MARVEL SNAP News

This season, we're tackling the age-old debate that has divided scholars, destroyed friendships, and puzzled the internet for years. No, not whether pineapple belongs on pizza (it does). We're talking about a showdown more epic than the endless "Gif" vs. "Jif" pronunciation war (It’s Gif). That's right, it's time for the Avengers vs. the X-Men! Are you Team Avengers or Team X-Men? This season will put your allegiances to the test. The future of all mutants, and possibly even the world, revolves around our biggest season yet.  We now introduce Hope Summers, the first child born after M-Day, the Mutant Messiah. She could either be the savior the X-Men need or the uncontrollable host of Phoenix that the Avengers fear.[h2]NEW CHARACTER: HOPE SUMMERS[/h2] After you play a card here, you get +1 Energy next turn.
  [h2]SEASON REWARDS[/h2]Not to be left out of the fight, Cyclops is entering the battle as our newest Emote!  Each week this month, we’ll be sending extra forces into the battle, starting with Pixie who launches alongside Hope Summers![h3]SERIES 5[/h3] On Reveal: Shuffle the Costs of all cards in your deck that started there. [h3]SERIES 5[/h3] Costs 1 less for each of your cards in play that didn’t start in your deck. [h3]SERIES 5[/h3]


On Reveal: Move the highest-Power enemy card here away. If you can’t, destroy it with a Rock.
[h3][/h3][h3]SERIES 5[/h3] On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, nothing can stop you from playing cards anywhere.
 [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, Black Swan, releasing as a Series 5 card on March 5th.

• March 5th: Black Swan - Series 5 Release
• March 5th: Pixie - Series 5 Release
• March 12th: Mockingbird - Series 5 Release
• March 19th: Cannonball - Series 5 Release
• March 26th: War Machine - 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]March 5th:[/h2]

• Pixie
• Mobius M. Mobius
• Spider-Ham

[h2][/h2][h2]March 12th:[/h2]

• Mockingbird
• GhostSpider
• Man-Thing

[h2][/h2][h2]March 19th:[/h2]

• Cannonball
• Kitty Pryde
• Ms.Marvel

[h2][/h2][h2]March 26th:[/h2]

• War Machine
• Silk
• Silver Samurai

 [h3][/h3] 

• Krakoa: Your first play here adds its Power to the top of your deck.

• Utopia: 3 and 4-Cost cards cost 1 less.

 [h3][/h3] Get all new Avatars, Variants, and Emotes by completing three new albums!This month, we’re releasing three hot new albums with a little something for everyone. Each album has exclusive new content to help you flex your accomplishments in game![h3]Feeling mystical? Break out your Tarot variants on March 12th.[/h3]

• Collect 3: 155 x Random Boosters
• Collect 6: 1 x Spotlight Cache Key
• Collect 9: Tarot Card Back
• Collect 12: Professor X Thinking Emote

[h2][/h2][h3]Do you wear your sunglasses at night? You’ll enjoy this Midnight Suns album on March 12th.[/h3]

• Collect 2: Doctor Strange Avatar
• Collect 4: 2000 Credits
• Collect 6: Premium Mystery Variant
• Collect 8: Doctor Strange Emote

[h2][/h2][h3]We’re all excited for this one. Max Grecke lovers get their own album on March 20th![/h3]

• Collect 3: Iceman Max Grecke Avatar
• Collect 6: 2000 Collectors Tokens
• Collect 9: Iceman Max Grecke Variant
• Collect 12: Thor Confident Emote

 [h3][/h3] There are 30+ New Art Variants coming to the game this season - including 4 brand-new Max Grecke variants debuting in this month’s shop takeover!Shop Takeover: Max Grecke - March 20th and 21st

• Debrii
• Galactus
• Scarlet Witch
• Killmonger
• Black Widow
• Mister Fantastic
• Human Torch
• Invisible Woman
• The Thing
• Silver Surfer
• Hulk
• Ironheart
• Carnage
• Bishop
• Black Panther
• Blue Marvel
• Wolverine
• Dr. Doom
• Deadpool
• Captain America
• Thor
• Vision
• Sera

 [h3][/h3] Watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and a sweet Mystery Variant! Drops will be available from March 19th-26th. Don’t miss out!

• Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Random Boosters
• Watch 4 hours to earn: 350 Credits
• Watch 6 hours to earn: Mystery Variant

Head over to marvelsnap.com/twitchdrops to link your accounts today. [h3][/h3] We know you’re going to have a lot of fun building around these new cards, but will they test your allegiances? Can’t wait to see what decks you build in the wild. Have fun!

We've enjoyed a diverse metagame in February, with every week featuring more than ten decks above a 50% winrate but none of those decks crossing any of our balance thresholds. That's actually kind of incredible, as we expect ebb and flow across those numbers to occur naturally. Other card games might stand pat here as long as they could, but we manage MARVEL SNAP a little differently. We believe a core part of our fun is solving a metagame that's on the move every week and exploring revisions to existing cards. That means we'll pursue change for its own sake occasionally, and this week is such a case. 

• Adam Warlock
  • [Old] 2/0 - After each turn, draw a card if you’re winning here.
  • [Change] 2/0 -> 5/4

 Whenever we're developing an OTA, we always check in on cards that have been languishing, which has included Adam Warlock for quite some time. We want every card to succeed somewhere, but Adam Warlock is a special case given how powerful the character is creatively. And make no mistake, this effect is very powerful–drawing a card is one of the strongest things you can do in SNAP, as decks are only 12 cards. Consequently, the card is designed to make that fairly difficult to do.We've considered reworking Adam Warlock, but like Spider-Man 2099 last time, we're going to try something else first. As a 2-Cost card Adam needs to be dramatically more limited, because even 1 Power could help draw multiple cards. As a 5/4, you have to jump through more hoops to accomplish that. That said, drawing one card is a fair bit easier, as Adam carries a chunk of Power to compete for the location. That's why we're staying conservative on Power here–the effect isn't one we want to make commonplace for a lot of decks, especially given it can fuel combo decks. But if you want to work for it, there are cards to be drawn, and maybe this is enough to get it done. 

• Darkhawk
  • [Old] 4/0 - Ongoing: +2 Power for each card in your opponent’s deck.
  • [Change] 4/0 -> 5/4

 This change has been in and out of our builds for several months now, as Darkhawk has consistently flirted with individual performance rates at the top of the metagame and fueled multiple decks to similar heights. We resolved to wait and see what happened after Blob and, well, it looks basically the same. Darkhawk has spent a long time at the top of the mountain as an individual card, so we're making this change to freshen the landscape. There's every chance we'll revert this down the road, in a different metagame.We do also recognize that Zabu is a huge part of Darkhawk's strength, of course. But it's not all on Zabu, and there are other decks with the cat that are fun and healthy. Let's see what Zabu looks like with a new best friend in March. 

• Forge
  • [Old] 1/1 - On Reveal: Give the next card you play +2 Power.
  • [Change] 1/1 -> 2/2

 Funny enough, this is the exact Forge change we started internally all those months ago. It's been a wild ride, but Forge is a great case study in what we like about OTA balancing–things can ebb and flow. For the last few months, Forge has been a lynchpin card for multiple decks and (more importantly) really dwarfing the influence of other 1-Cost cards. In fact, Forge has appeared among the top five most-played of all cards in the game some weeks! It's been a bit much, so we're dialing Forge down to reduce that impact. We expect to improve a few more 1-Cost cards to compensate for this loss in the near future. 

• Ant-Man
  • [Old] 1/1 - Ongoing: If your side of this location is full, +3 Power.
  • [New] 1/1 - Ongoing: If your side of this location is full, +4 Power.

