In Marvel Snap, you collect and unlock cards by increasing your Collection Level, which is done by upgrading your cards with the boosters you win from games. Each card is assigned to a “Pool” or Series of cards, which begin and end at a specific collection level. Series 3 cards are obtained from Collection Level 486+ onwards.
Series 3 represents the bulk of obtainable cards and is regarded as the most important pool in Marvel Snap when it comes to building a large and flexible collection. Sure, Series 4 and Series 5 have some of the most impactful cards, but most archetypes are based around cards from Series 3 cards listed in this article. Not sure which one to target pick for free every Season, purchase from the Token Shop, or look forward to opening from the Collector’s Caches? This is exactly what we’re here for!
Tier Explanation
- Tier 1: These are the cards which support a current top tier deck in the metagame or are universally strong enough that not owning them is a disadvantage.
- Tier 2: These are strong cards which are core to playing currently strong archetypes or are strong enough that you can play them in several archetypes.
- Tier 3: These are strong supporting pieces which typically can be replaced or part of archetypes which are currently not performing to the level of the Tier 2 cards.
- Tier 4: These cards are niche and can only be used within very specific archetypes, in addition to that archetype not doing particularly good at the moment.
- Tier 5: These cards are very limited and easily eclipsed by other options.
- * This card is provisionally ranked and in-game performance may change the ranking as changes are not finalized or still too new.
- ** This card is ranked higher in anticipation of a changing metagame due to new card releases or balance changes, and will be evaluated again on release.
How to Obtain Series 3 Cards
Second Dinner finally understood players needed to collect those cards to enjoy their game, and improved card acquisition: We now get four cards out of every nine Collector’s Reserves, instead of two up until January 2025. Considering Series 3 represents more than a hundred cards, this should vastly improve the flexibility of a new player’s collection, allowing them to experiment with new archetypes much more often.
In addition to this improvement, players can also open the Collector’s Series 3 Snap Pack for 1,000 Tokens. I do not recommend spending on that particular one, considering the importance of Collector’s Tokens to collect Series 4 and Series 5 cards.
Once per season, one will be able to claim a series 3 card in the shop section of the game for free! This free slot rotates every 8 hours, and does NOT stack over time if you do not use it over the course of a season.
Series 3 only Decks
More information about these decks can be found here.
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Closing Words
Outside the start of the more competitive environment, Series 3 is also where the real fun begins for a lot of players, as many more archetypes are available to play. Especially with the improved card acquisition in that area specifically, Series 3 should be a much more enjoyable experience overall.
As such, I wish you a ton of fun there, and I’m sure the fun will largely out weight the frustration of slowly collecting all the cards you desire.
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Good Game Everyone.
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