{"id":129309,"date":"2022-10-29T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/?post_type=guide&amp;p=33409"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T11:21:13","slug":"best-marvel-snap-decks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/29\/best-marvel-snap-decks\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Marvel Snap decks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro_text\">When it comes to <strong>Marvel Snap decks<\/strong>, there\u2019s plenty of options for how to set them up. Still, with countless combinations between the cards across the roster, it can be hard to figure out what exactly is the most potent mix of powerful and playable cards. That\u2019s where we come in, with our detailed <strong>Marvel Snap decklists<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><span>If you want to get your hands on this comic card game sooner rather than later, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/marvel-snap\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marvel Snap download<\/a> guide, or if you want to see our thoughts on the complete package, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/marvel-snap\/review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marvel Snap review<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/marvel-snap\/tier-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marvel Snap tier list<\/a>. Or, if you\u2019re looking to save the world in some other way, take a browse through our picks of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/my-hero-academia-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Hero Academia games<\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n<h2>Marvel Snap decks<\/h2>\n<p>With every card game, there\u2019s plenty of potential combos on offer to startle your opponents. It\u2019s no different in this one, with the best Marvel Snap decks constructed in a specific way to hang around a certain synergy, special card, or combinations that up the odds of victory. We\u2019ve decided to split our recommendations into beginner decks, for those still getting used to the format, and the best of the best Marvel Snap decks for taking on fellow players online. <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"GNuq6E3enZQ\" data-embed-type=\"standard\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" height=\"309\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/GNuq6E3enZQ\/sddefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Marvel Snap starter deck<\/h2>\n<p>We all begin with the same starter deck in Marvel Snap, featuring some powerful basic cards but few potent effects. While it\u2019s not the worst set in the world, it\u2019s worth trading out cards like Hulk and Abomination for Odin and Gamora when you pick them up as battle pass rewards as their on-reveal effects can be game-changing. Fortunately, all of your early battles will be against bots, so you can use this mediocre set until you unlock the required components for our beginner deck recommendations. <\/p>\n<h2>Marvel Snap beginner decks<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re still getting to grips with this superhero-powered card game, it makes sense to try out one of our beginner Marvel Snap deck suggestions. We\u2019ve chosen builds that get you used to the idea of concepts like summons, combinations, and destruction effects, and are all available in card pool one (collection level rewards 1-214). Once you have your head around these ideas, you should be confident enough to try building your own deck, but if you aren\u2019t, find your way a little further down the page for some of the best Marvel Snap deck recipes we could muster. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-decks-ongoing.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42972 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-decks-ongoing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Custom image of Onslaught, Ka-zar, and Blue Marvel cards for Marvel Snap decks guide\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-decks-ongoing-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing effects 101<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Antman, Squirrel Girl, Nightcrawler, The Watcher, Mister Sinister, The Punisher, Captain America, Ka-zar, Iron Man, Blue Marvel, Onslaught<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Ongoing effects are difficult to deal with as they continue to change the game after you play them, so it\u2019s no surprise that a deck built around the concept is one of the most viable pool one Marvel Snap decks. There\u2019s plenty of combinations here, with Kazar providing boosts from Squirrel Girl \u2013 and her squirrels \u2013 as well as Antman, Nightcrawler, and the Watcher. Blue Marvel further boosts the attack power of all your heroes by one, and if you play Onslaught at the same location, you can turn this into a double boost. <\/p>\n<h3>On reveal effects 101<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Hawkeye, Mantis, Nightcrawler, Angela, Cable, Scarlet Witch, Wolfsbane, Groot, White Queen, White Tiger, Odin<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Orientating around a bunch of powerful on reveal effects, this deck is easy to construct with cards you can pick up from the first pool (rewards for collection levels 1-214). The main gimmick here is to set up on reveal effects across two locations while trying to find Odin for a powerful end game play. Odin\u2019s effect allows for on reveal effects to happen again at the location you play him at, which can boost Wolfsbane\u2019s attack into terrifying territories, provide another 7-power tiger with White Tiger, or double Groot\u2019s power points. