Marvel Snap Card Meta Tier List: April 14, 2024 – Best Series 4 & 5 Cards

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. There are one or two more planned for 2024.

Introduction to the New Card 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.

Red Hulk

Variants

Red Hulk

When your opponent ends a turn with unspent Energy, +4 Power. (if in hand or in play)

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

view card details Start a deck Decks with Red Hulk

Red Hulk hit the ground hard and has risen to the position of the best big card to play in your deck. The rise of Red Hulk, along with the nerfs to Thanos, have really impacted how good Blob is. As a result, it has dropped down the Tier List to Tier 4. Compared to Blob, Red Hulk is easier to play, simpler, and has the secret benefit of revealing itself to the opponent.

While at first the reveal may seem like a downside, it actually creates an interesting dynamic after some time. You become aware that they can play X amount of power on a lane, and that can cause the decision-making process against Red Hulk harder than it may seem.

After the dust settled, I can confidently say this is one of the most important cards in the game right now… but it still falls short of Tier 1. This is only because the role he plays can be played by other cards, so, while Red Hulk is the best big thing you can do, he is not the only big thing you can do.

Silk And Red Hulk

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 18 days ago

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

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This featured deck also includes Silk, Kitty Pryde, and Elsa Bloodstone, all of which also rose significantly with the recent patches. The meta opened to allow early power plays, so each of these cards is now significantly stronger than it was when Thanos was a menace.

This deck is a current contender for the best interaction deck available, and it enables you to play both Red Hulk and Kitty Pryde on the final turn consistently. It’s an excellent example how context changes after updates, and the buffs to cards like Angela and nerfs to Thanos were the main factors that brought this deck back up.

X-23

Variants

X-23

When this is discarded or destroyed, regenerate it at a random location and you get +1 Energy next turn.

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

view card details Start a deck Decks with X-23

The actual best deck to play right now appears to be Destroy. It is, as always, consistent with power, can go very tall, and is relatively simple to play. X-23 is the real glue that holds the deck together, so I believe it deserves its Tier 1 status. Destroy is no longer Destroy without X-23, and now that Zabu can’t hold it down with tech cards the deck is really powerful.

Lady Destroy

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 18 days 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)

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

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

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With the buff to Lady Deathstrike, she may be the new default 12th card. Her ability is now a proactive way to destroy your own cards as well as a solid tech card with good stats. This combines excellently with X-23, and it lets you keep “doing the thing” while potentially destroying your opponent’s entire game plan. As the meta settles, I expect Destroy to become more prominent.

The Living Tribunal

Variants

The Living Tribunal

Ongoing: Split your total Power evenly among all locations.

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

view card details Start a deck Decks with The Living Tribunal

Finally, while it may not seem like things changed for The Living Tribunal, the change to Alioth is huge for this deck. Now it has one less problem to contend with, and that makes this potentially one of the best decks that can run Cosmo. This allows the deck to compete with other decks on power while being able to shutdown some of the greedier decks going around (like Destroy).

The Living Tribunal

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 18 days ago

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

3x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

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

1x Starter Card

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This is also one of the only places where Zabu still seems like a good inclusion. Decks that naturally wanted 4-drops on Turn 3 can still run Zabu to good effect, and this is one of those decks. It’s also a deck that has consistent power, and you often know when you are no longer able to win a game. This is also a great deck for the early meta after an update.

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!