Marvel Snap January 6, 2026 Patch Notes

Marvel Snap’s latest update for January 6, 2026 is available. Check out the full patch notes below, as well as our latest datamined information from the patch!

January 6, 2026 Patch – Version 49.5.0 Datamine

PLEASE NOTE: If you haven’t updated your game yet, get the latest in the App Store!

GENERAL UPDATES

Deck Selection Carousel update

• We have improved the process of selecting a deck to play with by revamping the Deck Selection Carousel on the Main screen. Before this update, players had to enter Deck Editing via Collection to get a reminder of the contents of their decks. Now players will be able to preview their deck contents from the Deck Selection Carousel without having to enter Collection. This should help make picking a deck easier and faster!

BALANCE UPDATES

CARD UPDATES

Iceman

• Iceman now shows you the card he targets with his ability.

Sam Wilson

• [Old] 2/2 – Game Start: Add Cap’s Shield to a random location. Ongoing: You can move Cap’s Shield.
• [New] 2/3 – On Reveal: Add Cap’s Shield to a random location. Ongoing: You can move Cap’s Shield.

Turns out a free Ongoing in play is pretty good! In many of our early playtests, players really enjoyed having the Shield always present in games to play around. However, it’s become clear that the guaranteed Shield represents more of the card’s strength than we’d like.

We wanted to preserve the fun of bouncing Cap’s Shield around the board, while avoiding the problems that come with having the shield in play for free. Thus, we’re having Sam create his Shield as an On Reveal in order to contain its impact to games in which you play Sam himself. As always, we’ll keep an eye on Sam’s performance after this adjustment and come back with some more tweaks if needed.

Bug Fixes

Card and Location Art Fixes in 49.x

• Visual Issue with Series Label on cards has been fixed
• Custom card tooltip for The Hunger no longer clips with its custom card when it is in a locked state
• Within a card’s detailed view, the equipped border is now being displayed accurately
• Skill Card’s variant name no longer gets overlaps with the card art when displayed in Bundles or the Season Pass

Shop Fixes in 49.x

• Red pips on Series Packs in the Cards shop have been rearranged to have better placement
• Visual issue with refreshing to a different area in the shop no longer occurs
• Visual issues with shop items appearing in different locations no longer occurs
• ”Vibranium Offers” title no longer has visual issue when tapped

Other Fixes in 49.x

• Issue where the Sanctum Showdown end screen would display incorrect ranking for a user has been fixed
• Issue in Sanctum Showdown where Snap points were observed as 1 point instead of 2 points after turn 3 has been fixed
• Sanctum Showdown Charms currency now updates correctly after making a purchase from the Sanctum Shop
• Rewards track in Sanctum Showdown now updates properly after purchasing the event pass
• Sanctum Showdown Event Pass Screens & completed progress bar displays unclaimed reward icons are now showing up properly
• Golden Gauntlet card backs have been updated to have the correct variant names
• Bottom of Main event background for Sanctum Showdown has been fixed and is no longer clipping
• Issues with Sanctum Showdown Event Pass background are no longer occurring
• Sanctum Showdown rewards on reward track have been fixed and are now showing up properly
• Auto scrolling no longer occurs when Sanctum Showdown Event Pass Track is opened
• Issue in Sanctum Showdown where users were unintentionally able to click and interact in area above Event Header is now fixed
• ‘Most Won Location’ is now displaying information correctly and no longer missing on the end of event screen in Sanctum Showdown
• While in Grand Arena or Sanctum Showdown, Get Premium UI no longer persists when navigating away from the menu via the gold currency icon
• Privacy pop-up now closes out properly after tapping on the Privacy notice
• Glory Currency no longer flickers when scrolling through the Event Pass for Grand Arena
• Card back text ‘Unlocks with Season Pass Level X’ no longer persists on screen after closing with the Android back button
• Visual Effect indicating claimable bounties no longer persists at the top of the screen when scrolling through Alliances tab
• Shared deck no longer flickers in Alliance’s chat when a muted player sends a message
• When the credit limit has been exceeded, inconsistent issues when claiming and purchasing items have been resolved
• Incorrect text no longer displays when Sanctum Showdown gameplay event has ended. Appropriate text now appears when the shop remains open
• While in Sanctum Showdown, visual issues on the progress bar when scrolling over item rewards no longer occur

Localization Fixes in 49.x

• Title and description of Token Packs are now displaying properly in the shop & are no longer cutoff screen

PC Fixes in 49.x

• [Windows] Functionality issues with the result screen buttons no longer occur after interacting with the cards and locations
• [PC Widescreen] Card Upgrades and Infinity Splits Info button no longer displays distorted when hovered over or selected on the Card Detail View
• [PC] Issues regarding chat options when selecting users or messages in Alliances chat have now been fixed to appear properly
• [Windows] Sounds effects have been fixed for multiple Event badge buttons