The Raft Hot Location Guide: Strategy, Best Cards and Decks

The Hot Location for the next 24 hours is The Raft: First to fill this breaks out a 6-Cost card. It costs 0.This is a Hot Location for Marvel Snap’s October 2023 season, Bloodstone, that starts on selected Wednesdays and Sundays at 3 AM GMT. For 24 hours, it has a 50% chance of showing up in games. Players who strategically build around the location or counter the decks that do so can have an advantage over their opponents! Let’s find out what the best strategies, cards, and decks are for the new meta!

Variants

The Raft

First to fill this breaks out a 6-Cost card. It costs 0.

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Strategy and General Tips

The Raft is an excellent location to win since it gives you a 6-Cost card you can combo for free. The range of 6-drops is large, but the majority are great for no cost and can easily be the difference between winning and losing on the free power alone. The effect of this location is generally worth chasing if it flips in an ordinary game, so adjusting our decks to take advantage of this one is advisable.

Variants

Cloak

On Reveal: Next turn, both players can move cards to this location.

Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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Variants

Jeff the Baby Land Shark

You can move this once. Nothing can stop you from moving or playing this to any location.

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

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Move and Destroy are the first choices here. They have ways to fill the location early and then make room for winning later on. This then gives you the extra stats from the 6-drop for later, which can sometimes synergize with these decks by being Heimdall or Knull (both of which can have anti-synergy with other decks).

The second direction is filling the lane cheaply and then buffing the cards later with Silver Surfer or Patriot. The extra stats here just help you win the location.

Variants

Silver Surfer

On Reveal: Give your other 3-Cost cards +2 Power.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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Variants

Storm

On Reveal: Flood this location. Next turn is the last turn cards can be played here.

Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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This location is one we can turn off with Storm or Scarlet Witch. Storm, however, can be a bad choice as you are rarely going to be ahead when the location flips. When playing Lockdown (or just countering the location), it can be better to remove the other locations to limit what the opponent can do with the extra resources. Spider-Man and Professor X can be uniquely improved during these locations as they can sometimes incentivize over commitment.

Variants

Carnage

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

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

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Variants

Venom

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

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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All locations that incentivize filling early synergize with Destroy. We can fill the location and at the same time create room to add to the location later on. This allows you to commit harder than other decks can and take advantage of the location effect with minimal downside for yourself.

Variants

Mobius M. Mobius

Ongoing: Your Costs can’t be increased. Your opponent’s Costs can’t be reduced.

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

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Mobius has unique power here because, if we do lose the location, we can use him to deny the reduction for our opponent. It is a soft counter, though, as they still get a card that could be a game changer; however, they will have to spend six energy on it. If you do get a window to drop your free 6-drop, you should drop it as soon as possible in the current environment.

Brood

Broodlings

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, updated 7 months ago

0

3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

5x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

2x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

1x Starter Card

3.4

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3.3

Power

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Broodlings

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 7 months ago

0

1x Collection Level 1-14

3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

4x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

4x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

2.8

Cost

0-
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5+

3.1

Power

0-
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Brood almost fully fills the location on Turn 3, allowing for quick access to the card from The Raft. Brood‘s power can then easily be added to later using Patriot and Silver Surfer, and Luke Cage helps protect the power. This deck can also seize priority easily and ensure that Alioth secures the game on Turn 6.

Attempts to include Elsa Bloodstone are also starting to gain momentum for the location, so the second version drops the popular Vision for Nightcrawler to try and seize the location easier before moving out and using the location for another Elsa Bloodstone buff.

Destroy

Destroy

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 8 months ago

2

7x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

2.5

Cost

0-
1
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5+

3.3

Power

0-
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5+

Destroy

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 8 months ago

1

6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

2.8

Cost

0-
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2
3
4
5+

3

Power

0-
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5+

Destroy has been getting many adjustments over the past month, and it remains the best way to play into this location. You fill the location and destroy several cards all at once. You can then add to the location later or just add your 6-drop to a location later on to win. We can add some of the new cards like X-23 to the mix if we have it to have extra energy for our re-filled hand.

Elsa Bloodstone

No Bounce But Bounce

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 7 months ago

3

1x Collection Level 1-14

3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

3x Series 4 Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 4)

2x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

2.1

Cost

0-
1
2
3
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5+

2.2

Power

0-
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5+

The best Elsa deck for this location keeps it simple with plenty of cards to fill the lane early that can move away for more buffs and to refill the location. This allows us to get the card and use it quickly, thus hopefully dodging the impact of an opposing Mobius M. Mobius and getting the extra 6-drop card down.

Series 2 and below (pre-CL 474)

Destroy

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 10 months ago

1

6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Starter Card

2.8

Cost

0-
1
2
3
4
5+

2.9

Power

0-
1
2
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5+

For lower collections levels, we have fewer ways to fill and then add later, so we go back to the trusty Devil Dinosaur and Carnage packages. Medusa enters the deck as an easier way to get five power for two energy. Fill The Raft and use Carnage, then win another lane using Devil Dinosaur or the free card.

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