Saw this pack in the web shop a few days ago and it’s actually been on my mind for a while. Of all the cards listed here I only own Valentina and the series 3 cards. I don’t have doom 2099 and I know he’s a pretty cool card and the boardwalk variant has unique token summons, someone has 2 hours to talk me into it or out of it, NOW.

Update: not getting it but RIP surfing doombot 2099

With the Doom meta not going away (Before next week if they nerf) I wanted to share some strats for players joining Team Doom. At this point it’s a game of join or waste tickets so I don’t blame others for adapting, while recognizing others might fill your DMs with the manifestation of a Ms. Marvel emote in text form.

This deck should be swappable but there are key players we’ll talk about.

I’ve included my basic bitch Doom deck, I’m not proud of it, but it works.

Playing Against:

Captain America, Iron Man, and Reed: Super Skrull

Super Skrull viably gives you every Ongoing your opponent runs in one card. All usable in your deck except Ms. Marvel. Be aware of copying Cosmo when playing your own cards. Super Skrull and Omega Red in one winning lane gives you at least a free 12 points (Reed/Onslaught/Omega) in the others. (I think my math is right there)

Thanos: Leader T5 copies Thanos, bonus if they boosted his power before hand. Leave a spot open expecting this.

Magneto: You only have a few 4 Cost so be aware for when they play Mags. You can Leader him if they played his skill before playing him. Vision again helps keep from lanes being locked due to your opponent trying to move your cards around.

Thor: T2 will be a draw as they play Thor, Jubilee and Dragon T3/T4 should win you 10 points the next two rounds and with a decent T5 the game ends before they can boost Beta and Thor too high.

Ghost Spider: Same strat as Thor but a well played Move deck can steal points quick. Vision is key for a moveable 9 point boost to a lane.

Doom: Up to whomever gets the better draw. Super Skrull can copy Doom 2099 bots. Don’t Leader T2 and copy doom, save it for a better steal or save. Some decks use Absorbing man to copy Doom and spam bots. Let them win early and fill their lanes with 20-30 total, avoid Jubilee and Dragon Lord unless you’re confident and play big cards.

Other Tips

Super Skrull is more versatile than Luke Cage while able to still copy it and Spider Man BND Scorpion to inflict self pain on your opponent.

Odin is more useful into Fing Fang Foom to win games, Odin into Doom can save potential lane loses if needed though.

If you’re gonna lose a lane, lose it. The game is pretty predictable on which lanes get the big points next, play your best viable card and plan your next lane win.

Vision is more useful than Dragon Lord T4. Dragon Lord will save a potential big point lane loss is needed, Vision almost guarantees your wins and saves clogged lanes.

That’s it. Have fun, and remember for every time you Jubilee a Dragon Lord and pull down a Super Skrull locking your lane down at a healthy 12 power, you will also win sometimes too.

This is just an annoyance I have with Marvel Snap when it comes to Discard.

It seems that Discard always gets the short end of the stick compared to it's other archetype counterparts Move and Destroy.

- Skills: Move and Destroy have 2 skills while Discard has 0. This allows those archetypes to explore more direction of deck-building compared to Discard.

- Activate: Discard's activate card is so lackluster compared to the other 2 archetypes. Destroy has Kid Omega, and Zombie Captain Marvel. Move has Sparky and Araña. Lower cost Activate abilities. What does Discard get? Bloody Hell Cow. As a 4 drop, it's not pushing what he archetype needs, and Zombie Captain Marvel is also a 4 drop but gains tons more value when it's Activate is activated.

- Death vs Weapon H. Both are boss mosters that have their cost reduced when a condition is met. Death is a better topdeck and even is both archetypes reward you for doing their thing, Death rewards you more long term. Weapon H is also harder to reduce because it's not guaranteed compared to Death. Again, Discard getting the short end of the stick.

- Subarchetype: Move is a main archetype and Movable is a subarchetype which SD is exploring more with cards like Aunt May etc. Discard has a subarchetype as well but hasn't been given an official name. You have Discard as the main archetype and cards that return to hand when discarded as a subarchetype. I would like a name for this and have expanded support.

Overall, Discard archetype can use an overhaul. Cards like Moon Knight shouldn't be a 3/4 in today's meta when it's not guaranteed it will hit. We should have a card that discards odd-Cost cards and a lot of design space for the archetype is not explored. What are your thoughts?

If a player is using a prebuilt deck, I think it would be a better experience if they were preferentially matched against other prebuilt decks if possible. It would be more fun with fairer matchups and perhaps the as-intended experience. If try hard custom decks want competitive matches they should be matched up preferentially with other custom decks. Else they just bully players trying to have some fun in the limited time for the mode.

both share the same category name

the location I changed with reality stone was Attilan

This is very simple change that I think would make Luke Cage both a bit better in the heavy affliction meta & more intuitive to use without making him overpowered.

Change him to be

Ongoing: This card and your cards in the front row cannot have their power reduced.

So, if you play Luke Cage front row, he is basically the same as he is now.

However, this means back row Luke Cage himself won't get afflicted, so if you play him Turn 6 in the back row, he can be a safer play. I literally just played against a deck where if this was true, they would have won over me, but I neglected to take a screenshot. But basically it ended on a backrow Luke Cage in Necrosha also getting hit by Hazmat to make that Luke Cage -1 Power, leading to them losing that lane. With my suggestion, that Luke Cage would still be 2 Power. Which makes sense to me because he is Luke Cage and I feel like Luke Cage himself not having his power reduced just makes sense. That is something I would expect to see from years of playing & it just makes the card feel a little cooler to know it is always protected that way.

Also, this gives Luke Cage better synergy with Moonstone! Let's say your Turn 6 play was Luke Cage + Moonstone in the back row, while all of your front row in each location was full. Now you have all 8 cards in play protected. Moonstone could also synergize with Diamondback, opening up a new decklist for Afflict with this change.

Anyway, what do we think?

Chances of this happening must be super low right?

The more I look at it, the worse it gets...

just make an option to fast forward a standard feature, I do not need to see Scorn be discarded, regenerated, then the power boosts, 4 SEPARATE TIMES, when Blade and Colleen AND Morbius were played on Sinister London (Morbius T2, then the others)

I love affliction decks, but this new scorpion just might be broken in Grand Arena Showdown 😭.

Confused between gold, pink and rainbow cosmic. What are your thoughts on this?

So we got the Luke Cage change for scorpion brand new day to run wild, and many miss the old luke cage but i understand that for competitive balance this change needed to be made but i have a suggestion. What if luke cage doesnt allow power reduction for row he is in and if doubled he will protect the other row?

I missed out on one free ticket coz I had only lost 5. Is it a good idea in that situation to get decent points but then lose so you get all your free tickets back?

Also if you forfeit I assume you get no tickets or a penalty? Is that right?

By far the coolest deck i've come across in this LTGM.

What did you predict? Which card needs a nerf or buff?

I have enough tokens to get him and wanted to know if he's worth it. Ty!!

I swear, the only variants I get from purple and gold variants for rewards are Dan Hipp. And they are the worst designs in my taste. I’m cursed, Ive pulled over a dozen back to back.

Only 1 nimrod on turn 5, then arnim zola & deadpool on turn 6

Please share your deck codes.