The Phoenix Force and Patriot Decks: Weekend Challenge Mission Guide

During the weekend, there is now one more set of Missions for players to complete: The Weekend Missions! These involve additional rewards for winning games related to the week’s new card and the Season Pass card. These missions provide extra Collector’s Tokens and Gold! This week’s Weekend Challenges are:

You need to win games with the card starting in your deck, and it does not count if the card was generated by cards such as Cable and Maria Hill. Each of these reward amounts will vary depending on the difficulty of the mission. There will be Weekly Missions available for each new card release. The goal of Weekly Missions is to allow players to earn back Collector’s Tokens from new cards and subsidize their cost.

The token missions are expected to differ from week to week, depending on the card. For example, three wins for 100 Collector’s Tokens, four wins for 300, and five wins for 500, depending on the week (1,000 Collector’s Tokens is on the highest end).

Variants

The Phoenix Force

On Reveal: Revive one of your destroyed cards and merge with it. That card can move each turn.

Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

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Most players will want to be efficient with these missions, so today we will give you three different decks that incorporate The Phoenix Force. This week though we will also have a Patriot deck as the cross synergy between these two cards is difficult and not what would be considered good enough during normal conditions.

We’ll also give you a short guide on how to get the most out of the deck and finish the missions quickly, but first let’s take a quick look at the new card’s performance this week.

Performance

The Phoenix Force is a tough card to evaluate for the tier list. It can be a part of solid decks and have an impact on how the game plays out. Destroying and reviving key Movement pieces and duplicating the effects can be strong. They can also just play a supporting role in decks with Destroy effects. The Movement-Destroy hybrid style decks potentially are the only decks which need The Phoenix Force. The already established Destroy and Shuri archetypes can be built with and without The Phoenix Force and find success.

The card does a lot and should continue to be explored due to it. Cards which cross the divide between archetypes in Marvel Snap can open up a lot of deck building possibilities and space. So even if some of the builds don’t necessarily need The Phoenix Force just yet, cards like this one tend to continue to be played with. The Phoenix Force is also unique and that may lead to more time being required before we find the optimal way to play the card. Potential remains high for something with this card and the impact when played can be huge. This makes the card worth your ongoing attention.

Variants

Multiple Man

When this moves, add a copy to the old location.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Iron Fist

On Reveal: After you play your next card, move it one location to the left.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Heimdall

On Reveal: Move your other cards one location to the left.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Multiple Man has emerged as the main combination with the card. When you can line up Multiple Man to revive you can fill your board with 9+ power Multiple Man cards as you get to duplicate the card on turn 6 with the move effect, then potentially Heimdall on 6 to add even more. This necessitates Venom, Carnage or Deathlok in the deck as ways to destroy Multiple Man as well as some movement effects like Iron Fist and Ghost-Spider. Venom works best as it can keep the power from Multiple Man so if you can line up buffs also you can increase the ceiling of your combination even more.

Variants

Shuri

On Reveal: If you play your next card at this location, double its Power.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Venom

On Reveal: Destroy your other cards here. Add their Power to this card.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Carnage

On Reveal: Destroy your other cards here. +2 Power for each destroyed.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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The issue for the card isn’t if it is good on its own or if the decks function. The problem is do the combinations do enough when compared with direct competition like basic Destroy decks and Shuri buff decks. These decks can often reach the same numbers on two lanes with less requirements.

So how do we use The Phoenix Force to rack up wins and complete the missions this weekend?

Decks

Phoenix Force

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4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

2x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

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This Phoenix Force deck looks to get the early destroy off then double the resurrected card with Shuri. This then allows us to move the card away from the lane to where we need it and copy with Taskmaster. We have the solid back up plan of Shuri, Red Skull and Taskmaster. This allows us to consistently win games even if the other pieces fall flat. Remember to destroy cards before Turn 4 so if you draw Shuri and The Phoenix Force your ready to go.

Thanos Death

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4x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

2x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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If you want to do it with less reliance on The Phoenix Force, this deck can do everything. The deck can use The Stones to reduce Death or just get ahead of our opponents. We have Wave and Shang-Chi to counter the two meta tyrants of Bounce and Lockjaw and we get to use The Phoenix Force as a way to get into locked out locations this deck would struggle with usually. The primary goal should be to play Death and Wave on Turn 5 however and The Phoenix Force plays a supporting role in this deck.

Electro Ramp

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, updated 10 months ago

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1x Collection Level 1-14

1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

6x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

1x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

1x Recruit Season

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Final deck looks to leverage the Black Panther and Arnim Zola combination and have The Phoenix Force as a way to bring back the destroyed card. As the card’s On Reveal will retrigger we have Gamora as a backup target and Leader + Odin for post Sandman plays. Electro into Sandman can be really powerful in the current metagame and is the key to success for this one.

Patriot

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3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

1x Recruit Season

5x Starter Card

3.4

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Normally we would try to include both cards into the one deck. However Patriot is just too unique a card too pull it off and still be what would be considered a good enough deck. This is because the destroy targets you would want for the Patriot deck is Bucky Barnes which is not a good The Phoenix Force target. So here is a take on Patriot without Mystique and running Invisible Woman and Cosmo instead. Ironman here helps you win the Patriot / Ultron lane and we have plenty of cards to fill spots still if we miss on Ultron.

If you have more of a collection Super Skrull can be excellent when we are expecting lots of extra Patriot decks out.

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, updated 10 months ago

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2x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

1x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

1x Recruit Season

1x Starter Card

3.6

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2.9

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Closing Thoughts

Wins with the new card may seem a tall order some weeks depending what quality of card is released. Hopefully this guide helps you decide first if you want the card prior to the missions coming out, and what you can potentially play to complete the missions quickly.