Marvel Snap Card Meta Tier List: August 18, 2024 – Best Cards in Each Series

In Marvel Snap, new cards are released weekly into Series 4 or 5 with frequent balance updates to shake up the meta, so players need to carefully plan their card acquisition. To help players make better decisions and build better decks based on their collections, we rate all Marvel Snap cards from Series 1 to 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.
• On June 4, 2024, there will be a scheduled Series Drop affecting 12 cards in total. These cards are marked on the tier lists.

Introduction to the New Card Meta Tier List Report

This report was informed by our new approach to rating and reviewing all Marvel Snap cards. With OTA balance patches now having the potential to upend the meta, we are now moving our Series 1 to 3 approach to the same method as the Series 4 and 5 list. This means more changes, more often. The ratings are indicative of the placement in the current meta and are always subject to change. Going forward, I will be aiming for fortnightly updates to the list or whenever major changes occur.

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!

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.
• Series Drop: This card is undergoing a Series Drop on June 4, 2024.
• * 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.
• *** This ranking excludes High Evolutionary versions (see High Evolutionary placement).

Kate Bishop

This might be a bold call but, given that some time has passed since I reviewed the Tier List, Kate Bishop is debuting at Tier 1. This may not be a card that completely makes an archetype, but it is proving to be a card that you should be considering whether it fits in almost any deck—similar to Jeff and White Widow. Her flexibility to be a part of many different archetypes like Bounce, Zoo, and Junk, as well as just being played on Turn 2 in other decks without being a negative, is huge. She can fill your curve and plays well with decks that have almost no other real synergy with her, such as Pixie decks. She can even be played to create early plays before dropping something like Sandman.

As Kate finds her way into more and more decks, it’s becoming clear that she makes sense in almost any shell. Her current and future potential is so high that placing her lower would have been a disservice. Yes, you can build decks without her, but very rarely can we say that a card is useful enough that playing it gives you a clear advantage. This is one of those cards. Her individual Win Rate is held back by her omnipresence in the meta, but she is absolutely a card you should own if you have the ability to do so.

dagger bishop

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 2 years ago

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The Dagger and Junk deck was improved significantly by Kate Bishop. The ability to get an extra movement effect can be back breaking against almost any deck in the game. The plan with this deck is to junk one lane and then send Dagger around the board to win the second lane. Kate brings synergy and often pure stats in this list, which is needed to ensure you get two lanes.

Man-Thing

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Man-Thing

Ongoing: 3-Cost or less cards here have -2 Power.

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view card details Start a deck Decks with Man-Thing

Man-Thing is the type of card that gets a huge boost from +2 power. The extra power makes him a viable way to play into decks with lots of low cost cards, and it’s now much easier to justify slotting him into decks across the board. This has led to a spike in hist performance, and with the amount of support that has come out in recent months he is truly a card to watch now. Man-Thing enters a space where he could come in and out of the meta based on the performance of decks like Zoo and Bounce, and with more games he could even rise another tier before the month ends.

man-thing bbq

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 2 years ago

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Man-Thing is an interesting card to build around. You often want low-cost cards in your deck, but he actively hurts these cards. This list aims to make sure the damage to your opponent is more than to yourself, and Ajax helps you gain some extra benefit from the effect.

Ultron

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Ultron

On Reveal: Deploy four 2-Power Drones to each other location.

Series 3

view card details Start a deck Decks with Ultron

Ultron is not the premier 6-drop finisher, but the pure stats now clearly overpower Doctor Doom in most decks. Combined with some extra synergy thanks to Marvel Boy, Ultron is likely here to stay—even with the Sandman nerf. He’s also in one of the simplest decks to build due to how replaceable the supporting cards can be, and it’s a deck that can be consistent at all levels.

safety-boy

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 2 years ago

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I incorporated Blink and Sandman in this deck to hit Ultron more often. Remember, if you have only Sandman and/or Ultron in your deck and you Blink one of your 3-drops, you are guaranteed to hit one of them. This lets you run good value 3-drops for the mid game and still finish with the Sandman and Ultron combination more often.

Conclusion

That’s it! All 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!