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 August 2023 season, Big in Japan, 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 as 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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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 it 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 at this location. 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.

Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

7x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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This Movement deck featured in our weekend mission guide, and it is an excellent choice for The Raft as movement cards often synergize with the location. The Raft often starts filling early, so look to land some early Move cards in the location. If we can fill the location with one of our cards we can move we can clear space for extra power later.

We combine this with the Silver Surfer package to have another option to add power later and to have a consistent way to compete for the other locations. We can easily try to lock out another location with Storm also if we see our opponent committing to hard to The Raft.

Destroy

Destroy

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, updated 1 month ago

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7x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

3x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

2.9

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Destroy

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, updated 1 month ago

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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)

3.2

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Destroy has been getting many adjustments over the past month and remains the best way to go 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 the location later on to win. We can add some of the new cards like X-23 to the mix if we have it also to have extra energy for our re-filled hand.

Thanos

Thanos Death

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5x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

3.7

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3.9

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Thanos adds a lot of flexibility to this archetype and there are many ways to build this. Space Stone and the Destroy cards help us move away from the location. This week adding in X-23 as a way to justify including Professor X. We can ramp into Professor X using X-23 and / or The Time Stone to lock out other lanes. The Destroy package gives us heaps of room to play into other locations.

Series 2 and below (pre-CL 474)

Destroy

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6x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

4x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Starter Card

2.8

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2.9

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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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Good luck, have fun, and stay safe!