The Top New Cards of the Black Order Season!

Hello everyone, I’m Glazer of Snap Judgments: The Official Marvel Snap Zone Podcast, and every week, we’ll be tackling a hot topic you need to know in, around, and about Marvel Snap! Each month, we’re going to be making predictions about the quality of the new season’s cards. Get ready for a look forward to the Top New Cards of the Black Order Season!

In this article, you aren’t just getting my opinion and predictions of these cards. Instead, today you can find the combined statistical ranking of over 50 of our favorite content creators! A #1 ranking gained a card five points, while a #5 got one point. Let’s take a look at the participating creators, and then get to the list.

• den is the legendary card game player and head writer at Marvel Snap Zone.
• SafetyBlade is a Marvel Snap Zone writer, and a prolific and genius deck builder.
• Bohe is a Marvel Snap Zone writer who is responsible for our new excellent deck guides.
• Kirallas is a Marvel Snap Zone writer and graphic designer who does stellar analysis of every bundle.
• LaurenWhatever writes Snapalytics for Marvel Snap Zone and is the authority on Spotlight Caches.
• Drewberry on YouTube does the best card and data mine analysis in the biz. This article was his idea!
• WolverSnap has the highest production values that go with the most analytical content.
• Lamby is the best player in Marvel Snap.
• Revis is the best deck builder you don’t follow (but really should).
• PeacefulSea is a rising YouTuber with a great sense for top decks.
• Teebs is one of my favorite streamers. They always have cool decks and great vibes.
• Felicity is a brilliant player and a kind and hilarious Twitch streamer.
• BitTwiddle is the incredible graphics guy behind some of your favorite smaller Snap Creators.
• Combat is a great YouTuber who’s one of the best in-game players around.
• SavageYeti is the YouTuber behind the very best bundle guides and much more!
• Tuccrr is a streamer with a huge personality and an even bigger heart. Hail the Pirate King!
• Docty is a great YouTube creator and streamer.
• Lil Robitussin runs a chill stream with great music often featuring… well, me!
• Prashaun is one of my favorite small streamers in Snap and has a great YouTube, too!
• W is an unreal player, deck builder, and the tournament winner who originated DoomWave.
• Shneerp streams are like a family full of awesome hats.
• JD Macdonaldinho is a rare streamer and a Top 100 player.
• Devilish is a British streamer whose name belies how kind he is.
• MonroeBieler hosts the brilliant The Snappening!
• Nerfherder is a hilarious and creative YouTuber.
• Comixfan is an Aussie streamer and a Galactus main.
• Remekiano is a competitive Spanish-speaking Marvel Snap guru.
• KingofCanada is a tournament player, twitch streamer, and sweetheart!
• ItsGuestGaming does it all from YouTube videos to running content at CCGhub.
• Dougpie is one of my favorite people and is getting back into streaming!
• NiTheal is a very cool French streamer.
• SuperTechGod AKA SuperVariantGod is one of the best, most generous people around.
• Minh Nguyen is a pillar of the Marvel Snap Vietnamese community.
• Owi is a French streamer and YouTuber as well as one of the best players in the world.
• KKSparkles is an awesome streamer with a major voice in the community.
• GamingwithFlashX has quickly become one of my favorite content creators in the game.
• BigOldBuck is a YouTuber with great content and the very best thumbnails.
• FaThorNewman is one of the best and kindest people in the community. His stories are legendary.
• Bradcifer is the outspoken host of numerous podcasts.
• Bootman is the outspoken voice of the voiceless for the Snap community.
• Torikun is one of the best players in Marvel Snap, and he has won multiple major tournaments.
• ZalSnap is a super cool YouTuber who’s gonna be a big star!
• Lufku9 is a growing streamer worth checking out.
• Mottelz is a community member who helps run the Snap Judgments League Discord.
• Interrobang is a great streamer and the king of Marvel Snap Twitter.
• TeddyNinja is an awesome YouTuber, Twitch Streamer, and Podcaster.
• Sizer was the #1 player on Infinite ladder in the Hellfire Gala Season.
• TheJollyRoger is the king of Marvel Snap Tik Tok.
• Hela Enjoyer is a top-notch player and the creator of the best Ongoing Tribunal deck.
• Phil Woodward is a friend who is just the best Snap follow on Twitter.
• BenjaminRoller – if Phil isn’t the best, it’s surely Ben. Great guy!
• YoWoddyMJ is a Top 100 player and competitive mastermind who you can find on Twitch!
• DefaultDan is a streamer who runs incredible tournaments!
• EliteXHassa is a personal favorite streamer and the first person to break Thanos in Snap.
• SoopaDoopaBen is a great streamer and really community focussed great person
• Educated Collins is a brilliant content creator and player.
• Shuri Enjoyer is a Top 5 ranked ladder player.
• NinaisNoob is one of the biggest and best creators in the game across all platforms.
• GunnyT is a Snap Tactician who’s helping to run the Marvel Snap Judgments League Tournament!
• Roy is my co-host on the Snap Judgments Podcast.
• And I’m Glazer. I post deck videos of some of the best decks before they get famous.

