Hearthstone Pro Tries to Guess How Good Marvel Snap Cards Are 

Wtf im watching now and dekkster made himself look like the star. He cut out my entire fire-breathing routine.

People are sleeping on how good Jubilee is because they don't understand what the card actually does. If you extrapolate her text to say "Draw a card from your deck, then put that card into play" it becomes more obvious why she's good. Drawing cards in Snap is extremely good due to the deck size, which is why the two other cards that allows you to draw more cards from your deck are value loss cards (and why most "draw" cards actually generate cards). Jubilee however is a value positive card that also draws, which is nuts.

The best thing about Snap is that every card is good and they have their own unique style of being balanced and efficient. And oh there's also Baron so there's that.

That was definitely entertaining. However, I would have enjoyed it even more if you would have explained more of the game play to RedBeard, like snapping for example. It might have sparked more insights on how HS and Snap differ and how this effects card evaluation.

As an ex HS player i know it's hard to value a lot of snap cards because HS is all about tempo while snap is more combo and synergy oriented. Two 3 drops in HS are often more valueable than a 6 Cost while in Snap cards have a much higher power budget the closer they get to turn 6.

I think it would be more fun if you add more context for the guest, like what's the vanilla stat for each energy, or that the last turn is turn 6

While Yondu isn’t great in a vacuum isn’t great, his effect is considered a destroy, so he is utilized in Death decks as a cheap way to grab 1 discount, potentially 2 with Carnage/Killmonger. I’d liken the Pools to different HS expansions, like Pool 1 being Classic and Pool 2 being Naxxramas.

Feel like Yondu is kinda under rated (not saying he is *good*, just under rated). While it is true that in other games burning cards from deck is worthless, in marvel snap, because you only have one copy of a card per deck, the information that Yondu gives is so much more valuable. It is so satisfying when Yondu burns a key finisher or a counter card, because you know then that you won't have to play around that card. He's definitely not a strong consideration to include in most decks, but in the hands of a meta-knowledgable player, the info Yondu give can be invaluable. I personally use him in my *Weenie Bounce* deck, and burning two cards is really satisfying. You can deck your opponent out

The RedBeard collaboration that was promised! Fantastic video

This video is really fun, I'd love to see more like it if that's even possible 😅

I hope this game would be consistently played, he’s a great game, cool design for cards, easy to learn to play, no pay to win, that’s a yes for me

I mean jubilee is great. On turn 4 you have 5 cards in your deck. It's 20% to get a specific cards, but if you have infinauts/devil dino/ magneo/white tiger or even cards like wong or spider woman - it's pure value. It's like ramp decks from hearthstone.

Fun video! Tho one thing I would add: Make sure to show the person the base cards that have no ability, for every Energy Cost, so they have a good idea of what a base "stats for the cost" would be, and then they can value the ability of the cards, and if they're worth it or not. In this case, those would be: 1 Cost - Misty Knight 2 Cost - Shocker 3 Cost - Cyclops 4 Cost - The Thing 5 Cost - Abomination 6 Cost - The Hulk

I personally don't agree on Yondu being bad, mainly because besides having good stats and the chance of removing a key card of your opponent's deck, "removing" the card counts towards Death's discount effect (costs 1 less), which can sometimes win you the game if you get unlucky with the other draws and struggle destroying cards

Eh, I think Yondu is pretty good. 1 energy cards are pretty good for extending your turn actions, and allowing to make use of those "meaningless" early turns. You have a 12 card deck. There's a pretty good chance of you killing off a key combo card that either ruins their entire deck, or 1 of their few combo synergys. On the otherhand, using Yondu is pretty terrible. There are many times I feel like I would have won 4 or 8 points for the match, but Yondu hits the opponent's key card and makes them rage quit giving you a measly 1 point victory instead.

I feel like Snap is way more reliant on support cards and combos than other games for this type of guessing. Destroyer is really bad unless you meet the sub requirements (Nimrod, Armor, Zero, etc.)

You didn't actually mention WHY quicksilver is actually bad. He actively stops you from drawing your combo pieces because you'll always draw him turn 1 and domino turn 2 meaning less chance to draw the cards you need that actually do something

I feel like Yondu killing a combo piece is more likely in Snap due to the limited deck size and the fact that every card is more important makes it more likely to cause a big disruption. I've sniped Destroyers, Deaths, Cerebros and Waves with my Yondus, all key cards in making my opponents decks work.

