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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!
Series 5 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Jeff the Baby Land Shark • X-23 • Nocturne • Mockingbird • Arishem • Blob 🔼 |
| Tier 2 | • Blink 🔽 • Annihilus 🔽 • Thena • Gilgamesh • White Widow • Red Guardian • Red Hulk • Nico Minoru • Loki • U.S. Agent • Sage • Sasquatch • Hope Summers • Alioth |
| Tier 3 | • Ms. Marvel 🔽 • Namora 🔽 • Thanos 🔽 • High Evolutionary • Makkari • Cannonball • Corvus Glaive • Skaar • Proxima Midnight • Valentina • Werewolf By Night • Caiera • Beta Ray Bill • Black Knight • Iron Lad • Pixie • Sersi • Cull Obsidian • Sebastian Shaw 🔽 • Elsa Bloodstone 🔽 • Ajax 🆕 |
| Tier 4 | • Phastos • Supergiant • Baron Zemo • War Machine • Galactus 🔽 • Hydra Bob 🆕 |
| Tier 5 | • Grand Master |
| Kang | • Kang |
Series 4 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Knull • Kitty Pryde • Darkhawk |
| Tier 2 | • Snowguard • Nebula • Mobius M. Mobius • Legion • Ravonna Renslayer |
| Tier 3 | • Spider-Ham • Daken • • Gladiator • The Living Tribunal • Hercules • Ghost-Spider • Lady Deathstrike 🔽 |
| Tier 4 | • • Nimrod • Man-Thing • • Miek • Havok • Silk • Selene • Jean Grey |
| Tier 5 | • Zabu |
Series 3 Card Meta Tier List
Series 2 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Killmonger • Shang-Chi |
| Tier 2 | • Sandman • Iceman • Vision |
| Tier 3 | • Agent 13 • The Collector • Morbius • Hobgoblin • The Infinaut • Swarm • Scorpion • Storm • Sunspot • Vulture • Bucky Barnes • Jubilee |
| Tier 4 | • Okoye • Nakia • Warpath • Cloak • Ebony Maw • Leech |
| Tier 5 | • Rhino • Sabretooth |
Series 1 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Cable • Iron Man |
| Tier 2 | • Enchantress • Angela • Odin • White Tiger • Spectrum • Onslaught • Blue Marvel • Ant Man • Blade • Cosmo • Scarlet Witch • Squirrel Girl • Wolfsbane • Wolverine • Klaw • Korg • Armor • Lady Sif • Devil Dinosaur • Carnage |
| Tier 3 | • Jessica Jones • Bishop • Deathlok • Ironheart • Lizard • Medusa • Moon Girl • Nova • Apocalypse • Rocket Raccoon • Sentinel • Ka-Zar • Nightcrawler • Spider-Woman • Star-Lord • Strong Guy • White Queen • Elektra • Gamora • Mister Fantastic |
| Tier 4 | • America Chavez • Doctor Strange • Forge • Groot • Hawkeye • Heimdall • Hulk *** • Hulkbuster • Kraven • Iron Fist • Mister Sinister • Morph • Multiple Man • Punisher • Captain America • Colossus ** • Namor • Sword Master |
| Tier 5 | • Abomination *** • Cyclops *** • Misty Knight *** • Shocker *** • The Thing *** • Uatu the Watcher • Angel • Yondu • Mantis • Domino • Professor X |
| Quicksilver | • Quicksilver |
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).
Thanos
Decks with Thanos
Thanos continues to languish, but he was thrown a bone in the latest OTA. Lockjaw was adjusted back to its original effect, but it still costs four energy. This has culminated in mixed results with the original Lockjaw decks, but with Thanos it appears that the dog may be part of the core for the archetype once again. We have to recognize that this deck remains well behind Arishem, but the shell seems to be coming together again with Lockjaw and Phastos. While it will not be the strongest thing to do at this stage, this direction could return to prominence in different metas, and I think it is worth being aware of.
SafetyBlade
The plan with this deck is simple: play Lockjaw, roll several Infinity Stones on Turn 5, hope for large ten power cards to reduce Skaar‘s cost, and drop stats down on another lane. To this end, the deck is focused on efficient ramp to try keeping up, so it is limited on tech cards. Phastos is a key card here because he allows the Stones to potentially become free cards to play into Lockjaw.
Viper
Decks with Viper
The biggest winner of the recent changes was easily Viper. This small change made her much more playable in a range of different decks, and in the current Arishem meta those decks offer new ways to compete by attacking opponents’ board space. The flexibility that this the small change has added cannot be underestimated. It will now always target The Hood, for example, and it can allow for any cheaper card to be used to guarantee this. It also is quicker than Sentry into Annihilus, which is important right now if you’re looking to keep up with Arishem.
This build is looking to clog up the board using the cheap cards as quickly as possible, then transition to Doctor Octopus. With two lanes limited on space, it’s easy to use cards like Titania, Red Hulk, and Shang-Chi to flip whichever lanes are needed to win.
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!
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