 And we're starting with this one! Ant-Man's one of our favorite cards, playing well for new players while maintaining some longer-term use thanks to Spectrum and Ka-Zar, among others. Given the inherent disadvantages of being a 1-Cost card, putting a little extra Power into Ant-Man's conditional shouldn't shake things up too much but is a meaningful amount of additional strength. 

• America Chavez
  • [Old] 2/3 - On Reveal: Give the top card of your deck +2 Power.
  • [Change] 2/3 -> 1/2

 As we're sending Forge to 2-Cost, it made sense to swap America Chavez down to 1-Cost. These effects are similar enough to seem like they overlap, but America has proven slightly too weak at 2-Cost while Forge was very strong at 1-Cost. Both changes together should leave us with two reasonably healthy cards. 

• Lockjaw
  • [Old] 3/2 - After you play a card here, swap it with a card in your deck. (once per turn)
  • [Change] 3/2 -> 4/5

 Hela and variations on Thanos have both been leaning heavily on Lockjaw lately, and while the decks are fair on performance the card is a bit of an outlier. Lockjaw is fairly clearly a design risk, as a card that "cheats" Energy and kind of draws cards. However, Lockjaw is also a blast to play with! We've tried to maintain a good balance around the effect, but in the last few months it's been a growing concern that even affected future design work. Moving Lockjaw up to 4-Cost takes away an entire turn of swaps, which is a big loss but reins in the raw potential quite a bit. We're compensating that with a healthy amount of extra Power. 

• Sword Master
  • [Old] 3/6 - On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand.
  • [Change] 3/6 -> 3/7

 It's fairly clear that our "simpler" discard enablers struggle to remain competitive, as we've made many strong options in recent seasons. However, even in smaller collections Sword Master is struggling to become a reliable option, which is indicative that the card could improve. This buff makes Sword Master a more reasonable substitute or a complementary card in Discard decks looking for robust amounts of Power. 

• Vulture
  • [Old] 3/3 - When this card moves, +5 Power.
  • [New] 3/3 - When this card moves, +6 Power.

 This increase to Vulture's move ability is another instance of an ongoing trend we're enjoying, which is adding a little bit of strength to some older cards that have narrowed as the game grows. There was a time when playing Vulture was nearly synonymous with playing a Move deck, but that hasn't been the case for a while now. With Shang-Chi now eliminating cards with 10 or more Power, single-move Vultures are also safe at 9 Power, which is a nice bonus for players trying to set up something like Heimdall. — That's all for this week. Until next time, happy snapping!

PLEASE NOTE: If you haven’t updated your game yet, get the latest in the App Store![h2]ART & VISUAL EFFECTS[/h2]

• Refinements to all Albums UI visuals and animations
• The following cards now have Visual FX
  • Silver Samurai
  • Psylocke
  • X-23
  • Bucky Barnes

[h2]AUDIO[/h2]

• The following cards now have Sound FX:
  • Silver Samurai
  • X-23

 This week is a light set of balance and functionality changes. While you're seeing these updates in February, they were actually developed in early January on a compressed schedule in the wake of the holiday season.[h2]CARD UPDATES[/h2]

• Omega Red
  • [Old] 4/5 - Ongoing: If you’re ahead by 10 Power here, +4 Power to other locations.
  • [New] 4/5 - Ongoing: If you're winning here, +3 Power to other locations.

Omega Red has been on our list to improve for a while. This rework seeks to simplify the overall function of the card and push on the novelty of its ability to always affect two locations, even when not played in the middle. The incentives are the same–pile your Power onto Omega Red's location–just a stronger and more elegant execution. 

• Beast
  • [Old] 3/4 - On Reveal: Return your other cards here to your hand. Give them -1 Cost.
  • [New] 2/2 - On Reveal: Return your other cards here to your hand. They cost 1 less next turn.

