Supergiant and Black Swan 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: February 9, 2024

This week’s Bonus Challenge Missions are:

Variants

Black Swan

On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, your 1-Cost cards cost 0.

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

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Variants

Supergiant

On Reveal: All cards played next turn don’t reveal until the game ends.

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 Black Swan and Supergiant.

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 guides on Black Swan and Supergiant as well:

Performance

The Black Order arrives with two new cards, Black Swan and Supergiant, that are now available. Black Swan opens up some potential for 1-drop card strategies with its ability to make them all free during the next turn (while being a [3/5]). Supergiant is trickier, as it stops ALL cards from both players played on the next turn from revealing until the game ends. However, the card costs four energy, which makes the window to make an impact when you play it very tight. So, how are they performing in the early season, and how do you play them to maximize their value?

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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With Black Swan, the best decks for it can play the card on Turn 3. The combinations required to achieve a big Hit Monkey or a miracle-style Turn 6 can be clunky at times – but they do work. The issue is whether it is worthwhile, since the more complicated strategies require precise hand management and specific draws in order to be consistent.

Thanos, on the other hand, has plenty of 1-drops, and almost all builds of Thanos can get value from Black Swan. The problem here, however, isn’t if you can use Black Swan, its if using it is worthwhile compared to just playing another card. The new card enables you to play a lot of Stones, and can this can give you ways to keep drawing and playing Stones alongside big plays. It’s very effective, but it is fair to ask if this is better than not playing Black Swan and playing cards like Wave to cheat out your bigger cards. This direction is one too keep an eye on, though, since more cards coming out this month are most likely to improve it.

Supergiant also works in Thanos decks, but this is more due to the role that is most effective for the card. Many are using it for combinations with Absorbing Man and Alioth, but, in my experience, the most effective way to play it is simply as disruption. Again, the precise combinations required to pull off these strategies can be clunky, and if your deck cannot afford to just play Supergiant on Turn 4 it will bring the deck down (in general). This makes it an OK fit with Thanos because you can afford to run the card, but, again, it would be fair to question if just playing another card (like Leech) is just better. The issue with this card is that it completely destroys bots.

This is not often discussed, but, in the first week when most players are still climbing, cards like this can overperform because they create situations the bots don’t know what to do against. At the same time, cards like Black Swan underperform because the bots can perform precise calculations for your power output and make the best decision to beat you.

Variants

Hit Monkey

On Reveal: Gain +2 Power for each other card you played this turn.

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

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Variants

Bishop

After you play a card, this gains +1 Power.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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This is the most promising direction for Black Swan. What it can do is ensure that you have several 0-Cost cards to play with Hit Monkey and Mysterio. If these 1-drops are Forge and Nico Minoru, they can quickly add up to win lanes. This deck can be difficult to play because it requires foresight from Turn 1 as well as good management of your hand and where your effects land. But the surprise power is as high as expected, and this can lead to a lot of Turn 6 swings that were not expected.

Variants

Absorbing Man

On Reveal: If the last card you played has an On Reveal, copy its text. (if it’s in play)

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Variants

Alioth

On Reveal: Remove the text from all unrevealed enemy cards here.

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

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Variants

Doctor Doom

On Reveal: Add a 5-Power DoomBot to each other location.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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The Absorbing Man under Supergiant can catch people off guard, but, in practice and post-infinite, I’ve found that this ended up just giving your opponent the ability to hide a card, and you were often behind on priority anyway (which ruins the Alioth combination). Doctor Doom was much more successful at creating power across the board, and it was the better way to support the combination. The main issue remains; if you aren’t doing some disruption alongside the effect, it was just a way of concealing your power output. The most promising direction appears to be Absorbing Man and Doctor Doom.

Both cards have probably underwhelmed expectations, but they both still have a lot of potential. However, one thing remains true about Marvel Snap: cards that develop power generally end up ahead in the long run. Black Swan develops power and has room to improve, whereas Supergiant is interesting and can enable interesting plays, but it often feels lackluster – even in decks built to abuse it (see the final deck in this article for something that might change that).

So far, Black Swan appears to have the higher ceiling, but Supergiant dominates pre-infinite due to how it works and the ability to hide your overall power. Supergiant is, however, an effect that could end up being abused consistently, so it’s important to watch this space (and try the last deck if you own it).

So, how do you use Black Swan and Supergiant to rack up wins and complete the Bonus Challenge Missions?

Thanos

The New Blobby Lashley

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

7x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

4.5

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5.8

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This Thanos list uses Black Swan to its fullest by enabling some strong midgame turns. Here you want to play Black Swan on Turn 3 or Turn 4 with several 1-drops in hand (preferably with Lockjaw too). The sequence you’re looking for is Black Swan into Turn 4 Lockjaw and Stones. This fills the board, often gets priority, and usually pulls strong cards. If you can play two to three Stones to draw cards alongside Lockjaw, you’re more likely to hit good targets. Supergiant appears also as your replacement for Leech. It is here just to be disruptive, so it is replaceable. Playing it on Turn 4 alongside reduced Stones is another play that is surprisingly strong.

Hit Monkey

Bouncy Castle

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

4x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

2.1

Cost

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2.1

Power

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If you’re looking to drop big stats and do it with style, this is the deck for you. This is a very basic Bounce deck that incorporates lots of On Reveal cards to support Werewolf By Night as well as Hit Monkey and Bishop (because they’re all cheap cards). If you carefully manage your hand from Turn 1, this can overpower almost any lane presented to you. Then you can find yourself in situations where you know what power you can drop and your opponent does not.

Supergiant Monkey

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

6x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

2.8

Cost

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5+

2.9

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0-
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That’s not all though; Supergiant is also potentially a Hit Monkey enabler. This one allows you to hide Absorbing Man behind Supergiant before going for a miracle play on Turn 6 with Hit Monkey or Valkyrie. Just make sure to play your On Reveal last on Turn 6 if you have staged Absorbing Man so that it copies the effect at the end of the game.

Dracula

Swan Miracles

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

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4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x 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)

1x Recruit Season

2.2

Cost

0-
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5+

4.1

Power

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What if you only play cards on Turn 6? Well, you can do that with Dracula and Strong Guy pretty effectively. This deck loses hard to Mobius M. Mobius, but it is a direction worth exploring more as the month goes on. I’m not confident it is great yet, but hitting Black Swan and clearing your hand does quite a lot.

Alioth

Super Purple People Eater

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

0

1x Collection Level 1-14

1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

3.2

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If you’re this way inclined, this is a version of the Supergiant, Alioth, Doctor Doom deck that can find a few ways of abusing Alioth and Doctor Doom along with Absorbing Man. It’s important to keep priority for Turns 3 and 4, so you have Nebula, Jeff the Baby Land Shark, and Martyr to try accomplishing this. Then you can try for a double Alioth or double Doctor Doom play through Supergiant. This has multiple ways of doubling up your Alioth or Doctor Doom, and that makes it more consistent than other versions. Enjoy this one while you can!

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!