Whether you’re new to the game or a veteran, our guide to the best Marvel Snap decks is here to help you climb the ranked ladder all the way to infinity. We’ve got Marvel Snap decklists that include cards that everyone should have in their roster, as well as a few that involve rarer heroes and villains, so whatever your collection looks like, you can build a deck worthy of challenging in the current meta.
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The best Marvel Snap decks
With every card game, there are plenty of potential combinations on offer to startle your opponents. It’s no different in this one, with the best Marvel Snap decks constructed in a specific way to hang around a certain synergy, special card, or combos that up the odds of victory. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of the best Marvel Snap deck builds for this meta, including some that rely solely on series three cards.
Self-destruction Deadpool
Decklist: Bucky Barney, Carnage, Deadpool, Deathlok, Forge, The Hood, Hulk Buster, Killmonger, Nova, Taskmaster, Venom, Magik
Deadpool isn’t just a big deal at the box office, but he’s an icon in Marvel Snap, too. This iconic character’s regenerating ability sees him return with double the power every time something destroys him, which you can make almost every turn with cards like Killmonger, Deathlok, Carnage, and Venom. Better still, if you can equip Hulk Buster to Deadpool before he dies, those points also double, which can lead to a very powerful final turn one-cost play.
Sera Mystique summons
Decklist: America Chavez, Ant-Man, Angela, Bishop, Colleen Wing, Dracula, Maximus, Mojo, Mysterio, Mystique, Scarlet Witch, Sera
Building a deck around the combo between Sera and Mystique is a great way to get to grips with summoning in Marvel Snap. Sera allows for quicker summons with an ongoing effect that subtracts one energy point from the cost of cards in your hands. Mystique makes like she does in the movies and serves as an incredible mimic, copying the last ongoing effect you played. This tots up for a total of -2 to the energy cost in your hand, which might not sound OP, but trust me when I say that it is.
The Wong Spectrum
Decklist: Ant-Man, Armor, Colossus, Cosmo, Ebony Maw, Goose, Lizard, Mystique, Mister Fantastic, Quinjet, Spectrum, Wong
Like we mentioned earlier, getting your head around card combinations is pivotal to finding your way in this game, and there’s few better ways of doing this than between Wong and Spectrum. Wong’s effect is simple enough in that it causes on reveal effects in a set location to happen twice. Combine this with Spectrum’s on reveal plus two power boost, you can get an easy plus four for your heroes in a single play.
There’s another trick to this deck too though, with lots of players choosing to include a variety of ongoing effect heroes that help to control the field. The best of the bunch are Mister Fantastic, Goose, and Lizard, but it’s also a good idea to include a copy of Ant-Man to benefit from control over the field with a plus three power boost possible.
Deathpool self-destruction
Decklist: Bucky Barnes, Carnage, X-23, Deadpool, Death, Deathlok, Venom, Hulk Buster, Killmonger, Nova, Taskmaster, Knull
This entry on our list of the best Marvel Snap decks is popping with card effects that use self-destruction as a means of taking out opponents’ cards, increasing your hero’s points, and summoning the powerful entity of Death herself. Death’s effect makes playing her on the field easier by costing one less energy point for every card destroyed in the game, and with the kamikaze effects of Deadpool, The Hood, Venom, and more, you can easily get her out in an endgame situation. It’s also worth saying that if you own Knull, you should play that in this deck, switching out The Hood for the king in black.
Sera Zero summons
Decklist: Angela, Bishop, Carnage, Lizard, Maximus, Mysterio, Crossbones, Red Skull, Sera, Taskmaster, Typhoid Mary, Zero
Sera is one of the most OP cards available in the current Marvel Snap roster, with an effect that lowers the energy point cost of cards in your hand. Combine this with Zero, a veritable bear trap of a card that cancels out the next effect used, and you can quickly find yourself in a position of power on the board. Add in Taskmaster to benefit from powerful summons and you’re well on your way to taking down opponents.
