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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 • Mockingbird • • Copycat • White Widow • Nico Minoru |
| Tier 2 | • Sebastian Shaw • Ajax • Arishem • Gwenpool • Cassandra Nova • Blob • Thena • Red Hulk • U.S. Agent • Sage • Hope Summers • Alioth • Marvel Boy • X-23 • Wiccan • Black Knight 🔼 • Silver Sable • War Machine 🔼 |
| Tier 3 | • Ms. Marvel • Namora • Blink • High Evolutionary • Makkari • Corvus Glaive • Proxima Midnight • Werewolf By Night • Caiera • Iron Lad • Pixie • Sersi • Elsa Bloodstone • Black Swan 🆕 • • Speed • Sasquatch • Red Guardian • Cannonball • Gilgamesh • Symbiote Spider-Man 🔼 • Madame Web 🔼 • Araña 🆕* • Skaar • Nocturne • Loki |
| Tier 4 | • Phastos • Supergiant • Cull Obsidian • Baron Zemo • Galactus • Valentina • Beta Ray Bill • Hydra Bob • Thanos • Grand Master • Annihilus |
| Tier 5 | |
| Kang | • Kang |
Series 4 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Knull |
| Tier 2 | • Kitty Pryde • Darkhawk • Mobius M. Mobius • Legion • Ravonna Renslayer |
| Tier 3 | • Spider-Ham • Nebula • • Gladiator • The Living Tribunal • Nimrod • Ghost-Spider • Lady Deathstrike • • Man-Thing • |
| Tier 4 | • Miek • Snowguard • Daken • Havok • Silk • Selene • Jean Grey • Hercules |
| Tier 5 | • Zabu |
Series 3 Card Meta Tier List
Series 2 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Killmonger • Shang-Chi |
| Tier 2 | • Morbius • Vision • Vulture 🔼 |
| Tier 3 | • Agent 13 • Iceman • The Collector • Hobgoblin • The Infinaut • Swarm • Scorpion • Storm • Sunspot • Bucky Barnes • Jubilee |
| Tier 4 | • Okoye • Nakia • Warpath • Cloak • Ebony Maw • Leech • Sandman |
| Tier 5 | • Rhino • Sabretooth |
Series 1 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Cards |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | • Carnage • Blue Marvel • Ka-Zar • Cosmo 🔼 |
| Tier 2 | • Enchantress • Iron Man • Cable • Odin • White Tiger • Spectrum • Onslaught • Ant Man • Blade • Scarlet Witch • Squirrel Girl • Nightcrawler • Wolverine • Klaw • Korg • Lady Sif • Devil Dinosaur • Apocalypse |
| Tier 3 | • Jessica Jones • Armor • Angela • Bishop • Deathlok • Ironheart • Lizard • Moon Girl • Nova • Sentinel • Spider-Woman • Star-Lord • Gamora • Wolfsbane • Forge • Rocket Raccoon • Iron Fist 🔼 • Hulkbuster 🔼 • Multiple Man 🔼 • Quicksilver • Sword Master 🔼 |
| Tier 4 | • America Chavez • White Queen • Medusa • Doctor Strange • Strong Guy • Elektra • Groot • Mister Fantastic • Hawkeye • Heimdall • Hulk *** • Kraven • Mister Sinister • Morph • Punisher • Captain America • Namor |
| Tier 5 | • Abomination *** • Cyclops *** • Misty Knight *** • Shocker *** • The Thing *** • Uatu the Watcher • Angel • Yondu • Mantis • Domino • Professor X • Colossus |
Tier Explanation
This Tier List is heavily geared towards the current environment, and the report will be updated after a card releases, a balance changes goes live, or the metagame changes due to new archetypes emerging. 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).
- 🆕 means the card was recently released or meaningfully changed.
- 🔼 means the card moved up in position. It might have some upsides in the current meta or be a part of an archetype that is building some momentum.
New and Recently Changed Cards
Decks with Araña
Araña was widely regarded as one of the best cards that would come out this season, potentially turning around the fortune of the Move archetype. That synergy has been struggling to be dominant for a while—even with reinforcements from Madame Web last week (and Hercules in the past).
So far, the card managed to have a positive impact on the Move archetype. The Pure Move deck is posting solid numbers. We’ll have to wait until the next Tier List to see where it lands, but the first couple of days look very promising.
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Decks with Black Swan
Decks with Sword Master
The most recent balance patch changed three cards, all for the better so far. Hellcow and Black Swan becoming Activate cards has boosted their popularity in the archetypes that the community expected them to be good in, Hela and Bounce respectively.
Sword Master is still struggling to see much play, but the card has had some decent results in Hela decks alongside Hellcow. It isn’t part of the most popular archetype, but it does serve as a decent replacement if you are missing a card. You might want to throw in a second 5-Cost (try Vision or Aero) for consistency if you decide to run Sword Master in your Hela deck.
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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