Best Marvel Snap Decks Builds

Ever since MARVEL SNAP entered the digital card game arena in Early Access, it has been making waves. If you’re a newbie seeking to conquer the game or a seasoned player aiming to refine your strategies, you’ve come to the right place.

With the diversity of cards available, creating the perfect deck can be daunting. But fret not! This article will guide you through some of the best MARVEL SNAP decks build to ensure you have an edge over your adversaries.

Deck Building Essentials

Before diving into the specific builds, let’s go over some basic guidelines for constructing your MARVEL SNAP deck:

• Deck Size: Each deck should have precisely 12 cards.

• Energy Costs: Cards have energy costs ranging from 1 to 6. An exception is the Death card, which starts at 8 but can be adjusted to 1-6.

• Variants: Each SNAP deck can have only one variant of a card. So, you can’t have two Miles Morales Spider-Man cards, but you can mix other Spider-People.

• Acquisition: After the base set, most cards come randomly as your collection level increases. Some decks are built around specific characters, so ensure you have the vital cards before using such decks.

• Deck Code: Each deck has a unique code for easy export/import.

The Best MARVEL SNAP Deck Builds

1. Move Deck

This deck primarily focuses on moving your cards across the board frequently. It is great for keeping your opponent on their toes.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Iron Fist	Shift the next card	Use Iron Fist’s ability to shift the next card in Turn 3.
Nightcrawler	Teleport	Start with Nightcrawler in Turn 1.
Yondu	Arrow attack	Use Yondu’s arrow attack in Turn 4.
Kraven	Hunter’s instinct	Use Kraven in Turn 2.
Multiple Man	Clone creation	Use Multiple Man’s clone creation in Turn 3.
Cloak	Teleportation field	Use Cloak’s teleportation field in Turn 5.
Doctor Strange	Mystic arts	Use Doctor Strange’s mystic arts in Turn 6.
Vulture	Flight and talons	Use Vulture’s flight and talons in Turn 7.
Hulkbuster	Super strength and durability	Use Hulkbuster’s super strength and durability in Turn 8.
Miles Morales	Venom strike and invisibility	Use Miles Morales’ venom strike and invisibility in Turn 9.
Vision	Density control and energy projection	Use Vision’s density control and energy projection in Turn 10.
Heimdall	Allsight and swordsmanship	Use Heimdall’s allsight and swordsmanship in Turn 11.

The strategy is to start with Nightcrawler, followed by Kraven in Turn 2. By Turn 3, use Iron Fist’s ability to shift the next card (like Multiple Man). In subsequent turns, use the abilities of other cards to gain an advantage over your opponent.

2. Autoplay Deck

Ideal for those times when you just want to sit back and let the gameplay itself.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Sunspot	Solar energy manipulation	Use Sunspot’s solar energy manipulation in Turn 1.
Quicksilver	Superhuman speed	Use Quicksilver’s superhuman speed in Turn 2.
Domino	Probability manipulation	Use Domino’s probability manipulation in Turn 3.
Sentinel	Mutant hunting	Use Sentinel’s mutant hunting in Turn 4.
Mysterio	Illusion creation	Use Mysterio’s illusion creation in Turn 5.
Nakia	Vibranium weapons mastery	Use Nakia’s vibranium weapons mastery in Turn 6.
Captain America	Superhuman strength and agility	Use Captain America’s superhuman strength and agility in Turn 7.
Wave	Water manipulation and control	Use Wave’s water manipulation and control in Turn 8.
Black Cat	Probability manipulation and bad luck inducement	Use Black Cat’s probability manipulation and bad luck inducement in Turn 9.
Crossbones	Superhuman strength, agility, and endurance	Use Crossbones’ superhuman strength, agility, and endurance in Turn 10.
Doctor Doom	Genius-level intellect, armor suit, and sorcery skills	Use Doctor Doom’s genius-level intellect, armor suit, and sorcery skills in Turn 11.
Agatha Harkness	Reality warping, spellcasting, and astral projection	Let Agatha Harkness play your cards for you!

