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 We love Jeff, you love Jeff… EVERYONE LOVES JEFF. With his adorable, toothy grin and his knack for getting into the cutest trouble, Jeff has charmed his way into the hearts of Marvel SNAP fans everywhere. Whether he's munching on villains or heroically sliding into inaccessible locations, Jeff brings a playful and lovable spirit that’s hard to resist. This is why we decided to carve out an ENTIRE WEEK to show our love and appreciate the awesomeness that is Jeff. In the realm of the best bois, Jeff the Baby Land Shark reigns supreme! [h2]IT’S JEFF WEEK! JEFF EVERY DAY![/h2]Jeff is a loyal and friendly shark that wants to see you every day of the week. That’s why he’s offering fun login bonuses from August 20th-28th! [h2]TURNING THE TIDE![/h2]

Find this Wave bundle coming ashore from August 19th-26th!

• Wave w/Jeff Variant
• Wave w/Jeff Avatar
• Title: #1 Jeff Fan
• 4000 Credits
• 155 Wave Boosters
• 1 x Distressed Blue Card Border

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• Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Storm Boosters
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We have a bevy of balance changes in a diverse set of directions today. While the metagame has overall been fairly healthy, we've seen a little too much strength isolated in a small number of decks, so we're shaking things up a bit to provide some opportunity for decks on the fringe to see more play. 

• Arishem
  • [Old] 7/7 - At the start of the game, +1 Max Energy. Shuffle 12 random cards into your deck.
  • [New] 7/7 - At the start of the game, +1 Max Energy. Shuffle 15 random cards into your deck.

"The Judge" to his peers, Arishem has certainly presided over SNAP for the last month. The play rate on release was unprecedented in the game's history, and we're happy to see a card we aimed to be fun and strong clearly hit for so many players. We gave Arishem some time to see how things would settle and whether Cassandra Nova would impact his performance, and things did even out a little bit. However, the play rate is still a bit higher than we'd like for any particular archetype, even given the inherent randomness of Arishem, so we're taking a step to reduce how often the deck can access its strongest cards, like Loki and Blob, and better challenge players to improvise with the cards Arishem generates. 

• Cassandra Nova
  • [Old] 3/1 - On Reveal: Steal 1 Power from each card in your opponent's deck.
  • [Change] 3/1 -> 3/0

Speaking of Cassandra Nova, we loved seeing how many of you enjoyed Deadpool's Diner! It was a fun way to tie-in with an awesome movie, and we were excited to debut Cassandra in a totally new way. In fact, that debut led to Cassandra becoming the most-played card in the game for a week among multiple player groups we analyze for balance–that's right, more than Shang-Chi. However, unlike Shang-Chi, Cassandra's play rate accompanied one of the highest winrate and cube rates in the game as well, and that's a combination of factors that would be inappropriate to let stand for too long. This was the latest we could make a change to impact Young Avengers season, so we're tuning the card down a touch now to ensure a more robust metagame can develop. 

• Mind Stone
  • [Old] 2/1 - On Reveal: Draw 2 Stones from your deck.
  • [Change] 2/1 -> 1/1

Other than Arishem, Thanos was another archetype heavily impacted by Cassandra Nova. We've been happy with the new "Thanos-centric" design of the stones, and we're ready to start returning strength to it in the wake of Mockingbird moving to 6-Cost. Welcome back to 1-Cost, Mind Stone. 

• Thena
  • [Old] 2/1 - After each turn, +3 Power if you played (exactly) 2 cards.
  • [Change] 2/1 -> 2/0

The existing and already powerful Angela shells quickly incorporated Thena, and have remained strong ever since. In fact, while Arishem was perceived to be the best deck for many weeks, Thena was often the best card in the actual best deck during this time. So we're making a small tweak to bring the 2-Cost powerhouse more in line with an appropriate amount of Power for the Cost. 

• Sandman
  • [Old] 5/7 - On Reveal: Players can only play 1 card next turn.
  • [Change] 5/7 -> 5/6

As often happens, the rise in prominence of the Angela shell led to a surge in Sandman recently. While that's generally expected and fine, this was the first time it had really happened with the new and improved Big Sandy. To our surprise, these multi-play Angela decks weren't even among the best matchups for Sandman decks, and it has maintained a very robust presence in the metagame ever since, with few vulnerabilities. We're never targeting Sandman to be a key player in the #1 deck, so this nerf is something of a slap on the wrist to make the deck's strongest draws more beatable. 