Beast has been a design constraint, as it strengthens 1-Cost cards in two different ways and plays powerfully with other effects, like Falcon. Previously, we addressed that by moving Beast from 2/2 to 3/4, which was effective for a time. However, today we're trading that change back to get a more efficient Beast with a time-sensitive discount that better suits the card’s Cost. We still want Beast to be a strong card, and we're optimistic this is overall a mostly "sideways" change for him.Moving forward, we expect to look at temporary Cost reductions a little more often to create similar exciting gameplay that "cheats" Energy without pushing as much of the strength into repeated use or a turn 6 flood of cards. 

• Helicarrier
  • [Old] 6/10 - When you discard this, add 3 random cards to your hand.
  • [New] 6/10 - When you discard this, fill your hand with random cards.

Helicarrier hasn't really found an identity in the game, as the effect is awkward to navigate for decks based on discard or Devil Dinosaur (and using both gets even weirder). We're taking the limiter off here to see if an uncapped Helicarrier improves the reward enough to make this a quest worth going on for some decks. At a minimum, Helicarrier should be more exciting to discard now! [h2]Card Logic Fixes in 24.x[/h2]

• Skaar should no longer get multiple cost reductions from Wave

[h2]VFX & SFX Fixes in 24.x[/h2]

• Uatu’s VFX should be restored and his interaction with Deep Space should be properly fixed
• Cards targeted by Annihilus should no longer occasionally disappear when he’s staged

[h2]Other Fixes in 24.x[/h2]

• Fixed a localization issue that caused Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts to display incorrectly
• Krakoa’s location text should now properly render when hovering cards over the location after it’s been triggered
• The top of the Deck Edit UI should now properly extend to the top of the screen
• Longer titles should line-break appropriately during the Matchmaking screen
• Create New Deck icon is now displayed correctly at an angle
• Swapping between favorited variants while editing a deck should no longer result in that variant being visually duplicated in the deck creator
• Token Shop refresh timers should no longer be swapped around
• Fixed an issue that caused Shop assets to fail to load for some users
• Fixed an issue that caused all owned variants to display within the favorites filter in Collection if you upgraded and did not claim rewards off the collection track
• Fixed a localization issue for Conquest Ticket rewards displaying in English for all languages
• Resolved a loading issue that prevented assets from loading when tapping on the Spotlight Cache carousel
• Fixed a visual issue that would suggest Albums are giving rewards in the wrong order
• Album notifications should no longer display behind the Spotlight Cache UI
• Fixed a UI issue that prevented the Tap and Hold text from displaying for some buttons that used the function
• Addressed a minor UI issue with formatting and spacing of some reward types in Albums
• Fixed an issue that could result in Albums being inadvertently Featured when they weren’t intended to be
• Cleaned up an exception that was occasionally causing assets on the Collection Track to not load properly
• Fixed an issue that caused Sort By to reset to Energy after adding/removing a card while deckbuilding in Collection
• Hooked up associated Coal variants for the winter variants for Debrii and Rockslide
• Favorite and Equip buttons should no longer overlap cosmetic names and text on some devices
• The Sort options for Emotes should no longer refer to them as Cards
• When in the “Waiting” state, the End Turn button should no longer blink repeatedly on some devices

[h2]PC Fixed Issues in 24.x[/h2]

• [PC] Card ability text is no longer cut off along the bottom of the Collection screen
• [PC] Album progress indicators are now properly centered

[h2]Existing Known Issues Fixed[/h2]

