What are the most effective Marvel Snap decks? December 2023 is right here and it has introduced Sebastian Shaw into the fray, an attention-grabbing card that may rapidly achieve tons of energy if left unchecked, and whereas he isn’t fairly meta-defining or among the best playing cards within the sport, he does slot instantly into among the best decks in Marvel Snap.
The Marvel Snap meta is consistently altering however whether or not you’re a well-travelled veteran properly into collection 4 or 5, you’re nonetheless unlocking some deck staples in collection three, otherwise you’re nonetheless within the early days attending to grips with how all of the playing cards work together with each other in among the best card video games on PC, we’re right here to assist. We have now a listing of all the most effective decks within the Marvel Snap meta in the meanwhile, adopted by the most effective newbie decks for all you newbies.
Greatest Marvel Snap meta decks
For probably the most half, the most effective meta decks in Marvel Snap require you to have accomplished Sequence 3 and have a major chunk of Sequence 4 and Sequence 5 playing cards. It is because your choices for various deck archetypes open up enormously when you attain this stage, though should you don’t have any playing cards in the most effective decks beneath, we’ll embody some potential substitutes when explaining how the deck works. Listed below are the most effective decks in Marvel Snap in December 2023 in no specific order:
Sebastian Surfer
As all the time, the model new season go card is a robust unit, as a result of there wouldn’t be as many individuals clamoring to purchase the season go if the cardboard with it wasn’t superb. It’s nonetheless early days within the present meta, which suggests the precise decklists are nonetheless being ironed out, however one archetype Sebastian Shaw matches into neatly is Silver Surfer. It looks like each patch sees a brand new potential addition to Surfer decklists due to increasingly three-cost playing cards, however with Sebastian Shaw, and many power-buffing playing cards alongside, this is a high-quality deck.
On the time of writing we’re lower than a day into the brand new season and I’ve already climbed from 73 to 93 with this listing. Should you’re lacking any of the playing cards on this listing, you possibly can substitute them with most different three-cost playing cards or any playing cards that completely buff energy such because the reworked America Chavez.
- Forge
- Nova
- Mister Sinister
- Okoye
- Elsa Bloodstone
- Brood
- Silver Surfer
- Killmonger
- Nakia
- Daken
- Sebastian Shaw
- Sera
Darkish Annihilus
Decks which are constructed to infuriate your opponent – otherwise you, should you’re dealing with off in opposition to one – usually depend on flooding their board in order that they’re restricted in the place they will play, then decreasing their energy with Hazmat. Nonetheless, with the introduction of Annihilus final season, sending your opponent low-power playing cards can now be mixed with the Darkhawk archetype, which fills their decks with rocks and stops them from drawing playing cards.
This deck personally bought me to infinite final season, together with some very robust Conquest runs. Due to the Alioth rework, you’ll want to guarantee you may have precedence going into flip six if doable, and should you’re lacking any playing cards, changing them with Inexperienced Goblin or Hobgoblin is a surefire guess. Zabu, Darkhawk, and Sentry are vital although.
- The Hood
- Korg
- Black Widow
- Shadow King
- Zabu
- Viper
- Rock Slide
- Darkhawk
- Iron Lad
- Sentry
- Annihilus
- Alioth
Cerebro-5
Cerebro is a type of mainstay playing cards within the Marvel Snap meta that may by no means be the perfect deck within the sport, however persistently produces good outcomes. Cerebro-2 and Cerebro-3 are the most well-liked archetypes for the cardboard, however Cerebro-5 is the most effective performer within the present meta. It’s a reasonably easy deck to play, as you simply must get as many playing cards down as you possibly can by flip six, guarantee Cerebro is on the board, then drop Physician Doom.
Do watch out to play playing cards within the right places although – Medusa and Ms Marvel ought to each be performed within the center for instance, and make sure you don’t have playing cards of the identical price in the identical left and proper places so Ms Marvel’s capability positively prompts. Substitutions are just about any card with 5 energy – I get pleasure from Titania or Omega Pink – or you possibly can throw Mystique in, although she isn’t as important as she is in C2 and C3.