The strategy is to let Agatha Harkness play your cards for you! Her reality warping, spellcasting, and astral projection abilities make her the perfect choice for multitasking.

3. Zoo Deck

Swamp your opponents with a barrage of low-cost cards.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Ant Man	Size manipulation	Use Ant Man’s size manipulation in Turn 1.
Elektra	Superhuman agility and martial arts skills	Use Elektra’s superhuman agility and martial arts skills in Turn 2.
Squirrel Girl	Summon squirrels	Use Squirrel Girl’s summon squirrels ability in Turn 3.
Sunspot	Solar energy manipulation	Use Sunspot’s solar energy manipulation in Turn 4.
Nightcrawler	Teleportation	Use Nightcrawler’s teleportation ability in Turn 5.
Rocket Raccoon	Weapons expert and tactician	Use Rocket Raccoon’s weapons expertise and tactical skills in Turn 6.
Blade	Superhuman strength, speed, and agility; expert swordsman	Use Blade’s superhuman strength, speed, and agility, as well as his swordsmanship, in Turn 7.
Angela	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability; expert combatant	Use Angela’s superhuman abilities and combat skills in Turn 8.
Bishop	Energy absorption and redirection; expert marksman	Use Bishop’s energy absorption and redirection abilities, as well as his marksmanship, in Turn 9.
Captain America	Superhuman strength, agility, and endurance; expert tactician and strategist	Use Captain America’s superhuman abilities, tactical skills, and strategic thinking in Turn 10.
Ka-Zar	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and senses; expert tracker and survivalist	Boost your 1-cost cards with Ka-Zar’s abilities in every turn.
Blue Marvel	Superhuman strength, speed, durability, flight, energy projection; antimatter manipulation; expert scientist and engineer	Enhance the power of your cards with Blue Marvel’s abilities in every turn.

The strategy is to use Ka-Zar to boost your 1-cost cards in every turn. In addition to that, enhance the power of your cards with Blue Marvel’s abilities in every turn. Use each card’s unique abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

4. Destroy/Discard Deck

Focus on card effects that capitalize on destroying or discarding.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Deadpool	Regeneration and superhuman strength	Use Deadpool’s regeneration and superhuman strength in Turn 1.
Nova	Flight and energy projection	Use Nova’s flight and energy projection in Turn 2.
Blade	Superhuman strength, speed, and agility; expert swordsman	Use Blade’s superhuman strength, speed, agility, and swordsmanship in Turn 3.
Bucky Barnes	Superhuman strength, agility, and endurance; expert marksman	Use Bucky Barnes’ superhuman abilities and marksmanship in Turn 4.
Carnage	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and shapeshifting; symbiote abilities	Use Carnage’s superhuman abilities and symbiote powers in Turn 5.
Armor	Psionic armor suit; force field generation	Use Armor’s psionic armor suit and force field generation in Turn 6.
Swarm	Insect control; swarm creation	Use Swarm’s insect control and swarm creation in Turn 7.
Wolverine	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, senses, and healing factor; adamantium claws	Use Wolverine’s superhuman abilities, senses, healing factor, and adamantium claws in Turn 8.
Killmonger	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance; expert combatant; vibranium suit	Use Killmonger’s superhuman abilities, combat skills, and vibranium suit in Turn 9.
Lady Sif	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance; expert swordsman; Asgardian physiology	Use Lady Sif’s superhuman abilities, swordsmanship skills, and Asgardian physiology in Turn 10.
Deathlok	Cyborg enhancements; expert marksman; hacking skills	Use Deathlok’s cyborg enhancements, marksmanship skills, and hacking abilities in Turn 11.
Apocalypse	Superhuman strength, durability, endurance; energy projection; molecular manipulation; telekinesis; shapeshifting; immortality	Amplify Apocalypse’s power by leveraging the destruction effects of Blade and Lady Sif.