Will we be correct in our assessments?

5. Corvus Glaive – 151 points

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Corvus Glaive

On Reveal: Discard 2 cards from your hand to get +1 Max Energy.

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

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Corvus Glaive is in last place, but only barely, as there is less separation and agreement than ever on the cards this month. Glaive, however, acquired only one first-place vote. from Combat Snap.

Glaive can be good in standard discard, where he’s functionally a better Hellcow, and he may have a home in especially bold Hela decks – playing two 6-cost cards can just in the game when you don’t draw Hela, but his real draw is that he may birth a new archetype – Discard good stuff.

With Corvus providing ramp and a strong 3-5 body, Wolverine, Swarm, Daken‘s Muramasa Shard, Apocalypse, and the new Proxima Midnight (see below), that’s 5 cards that want to be discarded, 6 if you count Helicarrier. Glaive, Morbius, Miek, and maybe The Collector pay you off for discarding. There’s likely something good here!

• I don’t think Corvus will be efficient, but I hope I’m wrong. – NiTheal
• Seems like the effect is nuts. Can’t wait to try it with Swarm/ Hit-Monkey – LilRobitussin
• Strong effect but what does Discard need +1 Max Energy for? Maybe I’m missing the point but random discard, too. I’ll pass! – Macdonalinho
• Corvus is the card in the most excited for, but that’s because I love RNG and chaos in my decks. – FaThorNewman
• Corvus Glaive is acting as an Electro for Discard which is great – ZalSnap
• I have a Corvus & Proxima deck ready to go that will be one of the most fun decks ever and extremely unpredictable to play against. – Monroe Bieler
• Curious to see if we end up with a ramp/discard hybrid with this. – Mottelz
• A better Hell Cow that’s gonna open some new doors in discard decks – Lufku9
• Cool power, bro. You know what Discard never runs? Electro. Why does Discard care about having extra energy? Is MODOK on 4 amazing? I haven’t seen Discard play Wave, either. Granted, in many ways he’s basically a better Hellcow. He’s playable, I just don’t see why Discard wants extra energy. – LaurenWhatevs
• Free mana is best mana – Combat as #1
• This was a tough between him and Black Swan, but discard or discard tricks are getting a big boost with energy ramp. Energy ramp is always good. – BitTwiddle

Corvus Greed

Created by PulseGlazer

, updated 3 months ago

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3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

3x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

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4. Cull Obsidian – 155 points

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Cull Obsidian

You can only play this where you have a 1-Cost card.

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

view card details Start a deck Decks with Cull Obsidian

[4/10] is a great stat line. That’s Darkhawk after a Rockslide. That’s Sentry without the need to get rid of voice. That’s Typhoid Mary but I don’t need Sauron or Enchantress. It’s just better than Crossbones or Evolved Thing or…You get the idea.

Hey, though, you need to play a one-cost card, so we can call Cull a 5-drop (he’s not – Zabu and the split cost both matter). Most one-cost cards are about two power, so if he were a 5, he’s a [5/12]-ish. Well, the only 5-cost cards bigger than that are Devil Dinosaur, Ronan the Accuser, and Red Skull, all of which require more work to make good.

Thanos lists love this – he’s great for Blob or when you miss ramp and you have plenty of one-cost cards. Bounce is pretty thrilled, too. Evolutionary gets an upgrade on The Thing. Hell, I wouldn’t be shocked if he were to become a staple in a ton of decks to the level of a card like Iron Lad.