- Medusa
- Luke Cage
- Lizard
- Silk
- Cerebro
- Polaris
- Spider-Man
- Wave
- Man-Factor
- Miles Morales
- Ms Marvel
- Physician Doom
Lockdown
The purpose of the sport with a lockdown deck is to, properly, lock down places so your opponent can’t play there, however so you possibly can nonetheless add energy if crucial. Professor X is the principle lockdown card within the sport however with solely three energy for 5 vitality, you’ll want to guarantee you may have sufficient energy in his lane earlier than throwing him down.
Usually, you’ll solely wish to contest two lanes, maybe placing a little bit energy into the third to lure your opponent into considering you’ll be enjoying there. Alternate playing cards to make use of embody Juggernaut to play instantly after Storm, Gamora if the place your opponent will play, or Alioth should you can persistently get precedence.
- Nebula
- Nightcrawler
- Daredevil
- Medusa
- Jeff
- Storm
- Ms Marvel
- Iron Lad
- Professor X
- Klaw
- Imaginative and prescient
- Physician Doom
Deadpool Destroy
Destroy is without doubt one of the commonest archetypes in Marvel Snap, and it has numerous potential playing cards to incorporate. The most effective Destroy model proper now focuses on buffing Deadpool as a lot as doable, enjoying and destroying it just about each single flip.
Your plan must be to buff Deadpool with Forge or Hulk Buster forward of the primary or second destroy, then preserve enjoying playing cards to destroy it till flip six when you possibly can both drop it alongside a completely discounted Loss of life, or go away it on the board on flip 5 and play Knull on six, who must be relatively highly effective by this level. There aren’t many playing cards you possibly can change out right here, however another destroy playing cards are your greatest guess, comparable to Bucky Barnes, Shang-Chi, Yondu, or Gladiator.
- Deadpool
- Forge
- Nova
- X-23
- Carnage
- Wolverine
- Killmonger
- Venom
- Deathlok
- Hulk Buster
- Knull
- Loss of life
Excessive Infinaut
Excessive Evolutionary is without doubt one of the most irritating playing cards to play in opposition to within the sport, and when it was launched, it felt like each different match-up was in opposition to the ability-granting baddie. Nonetheless, the cardboard has dropped down the efficiency rankings these days, and solely the most effective Excessive Evolutionary decklist stays.
This deck can output immense energy due to She-Hulk, Hulk, and Infinaut, whereas additionally infuriating your opponent due to Cosmo, Cyclops, and Leech. Misty Knight will all the time discover a option to buff the precise card you’ll want to win a lane by one energy on the finish of flip six too… your primary option to play ought to purpose to be on curve all through with Hulk taking place to win a lane on flip six, or should you play Magik, skip flip six and play each She-Hulk and The Infinaut on flip seven (with an enormous Sunspot buff coming the flip prior). Most playing cards listed below are important, however you may substitute Jeff with one other tech card comparable to Luke Cage, Rogue, or Enchantress.
- Sunspot
- Misty Knight
- Armor
- Jeff
- Magik
- Cosmo
- Cyclops
- Excessive Evolutionary
- Leech
- She-Hulk
- Hulk
- Infinaut
Shuri Sauron
Marvel Snap veterans will keep in mind the times of Shuri dominance and whereas she is nowhere close to as highly effective as she as soon as was, she remains to be a strong deck that has a really apparent win situation and is simple to play in consequence. The current America Chavez nerf means your draw consistency is damage a little bit, however there are many playing cards that may substitute her – on this case, Attuma slots in properly – so long as you play him behind Armor. Sentry, Maximus, Arnim Zola, and even Aero can now do the job after her buff to 9 energy. You can even swap out Echo for any of the above should you don’t have her.
Your win situation is to play Shuri, adopted by Pink Cranium, then Taskmaster, on turns 4 by six. Nonetheless, should you’ve bought Sauron down earlier, you too can play Ebony Maw on the ultimate flip, or you possibly can substitute Pink Cranium with Attuma, Typhoid Mary, or Imaginative and prescient on flip 5.
