

Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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Thanos was the second deck that looked like it would benefit from both cards. In practice, this direction found the opposite issue. Caiera often felt unnecessary because Thanos decks have plenty of 10+ power cards that are spread out, so having universal protection was not super helpful. It was better to simply lean into enabling Skaar more by using cards like Killmonger and Death along with Lockjaw.

The weakness into Shang-Chi still exists, but cards like Leech can cover this weakness better than Caiera since decks that aimed to hard counter Caiera started to show up across the meta. This often resulted in 0- or 2-Cost Skaars that could be played alongside other cards on Turn 6.

Variants

Shanna

On Reveal: Add a random 1-Cost card to each location.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Variants

Shuri

On Reveal: If you play your next card at this location, double its Power.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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For Caiera, one deck that did better than expected was the Shanna Flood deck. This deck is one of the more accessible ways to use Caiera, and it can often come down late with Shanna to surprise your opponent with more power than they expected. This direction can be outclassed by the decks that go really tall with cards like Shuri and Taskmaster, but it is still a great way to use Caiera. The card is an absolute MVP here and enables this deck to survive.

For Skaar, the deck that took some work but came together to be surprisingly effective was Shuri. The deck required the Sauron package to be dropped, but, by using big cards and She-Hulk, you could often get Skaar down to a 2-Cost, which was enough to play it on Turn 6 with Shuri. This deck looked to just go big on one lane before overwhelming another lane on Turn 6.

Both cards have made an impact by supporting some decks that have been on the sidelines for some time, but neither of them have completely changed the meta. This may seem underwhelming, but both of these cards are good enough to have an ongoing involvement in Marvel Snap decks. Skaar will be always considered with decks like Thanos and Lockjaw that want to play big things out quickly. Caiera will always have to be considered with decks looking to fill the board with cards that are vulnerable to tech cards. This week, though, you won’t need either of these cards to compete since you can counter them or play other decks. Still, the potential for both of these to end up as core cards enabling top decks is easy to see.

So, how do you use Skaar and Caiera to rack up wins and complete the Weekend Challenge Missions?

High Evolutionary

Planet Evolutionary

Created by SafetyBlade

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

3x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

2x Starter Card

3.6

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This first deck is one of the most effective ways to include both cards. You have the strong 1-drop package for High Evolutionary, as well as the strong Moon Girl package from High Evolutionary. The trick is to identify when to skip early for double She-Hulk on Turn 6 and when you want to Leech on Turn 5 and go for the more traditional She-Hulk plus Evolved Hulk on Turn 7.

Caiera Evolutionary

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 4 months ago

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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

6x Starter Card

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While the above deck requires you to manage your hand and decide when to drop stats, the better direction for High Evolutionary could be with Caiera. This deck just goes in on the 1-drops and a cheap Evolved Abomination. Caiera is here to make Sunspot and Nebula extra annoying, and the rest of the deck tries to reduce the cost of Evolved Abomination for a flexible final turn.

Shuri

Reel Big Skaar

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 4 months ago

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

3x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

3.6

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This Shuri deck looks to do the thing without Sauron by using the She-Hulk package to support Skaar. It also uses Attuma as another early 10 power card. You also have Ms. Marvel since it is the best 4-drop in the game (instead of running more 10 power support). In practice, this allows the deck to compete better across the field, and Ms. Marvel and Skaar are usually both playable on Turn 6 together. Combining those two cards can be a very flexible finisher in games.

The Mighty Mighty Sauron

Created by SafetyBlade

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

3.3

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Sauron is still a great card, though, so you can also go with this route. It’s a real simple trade off: on Turn 3, play either Sauron or Caiera and adapt accordingly. Skaar can come down on Turn 6 with the switched off cards like Lizard and Ebony Maw, and, with a perfect run, can even be played alongside Typhoid Mary on Turn 6.

Thanos

Thanos Lockjaw

Created by den

, updated 4 months ago

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

4x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

3x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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This list is one of the contenders for the top deck right now, but the Killmonger and Death package could be better than including Caiera here for now. You can get 10+ power cards down quickly and overwhelm all the lanes at once. The goal is to just drop more stats than the opponent can handle and win the game.

Thanos Has Stones

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2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

4.4

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Both of the new cards can be included in Thanos, but you need to make sure you keep a focus on 6-drops to make Caiera worthwhile. This build foregoes some of the usual staples like Devil Dinosaur and Blue Marvel in favor of more 6-drops to ramp into and/or support Skaar. Caiera gets more value since the 10+ power cards are also 6-Costs, which makes it necessary to counter (or the stats are staying on the board).

Shanna

Caiera Book

Created by SafetyBlade

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1x Collection Level 1-14

6x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

2x Recruit Season

2.8

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Last up is good ol’ Zoo. You can change the make up of the 1-drops based on your collection pretty easily, and the combination of Ka-Zar and Blue Marvel can spread a surprising amount of power around the board. Caiera is key since your opponent has to get through it to kill your 1-drops. Shanna can also refill the board easily with 1-drops, and this can set up for some nasty Valkyrie plays. I experimented with Shang-Chi and other tech cards, but the 1-drops and Ongoing buffs lead to Valkyrie stealing more big wins. It can get through opposing Caiera plays, for example, and, when paired with Echo and Ghost, it can be supported on most lanes. Bast may not have many hits here, but the small buffs can add up while having only a small anti synergy with Ka-Zar and Caiera.

Closing Thoughts

Wins with the new card may seem a tall order some weeks depending what quality of card is released. Hopefully this guide helps you decide first if you want the card prior to the missions coming out, and what you can potentially play to complete the missions quickly!

Good Luck, Have Fun, and Stay Safe!