• Spotlight caches should now become available after claiming a spotlight key as an album reward while under CL 500
• The asset for some boosters on the Season Pass are now rendering in the proper color
• Some VO lines in certain languages are no longer playing at too low of a volume or in the wrong language
• Fixed an issue with Russian and French, 4+ digit quantities missing their notation
• The mission reward animation should no longer fail to play when you tap to complete missions from the main menu carousel
• Newly upgraded infinity variants no longer have some z-fighting or other visual artifacts on the upgrade screen
• Lady Deathstrike's thumb is no longer partially obscured at the base and framebreak rarity levels (hooray!)
• Fixed some item names in bundles that had too-small fonts or could be cut off in some languages.
• The title UI asset should no longer overlap the cardback asset in the cosmetics loadout UI
• Fixed an issue that caused the glowing border asset for adding/removing a card from your deck to occasionally layer improperly and show behind other cards
• The card asset should no longer obscure various UI elements when being claimed off of the CLTR
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused a miniaturized snapshot of the prior game to be seen when transitioning back to the main menu after a match
• The favorites button on the collection screen should no longer be improperly highlighted
• The SOLD text after purchasing a bundle should now be the correct size in all languages
• Cleaned up some oddities with asset layering for Conquest UI
• Spectrum’s VFX for indicating which cards will be impacted by her ability should now be displaying correctly

[h2]Existing Known PC Issues Fixed[/h2]

• [PC] Deck names in the collection screen should no longer overlap

 [h2]New Known Issues for Existing Features and Content in 24.x[/h2]

• After upgrading the client, players may see Albums display as unavailable or locked, this can be resolved by relaunching the app
• Spider-Ham’s VFX can occasionally cause an Aw Snap to occur
• Set As Favorite not responsive when claiming Album emote rewards
• Album reward quantities can sometimes display behind the reward asset
• The option to undo all actions won’t display if you tap on the button as a card is still animating into position on the board
• The text string for the Mystery S3 card in the Token Shop isn’t localized for all languages
• The VFX for a card being upgradable may not be visible upon receiving or purchasing enough credits to upgrade them
• The location backgrounds will occasionally be blank when Legion is played on Sinister London
• Card details are still visible when converted to Tokens from the Spotlight Cache
• Cards may render incorrectly when tilted in the Artist detail view after upgrading
• Cards destroyed by Yondu may not always be visible to the Yondu player
• The emote and information panels may not be fully rendered properly
• The “New” label in the Shop can be occasionally obscured by other assets
• Tapping on a card during the Deck Building animation can cause the background to unblur
• Seasonal Music may stop playing when changing languages through Settings
• Missing background scrim when cancelling a card upgrade from the post-match screen

[h2]PC New Known Issues in 24.x[/h2]

• [PC] After frequently removing or adding cards to deck, the ability to remove a card may become disabled until exiting and re-entering the Deck Edit screen

[h2]Existing Known Issues[/h2]

