MARVEL SNAP News

Patch Notes - February 11, 2025

PLEASE NOTE: If you haven’t updated your game yet, get the latest in the App Store![h2][/h2][h2]PATCH HIGHLIGHTS[/h2]
Character Mastery has arrived! It’s a brand new way to show your friends and adversaries just how much you REALLY love your favorite characters. Each time you collect a new Variant or Infinity Split your cards, you will earn Mastery XP and unlock fantastic new rewards along the way. Don’t worry – Everything you’ve already invested into your MARVEL SNAP collection will count toward your progress and be rewarded!

Later this month, an all-new game made is coming to Marvel SNAP: Sanctum Showdown! We won’t reveal all of the magic right now but read below for a bit of a preview.
[h2]FEATURES[/h2]

Character Mastery
- Players will now see a Mastery tab for every character in their collection
- Mastery Level takes into account the number of times a player has Infinity Split that character and how many variants they own. Players with many variants and Infinity Split cards can expect to collect quite a few rewards with the rollout of Character Mastery!
- On a per-character basis, players can unlock a multitude of new cosmetics by gaining mastery. Some examples: Frosted Glass and Psychedelic finishes, Rainbow Confetti and Bananas flare.
- Every character in a player’s collection that has Mastery rewards will have a golden ? gem icon on the bottom right of the card. Clicking on the card and going to the Mastery tab will auto-claim rewards.
- The max Mastery Level is set to 30. That is the level that unlocks a character-specific Reaction Set.
- Check out the full blog on Character Mastery [here].

Sanctum Showdown
- Starting February 25th, we'll debut an all-new game mode: Sanctum Showdown!
- Instead of ending the game on turn 6, you'll score points each turn in Sanctum Showdown based on which locations you're winning. First to score 16 points wins!
- Each game costs a Scroll to play, similar to a Conquest ticket, and you'll earn 2 more Scrolls every 8 hours (and more in other ways). You'll also get your ticket back whenever you win a game!
- Win or lose, you'll walk away from every game with points to spend on new cards and cosmetics from the Sanctum Shop. That's right–new cards plural! The shop will have unowned Series 4 and Series 5 rewards along with our new Portal Pull featuring Gorgon, Laufey, and Uncle Ben!
- Check out our blog and in-game tutorial for more information and rules.

Album Favoriting
- Wishing you could favorite Albums? Well, now you can! Favorite Albums will have their own section when viewing all Albums
- Variants in your favorite Album(s) will display a different album icon
- Albums will be sorted based on distance to next reward

[h2]GAMEPLAY[/h2]
You may notice a new “Banished” section of the in-match player profile next to “Discarded” and “Destroyed”. What’s that all about? You’ll have to stay tuned…
[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]Card & Location Fixes in 37.x

Bruce Banner’s reference token should show the correct Hulk
An edge case where Sandman played on Aunt May’s and moved to Deep Space would result in a player being unable to play cards should no longer occur

Card and Location Art Fixes in 37.x

White Widow’s Rose Besch variant should no longer have a broken leg
Lasher’s SFX should be hooked up appropriately
Fixed an issue with one of Madame Web’s variants that was preventing Infinity split finishes from displaying
Temporarily disabled Sage’s drag VFX due to an issue with how they displayed in instances where location position was changed.
- This should be properly fixed and the VFX restored in a future release
Cleaned up a wide range of smaller artifacts and other visual issues with various Avatars

Other Fixes in 37.x

Fixed an issue that was causing event reward progress to carry over and cause rewards to appear claimed in a new run of the same event
Adjusted some asset layering for the Super Premium splash pages
Repositioned the closing X on the Collector’s Vault screen so it’s not as high and obtrusive

Alliance Fixes in 37.x

Addressed some visual issues with how Chat would function and scroll when the on-screen keyboard was still up
Players should no longer encounter a softlock when trying to edit Alliance details that contain particular special characters

PC Fixes in 37.x

The Series/Rarity tag on a card should now show up when using the Custom Card editor
Artist Details should now show when viewing a card in the Custom Card editor

Localization Fixes in 37.x

The text associated with Mission Refills should be once again be properly translated across languages

New Season: Brave New World

It’s time to pass the shield. Yes… THAT shield. Sam Wilson is here to show us that there is more than one way to carry the legacy of Captain America. With Diamondback slithering into play, and Thaddeus Ross lurking in the shadows, we won’t have to wait long to see how strong our new Captain America is.