The strategy is to use Blade and Lady Sif to destroy your opponent’s cards while amplifying Apocalypse’s power. In subsequent turns, use each card’s unique abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

5. Steal Deck

Stealing opponent’s cards can be both fun and strategic.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Elektra	Superhuman agility and martial arts skills	Use Elektra’s superhuman agility and martial arts skills in Turn 1.
Agent 13	Expert combatant and tactician	Use Agent 13’s combat skills and tactical abilities in Turn 2.
Mantis	Empathy, telepathy, and precognition; expert martial artist	Use Mantis’ empathy, telepathy, precognition, and martial arts skills in Turn 3 to steal cards from the opponent.
Nova	Flight and energy projection	Use Nova’s flight and energy projection in Turn 4.
The Collector	Power-boosting capabilities; expert knowledge of the universe’s artifacts	Use The Collector’s power-boosting capabilities early on in the game.
Cable	Telekinesis, telepathy, and time travel; expert marksman	Use Cable’s telekinetic, telepathic, and time travel abilities, as well as his marksmanship skills, to steal cards from the opponent.
Carnage	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and shapeshifting; symbiote abilities	Use Carnage’s superhuman abilities and symbiote powers in Turn 6.
Sentinel	Mutant hunting	Use Sentinel’s mutant hunting in Turn 7.
Deathlok	Cyborg enhancements; expert marksman; hacking skills	Use Deathlok’s cyborg enhancements, marksmanship skills, and hacking abilities in Turn 8.
Moon Girl	Superhuman intelligence; expert inventor; dinosaur companion (Devil Dinosaur)	Use Moon Girl’s intelligence, inventiveness, and Devil Dinosaur companion in Turn 9.
Devil Dinosaur	Superhuman strength, durability, and senses; dinosaur physiology; Moon Girl’s companion	Use Devil Dinosaur’s superhuman abilities and dinosaur physiology to gain an advantage over your opponent.
America Chavez	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance; interdimensional travel; star-shaped portals creation	Use America Chavez’s superhuman abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

The strategy is to use The Collector early on for its power-boosting capabilities. Mantis and Cable can help you steal cards from the opponent. In subsequent turns, use each card’s unique abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

6. Control Deck

Lock in your winning positions swiftly.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Iron Fist	Shift the next card	Use Iron Fist’s ability to shift the next card in Turn 1.
Mantis	Empathy, telepathy, and precognition; expert martial artist	Use Mantis’ empathy, telepathy, precognition, and martial arts skills in Turn 2.
Rocket Raccoon	Weapons expert and tactician	Use Rocket Raccoon’s weapons expertise and tactical skills in Turn 3.
Angela	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability; expert combatant	Use Angela’s superhuman abilities and combat skills in Turn 4.
Okoye	Expert combatant and strategist; vibranium spear mastery	Use Okoye’s combat skills and strategic thinking in Turn 5.
Star-Lord	Expert marksman and tactician; element gun mastery	Use Star-Lord’s marksmanship skills and tactical abilities in Turn 6.
Storm	Weather manipulation; flight; expert thief	Use Storm’s weather manipulation, flight, and thievery skills to enhance your control over the game.
Groot	Superhuman strength, durability, regeneration, and plant manipulation; limited vocabulary	Use Groot’s superhuman abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Jessica Jones	Superhuman strength, endurance, and durability; expert detective; immunity to mind control	Use Jessica Jones’ superhuman abilities and detective skills to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Iron Man	Genius-level intellect; armored suit with weapons systems; flight; energy projection	Use Iron Man’s genius-level intellect and armored suit to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Professor X	Telepathy; mind control; genius-level intellect; founder of X-Men	Use Professor X as your ace card to secure one location.
Spider-Woman	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, and pheromone manipulation; flight; venom blasts	Use Spider-Woman’s superhuman abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

The strategy is to use Professor X as your ace card to secure one location. Enhance your control over the game with Storm’s weather manipulation abilities and other supportive cards such as Okoye, Groot, Jessica Jones, Iron Man, etc.