The biggest problem with Quicksilver is that he is just a 1 mana 2 power and that's it, but you are garanteed that you WILL spend 1 draw to get him. So even if you already have another 1 drop in hand turn 1, you are still losing 1 draw with something that's not really helping you win. There are some videos calculating the effect he has in reducing the odds of you drawing other specific cards, and it's really bad.

Ayo the thumbnail?

bro what's wrong with the Badoonkers in the thumbnail 🥵

I think you're underestimating Yondu, he can work like Iceman and completely ruin your opponent's plays or show you what kind of deck they're playing early so you can plan around it. If he destroys Hela or Destroyer, Wong, Mystique, any of their power cards you both get to see it and get a peek at what their deck will be and possibly ruin their whole strategy and force them to rely on a different win condition.

Sera is my favorite card in the game right now. It's just so good to be able to play 4-6 cards on the last turn.

This video is really entertaining 🔥

wdym Yondu is crap? The amount of times he's made me won by destroying a dinosaur or any other vital card for the rival

I would have mentioned that Quicksilver is crap overall, but it's good in a Jubilee deck (along with Domino), to allow you to run a curve that starts at 3 or 4, but doesn't automatically skip 2 or 3 turns.

Infinault is the most expensive card in the game , he costs 11 and jubilee can bring him for free on turn 4

just finally unlocked lockjaw and i can run a super fun little lockjaw, mr negative, jubilee deck. Absolute blast.

Why does the thumbnail look like it was made by Lt. Eddy? XD

Yondu works in death decks wonderfully.

Its very fin to watch, but have no sense. U show him card like destro, but he dont know cards in game. Maybe, if u make 2nd part, just show easy to use cards?

see you working on thumbnail "quality" lol

Imo yondu could be really good IF it wasn't so heavily rng dependant. You can easily remove an important card they may have needed/wanted to use or make another turn where they now draw a brick card if the next one isn't one they can currently use anymore ect, but, just as easily you can destroy a card they didn't need/want and sometimes even HELP them get cards/combos they wanted or even sometimes needed to win sooner. If it wasn't as heavenly rng dependant and more often removed important cards then i could see it being decent, but where it stands right now the rng factor just doesn't make it worth it with how little it does more often than not.

saw Tig Bitties and assumed it was a collab with Lt Eddie

Wow as a Magic the Gathering player, I always added Quicksilver to my deck because it is a dream card for Magic but later realized that it was almost useless to consistently play it on turn 1.

Been waiting so patiently for the next arena run, this was a nice refreshing Red/Dekks encounter \m/

That music from donkey kong 🥹 good memories

Honestly, though I don't often run Youndu, when you have a 12 card deck, removing one or with some combos or locations multiple cards from your opponent, it can really mess up some of their combos or plans. It takes away potentially a lot from your opponent, and that can hold a lot of value to you. But still it's not top tier by any means.

I think you could use the word "actually" a bit more. At the times you didn't use it, I wasn't sure if what you were saying was actual or not.

Yesss Dek! Glad you have borrowed this format for Snap!

I miss America Chavez so much

Yondu is great on turn 1 in a deck with Death! He destroys a card and also is another body for your Carnage to eat!

I like the idea of it, but I would have your guest at least run through the tutorial. It answers a lot of the basic questions, gives a base line for the stats and what not.

I use quicksilver in a jubilee deck to filter you deck to have bigger cards

As a Marvel Snap player, I felt like I would have had a hard time answering Jubilee and Infinaut. They’re both… decent? Like, neither one is one that you could just throw in any old deck, but if Hela or Lockjaw are getting involved? They can definitely be built around. I think the hardest part of a non-Snap player reviewing Sera is there is they don’t know how many amazing 3-4 cost tech cards exist. You have prio? Let’s spend 2 mana to drop a Cosmo or a 3 cost Enchantress to counter their Wong lane where they’re about to drop Silver Surfer. Don’t have prio? 3 cost Shang Chi sounds great, and you can always use that Enchantress to destroy an Iron Man or a Darkhawk.