Patriots, drones, and clones
Decklist: Blue Marvel, Debrii, Ka-zar, Mister Sinister, Misty Knight, Mystique, Onslaught, Patriot, Shocker, Squirrel Girl, Ultron, Wasp
This set combines two separate strategies to create one of the most evergreen Marvel Snap decks. The first half of the idea behind this deck is in the synergy between Patriot, with an effect boosting the power points of cards with no effect by two, Ka-zar, who offers a further plus one power point to heroes that only have one to start with, and a few seemingly weak cards like Wasp, Misty Knight, and Shocker. If all that wasn’t enough, Blue Marvel also makes an appearance in some builds of this set, boosting the power points of in-play with an ongoing plus one.
The second part of this deck’s overall strategy is in swarming the field of play with low-cost tokens – we’re calling them tokens for lack of a better word, these are on-field heroes with no original cards but are created by the effect of other heroes, like tokens in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Cards like Ultron, Debri, and Squirrel Girl can all create tokens, and these tokens also receive the power point boost from Blue Marvel and Kaz-ar. For the final flavour in this incredible deck, add a copy of Onslaught, who throws this deck into OP territory by doubling the effect of any ongoing effects in play.
Wakanda Forever
Decklist: Korg, Okoye, Scorpion, Electro, Ironheart, Nakia, Killmonger, Enchantress, Wong, Black Panther, White Tiger, Odin
With Black Panther now digging his claws into the Marvel Snap meta, plenty of players are building their decks around the Wakandan icon. With synergy between Black Panther’s on reveal power doubling and deck and hand power boosting cards like Nakia and Okoye, as well as the on reveal doubling madness of Wong and Odin, the power levels in this set can get up to eye-watering numbers.
Bast Beast Monkey
Decklist: The Hood, Ant-Man, Bast, Iceman, Korg, Angela, Hit-Monkey, Black Widow, Beast, Falcon, Mysterio, Bishop
Hit-Monkey’s arrival in Marvel Snap is a boon for bounce decks, with plenty of combos possible between Hit-Monkey, Beast, Bast, and Falcon. The idea here is to get your one cost cards down early, bring them back up to your hand with Beast, and play as much as you can on turn five or six – whenever you play Hit-Monkey – to make the most of the plus two power bonus for each card played. Add in Mysterio, who Hit-Monkey registers as three separate cards, and things can get silly quite quickly.
Knull Galactus
Decklist: Yondu, Wolverine, Daredevil, Electro, Wave, Shang-Chi, Spider-Man, Hobgoblin, Knull, Galactus, Destroyer, Death
If you’re lucky enough to have both Knull and Galactus in your collection, then you really ought to be playing one of the best Marvel Snap decks that combines the two. The idea here is to keep one lane open while stuffing high-cost cards into the other two, before using Wave to get Galactus out on turn four of Electro to get him out on turn five. Either way, your last play needs to be adding Knull to the Galactus lane, with the King in Black soaking up all the power points from the cards that were at locations Galactus destroyed. Throw in Death, and it’s going to be a struggle for your opponent to outmaneuver you.
High Evo Lockjaw
Decklist: Wasp, Lockjaw, Killmonger, Thor, Jubilee, High Evolutionary, Jane Foster Mighty Thor, Doctor Doom, Odin, America Chavez, Hulk, Magneto
While Lockjaw Thanos decks might be out of the meta these days, High Evolutionary gives the intergalactic pup a new boost. Hulk is incredible in this deck, with a base power of 16 providing you skip the first two turns, and due to the cost makeup of this deck, you almost always do. With just Jubilee, Lockjaw, and Wasp, you can fill a location with high-cost cards in turns three and four, before bringing out more heavy hitters in turns five and six.
Surfin’ Sebastian
Decklist: Nova, Forge, Ironheart, Mystique, Brood, Magic, Silver Surfer, Killmonger, Sebastian Shaw, Wong, Absorbing Man, Sera
This card relies on playing lots of three-cost heroes at the right time rather than going all in on a big six-cost at the end of the game. The big combo here is playing Magic to get seven turns, then Sera on your fifth turn, before combining Wong, Mystique, Silver Surfer, and Ironheart in your final couple of turns to boost your attack power. Sebastian Shaw turns into your boss card, with a potential power of over 40 when all the On Reveal effects are done.