• Lady Deathstrike
  • [Old] 5/6 - On Reveal: Destroy each card here with 3 or less Power.
  • [Change] 5/6 -> 5/7

Another way we're grinding the edges off Sandman is by sharpening an analogous option. Lady Deathstrike can also be a reasonable way to attack swarm strategies without restricting their ability to actually play the game, so we're returning some Power here to create more competition among the options for these 5-Cost "control" slots in decks. 

• Man-Thing
  • [Old] 4/5 - Ongoing: 1, 2, and 3-Cost cards here have -2 Power.
  • [Change] 4/5 -> 4/7

A similar case can be made for Man-Thing. This card has languished as a fringe option for most of its life, but we think now might be an ideal time to give ita shot at becoming a meaningful player within the metagame. It's a reasonable counter to lean on against decks like Silver Surfer as well as Angela, and the 4-Cost slot is often hard to fill for decks wanting some strong but simple roleplayers. 

• Nocturne
  • [Old] 3/5 - You can move this once. When this moves, replace its location with a random new one.
  • [Change] 3/5 -> 3/4

We gave Nocturne a lot of rope, but in the end we needed to make a change to preserve healthy competition among the 3-Cost cards in the game. Nocturne was just becoming the default best card in too many decks, and warping the strength we started to position other cards at in future seasons. There's also something to be said for preserving the way location variance impacts the game here, as Nocturne could throw some real curveballs. 

• Angel
  • [Old] 1/2 - When one of your cards is destroyed, this flies out of your hand or deck to replace it.
  • [Change] 1/2 -> 2/3

Last but not least, we're trying a little tweak to Angel. We're not sure how much this will move the needle–it might even be considered a nerf for a small number of decks aiming to use Killmonger to get an extra destroyed card for Death. But what's become clear is that the 1/2 Angel isn't cutting it for competitive decks, so we're making this small adjustment to observe the impact and potentially inform a later change. — That's all for this week. Until next time, happy snapping!

 Deadpool has put out a call-to-arms! The very first League event has arrived. Leagues are limited-time events where you compete with similarly skilled players and earn bonus rewards based upon your performance.Much like guacamole on a chimichanga, Leagues are the perfect topping to pair with your usual SNAP gameplay. Ready to compete? Just login from August 8th to 10th and play!

  Leagues match you with 30 players of similar skill levels in a competitive leaderboard format. From August 8th to 10th, join our first-ever event, the Deadpool League, and show off your skills! Simply play your regular games, rack up League Points through victories, and watch your ranking climb. 

• Event Duration: August 8th-10th
• Entry Fee: None
• Top 3 Prize: Exclusive Deadpool emote

 Joining is easy! The Deadpool League is open to all players, with no entry fee required for the Standard League. Just hop into your standard games, and your League Points will adjust based on your performance. The more cubes you win, the more points you earn.If you’d like to join a Heroic League, you can pay to compete for increased rewards. For this first Deadpool League event we’re not including Heroic Leagues. However, we hope to bring this feature in future editions.  Everyone participating in the Deadpool League will earn rewards, but the top spots on the leaderboard will get the best loot. For our inaugural event, the top three players per League will win an exclusive Deadpool emote, alongside other great prizes like Mystery Variants, Borders, and Deadpool boosters. 

• 1st - Deadpool Emote, Premium Mystery Variant, 2x Matte Black Borders, 310 Boosters
• 2nd - Deadpool Emote, Mystery Variant, Matte Black Border, 310 Boosters
• 3rd - Deadpool Emote, Mystery Variant, Neon Blue Border, 310 Boosters
• 4th-5th - Mystery Variant, Neon Blue Border, 310 Boosters
• 6th-10th - Mystery Variant, Neon Blue Border, 155 Boosters
• 11th-15th - Neon Blue Border, 105 Boosters
• 16th-20th - 65 Boosters
• 21st-25th - 35 Boosters
• 26th-30th - 15 Boosters

 [h3][/h3]Mark your calendars and get ready to climb the ranks in the Deadpool League. Play hard, win big, and compete to earn the coveted Deadpool emote. Let the games begin!Good luck, and may the best bubs win!

