Pool (Series) 3 Beginner Decks Part 2 (E to M): 84 Decks for Every Pool 3 Card
Our up to date guide on the best competitive budget Marvel Snap decks built with only 1 card from Pool (Series) 3 and the rest in Pool 1 and 2. There is one deck for every card!
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As time passes, more players will start to enter Series (Pool) 3 (starting from Collection Level 486+), where they will start to unlock more powerful and niche cards. This part of Marvel Snap’s progression system is often cited as “where Marvel Snap becomes frustrating, sometimes painful”. The early, lower levels of Pool 3 is described as that moment where you lose to cards you don’t know about, you see new decks you can’t build, and pretty much everybody else has it better than you.
| Series | Collection Level # | Card # | Decks | Tier List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool One | Collection Level 18 - 214 | 46 cards | Decks | Tier List |
| Pool Two | Collection Level 222 - 474 | 25 cards | Decks | Tier List |
| Pool Three | Collection Level 486+ | 98 cards | Decks (Beginner) Decks (Advanced) | Tier List |
| Series Four | Collection Level 486+ - Rare | 9 cards | Decks | Tier List |
| Series Five | Collection Level 486+ - Ultra Rare | 12 cards | Decks | Tier List |
| Unreleased | Release and Series Drop Schedule | 41 cards |
Take it from someone who crossed the Pool 3 desert during beta – it’s not all that bad. In reality, If I had all the cards from the start, I probably wouldn’t have played Marvel Snap as much. Perhaps I may have even stopped because the game hasn’t developed enough for now to offer significant challenges outside of trying to make some use of all the cards you collect while playing.
So yes, Pool 3 can be frustrating: You start loving the game, you want to play it a ton and get more cards to play more decks. Instead of giving you more, the game slows down in terms of collecting cards, and you start needing to open Collector’s Caches and Reserves to find new ones, which can be infuriating if they give you Boosters instead. Well, it is also needed to keep you hooked to the game, and push you to be creative with every card you receive as intended by the developers, so every new card matters.
Not every card is playable, you say? Alright then, watch me tell you how to play every single card in Pool 3 in a deck where everything else are either Pool 1 or 2 cards. Will they all be super strong and win you a ton of games? Probably not. Will I have to reuse some cores several times and just change a card in it? Might be. Am I going to say how good Angela, Blue Marvel or Sandman are to build around most cards in the game? Very likely. But if I can make this challenge, you can probably be a little patient until you collect more cards from Pool 3 before taking it out on social media to vent about it!
Are you ready? We’re going on a journey with 84 entries, one for every Pool 3 card in Marvel Snap. Got a full collection? Looking to built complete meta Pool 3 decks? Check out our deck database or the more advanced Series 3 decks!
Electro
This guy is actually sweet if you are at the very start of Pool 3. It unlocks a super greedy gameplay where you are looking to play Electro on turn three, and then have a 5-Cost into two 6-Costs basically.
While you won’t have a lot of choices regarding the big cards to include, there are enough in the game already to make Electro worth trying.
Electro
Created by 
den
den, updated 4 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Recruit Season
1x Starter Card
4.1
Cost
4.4
Power
Falcon
Only used in the bounce archetype, which is a quite Pool 3 intensive deck, Falcon can definitely fit in Devil Dinosaur and The Collector kind of deck as it will boost both units. It also allows playing more 1-Cost cards, especially the disruptive ones like Iceman or Yondu in the deck, if you fancy that.
Falcon
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Starter Card
2.9
Cost
3.4
Power
Gambit
This is a tough one to pull, not because it is bad, but because you will only see it used with other Pool 3 cards such as Wong to create insane combos. At the start of Pool 3 though, you can honestly slot Gambit into a discard deck and be fine with it. Another, bolder take, would be to try a full destroy deck with Killmonger, Elektra, and Odin, looking to simply remove opposing cards from the board.
I guess at least finding a spot for Killmonger makes sense, it will help Gambit to destroy meaningful targets.
