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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 • Mockingbird 🔼 • Arishem |
| Tier 2 | • Thena • Gilgamesh • White Widow • Red Guardian • Red Hulk • Ms. Marvel • Nico Minoru • Loki • Sebastian Shaw • Elsa Bloodstone • U.S. Agent • Thanos • Sage • Sasquatch 🔼 • Namora 🔼 |
| Tier 3 | • Alioth 🔼 • Makkari • Cannonball • Corvus Glaive • Skaar • Proxima Midnight • Valentina • Werewolf By Night • Galactus • High Evolutionary • Caiera • Beta Ray Bill • Black Knight • Iron Lad • Pixie • Sersi • Cull Obsidian 🔽 |
| Tier 4 | • Phastos 🆕 • Blob • Supergiant • Black Swan • Baron Zemo • War Machine |
| 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 • Lady Deathstrike • Ravonna Renslayer |
| Tier 3 | • Spider-Ham • Daken • • Gladiator • The Living Tribunal • Hercules 🔼 • Ghost-Spider 🔼 |
| Tier 4 | • • Nimrod • Man-Thing • • Miek • Havok • Silk • Selene • Jean Grey |
| Tier 5 | • Howard the Duck • Martyr • Zabu |
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 | • Cable • Carnage • Devil Dinosaur • 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 |
| 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).
Hercules
Decks with Hercules
The day finally came where Hercules got a significant buff, and it made a difference (although maybe not as much as many had hoped). It turns out the mechanic change also hurt the card and, while it is a lot better, the requirement for him to be ahead of moves means it didn’t have the impact with
I’m taking some advice from Buddii and Thursday over on X here with the standard Move deck by adding Enchantress alongside the bounce cards of Beast and Falcon. Enchantress helps you take on some of the hardest match ups for this deck, and the bounce cards make the deck a stat powerhouse that can compete with everything else. Spider-Man 2099 and Heimdall are just synergistic late game cards that can have value.
SafetyBlade
This deck, however, takes the opposite direction. You’re looking to move your opponent’s cards, but to the same outcome. You just want to reduce the power and effectiveness of the cards they played. Kingpin makes use of these moves with the debuff, and relocating cards they were planning on can result in interesting win conditions based around Aero and Magneto.
Alioth
Decks with Alioth
Power buffs are often underrated with Marvel Snap cards, but they can have the biggest impact on a card’s viability. Alioth demonstrates this perfectly: it was fringe at best at eight power and a legitimate power card at ten power. The reason here is simple, really. When you dedicate your entire Turn 6 play to this card, it would sometimes turn off the effects and still lose due to only adding eight power. Now it competes more directly with many of the other 6-drops. Now that he is a rather large tech card, this makes him a lot more playable. Especially when you consider that these decks often have to be built for this effect, which makes the cost of running him greater than the bigger 6-drops in the game. Alioth is starting to appear at the top of the meta again, and the card may help balance against cards like Odin as well.
SafetyBlade
Finally, my personal best performing deck since the patch. This one looks to combine the Sandman strategy with Blink and Jubilee to get as many cards out as possible—all without Electro. The plan is simple: spread your cards so you can activate Ms. Marvel, then get Sandman either through playing him or using Blink. On Turn 6 you can play either Doctor Doom or Alioth for the 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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