Marvel Snap was developed by the small team, Second Dinner Studios. As the team is composed of Blizzard ex-employees who have worked on games like Hearthstone, it's no surprise that Marvel Snap has some fairly similar aspects with Blizzard's virtual card game. Marvel Snap is considerably simpler than other more in-depth trading card games, like Magic: The Gathering. This makes the game appealing to a wider audience, allowing players of many ages to enjoy the game.
Still, that doesn't mean Marvel Snap can be played without thought-out strategy. The game can prove challenging, especially when going up against a highly-skilled player. When starting out, the game does a wonderful job in explaining itself, so becoming familiar with the rules is easy. However, there are many cards to choose at the beginning. It may be confusing to put together what a player would consider a good deck. The following options are not necessarily the best decks in Marvel Snap, but they're the best for beginners. From the first pool of cards one can obtain within their collection level, there are plenty of combinations of Marvel characters that create a great deck for players who are just starting out.
5 Scarlet Defenders
This deck is named after the fact that it's comprised of Scarlet Witch, and known figures who've been a part of the Defenders team in Marvel Comics. This deck, canonically aligned with Wanda Maximoff, is powerful. Simply put, the cards situated in this collection have a multiverse of strategies to commit towards.
There are plenty of different strategies to use with the combination of cards in this deck. For example, Iron Fist can send a friendly card to another location after its reveal. He can use that with On Reveal cards when it seems smart. Other strategies within the deck involve buffing friendly cards, or running through different locations to confuse opponents.
Cards
- Scarlet Witch
- White-Tiger
- The Watcher
- Iron-Fist
- Cable
- Angela
- Nightcrawler
- Jessica Jones
- The Punisher
- Hulk
- Enchantress
- Bishop
4 The Ongoing Avengers
In this deck, the Ongoing abilities in beginner cards will be utilized to create efficient strategies. There's Iron Man, who doubles his allies' power, and Captain America, who gives his allies extra power. Just about every card within this deck uses its Ongoing ability to its full potential. There are plenty of smart combinations that can dominate a location.
Aside from the obvious characters from the Avengers used here, which gives the deck its name, there's one card that secretly can determine a victory in one move. That card is Onslaught. Onslaught can double the effects of Ongoing cards in the same location, making it a great card for beginners.
Cards
- Iron Man
- Captain America
- Ant-Man
- Hawkeye
- The Watcher
- Armor
- Kraven
- Namor
- Mister Fantastic
- Kazar
- The Punisher
- Onslaught
3 Chavez
This deck is built around the depiction of America Chavez in its lead. She's a 6-cost card, and she can only be drawn on the 6th turn. This also means the player has a shorter deck to draw from (11). This makes her almost completely safe from discard actions and such.
With that, a player can safely use any discarding actions without sacrificing the 6-cost Chavez. Cards like Sword Master, Blade, and Lady Sif can work strategically with the likes of Apocalypse, who comes back stronger when he's discarded.
Cards
- America Chavez
- Blade
- Lady Sif
- Wolverine
- Sword Master
- Apocalypse
- Medusa
- Mister Fantastic
- Nightcrawler
- Angela
- Hawkeye
- Ant-Man
2 Carnage
This deck will live up to its fearful name, not only because Carnage is a character card hiding within its 12 allies, but also because those allies are capable of the same destruction. Most of these cards take matters into offensive hands; cards will be destroyed. Rather than being discarded, destroyed cards are the result of another card's ability. For example, Carnage destroys all of his allies in his location, but he gains +2 power for each one he destroys.
The deck focuses on using sacrifices to gain the upper hand. Another noticeable aspect of this aggressive deck is that some characters, like Hulk, rely on pure power. This deck is mean, desperate, and sometimes green.
Cards
- Elektra
- Iron Fist
- Yondu
- Cable
- Carnage
- Nova
- Sinister
- Kazar
- The Punisher
- Wolfsbane
- Abomination
- Hulk
1 Guardians
The Guardians of the Galaxy have some frequently appearing characters within the first pool of cards of Marvel Snap. This makes it easy for beginners to create a deck themed around the colorful team. They all have similar abilities as well, which make them work well together in terms of strategy.
Rocket and Star-Lord both have abilities that anticipate an opponent's move. It might take some practice, but a strategically skilled player can use these abilities to great potential. Some other cards, like Mantis and Groot, also recognize these abilities. In specific situations, this deck can skillfully craft victory in a flawless pattern.
Cards
- Star-Lord
- Rocket Raccoon
- Mantis
- Yondu
- Groot
- Cosmo
- Moon Girl
- Nova
- Korg
- Squirrel Girl
- Spectrum
Marvel Snap is available to play for free on Mobile and PC.