• A Pig created by Spider-Ham targeting an evolved High Evolutionary card is not considered as having no ability text by things such as Washington D.C.
• Card Back assets may not render properly in all areas of the game for some devices
• The dropshadow of the title asset on the Cosmetics screen may be misaligned
• Shop elements can be interacted with in the background of the Fast Upgrade UI
• The “Show” text of the Collection search filter is sometimes vertically misaligned
• Some visual artifacts may occur when upgrading cards in post-match
• After buying a card from the Token Shop, the other timers may briefly show an incorrect timer
• On rare occasions when using the Smart Deck feature the cards won’t render properly and be invisible in the Deck Editor view
• Tapping on the same emote multiple times from the Collection will result in the asset not loading in the preview
• After tapping on the Clone button on the drop-down menu of a Deck, that drop-down isn’t closed
• Player’s can’t play to Super Skrull’s location when an opposing Jean Grey is in play elsewhere
• The transition is abrupt and the screen flickers when opting to go view a deck created by the Smart Deck builder from the Collection Track
• The “Nevermind” button will return you to the collection screen rather than the card detail view when opting to not make a deck with smart deck builder
• There’s a superfluous tab indicator on the new emotes panel that isn’t accessible
• Emote assets blink into existence when viewing Album rewards
• Clicking on the “Go To Deck” button after using the Smart Deck builder can briefly display the main menu before transitioning properly to deck edit
• The edit deck button collider when selecting a deck isn’t large enough making the right side not responsive
• Previewing the Infinity border of a variant in the shop and then tapping the purchase button without completing the purchase will prevent previewing other rarities until closing and reopening the card detail view
• The arrows for scrolling between rarity previews don’t grey out when there are no more options in either direction
• An On Reveal card played before Wong will see an icon in the card detail view that implies it’s affected by Wong when it hasn’t been
• Card ability text overlaps the upgrade text when upgrading during post-match
• Symbiote VFX for cards being merged by Klyntar flicker briefly as each card is merged
• Nico Minoru’s VFX aren’t displaying properly when she’s initially drawn to hand
• Occasionally cards drawn from the Mind Stone will flicker briefly in hand
• Spotlight Cache preview assets are occasionally failing to load on the main menu carousel
• On very rare occasions the Shop button on the navigation bar may become unresponsive (restarting the app should correct this)
• The string for “Nowhere to Play” extends outside of the UI panel in Japanese
• If you have the S3 claim reward confirmation up at the time that the card timer rolls over, the UI is no longer closable
• Attempting to claim multiple rewards from the Collection Level track simultaneously can result in an error occurring
• The flare icon for some infinity split cards is occasionally missing its asset and displaying as a white block
• Occasional Z-fighting can be seen when card reveals and VFX occur while the player information panels are open
• Distorted SFX can occur when scrolling through the CLTR after upgrading a card
• Living Tribunal's VFX can repeat if played with certain other cards
• Card flare effects aren't playing to full effect
• Hulks generated by Gamma Lab show VFX for High Evolutionary but do not receive the updated ability.
• VFX associated with High Evolutionary’s evolved cards can occasionally persist after the card or location has been destroyed
• The infinity split prompt extends out of frame in Japanese
• The pin button persists on the token shop after you’ve claimed that card but does not function
• Evolved Shocker’s VFX initially target nothing
• [Conquest] Occasionally the exclusive card progress bar doesn’t update appropriately until you’ve switched screens
• Missions may not visually update properly when on the missions screen as the timer rolls over
• Hard restarting your app in the middle of a Fast Upgrade can cause an error to occur after you’ve restarted necessitating another restart to fix
• SFX do not play when retreating on turn 1
• It can be hard to add or delete letters in the deck name on Android.
• Mysterio’s token doesn’t update appropriately in all views when a using a variant.
• Cards in the Fast Upgrade section occasionally show the incorrect art.
• Quantum Realm doesn't reduce the power of cards that have their cost and power swapped.
• Series 3 Token shop may show duplicate items before it’s rolled through each card..
• If you own all Series 4 and 5 cards as well as all Ultimate variants then the token shop will become inaccessible for Series 3 cards as well
• Logging out and attempting to sign in via a different method can result in a hang on the Assembling splash
• When Scarlet Witch or Reality Stone changes a location to Project Pegasus or Tinkerer's Workshop, this location can trigger two turns.
• Corners of cards can appear cut off when tilted during the card detail view
• A long delay can occur an indestructible card such as colossus is played on Murderworld
• Infinity Stone card descriptions overlap the art assets in Korean
• Upgrade button not greyed out when the player doesn’t have enough credits
• [Conquest] Repeatedly tapping on screen as you exit Conquest may cause the UI to break and require a restart to fix
• If a player immediately restarts the app after fast upgrading a card they may see the upgrade rollback
• Mission packs don't refresh if you're looking at them (need to change screens to see them update)
• The favorites icon may unintentionally be highlighted when equipping new cosmetics
• The “Set as Favorite” UI can become misaligned when swapping between languages
• The 20th deck can occasionally be partially obscured by the UI when scrolling through
• Occasionally the word “Free” on the daily 50 credits icon can change to a “0”
• The currently selected deck may not always be the deck in focus when opening Deck Selection
• The “Claimed” banner on the season pass may be misaligned for some levels
• The carousel banners for Weekend Missions occasionally show incorrectly as “Season Missions”
• The dropdown menu doesn’t move with the deck list as the player scrolls
• The losing player’s avatar in Conquest and Friendly battle will occasionally display incorrectly at match end