Gambit
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
7x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
3
Cost
3.5
Power
Ghost
1-cost cards are still a premium resource at this point in your experience. One helping the Kazoo archetype dodge Killmonger on turn six might be one of the valuable ones. Indeed, thanks to her ability, Ghost makes sure you will reveal second, meaning you can hoard the 1-cost card in hand for turn six, and make sure the opponent cannot interact with them.
In addition, the card being an Ongoing ability, it feels right at home in the Ongoing Kazoo deck, where Spectrum can buff it. A really good pull here.
Ghost
Created by den
den, updated 21 days ago
3x Collection Level 1-14
3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Recruit Season
2.6
Cost
3
Power
Ghost Rider
Lady Sif, The Infinaut. Need I say more?
Alright, well, in almost the same idea as what we did with Dracula, Ghost Rider is going to be a nice payoff in any discard deck, allowing us to be a bit more greedy when building our deck.
Ghost Rider
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Starter Card
3.7
Cost
5.8
Power
Giganto
Big boys aren’t that difficult to fit in a deck, as there are cards like Jubilee or Sunspot in the game that go perfectly with that kind of gameplan. As such, if you want to work around Giganto, just think greedy. Or play it over Hulk in your deck, or over The Infinaut and strengthen your potential turn five now that The Infinaut isn’t a consideration.
GIganto
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Starter Card
4
Cost
5.9
Power
Goose
Another disruptive card that seems difficult to play. Well, maybe not so much in reality, as you can use Goose to lock your opponent from playing their strongest cards on a specific location, making it easier for you to snipe these later on. It should work perfectly in a control deck that already exists in Pool 2.
Goose
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
5x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
3.2
Cost
2.3
Power
Green Goblin
If you like Hobgoblin, you should fall in love with this card immediately. Just like Goose, the card is perfect to play in a disruptive archetype, aiming to block your opponent from developing as they wish.
With the amount of Destroy decks in the game currently, though, I would recommend running Armor alongside Green Goblin. Otherwise, you can honestly run it in a ton of decks, simply as a good 3-Cost card.
Green Goblin
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
5x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
3.2
Cost
1.7
Power
Hazmat
This one is a bit of a bummer, as it really needs Wong to shine and create a good deck. However, Hazmat can still be used in a disruptive deck if Odin is there to help. See it as a mini-Killmonger in a way, punishing an opponent for overextending where your side of the board didn’t play any unnecessary units.
Also, in the destroy mechanic, you can use the card and then get rid of the units that are not contributing, feeding Carnage instead for example. There might be another route with Sunspot and The Infinaut where we simply don’t play many units and grow Sunspot, but I liked the destroy idea better.
Hazmat
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
6x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Recruit Season
2.9
Cost
2.3
Power
Hela
One of the cards that is the most Pool 3 demanding if you look at the popular decks here. But fear not, you can still have a ton of fun with Hela even if it is the only Pool 3 card in your collection.
Considering we might not have Invisible Woman or Ghost Rider for now, we can still use cards like Cable or White Queen to grow our hand and reduce the chance of discarding Hela if we draw her early on.
Hela
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Recruit Season
1x Starter Card
3.9
Cost
6.1
Power
Helicarrier
Right out of Pool 2, there only is Lady Sif to use alongside Helicarrier, apart from a full on discard deck, which never really clicked in the first place.
As you collect more cards, you might get Ghost Rider and other cards to include in this combo to make it stronger. Helicarrier can fit in a Hela deck for example once you collect more of the Pool 3 cards.
For now, we are simply going to use Helicarrier to generate cards in the Devil Dinosaur deck, arguably one of the strongest core at this stage of your collection track.
Helicarrier
Created by den
den, updated 3 months ago
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
5x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Starter Card
3.1
Cost
3.7
Power
Hellcow
Can you believe this card was a 2-Cost card once during beta? It was considered one of, if not the best card in the game back then. Crazy considering it is an auto-include in any discard based deck, and also having some nice synergy with Strong Guy, which also used to be 2-Cost!
Hell Cow
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Recruit Season
2.4
Cost
2.9
Power
Human Torch
I guess you skipped the entry on Dagger, so: Move deck, anyone ?
