Marvel Snap offers its players a wide variety of cards that they can utilize within their decks. Mostly all of these cards have their own abilities, and some are even categorized as Ongoing or On Reveal. These cards manipulate their abilities just as they seem. Ongoing cards allow their cards' abilities to prolong throughout the game. Because of their abilities, players can continuously add power and other strategic effects that derive from Ongoing abilities.
That said, Ongoing cards can be some of the best cards for players to use in Marvel Snap. Of course, Ongoing cards work best when paired together, and with the right combos, these cards can build up power to effortlessly acquire one of the many locations in Marvel Snap.
10 Armor
Armor is one of the cards that players can obtain in pool 1 of Marvel Snap. She's a great Ongoing card for any player not focusing on destruction cards. With that, she is a wonderful counter for anyone else utilizing destruction cards, and a great way to counter locations like Death's Domain.
Armor's ability simply states that cards can't be destroyed at her location. She is a 2-cost card that provides 3-power to her location. Any player making a deck that focuses on countering others' decks must seek out Armor.
9 Captain America
Captain America is yet another card that players can obtain in pool 1. Players can also purchase the game's starter pack to get Captain America early or simply get that variant card of Cap. Captain America is one of the best Ongoing cards in Marvel Snap because he only costs 3-energy, and provides every friendly card in his location an additional 1-power.
Essentially, Captain America can bring an extra 3-power to a location that is completely filled, all for 3-energy. Because of his cost, Steve Rodgers should be in any Ongoing deck.
8 Blue Marvel
Blue Marvel is a card that any player can unlock within the recruit season's pass. Blue Marvel is a 5-cost card that has his own power of 3. He has one of the best Ongoing abilities in the game because he gives every friendly card an additional 1-power.
This makes Blue Marvel much like Captain America but on a larger scale. Because his ability is Ongoing, the player doesn't have to worry about cards missing out on his support boost, as they can continuously play cards to obtain more power. This card is not only a great Ongoing card but a great card for decks focusing on boosting ally cards' power.
7 Cosmo
Cosmo is another great countering card like Armor, but Cosmo focuses on countering all On Reveal cards in his location. His ability is Ongoing and states that no On Reveal cards can have their ability activated at his location. This makes Cosmo a great card to play against anyone relying on On Reveal cards for most of their deck.
Some cards that rely on On Reveal abilities are destruction cards, the Guardians cards, and other more individual cards. Cosmo can pretty much guarantee a location's victory when played against an On Reveal deck user.
6 Devil Dinosaur
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Devil Dinosaur is another card that Ongoing players should definitely make use of. Devil Dinosaur's Ongoing ability states that for each card in the player's hand, Devil Dinosaur gets +2 power. This ability allows Devil Dinosaur to reach power levels that are much higher than 6-cost cards and essentially win a location by a landslide.
This card has a cost of 5 and provides its own initial power of 3. Because of Devil Dinosaur's ability, he can reach an initial maximum power of 17! That is if the player is wielding 7 cards in their hand. Devil Dinosaur is also great to use within an Infinaut deck.
5 Iron Man
Iron Man is an Ongoing card that players will start off with in Marvel Snap. Fortunately, Iron Man is one of the best Ongoing cards for players to utilize, and they get him right from the start. Iron Man's Ongoing ability allows him to double a location's power.
That makes his power output wield an incredible range. For locations that already have 12 power, Iron Man will boost that to 24. Tony is a great card for players to use on locations that are too close for comfort. He also pairs great with any other power-support cards, like Captain America. Iron Man costs 5-energy and has a power of 0.
4 Sera
Sera has a great Ongoing ability for players needing to play more than just a 6-cost card at the end of the game, or more cards in general. Sera's Ongoing ability allows all the cards that are in the player's hand, cost 1-energy less.
The cost can't go below 1 though. This will allow players to play more cards and can be a definite savior for players at the end of a game if they needed just one more card to win the game. Sera has an energy cost of 5 and provides 5 power to her location. She also has many great combos with other cards, like Mr. Negative.
3 Professor X
Professor X is one of the best cards in Marvel Snap, for players that don't rely on movement decks anyway. Professor X is a 5-cost card and provides a power of 3 to his location. When Professor X is played, his ability states that no cards can be added or removed from his location.
This is an easy strategic card that players can play on a location where they may be winning by just a little. Because of that, players can easily secure a location's victory before the game even ends. He's also a great counter for movement decks by placing him in the middle location.
2 Onslaught
Onslaught is another pool 1 card that players can obtain early in Marvel Snap. Onslaught is a 6-cost card, making him a card that players will generally play at the last turn of the game. Onslaught costs 6-energy and provides a power of 7.
His Ongoing ability states that any other Ongoing abilities at his location are doubled. This card paired with other Ongoing cards can make for an incredibly powerful deck because of his doubling ability. With cards like Iron Man, Blue Marvel, and Ka-zar, Onslaught can build up incredible power for his location and other locations.
1 Super Skrull
Super Skrull is a card that players can obtain in pool 3 of Marvel Snap, and has one of the best Ongoing abilities in the game. Super Skrull will cost players 4-energy and provides their own power of 2. As canonical as their ability is, his Ongoing ability states that they have all the Ongoing abilities that the enemy cards have.
Though Super Skrull won't be too effective against cards that don't utilize Ongoing abilities whatsoever, this card is definitely great to keep in a player's deck in case they run into an Ongoing player. That way, they can secure an easy win with Super Skrull utilizing so many Ongoing abilities.
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