Here are the best decks for new players in Marvel Snap—with the best pool 1 cards—plus some tips on how to get new cards in the card battling game.
Marvel Snap, the new card battler from Second Dinner Studios, is a refreshing change of pace for the genre, with quick games and a design built for easy phone playing. But with a lot of cards to sort through, it can be difficult to figure out how to get new ones or what to play.
Fear not, battlers. After having a blast playing this game for hours on end, here are some of my favorite decks to play in Pool 1 (and what that means), as well as how to add new cards to your collection.
The brief answer: Just keep playing!
The long answer: Marvel Snap ditches some of the pay-to-win mechanics of its competitors, allowing you to get every card in the game for free (randomly, though, you can’t purchase or craft specific cards). As you play, you will earn Credits (they’re blue and kind of look like computer chips) and Boosters (green, and kind of look like atoms). Credits apply to all cards, while Boosters are specific to certain cards. By using both, you can upgrade your cards into rarer, cooler-looking versions.
In addition to making you feel good about your collection, upgrading cards also increases your Collection Level. This number represents the overall strength of your collection, and is viewable at the top of the home page – it’s the number in a green border under your profile picture. Every few Collection Levels, you will unlock something – sometimes it’s Credits, sometimes it’s Boosters, but occasionally it is a Mystery Card.
Mystery Cards will unlock one random card in the “Pool” that you are in. From Collection Level 18 to 214, you are in Pool 1, and will only get cards from that Pool. Pool 2 unlocks at 222, and Pool 3 unlocks at 486 (it will take you a while to get to either of those).
So let’s just talk about Pool 1, since that’s where the majority of you are going to be. What are the easiest and best decks to execute on in the beginning stages of your Marvel Snap journey?
Here are some of my favorite options so far.