Always love me some redbeard. Let's get some more collabs

Yondu a bad card but an absolute beast on a baero deck cause he provides the 1 out of 2 destroy condition plus info on what deck the opponent plays

That's not how you use "my reputation proceeds me"

Couple more cards like Yondu and attacking your opponent's deck could be a valid strategy

when I first started snap I thought the same thing with quicksilver, 100% consistency on early turns sounded broken, and giving that in like every single card game (unless your deck type has a different plan) always having a play is quite good, I couldn't believe that it's basically just used for zoo sometimes and I've seen some people use it with domino to have better jubilee hits.

That's not the reason why Quicksilver is bad. The reason why Quicksilver is bad is because it reduces the chance of you drawing the actual good cards in your deck. Marvel snap is generally more about comboing consistently than playing consistently every turn and Quicksilver actually reduces the consistency of most decks.

Good stuff man, love the content!

I don't even play Hearthstone, but the video was really interesting! Nice!

How is no one talking about bramble blast in the backround? Great music

.... i cant focus on what you are talking about because im grooving to the "Chrono trigger" original soundtrack in background. Love that ost, millenial fair is has been my ringtone for years.

I would just keep your info that you mentioned in some replies in your edited video. It's very useful especially for random people to learn as they watch. Starting off with standard 1-6 Energy cards at the start is a good idea too just to start things off.

So did he try snap out after the video? What's his opinion after actually playing the game a little bit? :)

Love love love the background music, Chrono Trigger is the goat

I played yondu on a location that fills with copies of whatevers played there and burned 4 cards from the opponent

What was the background music when you revealed Jubilee

A little late, but one of the biggest reason Quicksilver is so bad is because there isn’t card draw. Always drawing quicksilver allows you to have a turn 1 play; the tradeoff is not only is 2 power for 1 not that huge of a benefit, but now you have a lower chance of drawing your good cards. America Chavez gives you an 11 card deck for 5 turns, which improves your draw. Quicksilver takes away a draw instead

So the snap content creators are in dire need of clicks judging by that thumbnail wth

Good to see more people seeing how good snap is

Anyone know the music name during the Jubilee part?

The music selection in this video is fire

REDBEARD PLAY MARVEL SNAP PLEASE ITS MAD GOOD

Oh shit I didn't realize Dekkster had started a new channel for snappin' content. I'm here for this all day baby.

This was super fun! Good work, boys

3 months old: "Destroyer is one of the best cards on the game" -Pre Aero

showing pool card 1 for asking good or bad , when already having pool 5 card, thats not a fair judgement, all snap card are achive on progressing pool , all card had context

Did u know that 1432 is 2:32 in military time 🙂

Who ever made the thumbnail gets my respect

crokeyz looks happy in this video

lol i realized you used donkey kong OST

The old jaina art for the thumbnail 😭

I'm already seeing powercreep in the game. I've had a few games where my opponent doesn't do anything until turn 4, doesn't play 1 card first three turns and still wins.

I think you're short-selling Yondu a smidge. Shorting the opponent a card might not actually do anything, but you get to see the card that's removed. Knowing what your opponent is playing starting turn 1 has value. Also, it isn't currently a thing, but if we hit a critical mass of effects like him and Cable, stopping the opponent from drawing by ensuring there's nothing TO draw might become viable.

Bruh the clickbait thumbnail

Rarran? (Jk keep it up! uwu)

