With 16 New Cards, Marvel Snap’s Next Update Is Its Biggest Yet
Marvel Snap is expanding with its next big update and upcoming cosmic-themed season. Not only is the game getting over a dozen new, rare, and powerful cards, but developer Second Dinner will be adding the previously announced Token Shop to the game, letting players focus on grinding for specific cards they want to unlock. It also explained how it will reward players who have already made progress in the game and missed out on prior opportunities to earn some tokens.
Lately it seems like everyone and their friends are playing and talking about Marvel Snap. And I get why. The free-to-play card battler’s recently consumed my life thanks to its colourful cards that are all based on Marvel characters and creatures, its smaller 12-card decks, and its incredibly fast, six-turn matches. Making all of this better are the random zones, which can greatly change up a match so that every time you play it feels different and exciting. But even with random zones and card unlocks, some decks and strategies have become more popular recently, so it’s a good time to shake things up with 16 powerful new cards, plus a whole new way to unlock ‘em.
Marvel Snap dev Second Dinner announced yesterday it’s bringing a whole slew of new cards to the game via its next season, called “The Power Cosmic.” Big baddie Thanos is incoming along with all of his Infinity Stones, leading to one of the most interesting and complex cards in the game so far. She-Hulk, hot off the success of her Disney+ show, will also arrive in Snap when the next season goes live on December 6.
When the patch goes live, the new cards will be split into two new series, or as most players call them, pools. These newer pools will be very rare, with Pool 5 cards like Thanos and Galactus being 10 times rarer than Pool 4 (which are already much rarer to get from random drops than previous pools). However, you won’t need to have unlocked all of Pool 3 to start finding and unlocking Pool 4 and 5 cards. And they will appear in the Token Shop, too, which will let players grind for them when it opens next patch.
Here are all the new cards and what they do. Information comes via the game’s latest developer update video and Second Dinner’s blog post:
Series/Pool 4 Cards
- She-Hulk (6/10) — Costs 1 less for each unspent Energy last turn.
- Absorbing Man (4/3) — On Reveal: If the last card you played has an On Reveal ability, this card copies it.
- Luke Cage (2/1) — Ongoing: Your cards can’t have their Power reduced.
- Agent Coulson (3/4) — On Reveal: Add a random 4-cost and 5-cost card to your hand.
- Helicarrier (6/10) — When you discard this from your hand, add 3 random cards to your hand.
- M’Baku (1/2) — If this is in your deck at the end of the game, it jumps to a random location.
- Attuma (4/10) — If you have another card here at the end of your turn, destroy this.
- Orka (6/9) — Ongoing: +5 power if this is your only card here.
- Titania (1/5) — When Any card is played at this location, this card switches sides.
- Mariah Hill (2/3) — On Reveal: Add a random 1-cost card to your hand.
Series/Pool 5 Cards
- Shuri (4/2) — On Reveal: Double the power of the next card you play.
- Bast (1/1) — On Reveal: Set the power of all cards in your hand to 3.
- Thanos (6/8) — At the start of the match, shuffle the six Infinity Stones into your deck.
- Galactus (6/3) — On Reveal: If this is your only card here, destroy all other locations
- Valkyrie (5/3) — On Reveal: Set all cards at this location to 3 power.
- Super Skrull (4/2) — Ongoing: Has Ongoing effects of all enemy cards.
- 500-999 Collection Level: 3,000 Tokens
- 1000-2999 Collection Level: 6,000 Tokens
- 3000+ Collection Level: 12,000 Tokens
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