- Echo
- Zero
- Ebony Maw
- Armor
- Lizard
- Sauron
- Shuri
- Attuma
- Typhoid Mary
- Taskmaster
- Imaginative and prescient
- Pink Cranium
Darkish Bounce
Bounce decks have undergone some revisions these days due to the additions of Nico Minoru and Werewolf By Evening to the sport, though it’s a tough deck to learn to play. Always, you’ll have a number of choices out there to you when it comes to which playing cards to play. Do you bounce The Hood again to your hand a number of instances with Falcon and Beast for a number of low-cost Demons? Do you deal with sending Werewolf By Evening to a number of totally different places, elevating his energy as a lot as doable? Do you depend on Darkhawk to win a single lane?
There are numerous potential hurdles to your sport plan too, comparable to your opponent dropping Alioth on the ultimate flip should you save all of your low-cost playing cards for an enormous finale, or lanes being locked with playing cards comparable to Professor X or Storm. Finally, Werewolf By Evening is the MVP right here, and together with Falcon and Beast, you possibly can substitute most playing cards within the listing with low-cost on reveals. You can even go all-in on the bouncing and eliminate Korg, Rock Slide, and Darkhawk if crucial.
- The Hood
- Bast
- Korg
- Nico Minoru
- Black Widow
- Mirage
- Shadow King
- Falcon
- Rock Slide
- Werewolf By Evening
- Beast
- Darkhawk
Arnim Destroy
Lastly, we have now one other destroy archetype, which makes use of a number of the identical core playing cards because the Deadpool Destroy deck talked about above, however has a barely totally different win situation. Fairly than increase Deadpool from the beginning, you ideally wish to play any three of X-23, Yondu, Wolverine, Bucky Barnes, and Magik on the identical lane, then take them out with Carnage or Venom.
Should you don’t draw and play Magik forward of flip six, ensure you have a way of destroying X-23 on flip 4, so you possibly can play Knull on flip 5. Should you play Knull on an empty location – and also you’ve destroyed sufficient playing cards by the sport to this point – you possibly can play Arnim Zola on Knull and unfold two copies of him to the remainder of the board, all whereas he doubles his personal energy. A backup plan may be to play Arnim on a robust Venom, or Loss of life if that isn’t doable. This implies X-23, Magik, Arnim Zola, and Knull are important for this deck, however you possibly can mess around with the opposite destroy playing cards. This is without doubt one of the solely archetypes the place Gladiator is viable, otherwise you completely can put Deadpool or Deathlok in should you’d relatively.
- X-23
- Yondu
- Bucky Barnes
- Carnage
- Wolverine
- Magik
- Killmonger
- Venom
- Shang-Chi
- Arnim Zola
- Knull
- Loss of life
Greatest Marvel Snap newbie decks
These newbie Marvel Snap decks solely use playing cards that you simply begin the sport with and people in Pool 1, which is from assortment ranges 18-214 within the card sport. There are 71 playing cards to select from with these parameters, and if there are any you’re lacking in your chosen decklist, you’re early sufficient within the sport that changing just a few of them received’t wreck the playstyle of the deck an excessive amount of. Take a look at our Marvel Snap tier listing to study which playing cards in Pool 1 are the outright greatest.
For this Pool 1 deck, it focuses primarily on On-Reveal talents, that are results that occur as quickly as you play the cardboard. As soon as once more, Odin is the star of the present, whereas Gamora and Ironheart are very important inclusions additionally.
- Elektra
- Nightcrawler
- Korg
- Medusa
- Star Lord
- Ironheart
- Wolfsbane
- Groot
- White Queen
- White Tiger
- Gamora
- Odin
On the flipside of the On-Reveal deck, this Ongoing decklist focuses on results which are consistently taking place when that card is in play. Blue Marvel and Spectrum share the highlight, or should you’re fortunate sufficient to get additional vitality or the Limbo location which grants a flip seven, you will get each in play directly.
- Ant-Man
- Nightcrawler
- Lizard
- Medusa
- Colossus
- Sentinel
- Mister Implausible
- Captain America
- Blue Marvel
- Satan Dinosaur
- Klaw
- Spectrum
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