Deck of the Day – Phoenix Force is the Best Now

Hello everyone, and welcome to Deck of the Day! I’m Glazer of Snap Judgments: The Official Marvel Snap Zone Podcast, and every weekday I’m going to be highlighting a different deck for you to try out!

SafetyBlade is a Genius, ya’ll. Move and Destroy are the meta now. The power this one puts out is absurd.

If you bought Season Pass cards, you can make this deck. Everything is Series 3 or lower but Phoenix Force and Ghost-Spider, and, honestly, you can survive without Ghost-Spider if you absolutely had to.

Introduction + Disclaimers

This deck is Tier 1. I’d bet the farm on it.

Sometimes the decks featured in this article will be Tier 1, the most competitive decks in the metagame. Sometimes they will be fun tier. Often, they will feature Series 4 and 5 cards (which is hopefully less of an issue with the card acquisition change), but sometimes they will be Series 3 or even lower.

Additionally, these decks can come from anywhere – they could be homebrews, a really cool idea from your favorite content creator, a tried and true meta deck, and sometimes, well, we won’t really know where the deck came from. We endeavor, however, to credit original deck creators whenever possible, so if we miss one, please do let us know! Want to submit a deck for consideration? Email me [email protected].

The Deck

Safety’s New Best Deck

Created by PulseGlazer

, updated 10 months ago

3

5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

2.6

Cost

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1
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5+

3.3

Power

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5+

Deck History

The Phoenix Force was released as this month’s Season Pass Card, and it was basically immediately a Tier 2-ish Ladder deck – something people hit Infinite with using fun packages where she was a helpful card.

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

Nimrod

When this is destroyed, add a copy to each other location.

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

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Then, yesterday, there was an Over the Air Update to the game. Phoenix went from 5-6 to 4-5… and the meta was blown open.

Variants

The Phoenix Force

On Reveal: Revive one of your destroyed cards and merge with it. That card can move each turn.

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

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Turn 4 Phoenix was in play for more moves. Phoenix with Multiple Man dodged Shang Chi. Phoenix moving twice as Human Torch into Taskmaster makes Red Skull blush. Let’s go!

How to Play

Goodness, this is strong. The two targets here for Phoenix are The Human Torch and Multiple Man. Both do very different things, but both are absolutely insane power.

Variants

Multiple Man

When this moves, add a copy to the old location.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Variants

Human Torch

When this moves, double its Power.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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These cards can be grown with Shuri, move on their own power with Phoenix, or be dragged around by 1-costers Iron Fist and Ghost-Spider. The power and unpredictability is unmatched.

Variants

Iron Fist

On Reveal: After you play your next card, move it one location to the left.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Variants

Ghost-Spider

On Reveal: The last card you played moves here.

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

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Sometimes The Phoenix Force won’t go off… and your back up plan is Shuri Red Skull and Taskmaster. Sheesh.

Here are the play lines:

• Turn 1: Torch. You can conceivably play Iron Fist, too, if you know you’re going to Torch or Multiple Man on 2.

• Turn 2: If you have a Torch out, feel free to eat it with Carnage. If you have Multiple Man, play him.

• Turn 3:Venom or Carnage whatever Move card. If you have Phoenix Force in hand, Carnage then Iron Fist is a great way to set up your first move.

Variants

Carnage

On Reveal: Destroy your other cards here. +2 Power for each destroyed.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Variants

Venom

On Reveal: Destroy your other cards here. Add their Power to this card.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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• Turn 4: You should know what your opponent has by now. If it’s a deck running Shang Chi, just getting down Phoenix makes a lot of sense to duck under the 9-power threshold. In most other situations, Shuri is a better call. If you missed a destroy card you now have, this is your last chance to play it.

• Turn 5: If you have a Phoenix, don’t forget to move it. Often this is Ghost-Spider for two Phoenix moves this turn and a Shuri. If you played Shuri, it’s then Phoenix and Ghost-Spider. If you’ve been moving around a Human Torch, play Taskmaster.

• Turn 6: Move Phoenix again. If you played Shuri last, drop Red Skull or America Chavez. If you’ve been moving around a Human Torch, you should have priority – play Armor on it and drop whatever else you can.

Variants

Taskmaster

On Reveal: Set this card’s Power equal to that of the last card you played. (if that card’s in play)

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Card Substitutions

You really want Ghost-Spider here. She’s crazy strong. If you aren’t running her, there’s an argument for Hulkbuster or Dagger. Dagger is another move target and Hulkbuster is a pump to whatever you eat that works well with movement cards.

Variants

Dagger

When this moves to a location, +3 Power for each enemy card there.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Variants

Hulkbuster

On Reveal: Merge this with one of your cards here.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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The last card to try out is Doctor Strange, who works very well with multiple Multiple Man cards.

Conclusion + Video

I think this is the best deck in the game.

If you’d like a video discussion of this deck, check my page out. The video for this one is right here: