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Welcome to our Marvel Snap Conquest Meta Tier List! Each week, we review the best decks in the ever-changing Marvel Snap Conquest meta.
This report is dedicated to the Conquest mode and lists the current best decks to run the gauntlet and grab your next Infinity avatar. We also provide a Ranked report, available around the middle of the week based on the latest updates, that highlights the best archetypes for that mode. Looking to figure out the impact of the newly released card or the latest balance changes in Conquest? This is the place to be!
If you are looking for more information about a deck in particular, check out our Archetypes pages, with detailed information about each of the household names in Marvel Snap.
Marvel Snap Conquest Overview
The first week of the season showcased some nice diversity in Ranked, as it was the most played mode with tons of players looking to grind back to the Infinite rank. Conquest, on the other hand, told a different story. Indeed, while three archetypes were battling for the top spot on the Ladder, it is still the Arishem show here. Only two archetypes were worthy of Tier 1, and both were based on Arishem.
Arishem Loki, obviously, tops the list with a dominant performance once again; it was the sole archetype above a 60% Win Rate. Last week, some could have doubted the deck’s strength and claimed that other archetypes needed time to adapt, but Arishem Loki left no room for doubt this time around. Joining it in Tier 1 is Arishem High Evolutionary, an archetype regarded as just another way to play Arishem up until now. But it’s been slowing building a decent case to be its own deck as time passes.
When it comes to raw power, the Loki build takes the crown with no possible debate. However, the High Evolutionary version has the upside of giving bad cards to Loki, alongside being more flexible with its energy thanks to Sunspot, She-Hulk, and the entire Evolved synergy. Those three elements allow the deck to float energy when the random cards aren’t good enough to play.
Behind these two are the expected solid Marvel Snap archetypes: Silver Surfer, Good Cards Ravonna, Destroy, the returning Iron Patriot with Gwenpool, and Junk. Speaking of, Junk took a bit of a dive to Tier 3 this time around.
The surprise archetype in this report is Discard Dracula. It posted a decent performance in Ranked with Gwenpool, but it really took off with a 58% Win Rate in Conquest. I was curious about the performance, so I played the deck a lot to be able to write about it. Honestly, it didn’t feel that different compared to the old builds of the archetype, but some patterns with Gwenpool did feel great for developing lots of flexible points.
This way of playing is a good summary of the current meta. There are decks looking to play precise patterns that they know they can confidently Snap, but they abandon flexibility to do so since they know Arishem has the upper hand in that regard. So far, it doesn’t look like a winning strategy, but this is just the first week of the season and there is plenty more of Marvel Snap left to play.
Happy Tier List, everyone!
Marvel Snap Conquest Tier List
| Tier | Deck |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Arishem Loki |
| Tier 1 | Arishem High Evolutionary |
| Tier 2 | Discard Dracula |
| Tier 2 | Silver Surfer |
| Tier 2 | Good Cards Ravonna |
| Tier 2 | Destroy |
| Tier 2 | Toxic Surfer |
| Tier 3 | Iron Patriot |
| Tier 3 | Galactus |
| Tier 3 | Phoenix Force |
| Tier 3 | Junk Move |
Disclaimer and Tier Explanations
In order to be featured here, a deck needs to hold a win rate above the 50% threshold over more than a hundred Conquest games.
In order to create this chart, den is using data from our Marvel Snap Tracker, as well as other available data online and his own expertise and opinion of respected players. If a deck showed great performances with a very limited presence in the meta, you can find it in the Silent Performers section. That section highlights decks with an excellent Win Rate, but too little of a sample size to be representative of their real strength.
Decks not good enough to be considered contenders but with a good representation will be ranked in Tier 3 in our chart. See those builds as decks that are good to know about, as you should face them when playing Marvel Snap. However, unless the meta changes or a new variation of the build emerges, these decks are a notch below the dominant ones in Tiers 1 and 2.
Silent Performer: Decks with a very little presence in the meta that still showcase a Cube Average and Win Rate worthy of a Tier 2 deck (or better). Oftentimes, these can be archetypes with some nice game play that have been left unchecked in the current environment, or decks on the rise that found a few good match ups to abuse.
Tier 1: Tier 1 represents decks with all the upsides we would be looking for to run the gauntlet. They have good match ups in the current meta, offer different play patterns during a match, and often have the ability for explosive or surprising turns. These should be decks worth investing into in order to climb for the coming week.
Win Rate > 59%
Tier 2: Tier 2 are very good decks but with a weakness holding them back – either not being as reliable in its draws as Tier 1 decks, countered by another popular deck, or still being a work in progress as you read this. A good pilot could probably take these and have the same results as with a Tier 1 deck, but their play patterns are more difficult to enact compared to the tier above.
Win Rate > 55%
Tier 3: This tier is made of decks that have a pervasive issue compared to Tier 1 or Tier 2 decks. Usually, Tier 3 will be a mix of decks on the rise that don’t have much data, old archetypes on the decline, decks that require substantial experience and/or knowledge to pilot properly, powerful decks that aren’t well positioned, or niche decks.
Win Rate > 52%
Budget: Decks that consist only of cards in Pool 1 and 2 that are still capable of competing with an experienced pilot in a similar Collection Level, Rank, and MMR range. See our matchmaking guide for more details.
Meta stats and analytics directly from our Marvel Snap Tracker can also be found here.
Tier 1
Arishem Loki
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Even though this archetype couldn’t keep the top spot of the Ranked competitive mountain, it is still standing very strong in Conquest. Indeed, not only is Arishem Loki the sole archetype with a 60% Win Rate to open the Conquest season, Arishem High Evo is the second best at 59%.
Just like last season, being the #1 targeted deck isn’t as bad in Conquest as it can be in the Ranked mode. Once you know what to play around and the timing of when certain cards are supposed to be played, you have much more leeway to leverage a Snap. This information makes a ton of difference, and it allows you to adapt your play style and turn what should be a bad match up into a manageable fight.
Potential Additions
Darkhawk, Mystique, Rogue, and Shang-Chi are the flexible cards. They’re included here to gain an edge in the mirror match. You could replace any of those if you want a more global list, and there are plenty of strong standalone cards that could potentially be good to include.
Arishem High Evo
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In the shadow of the Arishem Loki build (and arguably still the weaker of the two), Arishem High Evo has progressed a lot lately. It’s now considered its own archetype rather than just another way to play Arishem.
At a 59% Win Rate, the deck represents a decent alternative to the more common build, and it has the upside of giving bad cards to Loki (which would copy the non-Evolved cards).
Potential Additions
Apart from the High Evolutionary synergy, the rest of the deck is pretty flexible. You can be creative as to the cards you want to include depending on your popular opponents or preferred play style.
Tier 2
Discard Dracula
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It’s been a few seasons since we saw Discard Dracula rank this high in any Tier List, but the addition of Gwenpool seems to have benefited the deck a ton. Indeed, not only is Discard Dracula posting an impressive 58.5% Win Rate, it is also the best deck with Gwenpool in Conquest, beating both Silver Surfer and Iron Patriot in that category. It also had the highest Win Rate among the non-Arishem decks.
Considering the deck has been an afterthought for several months and basically existed as a worse discard than Hela, Gwenpool has to be a big reason for this comeback. I believe the Season Pass card brings something Discard Dracula desperately needed: surprise in the power it can develop. Indeed, when you manage to buff Swarm, Proxima Midnight, or Daken, you unlock an explosive power that was only available to Morbius and Dracula up until this point.
It might not last for the entire season, as the new thresholds of power will eventually be figured out, but it looks to be a great time for Discard enjoyers.
Potential Additions
The curve is purposefully low in order to manage your hand for Gwenpool. As such, any swap should try to look for another card that can be easily played if necessary. If you were missing Miek, for example, look for another 1-Cost, or maybe Wolverine.
Silver Surfer
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After an impressive performance in the Ranked mode to open the season, Silver Surfer’s 58% Win Rate is almost a disappointment. The list is very similar to what was in the other mode, with only Red Guardian being included instead of Mobius M. Mobius. Yet, the Win Rate difference is very significant.
This could be explained by the less diverse meta in Conquest, or that Silver Surfer is potentially not that good against Arishem. Or worse, this might be because Silver Surfer farmed bots to rank up to the Infinite rank and this Conquest performance reflects its power level better. Either way, it seems like the addition of Gwenpool was a good one, as the card was a core piece of the best Silver Surfer list in each mode. However, it might not be enough to make the archetype the best in the game like some might have thought looking at the early results.