[h2]PC Specific Known Issues[/h2]

• [PC] Mission progression toast messages can appear in and obscure parts of the Conquest UI
• [PC] It can be difficult to preview the Spotlight Cache cards from the carousel due to the buttons being too small
• [PC] Toggling between the Deck Edit and Cosmetics tabs of the Collection can result in the Favorites button being incorrectly highlighted
• [PC] Multiple tabs can be highlighted at once if using a touchscreen device
• [PC] The "Never Seen Before" UI can overlap the Retreat UI in Friendly Battles
• [PC] The background assets of the Conquest UI can briefly disappear when transitioning between UI
• [PC] Some UI artifacting can occur at different PC resolutions
• [PC] After toggling between portrait and landscape mode the player is occassionally brought to the Collection screen instead of the Main Menu
• [PC] The season missions tab isn't properly highlighted when accessing the missions UI from the Main Menu
• [PC] Hovering over the emojis in card detail view while in a match highlights the base emoji as well
• [PC] The main menu may flicker briefly when returning to it from other screens
• [PC] The “Swap this Variant into All Decks” UI modal doesn’t always close appropriately
• [PC] The weekly missions reward UI is missing its blur effect
• [PC] Using Fast Upgrade from the Shop can cause some minor but strange UI layering issues with the collection screen
• [PC] Mousewheel scrolling doesn’t work in the gaps between avatars in the Avatar selection screen
• [PC] The loading splash screen briefly displays on screen when completing a purchase from the shop
• [PC] Assets may layer or display oddly at the top of the Collection Track for players who have not unlocked Spotlight Caches
• [PC] The red notification pip may be missing from the Collection Level tab when there are rewards to claim
• [PC] Some cards viewed from the Albums UI are missing their series label

 

This month we’re introducing the Black Order, and one of the fiercest among them is headed your way. Black Swan has escaped the confines of the Illuminati and is now looking to terrorize your opponents!  The last of her people, Black Swan seeks out vengeance for those she lost. Her strength is matched only by her telepathic abilities and she will be an immediate force on the playing field.[h2]NEW CHARACTER: BLACK SWAN[/h2] On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, your 1-Cost cards cost 0.
 [h2]SEASON REWARDS[/h2]  And here comes the rest of the Black Order to provide reinforcements! We have another great season of new cards lined up, starting with Supergiant on week one.[h3]SERIES 5[/h3] On Reveal: All cards played next turn don't reveal until the game ends. [h3]SERIES 5[/h3] You can only play this where you have a 1-Cost card. [h3]SERIES 5[/h3] On Reveal: Discard 2 cards from your hand to get +1 Max Energy. [h3]SERIES 5[/h3] When this is discarded, jumps to your lowest-Power location. (that isn't full)
 [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, Skaar, releasing as a Series 5 card on February 6th.

• February 6th: Skaar - Series 5 Release
• February 6th: Supergiant - Series 5 Release
• February 13th: Cull Obsidian - Series 5 Release
• February 20th: Corvus Glaive - Series 5 Release
• February 27th: Proxima Midnight - 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]February 6th:[/h2]

• Supergiant
• Darkhawk
• Zabu

[h2][/h2][h2]February 13th:[/h2]

• Cull Obsidian
• Nimrod
• Thanos

[h2][/h2][h2]February 20th:[/h2]

• Corvus Glaive
• Gladiator
• X23

[h2][/h2][h2]February 27th:[/h2]

• Proxima Midnight
• M.O.D.O.K.
• Daken

 [h3][/h3] 

• Sanctuary II: Add a random Infinity Stone to your hand.

• Black Vortex: The first card you play here becomes a random 6-Cost card.