If you prize filling out a lot of decks, this will be the card for you.

• Might have the bigger impact because it has a strong deck and is easy to understand, so I’m gonna look stupid for ranking it so low. However, pretty sure it isn’t necessary to have it to perform. – Den as #5
• Is it just me or does this just change the way you build every single deck. – Safetyblade
• I really hope this makes either Zabu Zoo or some form of Zabu Zero + Skaar deck good. – Teebs
• Cull is Boring. – Roy Rogers
• This card provides the most consistency out of the five cards this month. For 4/10, Cull’s effect isn’t difficult. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it can be Shang’d, but so can every other 10+ power card. Skaar, Zabu, Armor, and Cosmo are the big synergies, with a 1 on curve or on 4 with him after Zabu. – Soopadoopaben
• Don’t get me wrong. February last place doesn’t mean Cull Obsidian is a bad card. With the last update on the card being a 4/10, this card seems better, even with Shang-Chi in the vicinities. With Zabu is technically a 3/10, and Caiera is always there to protect the trucks. With Skaar in the same deck, new iterations of old decks like Zerocula, or new iterations of meta-decks like Shuri Sauron can have a new toy to work with. – Bohe
• A 4/10 with a lighter restriction than Crossbones and Sentry. This monstrosity has power creep written all over it. – Docty as #1

Thanos Lockjaw

Created by den

, updated 3 months ago

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1x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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

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

1x Recruit Season

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3. Proxima Midnight – 167

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Proxima Midnight

When this is discarded, jumps to your lowest-Power location. (that isn’t full)

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

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In decks that want her, she’s a [0/7]. That’s by far the best rate in the game, and she may single-handedly bring Discard back into the meta. Cull and Proxima are very straightforward stats cards and, well, in Marvel Snap, you ultimately win lanes by bigger numbers. That she goes into a lane where you have the least power is a downside, but at least Dracula being 1 power now gives her some protection. She’s basically guaranteed to be good.

The only (small) issue, is she’s likely married to MODOK, as he’s the only way to guarantee that she’s discarded. Still, turning MODOK into a crazy power play – 15 with just Proxima, seems like it’s probably pretty damn strong for Discard.

Will it be meta again? That remains to be seen. But it’s definitely going to be better than prior to Proxima’s release.

• I truly believe the husband and wife combo takes discard, and especially Hela to another level! – BigOldBuck
• 7 power for free is a choice, Second Dinner. – W
• Proxima Midnight is definitely number one for me because having her on the board immediately after her discard can sway the game into her discarder’s favor earlier than usual as would be done with Hela currently! – Shneerp
• She contributes 7 power, seeks out inaccessible locations, costs less than nothing, and her big downside is that you might accidentally seize priority. – Benjamin Roller
• Proxima Midnight is ridiculous. 0-7 shouldn’t exist while Stature is 6.- Shuri Enjoyer
• Basically a bigger Wolverine in discard decks. Easy to proc. – Devilish
• Proxima Midnight will create a new archetype of discard that does not bother caring about what goes to the bin and just focuses on good cards that synergize well. – GunnyT
• Sounds really strong to have a free 7-power card. Just make sure it doesn’t drop in the Dracula lane! – Sizer

Discard Dracula

Created by PulseGlazer

, updated 3 months ago

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3x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

2x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

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

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2. Black Swan – 204

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Black Swan

On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, your 1-Cost cards cost 0.

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

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The reason for this card’s high ranking is simple: Cost Reduction. Whether it be Sera, Zabu, Beast, or Quinjet, cost reduction is essentially always eventually broken wide open in Marvel Snap. Black Swan is cost-reduction similar to those cards, even if limited to only one turn. With that the case, it’s difficult to expect much less of Black Swan.

For much of the voting, Swan was neck and neck with Supergiant, but eventually, the giant woman pulled ahead by a bit. Still, Black Swan has, in less than a day as of this writing, proven a versatile and powerful card in a variety of shells from bounce to Thanos to Silver Surfer and Zoo.