Lucky Loki
Decklist: Titania, Valentina, Silk, Morph, Gambit, Phastos, Makkari, Shanna the She-Devil, Nocturne, Loki, Blink, Red Hulk
As the name implies, this one is all about luck. Are you lucky enough to draw Makkari on turn three? Are you going to get a good pull from Loki? Can Valentina offer something interesting? This deck is all about RNG and having a fun time with it. It’s pretty capable in its own right, thanks to pure power from Titania, Silk, and Red Hulk, but it can get more interesting if you go all in on rolling the RNG dice and seeing what happens.
Toxic Surfers
Decklist: Hazmat, Ironheart, Mystique, Brood, Magik, Silver Surfer, Luke Cage, Sebastian Shaw, Wong, Absorbing Man, Sera, Odin
This list has a lot in common with our Surfin’ Sebastian deck, but there’s a backup plan here in case you can’t get Sebastian on the board early on. Luke Cage and Hazmat combine to nerf your opponent’s power points with effecting you’re own, while also protecting from any Cyclops effects in High Evo decks. You’ve also got the option of throwing Wong or Odin out to further your opponent’s misery by drastically reducing their power.
Hidden Hela discard
Decklist: Invisible Woman, Magic, Lady Sif, Black Cat, Iron Lad, Iron Man, M.O.D.O.K, The Living Tribunal, Hela, Hulk, The Infinaut, Giganto
This deck only has one plan, but if it goes well, your opponent should have no answer. The key is to set up Invisible Woman early on, before later placing down M.O.D.O.K and Hela at the same location. When the game ends, M.O.D.O.K. discards your full hand, then Hela brings all those cards to the field. With Iron Man and the Living Tribunal doubling your power and splitting it between all the locations, you should have the power to at least win two and come away victorious. Just watch out for any effects that remove ongoing abilities or shift Invisible Woman.
Symbiote Galactus
Decklist: The Hood, Ravonna Renslayer, Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Green Goblin, Magik, Wave, Symbiote Spider-Man, The Sentry, Hobgoblin, Annihilus, Galactus, Alioth
I’ll be honest, this deck is just mean. It hasn’t got quite as many win conditions as other options, but when you pull it off, it’s fantastic. The idea is to mislead your opponent in the early rounds by playing into the same lanes as them before playing an isolated Symbiote Spider-Man on turn four, following up with a Hobgoblin at the same location, before throwing down Galactus, activating Symbiote Spidey, and destroying all the other locations. Or, if you’re in doubt, throw down an Alioth and hope removing your opponent’s effect is enough to sway the game.
Hand Size Heroes
Decklist: Maria Hill, Quinjet, Snowguard, Mirage, The Collector, Iron Patriot, Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Valentina, Victoria Hand, Mystique, Agent Coulson, Devil Dinosaur
This deck is all about adding extra cards to your hand with the likes of Mario Hill, Snowguard, and Hawkeye Kate Bishop, before laying down a big Devil Dinosaur on turn five and following up with Mystique and a card of your choice on turn six. The big thing to watch out for here is forced discards from your opponent, but if you can avoid that, you’re looking at a solid late-game strategy that isn’t easy to counter.
How we choose the best Marvel Snap decks
Our list of the best Marvel Snap decks is made up of sets that have proven themselves worthy of rising up the ladder to infinite, the highest possible in-game rank. While the meta is always moving due to new arrivals, buffs and nerfs, and the occasional patch, all of the decks we suggest using are worth trying out for yourself in both regular ladder matches and conquest mode.
While we always try and test our favorite Snap decks out ourselves, we do have to do a bit of theory crafting, as it’s harder than ever to obtain all the latest cards without spending on in-game resources. So, feel free to tinker with the decklists if you think you have a better idea, or you need to substitute a card because it isn’t part of your collection yet.
There you have it, our picks for the best Marvel Snap decks. If you’re after more Marvel content, head over to our sister site PCGamesN to pick up some Marvel Rivals codes and check out the Marvel Rivals tier list.