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Spotlight Cache Week of July 11, 2023: Are Jean Grey, Knull, and Living Tribunal Worth It?

In this new series Cache-ing In, we look into each featured card of the weekly Spotlight Cache, how you might use them, their variants, and whether if it's worth pulling for or pass on to the next week!

Welcome to the premier of the new series Cache-ing In! In this series, each week we will highlight what is in this week’s Spotlight Cache and help you determine if it is worth opening those precious boxes for the contents inside. This week, our Spotlight Caches contain Jean Grey, Knull, and The Living Tribunal!

Jean Grey
Knull
The Living Tribunal

Currently, there is no duplicate protection for the random card other than the featured cards. In general, if you want a guaranteed chance of pulling the featured cards, you should save up at least four Spotlight Caches.

Jean Grey

Jean Grey
Jean Grey
Ongoing: Players must play their first card here each turn. (if possible)
Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
view card details Decks with Jean Grey

Jean Grey is clearly the best card of all the new cards releasing this season. With Jean headlining the Spotlight cCache debut, you know Second Dinner is going to make the first box tempting. Her unique ability is a strong control tool that can force your opponent to play differently than they want to.

Since Jean Grey has already released, players have already been hard at work finding the deck she best fits into. While we haven’t seen a meta-defying list yet, she does slot well into Silver Surfer lists, Lockdown lists, and pairs well with the Guardians of the Galaxy cards!

Jean Lockdown
Created by CanadianAlfredo
, updated 3 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
2.9
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
2.8
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
Jean Surfer
Created by CanadianAlfredo
, updated 3 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
6x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
3x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
2.8
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
2.6
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+

She also can be a great counter to Move decks, Destroy decks, and even Galactus! Overall, Jean Grey may not be an obvious top tier card (as it is too early to say right now), but she is definitely a powerful ability you want in your collection.

Knull

Knull
Knull
Ongoing: Has the combined Power of all cards destroyed this game.
Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)
view card details Decks with Knull

Knull has had enough time for pretty much every player to recognize him. Though it doesn’t belong into every deck, it has the ability to drop an unmatched level of power for a single card. It also combos well with Death, often leaving the opportunity to play 2 large cards on the final turn! Knull has a few homes where it has become a staple.

Galactus decks obviously want him, because who doesn’t want the combined power of every card destroyed to be the follow up for triggering your Galactus?

Galactus
Created by den
, updated 6 months ago
2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)
1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
4.5
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
4.9
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+

Mister Negative decks have also packed Knull since the base card is zero power, it always inverts to a zero cost six power that can also grow! Negative decks typically use Arnim Zola as a way to spread powerful cards on the last turn, which further grows your free Knull.

Negative
Created by den
, updated 3 months ago
1x Collection Level 1-14
1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
2x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)
1x Starter Card
3.9
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
1.3
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+

Of course, Knull also sees play in basic Destroy decks, including Deadpool. If you are constantly destroying cards, why not stack that power for later? Venom can even clear lane space and create a large amount of power to feed Knull for an overwhelming turn 6 power play.

Destroy Conquista
Created by Kingvenom
, updated 3 months ago
5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)
3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
2x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)
1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
3.2
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
3.3
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+

The Living Tribunal

The Living Tribunal
The Living Tribunal
Ongoing: Split your total Power evenly among all locations.
Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
view card details Decks with The Living Tribunal

The Living Tribunal is… meta defying…strong for combos… just strait up bad. People speculated what this card could achieve before it launched, but ultimately it released as a massive flop. Don’t get me wrong, this card can win you some odd games and there are clips of great Tribunal plays winning a game, but ultimately this is a meme card.

With that said, if the idea intrigues you still, there is a few…a couple…a single deck that can utilize Tribunal in a decent way. The only way to get enough power on the board to win 2 locations vs a stronger deck is to output a large amount of power. And what better to achieve that goal than… *drumroll*… Hela! Just discard that Tribunal and if Hela revives a ton of cards into the wrong lane, Living Tribunal can save the day and balance out that power (and hopefully it’s enough to win 2 lanes…).

Hela Trib
Created by combatsnap
, updated 4 months ago
2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)
5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)
1x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)
3x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)
1x Starter Card
3.9
Cost
0-
1
2
3
4
5+
7.4
Power
0-
1
2
3
4
5+

Aside from Hela memes, I haven’t seen any good The Living Tribunal decks. If you have a good list though, please feel free to share it in the comments and prove me wrong about this card!

The Variants

In order to talk about if a cache is worth it, we have to consider what variants you could get if you already have one or more of the cards in the set! Unlike the cards, Spotlight variants will not be available for quite some time once they leave the rotation for the week. So if you see a variant you absolutely love, it might be worth opening caches to get it.