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-decks-destruction.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42973 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-decks-destruction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Custom image of Apocalypse, Blade, and Lady Sif cards for Marvel Snap decks guide\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-decks-destruction-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Destruction effects 101<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Angel, Nightcrawler, Nova, Blade, Carnage, Wolverine, Lady Sif, Sword Master, Enchantress, Klaw, Spider-Woman, Apocalypse<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This is the riskiest of our three beginner decks, but it\u2019s also the set with the most potential to be an absolute nightmare for your opponents, With the hand destruction effects of Lady Sif and Blade able to power up Apocalypse by four points for each time it\u2019s destroyed, I\u2019ve seen combos that end up with the mighty planet smasher with more than double it\u2019s original power points. Pair this with Enchantress\u2019 ability for shutting down ongoing effects, and Spider-Woman decreasing your opponent\u2019s power points, and there\u2019s a lot of disruptive late-game plays on offer here. <\/p>\n<h2>Marvel Snap intermediate decks<\/h2>\n<p>With cards from pools two and three, these intermediate decks pack more of a punch than our beginner decks, but have easier-to-understand strategies than our meta picks. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-destruction.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42627 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-deck-destruction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Custom image from the destruction 101 Marvel Snap deck with Deadpool and other heroes\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-destruction-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Self-destruction Deadpool<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Bucky Barney, Carnage, Deadpool, Deathlok, Forge, The Hood, Hulk Buster, Killmonger, Nova, Taskmaster, Wave<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Not only is Deadpool one of the biggest hitters in the box office, but he\u2019s also one of the wildest regeneration engines in all of Marvel Snap. With an effect that brings the hero back to the hand with its power doubled, which over the course of a few turns can turn Deadpool into one of the most potent cards in the game. Match this with Nova, who boosts her fellow heroes by one power point after destruction, and Bucky Barnes\u2019 transformation into the Winter Soldier when taken down, you can create a field that the opponent doesn\u2019t know how to work around. <\/p>\n<h3>Sera Mystique summons<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: America Chavez, Ant Man, Angela, Bishop, Colleen Wing, Dracula, Maximus, Mojo, Mysterio, Mystique, Scarlet Witch, Sera, Star Lord<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Building a deck around the combo between Sera and Mystique is a great way to get to grips with summoning in Marvel Snap. Sera allows for quicker summons with an ongoing effect that subtracts one energy point from the cost of cards in your hands. Mystique makes like she does in the movies and serves as an incredible mimic, copying the last ongoing effect you played. This tots up for a total of -2 to the energy cost in your hand, which might not sound OP, but trust me when I say that it is. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-wong.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42629 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-deck-wong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Custom image of Wong Marvel Snap deck heroes including Wong himself and Spectrum\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-wong-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>The Wong Spectrum<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Ant-Man, Armor, Colossus, Cosmo, Ebony Maw, Goose, Lizard, Mystique, Mister Fantastic, Quinjet, Spectrum, Wong<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Like we mentioned earlier, getting your head around card combinations is pivotal to finding your way in this game, and there\u2019s few better ways of doing this than between Wong and Spectrum. Wong\u2019s effect is simple enough in that it causes on reveal effects in a set location to happen twice. Combine this with Spectrum\u2019s on reveal plus two power boost, you can get an easy plus four for your heroes in a single play. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another trick to this deck too though, with lots of players choosing to include a variety of ongoing effect heroes that help to control the field. The best of the bunch are Mister Fantastic, Goose, and Lizard, but it\u2019s also a good idea to include a copy of Ant-Man to benefit from control over the field with a plus three power boost possible. <\/p>\n<h2>The best Marvel Snap meta decks<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re too much of a hero to play with the beginners, worry not, we\u2019ve got the best Marvel Snap decks for taking to online play. As more cards arrive in the game, we\u2019ll be back to update these Marvel Snap decklists with the freshest of the superfine superhero sets. