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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 these Marvel Snap cards we have to spend resources to get in this article.
- 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.
Series 5 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| S Tier | • Sam Wilson Captain America • Thanos |
| Tier 1 | • Galacta • Gwenpool • Iron Patriot • Scream • Wiccan |
| Tier 2 | • Goliath • Hydra Stomper • Strange Supreme • Alioth • Agent Venom • Ajax • Anti-Venom • Arishem • Bullseye • Cassandra Nova • Copycat • Gorr • Hydra Bob • Hawkeye Kate Bishop • Misery • Mockingbird • Nico Minoru • Red Guardian • Rocket and Groot • Sage • Scorn • Speed • Thena • U.S. Agent • Victoria Hand |
| Tier 3 | • Agamotto • Eson • Firehair • Infinity Ultron • Kahhori • Khonshu • Starbrand • Araña • Ares • Baron Zemo • Black Swan • Blink • Caiera • Doctor Doom 2099 • Fenris Wolf • Frigga • High Evolutionary • Hope Summers • Jeff the Baby Land Shark • Luna Snow • Madame Web • Malekith • Makkari • Marvel Boy • Moonstone • Proxima Midnight • Red Hulk • Silver Sable • Surtur • Toxin • War Machine |
| Tier 4 | • Bruce Banner • Diamondback • Gilgamesh • Emperor Hulkling • Joaquin torres falcon II • Namora • Nocturne • Peni Parker • Redwing • Scarlet Spider • Sersi • Thaddeus Ross • Symbiote Spider-Man |
| Tier 5 | • Kang • Galactus • White Widow |
Series 4 Card Meta Tier List
| Tier | Card |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | |
| Tier 2 | • Gorgon • Laufey • Gladiator • Grand Master • Legion • Loki • Man-Thing • Ravonna Renslayer • Sebastian Shaw • X-23 |
| Tier 3 | • The First Ghost Rider • Toxie Doxie • Uncle Ben • Cannonball • Corvus Glaive • Daken • Darkhawk • Elsa Bloodstone • Iron Lad • King Eitri • Miek • Phastos • Sasquatch • Skaar • Valentina • Werewolf By Night |
| Tier 4 | • Agony • Annihilus • Blob • Cull Obsidian • Hit-Monkey • King Eitri • Lasher • Ms. Marvel • Phoenix Force • Pixie • The Living Tribunal |
| Tier 5 | • Beta Ray Bill • Black Knight • Supergiant |
Tier Explanation
This Tier List should be regarded as a “How much do you need a certain card” and is heavily geared towards the current environment. To know more about the metagame, we have weekly Ranked and Conquest Tier Lists you can look at if you click here.
This article will be updated after a card releases, a balance changes goes live, or the meta 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 make 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 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 or recently done so.
- * 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.
Spending Recommendations
In a new Season with two Ongoing themed cards releasing in week one, combined with the recent slight nerfs to Iron Patriot and Galacta, there is one card I clearly place above all else.
Decks with Sam Wilson Captain America
Obviously, there are others you can target in this “Good overall Card” category depending on what you like to play. Galacta, Iron Patriot, Wiccan or Rocket and Groot are also worth their weight in Collector’s Token. However, I don’t think anything comes close to Sam Wilson Captain America, both as a standalone inclusion into virtually any deck, but also a synergistic piece with Goliath and Captain Carter.
If I had to suggest a second card to target, I believe Thanos is a great pickup at the moment. It is a solid deck foundation on top of also being a synergistic option for Captain Carter or Goliath due to half the Infinity Stones being Ongoing cards.
Decks with Thanos
If you already had Sam Wilson Captain America, you could target the current best deck in the game in Scream Move. Plus, that deck should be pretty good against Captain Carter, as it can both reposition opposing cards, or inflict negative power, two of the things I anticipate the season pass card won’t enjoy very much.
Decks with Scream
Decks with Cannonball
Decks with Rocket and Groot
The Toxic archetype can also be a deck to assemble, but there are more Series 5 cards, and isn’t as flexible as Scream Move in case the metagame would go in an unexpected direction.
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