The developers clearly wanted the first set to start strong, and that Jean Grey variant is definitely a firey highlight for any collection!

Knull also has a great, unique looking variant!

The Living Tribunal sticks to its theme of lackluster by having a Spotlight variant that looks like a 3D artist copied the 2D artists homework.

Should I Cache In?

The Spotlight Caches are clearly designed to get players excited about 1 great card, 1 good card, and will fill the third slot with an okay or bad card. This week, Jean Grey is poised to be the great card, Knull is an exciting good card, and Tribunal is still bad.

My recommendation for this week is to Cache In if you don’t already own Jean Grey. Jean and Knull are solid pulls, making it a 50/50 chance of a good card or good variant. Even if you pull The Living Tribunal, it could make for some silly meme decks when you want to branch out of meta decks.

If you already own Jean Grey, I would save the Caches unless you really want her variant. Otherwise you may be spending priceless caches that may be better for you in a different week.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

What did you decide to do this week? If you opened your caches, what did you get? Let us know in the comments! For the full schedule, check out our guide below:

Marvel Snap New Card Release, Spotlight Cache, and Series Drop Schedule

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  2. I got Chewatu variant first, then I spent gold on credits as I didn’t have any of the others and wound up with Jean Grey. Would have preferred Knull instead of the variant but can’t complain.

  5. I used a Tribunal deck in Proving Grounds the last days. It surprisingly effective (4-1 now, I know not a big sample size). But I wouldn’t use it on ladder or anything outside of Proving Grounds.
    Nebula, Psylocke, Zabu, Electro, Cosmo, Wave, Jubilee, Iron Lad, Iron Man, Devil Dinosaur, Living Tribunal, Onslaught.

    No idea from whom I got this list.

  6. I bought Jean with tokens in the hope that I might get that gorgeous variant. I pulled The Living Tribunal. And now, especially with this first week being slightly shortened, I’m realizing I might not even hit another cache, which makes me wonder about the future of this.

    It is right and proper that cosmetics should be something that people are paying for, but this feels bad as a card acquisition system. Technically, yes, I got a new card this week. I have enough of a collection that I seriously doubt I’ll hit a card I don’t own every week. Hoarding caches feels stupid (I never did before).

    I think it would feel so much better if Second Dinner simply gave the players some CHOICE. You hit a Spotlight Cache? Great! Here are your options: CHOOSE your reward.

    I don’t know; we’ll see what happens next week I guess.

  7. I ended up getting 4 new cards…pulled Tribunal first, then Stegron, Knull, then Jean. So it worked out although I got the best card last. I am happy to just have new cards in my collection as a F2P player.

    Since I have ALL of the released cards (except Master Mold) up until 8/22, I am saving my caches for those 3 cards, X-23 which seems good & 2 other decent cards I don’t have. Then based on how many caches I have collected, I’ll have to see what I have saved up for 9/5 (Need Jeff & want Ghost Spider)…& 9/12 I really want Alioth so fingers crossed

  8. I had 3 spotlights saved because I hadn’t opened anything as soon as I saw the announcement. First open was Snowguard (boo), then Living Tribunal which I was didn’t want, and third was Knull. I just finally hit another spotlight, and I’m tempted to open and get Jean, but idk… next week is Kang, Iron Lad, and Echo, which are all interesting to me (mostly iron lad). The rest of the month I can skip, but idk if I could even get more than 2 spotlights by the end of next week. This system really makes you prioritize if you’re careful with your collection!

  9. People sleep on Tribual. I’ve been using a Lockjaw-Jubliee-Tribunal deck. Essentially load up on points regardless of where you are playing, then drop tribunal. Mojo location (100 pts for filling the location), any power boost location and +energy locations can make this deck absolutely destroy. It’s mostly susceptible to draw RNG, Shang Chi and lane restrictions (although its perfect for getting around certain lane restrictions too). I haven’t been able to fully understand the Ironman-Tribunal synergy but it can catapult your total points. It’s extremely fun either getting Jubliee and/or Lockjaw fully flowing, or get a Mojo location with an Ironman, and then drop Tribunal at the end. People think you’re sleeping on one location and then up dominating all three. The deck has some flexibility too if you want to try other variations:

    Wasp, Yellowjacket, Lockjaw, Thor, Jubilee, Ironman, Jane Foster, Living Tribunal, America Chavez, Hulk, Magento, Infinaut

    Enjoy!

    • I should say too, no one likes losing to a meme card like Living Tribunal so if you’re doing conquest… a lot of sweaty bois drop out after a few rounds or flatout after the first L to an effective Living Tribunal.

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