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-deathpool.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42626 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-deck-deathpool\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Custom image of the Deathpool Marvel Snap deck with Death and Deadpool\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-deathpool-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Deathpool self-destruction<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Bucky Barney, Carnage, Deadpool, Death, Deathlok, The Hood, Hulk Buster, Killmonger, Nova, Taskmaster, Wave<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This deck is popping with card effects that use self-destruction as a means of taking out opponents\u2019 cards, increasing your hero\u2019s points, and summoning the powerful entity of Death herself. Death\u2019s effect makes playing her on the field easier by costing one less energy point for every card destroyed in the game, and with the kamikaze effects of Deadpool, The Hood, Venom, and more, you can easily get her out in an endgame situation. <\/p>\n<h3>Sera Zemo summons<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Angela, Bishop, Carnage, Lizard, Maximus, Mysterio, Red Skull, Sera, Taskmaster, Typhoid Mary, Zero<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Sera is one of the most OP cards available in the current Marvel Snap roster, with an effect that lowers the energy point cost of cards in your hand. Combine this with Zero, a veritable bear trap of a card that cancels out the next effect used, and you can quickly find yourself in a position of power on the board. Add in Taskmaster to benefit from powerful summons and you\u2019re well on your way to taking down opponents. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-patriot.jpg\" class=\"gallery\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-legion-featured-2022 wp-image-42628 lazyload\" title=\"marvel-snap-deck-patriot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Patriot and drones Marvel Snap deck with pictures of Patriot, Ka-zar, and Ulton\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/sites\/pockettactics\/2022\/10\/marvel-snap-deck-patriot-550x309.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Patriots, drones, and clones<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Blue Marvel, Debrii, Ka-zar, Mister Sinister, Misty Knight, Mystique, Onslaught, Patriot, Shocker, Squirrel Girl, Ultron, Wasp<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This deck combines two separate strategies to create one of the most popular Marvel Snap decks in the current meta. The first half of the idea behind this deck is in the synergy between Patriot, with an effect boosting the power points of cards with no effect by two, Ka-zar, who offers a further plus one power point to heroes that only have one to start with, and a few seemingly weak cards like Wasp, Misty Knight, and Shocker. If all that wasn\u2019t enough, Blue Marvel also makes an appearance in some builds of this set, boosting the power points of in-play with an ongoing plus one. <\/p>\n<p>The second part of this deck\u2019s overall strategy is in swarming the field of play with low-cost tokens \u2013 we\u2019re calling them tokens for lack of a better word, these are on-field heroes with no original cards but are created by the effect of other heroes, like tokens in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Cards like Ultron, Debri, and Squirrel Girl can all create tokens, and these tokens also receive the power point boost from Blue Marvel and Kaz-ar. For the final flavour in this incredible deck, add a copy of Onslaught, who throws this deck into OP territory by doubling the effect of any ongoing effects in play. <\/p>\n<h3>Destroyer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Decklist: Nova, The Hood, Armor, Bucky Barnes, Carnage, Colossus, Deathlok, Green Goblin, Killmonger, Warpath, Hobgoblin, Destroyer<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This is one of the trickier Marvel Snap decks to get your head around, with plenty of effects that can only work out if you play intelligent combos. There\u2019s multiple ideas at play here, from using Green Goblin and Hobgoblin to occupy locations on your opponent\u2019s side of the field while lowering their overall power points. Then there\u2019s the destruction effects just like the Deathpool deck, but with the added flavour of Destroyer as an end-game monolith capable of overpowering a full location just by himself. <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"TMEEHH1E8ko\" data-embed-type=\"standard\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/wp-content\/themes\/legion\/dist\/images\/lazyload_placeholder.svg\" alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" height=\"309\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TMEEHH1E8ko\/sddefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/div>\n<p>There you have it, our picks for the best beginner and meta Marvel Snap decks. 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That\u2019s where we come in, with our detailed Marvel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[853,965,966,203,1399],"class_list":["post-129309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases","tag-android","tag-card","tag-free-to-play","tag-ios","tag-marvel-snap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}