The next generation of Avengers is here! This month, we welcome the Young Avengers into the fold. They bring their unique vibes and powers, ready to tackle anything that comes their way. Kind of makes you question what YOU were doing with your awkward teenage years, huh?  Who needs superpowers when you have a quiver full of trick arrows? Kate Bishop, our newest Young Avenger, proves that determination and skill can outshine any superpower. Get ready for a whole new level of sharpshooting![h2]NEW CHARACTER: Kate Bishop[/h2] On Reveal: Add 2 Arrows to your hand.
  On Reveal: Switch sides. On Reveal: If you play a card at this location next turn, +3 Power. On Reveal: After you play your next card, move it to this location. Ongoing: If your side of this location is full, +3 Power.
 [h2]SEASON REWARDS[/h2]  The Young Avengers bring a BIG pop of energy to the scene. Check out these amazing new abilities! [h3]SERIE 5[/h3] After each turn, give 3 of your 1-Cost cards +1 Power. [h3]SERIE 5[/h3] On Reveal: If you've spent all your Energy on previous turns, +2 Max Energy. [h3]SERIE 5[/h3] Ongoing: +1 Power for each turn in which you spent all your Energy. [h3]SERIE 5[/h3] At the start of the game, copy the text of a random 6-Cost card.
 [h2]So, when can you expect new cards?[/h2]You can expect new cards to be released weekly - starting with last month’s Season Pass Card, Gwenpool, releasing as a Series 5 card on Aug 6th.

• Aug 6th: Gwenpool - Series 5 Release
• Aug 6th: Marvel Boy - Series 5 Release
• Aug 13th: Wiccan - Series 5 Release
• Aug 20th: Speed - Series 5 Release
• Aug 27th: Hulkling - Series 5 Release

New Series 4 and Series 5 cards appear in the Spotlight Cache and the Token Shop. As you level up your Collection Level, Spotlight Caches become available for you to unlock a Series 4, Series 5 card, Spotlight Variants, or more. [h3][/h3] [h2]Aug 6th:[/h2]

• Marvel Boy
• Blob
• Red Hulk

[h2]Aug 13th:[/h2]

• Wiccan
• Pixie
• Loki

[h2][/h2][h2]Aug 20th:[/h2]

• Speed
• Jeff The Baby Land Shark
• Iron Lad

[h2][/h2][h2]Aug 27th:[/h2]

• Hulkling
• Cannonball
• Nimrod

 [h3][/h3] 

• Destroyed Mansion: Add a Rock here and a Vibranium to your hand.

 

• Clubhouse: Fill this to give your cards at other locations +1 Power.

 [h3][/h3] Get all new Avatars, Variants, and Emotes by completing three new albums!Make sure everyone knows it’s all going to be OK, with your very own Galactus Emote. You can collect your favorite Flaviano pieces and earn an exclusive Galactus emote starting August 8th!

• Collect 3: Negasonic Teenage Warhead Avatar
• Collect 6: 2000 Collector’s Tokens
• Collect 9: Negasonic Teenage Warhead Variant
• Collect 12: Galactus OK Emote

The best star-spangled variants can be found in the new Miss America album. Dropping August 15th!

• Collect 1: America Chavez Avatar
• Collect 3: Cosmic Pink Border
• Collect 5: America Chavez Variant
• Collect 7: America Chavez Reactions

No problem is so big that you can’t blow it up with some fireworks! Luca this new Jubilee Variant that you can grab on August 21st!

• Collect 3: Jubilee Avatar
• Collect 6: 2000 Credits
• Collect 9: Jubilee Variant
• Collect 12: Jubilee Pogchamp Emote

 [h3][/h3] A brand new Flaviano album deserves a brand new shop takeover!Flaviano produces some of the most ICONIC pieces, and for two straight days, those variants will be taking over the shop! From August 8-9th, you will see Flaviano all over the shop, including FOUR brand new variants! We’ll be introducing a new Patriot, Storm, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Havok! [h3][/h3] Watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and a special Jeff Week bonus of a Storm Variant featuring Jeff the Baby Land Shark! Drops will be available from August 19th-27th. Don’t miss out!

• Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Storm Boosters
• Watch 4 hours to earn: 350 Credits
• Watch 6 hours to earn: Storm Variant featuring Jeff the Baby Land Shark!

Head over to marvelsnap.com/twitchdrops to link your accounts today. [h3][/h3] Kate Bishop’s new trick arrows and the rest of the Young Avengers are going to create a lot of fun new ways to play, and we can’t wait to see all the new clips and creative ways you use them to defeat your opponents. See you out there!