 [h3][/h3] There are 30+ New Art Variants coming to the game this season - including 5 brand-new Artgerm variants debuting in this month’s shop takeover![h3]Shop Takeover: Artgerm - February 29th & March 1st[/h3]

• Aero
• Black Cat
• Psylocke
• Jean Grey
• Dazzler
• Invisible Woman
• Valkyrie
• Mister Fantastic
• White Queen
• Human Torch
• Killmonger
• Carnage
• She-Hulk
• Ghost Spider
• Magik
• Doctor Doom
• Captain Marvel

 [h3][/h3] Watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and a sweet Mystery Variant! Drops will be available from February 27th - March 5th. Don’t miss out!

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The metagame has been in excellent shape for the last couple weeks, with a lot of different decks enjoying success and many new cards spawning fascinating innovations. We want to keep that going with today's OTA, so our focus is largely on improving underused cards. 

• Luke Cage
  • [Old] 2/3 - Ongoing: Your cards here can’t have their Power reduced.
  • [New] 3/4 - Ongoing: Your cards can’t have their Power reduced.

Last year, we found Luke Cage was having a big impact on the metagame relative to the opportunity cost of playing with him. Giving up turn 2 to play a card that had the potential to neutralize multiple later-turn plays from an entire class of card effects was a bit too generous, since Luke asked nothing more than to be in play.We decided to adjust Luke to be a stronger card that concentrates on one location, like Armor, and learn what that might change. Since then, Luke has underperformed with that change even in the decks we thought would still play the effect happily, such as Cerebro-3. So we're taking the other route and returning Luke's effect to be global but at a higher Cost. 

• Hulkbuster
  • [Old] 3/5 - On Reveal: Merge this with one of your cards here.
  • [Change] 3/5 -> 2/3

Because the strongest Destroy deck by far was all about Deadpool, we also wanted to look at weakening some of the best ways to make huge Deadpools. Hulkbuster was one such card, but it's also a fun card for other strategies, like Move and the occasional kooky brew. Since the real problem was how much Power Hulkbuster was adding to Deadpool, we decided to keep it fairly efficient on rate and just shrink down the numbers. Hopefully this change actually creates some opportunity for play alongside things like Multiple Man and Werewolf By Night while weakening Deadpool specifically–we want to keep Hulkbuster a solid card. 

• Heimdall
  • [Old] 6/8 - On Reveal: Move your other cards one location to the left.
  • [Change] 6/8 -> 6/9

In our ongoing evaluation of 6-Cost cards, we think Heimdall is ripe for a boost. Having 8-Power used to protect Heimdall from Shang-Chi, but now that Shang-Chi's threshold increased we can likewise boost up some of these 8-Power big cards for a little extra oomph. 

• Spider-Man 2099
  • [Old] 4/6 - The first time this moves to any location, destroy an enemy card there.
  • [Change] 4/6 -> 5/9

Spider-Man 2099 has been a below-average card for quite a while–never one of the worst, but also not a true contender. We're open to considering more significant adjustments, but in the interim we've decided to experiment with a stat change. As we noted around Hercules in another update, we'd like to try and get some "big move" cards into fighting shape. 2099 represents an opportunity for us to explore the kinds of effects and statlines cards need to exist in that space while potentially giving an underperforming card some new life. 

• Ghost
  • [Old] 1/2 - Ongoing: Your cards are always revealed last. (Their On Reveal abilities happen last.)
  • [Change] 1/2 -> 3/5

Ghost has a similar story to Spider-Man 2099. While we evaluate potential changes, we're going to take advantage of a stat improvement to learn more about the effect and its potential impact. We think it's fair to position the effect like a small drawback in the current metagame, as "fixing" reveal priority comes with greater risk. Most of the current strength came from Ghost being a 1-Cost Ongoing card, but there are other options for that in Spectrum decks today (and likely the future).  That's all for this week. Until next time, happy snapping!