As someone with far too much experience in this game, I gotta extrapolate a bit of insight on these cards. Quicksilver: This card is not just bad. Putting him in your deck actively harms your draw consistency. "Tempo", as it exists in other card games, does NOT EXIST in Marvel Snap. The ONLY value to playing cards early is for initiative (or niche case adam warlock). However, initiative is frequently something you DON'T want (see shang chi or enchantress, being better if played after the opponent rather than before). Quicksilver can be seen as "replace a better card you could have drawn with a 1/2 that has no ability". In a game with so few cards in a deck, synergy is absolutely critical. Especially when there is limited board space. This guy just takes up 1/4 of a location like "sup. I can only hold you back from here". In fact, many decks in marvel snap will only have 0 or 1 1 drop or even 2 drop because the relative benefit of those cards are so minor and insignificant that they aren't worth playing over more impactful cards through the course of a 6-turn game. I would consider America Chavez: This card is okay. Great when you need cards before turn 6, especially if you need two combo pieces, but otherwise she is not played much in higher (collection) level of play due to the fact that many of the major win conditions are turn 6 plays. The only decks that I can think of that actually run her in later stages of the game are deathwave (which I've seen many players switch her for magneto + leader) and dracula+apocalypse. Yondu: This card is in a weird spot. Very bad card exactly for the reasons stated in the video (imagine yondu says "destroy the bottom card of the opponent's deck", they wouldn't have drawn that card anyway!) but still has the bug that he discounts Death, which makes him very useful and actually a high tier card. Otherwise, yeah... completely trash. Jubilee: I love this card. She is incredibly powerful since she is one of the very few ways of thinning the deck in the game and can pull out a win on the spot. HOWEVER she also blocks two location slots, and if she pulls a bad card, it is a big waste of a high impact turn. She had an amazing use with lockjaw when she cycled herself into lockjaw if she pulled him out, but without that... she's just okay. 4 drops are rather weak in general right now, so she will probably be played for a while, but I can see her being phased out of decks in the future. The Infinaut: Actually goated card to cheat out with hela or lady sif + ghost rider. Can still win with him quite often hard playing him by passing on 5 and playing on 6, but he is what I call a "low cube-rate card". While you can get nearly guaranteed wins with him, he's extremely predictable. With the "retreat" mechanic in Marvel Snap, opponents will leave the game before you can even play him, therefore costing you cubes that you could have won with a less predictable final turn (such as zero + red skull). He's playable with dracula, but that's more of a meme than dracula + apocalypse. Destroyer: Completely meta card lol armor + cosmo + professor x enables him too hard. Sera: Maybe best card in the game before the latest patch. Because of the gambling "snap" mechanic, having a surprising final turn is key to winning cubes. Sera enables so many different playlines for the last turn that it is almost impossible to predict what the sera player will do. Very underrated card. I think a good card for new players to analyze is Captain Marvel versus a card like Vision. Captain Marvel: 5 Energy 6 power "At the end of the game, move to a location that wins you the game. (If possible)" Vision: 5 Energy 6 power "You can move this each turn." They have extremely similar effects and if you can predict exactly where to move vision, he is technically almost always better than captain marvel. However because of how the snapping mechanic works, captain marvel is a MUCH better card. While vision will win you more games due to the +1 power, the confidence captain marvel can give you when not having to guess on 50/50 situations will allow you to snap to win between 2x and 4x as many cubes as vision would allow in those games. Winrate is nowhere near as important in marvel snap, meaning some cards that excel in consistency can end up being terrible cards for climbing the ranked ladder. If your opponents fold their hand every game, you'll slowly gain money. But if you can tease them into thinking they have a shot and seize the pot at the end... that's where the real money is :)

i don't know anything

teach me how to download it?

Heartstone Pro? WTF

Thumbnail artist?

Kind of unfair to show infinaut and destroyer without previously showing sunspot, Jessica jones, and armor

Rarannn ????

What's this music?

Whats this soundtrack? Blank Banshee's MEGA?

Thumbnail jaina💀

about no text cards you could have mentioned that there is specific deck that revolves around no text cards, but that is just me being picky

The Yondu disrespect. He can destroy a card for cheap and then be fed to other destroy cards like carnage to set up Lady Death.

I LOST

I tried to get into the Closed Beta and couldn't. Really wanted that for my Birthday.

GG

1:16 he has a point, not sure if this is a good series. Too different for non snap players to have a chance.

Should of had him give opinions then play one game and reevaluate lol.

Quicksilver isnt "really bad" he's situational for mana-cheat decks that try to keep good stuff at the back. With Domino and America Chavez you can stack your hand/deck for Jubilee etc.

Dr. Booms Clone is in there so this game must be a masterpiece.

Love to see you and Red together ❤️

Why is Yondu considered so bad?? Like I would assume removing a card, potentially a key card like Wave or Zola or Wong or Sera or any combo piece a good thing? isn't disruption a good thing?