7. On Reveal Deck

Trigger potent on-reveal effects to surprise your opponent.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Elektra	Superhuman agility and martial arts skills	Use Elektra’s superhuman agility and martial arts skills in Turn 1.
Angel	Flight and healing factor	Use Angel’s flight and healing factor in Turn 2.
Korg	Rock manipulation and durability	Use Korg’s rock manipulation and durability in Turn 3.
Yondu	Arrow attack	Use Yondu’s arrow attack in Turn 4.
Angela	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability; expert combatant	Use Angela’s superhuman abilities and combat skills in Turn 5.
Medusa	Prehensile hair; superhuman strength, durability, and endurance	Use Medusa’s prehensile hair and superhuman abilities in Turn 6.
Star-Lord	Expert marksman and tactician; element gun mastery	Use Star-Lord’s marksmanship skills and tactical abilities in Turn 7.
Ironheart	Genius-level intellect; armored suit with weapons systems; flight; energy projection	Use Ironheart’s genius-level intellect and armored suit to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Wolfsbane	Lycanthropy; superhuman strength, speed, agility, senses, and healing factor; expert tracker; animal communication	Use Wolfsbane’s lycanthropy, superhuman abilities, tracking skills, and animal communication to gain an advantage over your opponent.
White Tiger	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, senses, and martial arts skills; mystical amulet powers	Use White Tiger’s superhuman abilities, martial arts skills, and mystical amulet powers to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Gamora	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance; expert combatant; assassin training	Use Gamora’s superhuman abilities and combat skills to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Odin	Superhuman strength, durability, endurance; energy projection; wisdom; All-Father of Asgardians	Odin is the star player here! His ability allows for double on-reveal effects in the chosen location.

The strategy is to use Odin to secure one location by doubling on-reveal effects. In subsequent turns, use each card’s unique abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

8. Ongoing Deck

Maximize the potential of ongoing effects.

Card	Ability	Strategy
Ant-Man	Size manipulation	Use Ant-Man’s size manipulation in Turn 1.
Nightcrawler	Teleportation	Use Nightcrawler’s teleportation ability in Turn 2.
Medusa	Prehensile hair; superhuman strength, durability, and endurance	Use Medusa’s prehensile hair and superhuman abilities in Turn 3.
Sentinel	Mutant hunting	Use Sentinel’s mutant hunting in Turn 4.
Mister Fantastic	Superhuman elasticity and intelligence; expert inventor	Use Mister Fantastic’s elasticity, intelligence, and inventiveness in Turn 5.
Punisher	Expert marksman and combatant; military training	Use Punisher’s marksmanship skills and combat abilities in Turn 6.
Captain America	Superhuman strength, agility, and endurance; expert tactician and strategist	Use Captain America’s superhuman abilities, tactical skills, and strategic thinking in Turn 7.
Namor	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, senses, and aquatic adaptation; flight; expert combatant; Atlantean royalty	Use Namor’s superhuman abilities, combat skills, and aquatic adaptation to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Iron Man	Genius-level intellect; armored suit with weapons systems; flight; energy projection	Use Iron Man’s genius-level intellect and armored suit to double the total power of the location it’s placed in.
Blue Marvel	Superhuman strength, speed, durability, flight, energy projection; antimatter manipulation; expert scientist and engineer	Use Blue Marvel’s superhuman abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Klaw	Sound manipulation; sonic constructs creation; vibranium arm prosthesis	Use Klaw’s sound manipulation and vibranium arm prosthesis to gain an advantage over your opponent.
Spectrum	Energy absorption and projection; flight; expert combatant; former Air Force pilot	Use Spectrum’s energy absorption and projection abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

The strategy is to use Iron Man to double the total power of the location it’s placed in. In subsequent turns, use each card’s unique abilities to gain an advantage over your opponent.

Wrapping Up

There are endless possibilities in MARVEL SNAP, and the decks provided above are just a starting point. Experiment with different cards and strategies to find what suits you best. As the game evolves, so will the meta. So, always keep an eye out for new card releases and stay adaptable. Happy Snapping!