SEASON PASS

Sam Wilson has some big shoes to fill as the new Captain America, but with this new ability and Cap’s Shield at his side, he’ll have all the tools he needs to defend against any new threats.[h2]NEW CHARACTER: Sam Wilson Captain America[/h2]

Game Start: Add Cap's Shield to a random location.

Ongoing: You can move Cap's Shield.

Ongoing: This can't be destroyed.

Give your Cap +2 Power when this moves to Cap's location.
[h2]SEASON REWARDS[/h2]

[h2]SUPER PREMIUM REWARDS[/h2]

NEW CHARACTERS!

Pass the mantle of Cap, or the title of The Falcon, just don’t pass on these awesome new characters![h3]SERIE 5[/h3]

Ongoing: The On Reveal abilities of your 1-Cost cards here happen twice.

[h3]SERIE 5[/h3]

When your opponent ends a turn with unspent Energy, draw a card with 10 or more Power.

[h3]SERIE 5[/h3]

The first time this moves, add a card from your hand to the old location.

[h3]SERIE 5[/h3]

Ongoing: Enemy cards here afflicted with negative Power have an additional -2 Power.
[h2]So, when can you expect new cards in the Token Shop?[/h2]You can expect new cards to be released weekly - the previous month’s Season Pass Card, Iron Patriot, will be released as a Series 5 card on February 11th.

Feb 4th: Joaquin Torres - Series 5 Release
Feb 11th: Iron Patriot - Series 5 Release
Feb 11th: Thaddeus Ross - Series 5 Release
Feb 18th: Redwing - Series 5 Release
Feb 25th: Diamondback - Series 5 Release

New Series 4 and Series 5 cards appear in the Token Shop and the Spotlight Cache. As you level up your Collection Level, Spotlight Caches become available for you to unlock a Series 4, Series 5 card, Spotlight Variants, and more.

SPOTLIGHT CACHES!

[h2]Feb 4th:[/h2]

Joaquin Torres
Makkari
Namora

[h2][/h2][h2]Feb 11th:[/h2]

Thaddeus Ross
Blink
Nebula

[h2][/h2][h2]Feb 18th:[/h2]

Redwing
Loki
Baron Zemo

[h2][/h2][h2]Feb 25th:[/h2]

Diamondback
Nimrod
The Phoenix Force

NEW LOCATIONS!

Smithsonian Museum: Your cards here have +1 Power for each Ongoing among them.

Madripoor: After each turn, give the highest-Cost card(s) here +2 Power.

NEW ALBUMS!

Get all new Avatars, Variants, and Emotes by completing two new albums!

Make sure everyone knows that your plays are worth 3x Value by collecting this awesome new Viktor Farro album! The album drops on Feb 4th.

Collect 3: Darkhawk - Viktor Farro Avatar
Collect 6: 2000 Collector’s Tokens
Collect 9: Darkhawk - 3x Value Emote
Collect 12: Darkhawk - Viktor Farro Variant

Quad Blasters and Battle Staves on the runway? Must be the new Lemon Fashion album. Popping up on Feb 25th.

Collect 2: Elsa Bloodstone - Lemon Fashion Avatar
Collect 4: 2 Neon White Card Borders
Collect 6: 2000 Collector’s Tokens
Collect 8: Elsa Bloodstone - Lemon Fashion Variant

SHOP TAKEOVERS

This season we’re bringing two takeovers with some incredible NEW Variants!

Fans of Viktor Farro rejoice! Six new variants, along with six of our favorites will be taking over the shop from Feb 4-5th

Eight Brand new Lemon Fashion Variants will be taking over the shop on February 25th.

MUSIC OF MARVEL SNAP

Did you know that your favorite tracks from Marvel Snap are also on your favorite streaming platform? Volume 3 is out now on all major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube, and Amazon music!

TWITCH DROPS

Make sure you watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and a Premium Mystery Variant! Drops will be available from February 18-24th. Don’t miss out!

Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Random Boosters
Watch 4 hours to earn: 250 Credits
Watch 6 hours to earn: Premium Mystery Variant

If Sam Wilson is going to stand up to the new threats, he’s going to need your help! Build some sweet new decks around him and show us your favorite plays on Discord and Socials. See you out there!

January 30th - Balance Updates

No lengthy preamble this week! We've got a handful of buffs and nerfs to freshen up the metagame as the season comes to a close, so let's dive in.
[h2]Dagger[/h2]

[Old] 2/0 - When this moves to a location, +3 Power for each enemy card there.
[New] 2/2 - When this moves to a location, +2 Power for each enemy card there.

The "Move Bounce" deck has been a top contender at high Infinite for a while now, but that strength wasn't really proliferating down into the wider metagame for the most part. Given that, we decided to "let them fight" and see if the top players could crack their own metagame. However, over the last few weeks we've seen the deck solidify its position and even start to surge across other audiences, so we've decided to take some balance action instead. This change will reduce the ceiling on Dagger, one of the deck's strongest options for scaling Power.
[h2]Araña[/h2]

[Old] 1/1 - Activate: Give the next card you play +2 Power and move it to the right.
[New] 1/2 - Activate: Give the next card you play +1 Power and move it to the right.

In addition to the Dagger change, this softer nerf specifically aims to weaken Araña's synergy with Human Torch. Tucking an extra point of Power into Araña won't damage the card in other use cases very much, so it's just a soft hedge on top of the Dagger change.
[h2]Spectrum[/h2]

[Old] 6/6 - On Reveal: Give your Ongoing cards +2 Power.
[Change] 6/6 -> 6/7

One of the things we love to do with OTAs is push up underperforming archetypes. The Ongoing deck had quite the heyday in 2024, but since then we've seen it slide back into the shadows. Moonstone was a unique and helpful boost this season, and we'll see a few more additions release in February that we think an improved Spectrum could better support.
[h2]Namora[/h2]

[Old] 5/6 - On Reveal: Give +5 Power to each of your cards alone at another location.
[Change] 5/6 -> 5/7

Similarly, the "Namora deck" is a fun and unique archetype in SNAP that we want to keep positioned as an option. Peni Parker aimed to give that deck slightly more support as another way to develop single-card Power as well as some mobility on the board, but we didn't see quite as much lift as we'd hoped for. An extra point of Power should help.
[h2]Leader[/h2]

[Old] 6/3 - On Reveal: Copy the enemy card(s) with the highest Power played this turn, but on your side.
[Change] 6/3 -> 6/4

Once a metagame terror, Leader has languished of late as one of our least popular 6-Cost cards. While Leader is among the best at countering an enemy 6-Cost, the metagame has been hostile enough to them that this capacity wasn't very useful. An extra Power won't suddenly shift Leader to the top of the metagame, but it will help account for the softer impact the card has been having.
[h2]Sandman[/h2]

[Old] 5/7 - On Reveal: Next turn, cards cost 1 more. (maximum 6)
[Change] 5/7 -> 5/8

Sandman's new form hasn't provided enough metagame pressure against decks flooding the board on turn 6, so we're pouring on more sand. We don't want to push Sandman so far that the card becomes the default disruptive option–cards like Legion, Aero, and Vision are a little more fun–but we do want to have the card performing the job of sheriff on some of these strategies a little better.
[h2]Ms. Marvel[/h2]

[Old] Ongoing: Your adjacent locations with 2+ cards and no repeated Costs have +5 Power.
[Change] 4/4 -> 4/5

Nothing too crazy here. Kamala Khan has been around for a while, but in recent times hasn't found many strong homes at the top of the metagame. A bit of extra Power will help compete with the robust complement of 4-Cost cards we're seeing today. Perhaps even in some particularly sophisticated Namora decks?
[h2]Luna Snow[/h2]

[Old] 3/5 - On Reveal: Add an Ice Cube to each side of this location.
[Change] 3/5 -> 3/6

Luna Snow released a little weaker than we'd aimed for, so we're trying a bit of extra Power. A 3/6 with an ability that's often an upside is unusual, but the performance of the 3/5 implies rather strongly that the effect is either a lot weaker than we thought, or less useful to existing strategies. So we're going to see how this Power bump changes things because that will add more context to what's going on and help us see through the snowstorm, so to speak.

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That's all for this week. Until next time, happy snapping!

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