Potential Additions
Red Guardian could be Mobius M. Mobius, Rogue, or any 3-Cost card to gain an edge in a certain match up. Nova and Killmonger could also be a 1- or 2-Cost plus any 3-Cost that you would rather have over Killmonger.
Good Cards Ravonna
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With the exact same list that the archetype posted a great performance with in the Ranked mode, Good Cards remains a top five archetype in Conquest. But this time, the gap is much bigger with Arishem. Indeed, with an almost 5% difference between each deck’s Win Rate, it might be difficult to call Good Cards Ravonna a “counter” at this point.
Two reasons might explain the situation. Either the deck has invested too much into beating Arishem and is losing most of the other matches, or maybe Arishem is just too good to be countered when it has information on its side. If the first reason pushes you to balance the deck a little more or maybe reconsider the Darkhawk support cards, the second one might have to wait for the developers to step in for it to be solved.
Potential Additions
Korg, Rockslide, and Mystique are clearly in the deck to hedge your bets against Arishem. You could replace them with strong standalone cards, which is typically the way the Good Cards archetype tends to play the game. Mysterio and Mockingbird are also a common duo in the deck, with Sasquatch or maybe Gwenpool as the third.
Destroy
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Destroy was disappointing during the Infinity league at the end of last season, but it managed to come back as a solid Tier 2 archetype to open Deadpool‘s featured season with a 55% Win Rate. As always, the deck is the same eleven cards plus one. This time it was Shang-Chi, and this list represents the easy to play, “focus on your development” kind of deck we’ve come to know and enjoy. Well, at least if you aren’t a Discard fan or didn’t pick up the Season Pass.
Potential Additions
Arnim Zola could replace Shang-Chi.
Toxic Surfer
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I typically only pick the best list for the Silver Surfer archetype to feature in a report, but this deck feels different enough from the other for each have their separate entries at this point. Plus, both posted similar performances, even if the Gwenpool build had a 2.5% better Win Rate overall.
However, if you didn’t pick up the Season Pass or you believe the combo approach has more upsides, Toxic Surfer’s 55% Win Rate over 160 games is enough to make it a Tier 2 contender. Plus, we have seen with Arishem that targeted decks could leverage the information they gain about their opponent to optimize their play patterns. With this in mind, it looks like both builds around Silver Surfer have merit in Conquest early in the new season.
Potential Additions
Hazmat and Luke Cage could become cards to boost your points total or an energy cheating ability, such as Forge or Ravonna Renslayer. You could also do what On Reveal does to protect their Wong and run Echo.
Tier 3
In the past, Tier 3 would represent struggling archetypes with a limited strategy, or archetypes that were unable to leverage the information they gained in Conquest. Arguably, Phoenix Force and Galactus still represent this style of play that is much better suited for Ranked where you can Snap your great hands before the opponent knows what you type of deck you are running. However, as stronger decks emerge, we are starting to see all types of archetypes make it into Tier 3. Yes, even those that should still be a bit surprising, such as Iron Patriot (which came back with Gwenpool) and Junk Move (the best representative of the longtime elite archetype).
Even if their Win Rates—ranging from Iron Patriot at 54% to Junk Move at 52%—are lower than the other archetypes on this list, I think it is time to stop dismissing Tier 3 builds as “struggling”. Indeed, if they fit the way you like to play the game, decks in this tier should be worth a shot, which is much more than Tier 3 archetypes deserved in the past.
Iron Patriot
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Galactus
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Phoenix Force
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Junk Move
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Closing Words
Conquest is ruled by Arishem, and it is hard to argue for anything else honestly. While Darkhawk looks like a great option in Ranked, where you can reliably Snap with the 5-Cost since it will win its location most the time, the impact is just different in Conquest.
Indeed, from the random cards that are able to give an answer to Arishem, to the opponent not drawing Darkhawk, more reliable decks often get rewarded in this mode. You might think adding twelve cards to your deck would hurt the reliability of an Arishem build, but the extra synergy more than makes up for it.
The Ranked mode looked more diverse in the first week, so there is one question heading into Week 2: Is Conquest just slower to develop with most players busy climbing the ladder, or did the bots and early season testing let us believe Arishem wasn’t the best card in Marvel Snap? I’m leaning towards option number two, but I guess we’ll see what happens when we revisit these rankings.
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Good Game Everyone.
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