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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 • Hope Summers • X-23 • Annihilus • Blink • Nocturne 🔼 |
| Tier 2 | • Thena 🆕 • Gilgamesh 🆕 • White Widow 🔼 • Red Guardian • Red Hulk • Ms. Marvel • Nico Minoru • Loki • Sebastian Shaw • Elsa Bloodstone • Mockingbird • U.S. Agent • Thanos • Sage • Cull Obsidian |
| Tier 3 | • Makkari 🆕 • Sasquatch 🔽 • Cannonball 🔽 • Corvus Glaive 🔽 • Skaar 🔽 • Proxima Midnight • Valentina • Werewolf By Night • Galactus • High Evolutionary • Caiera • Beta Ray Bill • Black Knight • Iron Lad • Namora • Pixie • Sersi 🆕 |
| Tier 4 | • Blob • Supergiant • Black Swan • Baron Zemo • War Machine |
| Tier 5 | • Grand Master • Alioth |
| Kang | • Kang |
Series 4 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Knull • Kitty Pryde • Darkhawk |
| Tier 2 | • Snowguard • Nebula • Mobius M. Mobius • Legion • Lady Deathstrike • Ravonna Renslayer |
| Tier 3 | • Spider-Ham • Daken • • Gladiator • The Living Tribunal |
| Tier 4 | • • Nimrod • Ghost-Spider • Man-Thing • • Miek • Havok • Silk • Selene • Jean Grey |
| Tier 5 | • Howard the Duck • Martyr • Zabu • Hercules |
Series 3 Card Meta Tier List
Series 2 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Killmonger • Shang-Chi |
| Tier 2 | • Sandman • Iceman • Jubilee • Vision |
| Tier 3 | • Agent 13 • The Collector • Morbius • Hobgoblin • The Infinaut • Swarm • Scorpion • Storm • Sunspot • Vulture • Bucky Barnes |
| Tier 4 | • Okoye • Nakia • Warpath • Cloak • Ebony Maw • Leech |
| Tier 5 | • Rhino • Sabretooth |
Series 1 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Angela • Cable • Carnage • Devil Dinosaur • Iron Man |
| Tier 2 | • Enchantress 🔽 • Odin • White Tiger • Spectrum • Onslaught • Blue Marvel • Ant Man • Blade • Cosmo • Scarlet Witch • Squirrel Girl • Wolfsbane • Wolverine • Klaw • Korg • Armor • Lady Sif |
| 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).
Ravonna Renslayer
Decks with Ravonna Renslayer
Ravonna Renslayer is currently the most efficient cost reduction card in the game, and the supporting cast are a legitimate package that you can use across many decks. She is a core piece of many decks at this stage and one of the key cards in the metagame. However, her stats don’t support her making it into Tier 1 just yet. These decks can now be challenged much easier as Professor X is no longer part of the package but she can still support reducing many strong cards like Sage and Iron Man. Cost reduction strategies are often where innovation can happen in Marvel Snap so this is the card to watch as the metagame settles from the latest round of nerfs.
SafetyBlade
Iron Man is the card which can make the biggest impact now in the package, so building a deck to try and drop Iron Man alongside another card on the final turn is the most promising. Here we use the Darkhawk package as the way of competing across the lanes and Iron Man and Sage can both be played on turn 6 with Ravonna down.
The Sentry
The Sentry at only 8 Power is the other big winner of the past few weeks. Sersi entering the game gives three strong supporting directions now for The Void. Lady Deathstrike, Annihilus, and Sersi all make use of The Void and this makes this card more flexible than it has been before. This makes The Sentry deck one of the decks which can consistently compete across the field.
This version looks to include all the high Power reducible cards alongside the Annihilus and Sersi directions of dealing with The Void. This allows for some Junking as well as the ability to use Sersi on other cards to reduce Mockingbird further for the final turns.
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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