No preamble today, let’s dive right into the updates!

• Loki
  • [Old] 4/5 - On Reveal: Transform your hand into cards from your opponent’s starting deck and give them -1 Cost.
  • [New] 3/5 - On Reveal: Replace your deck with your opponent's starting deck. Give those cards -1 Cost and draw a card.

It took a few shots to land Loki in the right spot, but the goal had been accomplished. However, as time has passed, our preference for using Loki as a buildaround for decks that generate extra cards has shifted. It's proven too stifling to cards like Snowguard and Agent Coulson, who can't really stand on their own anywhere, as well as future designs we've worked on internally.Given Loki's recent resurgence alongside Arishem, it felt like the right time to try capturing that fantasy without diminishing those other cards. We don't want to "banish Loki from Asgard" with this change, so we're erring stronger to avoid that. If we need to come back for a buff or nerf, or if this rework doesn't succeed for other reasons, we'll consider something else. 

• Leech
  • [Old] 5/5 - On Reveal: Remove the text from cards with On Reveal abilities in your opponent’s hand.
  • [New] 4/4 - On Reveal: Remove the text from 6-Cost cards in your opponent’s hand.

This has been a tricky card for us to land where we want it. The last change proved we had enough overlap from other effects to avoid leaning on Leech as an all-purpose answer. However, the function has primarily been a tool for letting decks brute force their strongest stuff through defenses, rather than answering otherwise overpowering strategies.We're going to try narrowing it further and targeting a more specific scope of threats. We're also going to aim weak, in case we're underestimating the effect, to give most honest folk a break from getting Leeched. 

• Doctor Octopus
  • [Old] 5/10 - On Reveal: Pull 4 cards from your opponent’s hand to their side of this location.
  • [New] 4/8 - On Reveal: Pull the lowest-Power card from your opponent’s hand to their side of this location.

The good Doctor had settled into a career as a niche player in the SNAP metagame for quite a while, until Arishem showed up. While Arishem is enabling more aggressive Ock plays, the true lesson has been that when Ock is seeing a lot of play . . . that can get fairly frustrating. Given we find ourselves in a spot where we have a card we kind of don't want people playing in volume, that makes it a solid candidate for a rework. Our goal here isn't specifically a nerf, but rather to continue capturing the fantasy of the card with an implementation that's more fun and will be a healthier addition to the metagame.Plus, 4/8 is a pretty great statline for creative reasons. 

• Widow's Kiss (White Widow)
  • [Old] 0/0 - Ongoing: This has -4 Power. Disable this ability if your side of this location is full.
  • [New] 0/0 - Ongoing: This has -3 Power. Disable this ability if your side of this location is full.

Enough time has passed for White Widow to see the breadth of the card's impact, and it's showing up more often than we aimed for, and in a wider variety of decks. The strength doesn't feel especially far off, so this small tweak down on the effect should help balance things out. 

• Blob
  • [Old] 6/0 - On Reveal: Merge cards from your deck into this until it gains 15 or more Power.
  • [New] 6/0 - On Reveal: Merge cards from your deck into this until it gains 13 or more Power.

One of the winningest cards in Arishem decks has continued to be Blob. The specifics of that gameplay aren't very satisfying, because Blob tends to wind up fairly close to a 6/17 or better without a drawback in these decks. Our goal with Blob is to encourage some meaningful deckbuilding differences or charge a steeper price for the strength, so that's not working out. Turning the knob down will weaken Blob in Arishem while leaving some strength to build around in 12-card decks. 

• War Machine
  • [Old] 4/6 - On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, nothing can stop you from playing cards anywhere.
  • [Change] 4/6 -> 4/7

War Machine hasn't found a consistent home, indicating there's room to add extra Power. A larger contributor to the low play rate may be our revision to Professor X leaving players without enough incentive to find a slot for War Machine, but either way this buff carries fairly little risk. 

• Apocalypse
  • [Old] 6/6 - When you discard this, put it back with +4 Power.
  • [Change] 6/6 -> 6/8

We took some Power away from Apocalypse a while ago, when Discard had reached perhaps the peak of its all-time strength. Since then the metagame has continued to evolve, and Discard has slid backwards. This won't fully reverse the trend, but it's a solid step and we'd like to monitor the results before making additional updates. — That's all for this week. Until next time, happy snapping!