Human Torch
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
8x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2.8
Cost
3.6
Power
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman is a good utility tool, and actually has a deck to be slotted in easily, just like every other Ongoing card if we are being honest, alongside Spectrum.
The card is also a nice utility with the On Reveal mechanic, hiding your effects to surprise your opponent. Or to simply protect a key card to your gameplan from its counter, like Devil Dinosaur from Enchantress or Shang-Chi.
Invisible Woman
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Recruit Season
3.1
Cost
4
Power
Jane Foster Mighty Thor
Alright you got me! Jane Foster Mighty Thor has no synergy outside of Pool 3 as, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Mister Negative or Thor all could be waiting further down the line at this point. Unfortunately, she is the one card in Pool 3 that doesn’t do anything if she is your first pull, outside of being a eight power, five cost card.
Nah, just kidding, you can destroy Sabretooth, shuffle it back in the deck, and then Jane Foster will draw it! How incredible is that? We just beat AttilanThis trick also works for Swarm !
We tried our best to find something to abuse Jane in Pool One or Two, but sadly, we’ve been bested. If you open this one first… I’m sorry!
Juggernaut
Mostly famous for its combination with Storm, Juggernaut joins Jessica Jones as one of the best followup once you get it. This gives the deck a really solid chance to win Storm‘s lane, and only needs to focus on winning one more after that.
In that regard, tech cards like Enchantress or Shang-Chi tend to do great to surprise the opponent who heavily invested into the other lanes.
Juggernaut
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
3.3
Cost
3.2
Power
Kingpin
Kingpin has a lot of friends in the game, but almost every single one of them awaits in Pool 3. As a result, this one easily was one of the toughest ones to create, and I probably would agree this is the unlucky pull of the bunch.
But I never back down from a challenge, and with the help of some friends, we created this beauty. The concept is to use Cloak to move the cards we want to destroy to Kingpin’s location on turn six, like Bucky Barnes or Nova. And we tested it, you can Cloak on turn five, surprise Kingpin on turn six, and watch the fireworks from a clueless opponent.
Kingpin
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2.9
Cost
5
Power
Leader
Nerfed to a limited ability of what it once was, Leader went from one of the most feared card in the game to a card not many people believed in anymore. Indeed, the card now needs to guess where the opponent will play in order to be truly effective. Lucky for you, there might be a deck which can help with that: Ongoing.
Through Armor, Cosmo, Professor X and such annoying cards, we can push a lot of decks to play outside certain lanes. Also, with Warpath in our deck, and this deck generally seeming like it goes all in on a lane. We should be able to entice our opponent to play on a certain lane, and then punish them with Leader for it!
leader
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Recruit Season
3.7
Cost
3.3
Power
Lockjaw
Easily one of the top three cards to pull early in Pool 3 here! Lockjaw has a ton of friends in the early cards we collect in Marvel Snap, the On Reveal synergy being a super popular one. This might honestly be amongst the strongest decks in the 76 made for this piece.
Lockjaw
Created by den
den, updated 7 months ago
4x Collection Level 1-14
1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
5x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Recruit Season
3.8
Cost
4.6
Power
Luke Cage
A difficult card to use early in your Pool 3 experience, Luke Cage being typically associated with Hazmat or Typhoid Mary, two other Pool 3 cards. If it is your first pull when entering Pool 3, Luke Cage can probably serve as a Scorpion counter, or help on some specific featured or hot locations.
In that regard, the card can find a home in the Ongoing archetype, helping to protect your card, and making sure your synergies will work as intended, no matter what happens.
Cage Ongoing
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 1-14
6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Recruit Season
3.2
Cost
3.3
Power
Magik
Magik will gain more value as time passes, becoming a nice support to most of your combo decks, as Limbo means you get one more draw. Entering Pool 3 though, she mostly becomes a nice addition to the Control archetype, giving more time to gather information, and have more mana on turn 7 to play several reactive cards at once.
Magik
Created by den
den, updated 4 months ago