• This card would be better if it didn’t release alongside Supergiant due to its ability on turn 5 to set up a large hit monkey for turn 6. This will be a strong card in non-Lockjaw Thanos, allowing you to play a 3/5 and then continue to curve out whilst also dumping any stones in hand similar to old Quinjet. Whether Lockjaw Thanos can fit this card in or whether it’s needed is something that requires testing once she releases. – EliteXHassa
• Lastly is Black Swan. This one seems meh to me. If it affected higher-cost cards, she may be good but the week she is released Killmonger will be everywhere. So her place will be a Ka-zaar into her on 5 to drop a bunch of 1s for free on 6 but I’m not sure if that’s worth it – DefaultDan
• Black Swan is going to be another Bishop/Hit Monkey enabler! She is going to be the reason Mobius comes back!! – Tuccrr
• Energy cheat go brr. – Interrobang
• This will put Hit Monkey stocks through the roof. Not to mention all the other cool things you can do with 0 cost 1-cost cards on the final turn will be awesome to see and more importantly, fun! I feel a nerf will come sooner than later.- SuperTechGod
• I do feel it’s odd that they are releasing Supergiant the same week as Black Swan… I feel like SG is going to be a pretty huge counter to Black Swan. We might not get to see Black Swan really shine until the SG hype dies down a bit. – KKSparkles
• Biche, but can be good because of her stats even if the ability isn’t maxed out for efficiency. – JollyRoger
• Black Swan is going to make Sandman the most-played card in February. – PeacefulSea
• Swan would be #1 if it was a 2/3 – Bradcifer as #2
• It’s a great thing when the Season Pass is a strong card… Yet still the weakest of five. – Guest
• This card lets one drops thrive with the element of surprise – Prashaun

Black Swan

Created by SafetyBlade

, updated 3 months ago

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2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

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1. Supergiant – 219

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Supergiant

On Reveal: All cards played next turn don’t reveal until the game ends.

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

view card details Start a deck Decks with Supergiant

Supergiant was absolutely polarizing with far more last-place votes than any card that previously finished #1. Still, the insane potential to turn off some of the strongest plays in the game from the best decks.

She destroys meta mainstays like Leech and Sera along with newer meta threats like Annihilus or Jane Foster Mighty Thor (to get Stormbreaker for Beta Ray Bill). While players may eventually get used to this and be able to play around it, Supergiant is still a meta-warping card that changes the game by virtue of its presence.

All of this is without even considering its offensive uses. Supergiant can set up Alioth or gigantic Hela combos. Both of those decks are looking meta with the potential for far more as further experimentation occurs.

• Leech, MODOK, Sera, Jane Foster… (Alioth Friend) – Ramekiao
• Supergiant is going to be absolutely insane for setting up Alioth plays! – Comixfan
• Game warping effect! Will change the meta. – Minh
• The next overhyped card. Terrible on ladder, great for Conquest. – Drewberry
• Will be broken! Bye bye, Leeeeeeech! – KingofCanada
• Supergiant has insane disruption potential. You’re playing Sera Control? Not anymore! Even the new season pass card Black Swan will get stuffed if you were hoping for a big turn-six pop off. The only thing holding her back is the stat line which isn’t bad, it’s just not premium. That’s why she’s number one. – Phil Woodward
• The funny thing about Supergiant is that she can function not only as a protector vs the opponent’s Leech or Sera, but also as a substitute for Invisible Woman, for example, in a Hela Tribunal deck, where revealing Hela into MODOK can become very unexpected. – Kirallas
• Super Giant will be the first card to exist that can hard-counter Leech. Need we say more? – GamingwithFlashX
• New form of “negation” effect. Meta shifter. – Lamby
• Problematic for some decks – Owi
• Super Giant in particular looks slept on to me, as many of the strongest decks right now (Sera, Annihilus, Leech-Hawk, Hela) rely mostly on their turn 5 to facilitate their win con. – YoWoodyMJ
• Hello, Jean Grey into Alioth! Or denying Sera players, Leech players, slowing down destroy, or just protecting something that always goes down to control like Devil Dinosaur or Darkhawk. Yeah, this is the best card this season. – TeddyNinja

Supergiant Lockdown

Created by den

, updated 3 months ago

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1x Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

2x Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

1x Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

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

6x Series 5 Ultra Rare – Collection Level 486+ (Pool 5)

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Conclusion

What do you expect for the Black Order Season? Sound off in the comments!