Play These HOT & RISING Cards In Your Decks! | December 2022 | The Snap Chat Ep. 9 | Marvel Snap 

The Snap Chat where we have the RIGHT Discussions about Marvel Snap but the wrong spelling of anticlimactic the whole episode. If you guys are enjoying The Snap Chat Podcast on a weekly basis, reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts go a LONG way! 😊 We are now live in all podcast audio formats: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-snap-chat-marvel-snap-podcast/id1657904561 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6WQZxXEe3jyeqiXBVzD9HA Google Podcast: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8yMDkxMTQ1LnJzcw

Would you guys like for us to introduce a "mail bag" segment we answer questions from you all and the Marvel Snap community?

Once again, I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who watches and supports our content. This podcast is so much fun to record, and all of your support means the world to us both. Love you all

Fun fact. I love how Second Dinner incorporates these Supers abilities into simple card mechanics. It's ingenious how they do it. Medusa and Crystal are sisters and that's why they both have the same power and relie on the same location. Crystal is stronger that's why she cost twice as more and doesn't have to work for her power. Medusa however can be as strong as Crystal under the right circumstances. Lockjaw is Crystal's companion and his ability is teleportation mostly. Crystal utilizes movement with her manipulation of the elements. That's why their abilities are the same in different ways. Zabu is the companion of Ka-Zar. That's why he's affecting 4-costs. Second Dinner is doing so much more right than people are even talking about. Now that Alex has a comic book subscription I'd love to see him make short lore videos related to abilities. (I'll leave a similiar comment over on his channel)

Hot and rising?! Hooglandia is about to write a 13 minute video essay detailing how virtual cards in fact have no temperature and therefore can't be hot.

I had a game the other day where District X replaced my whole Thanos deck :/ but I tried to win anyway… Turn6 was ending and I was losing 2 locations, then M’Baku jumped to one of them and won me the game 😂 I flipped out because I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA he was even in my deck 😭❤️

When I was a kid Fantastic Four was my favorite comic book to read. If I had one (minor) criticism of Snap it's that those four cards don't synergize more with each other.

the work you put in for creating content for snap is truly unmatched. keep it up cozy!

I’ve played a lot of card games in my time, and this is some of the best content I’ve ever seen for one. Y’all are playing a significant role in building the Snap community.

Big fan of this podcast, love the dynamic you two bring!

You are right on the nose Cozy with the tip of playing and mastering one deck to climb the ladder. I myself played only one deck this season and am doing well enough in my first full season in pool 3. I only switch up my deck slightly when there is a hot or feature location.

Vision is not good because of the mind games, its good because you’re not going to die to Aero on turn 5 and then you can guarantee a win in a lane you’re behind and Leader just wins afterwards because you’re controlling where your Power is going, makes it more difficult for the opponent to break the symmetry of Leader.

Dam i just finished the last one and this one its on ? Dam its a great day for me, happy holiday to all of you, great content as always

Love how Alex says RNGsus can be frustrating, while my RNGsus disbelieves in me as much as possible 😂 thanks for the great content guys, much appreciated. Greetz from Germany

Even after I grow tired of Snap, Im gonna keep listening to this pod just for the vibes

Totally sold me on Rogue with the sentence "You're basically stealing their money." Love the podcast guys great work

Wanna say thanks to you both. You've both helped me gain ranks in snap. Just reached my highest peak of 67 lol

Love the Contant and the banter keep it going merry Christmas and a happy new years you too!

Alexander, it's cool that you are starting with the X-Men! It gets REALLY good when the All-New, All-Different teams shows up (Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Banshee, Thunderbird, Colossus, and Sunfire) around issue #90 of Uncanny X-Men. And the art is generally fantastic. That team's early run-ins with Magneto were epic, and so was the Jean Grey's Phoenix era. Good stuff! Btw, Kazar and Zabu make an appearance in a few of the Savage Land books from the run I mention above (#90 - #130ish).

The cable and deadpool series is incredible and one of my favorites. Also 2000's era thunderbolts

Alex absolutely nails it when he says innovate with your deckbuilding. When Snapzone publish their meta decks of the week and everyone flocks to netdeck, I don't look to play any of them, rather I use the meta insight to build something that stands a chance against the perceived "boogeyman" of the field. Competitive CCGs call this anti-meta, and in Marvel Snap it is even easier to go Maverick because you can retreat to avoid bad matchups! The other factor is that quite often the "best deck" requires a very rare or expensive card that not many people have, e.g. Bast in Negative Sera. So people will go down the list and find the best meta deck that they can build. This means that it can be more important to meta against the Leech decks that are being played by 25% of players, rather than the Negative Sera decks that are being used by 1% of players.

I just clicked on this video, and I learn about this amazing book. I got it within 3 minutes of this video!!! worth it!!

Gotta say I love that you just have Dancing all night tracks as the background music.

Thanks for bringing a healthy attitude towards this great game. I like the card highlights! I am annoyed with the snail pace progress of unlocking new and "strong" cards. I am constantly beaten by meta cards which I do not have access to. It seems like the collector caches drop mostly irrelevant items, and the bundle prices are insane. Turn 6 is basically roshambo in most games, I wish there was a more competitive way to play this game with more balance and less crazy unpredictable outcomes. Happy New Year Cozy!

Brood Surfer took Me from 28 straight to 51 without a loss. Wong Mystique is fukn amazing for deck building. I have to say Magik is by far My fav

When worlds collide, @cozy casually talking about hot toys, as an action figure collector that’s s tier

Really excited to try out Zabu, it's such a versatile card you can throw in a lot of different decks

Im not sure how much crossover there is here but any fan of Barstool Sports should immediately recognize Alex voice and appearance as Big Cat lol. Def a compliment my dude. Both of you are great

26:27 Yep. I have a really polished doomtriot deck that I love to death and I'm good with, to the point that when I do want to try tweaking something, I make a deck copy first before tweaking it (and then trash the copy after a few losses). I rose to 75 with it and hit a wall, started messing around with deathwave/deathpool, some hela, leech-leader... Fell back to the 50's. And it was a slow burn too, but eventually, I went back to my doomtriot. Back to 75 in a day.

Cozy, your in depth deck guides are great. The infographics are the best thing. I've been screenshotting them for future reference as I wait for key card unlocks. I think you posted a few on Reddit before, would love for you to throw up more posts with just all the infographics and can just visit your profile page to easily revisit all the infographics.

I think the optimal way to play zabu would be to play zabu turn 3 sera turn 5 and the rest of your deck is 4 costs

If you're enjoying X-Men as a series you could check out the newer stuff like House of M if the more modern illustrations and takes on characters is your thing. I'd recommend a series like Kravens Last Hunt myself, always loved that series for adding so much to the dynamic of Kraven & Spidey. Either way hope you enjoy diving into the world of Comics Alex. Experienced discussion on the cards and potential powerful ones that people don't utilize in some cases. Thanks for sharing your takes on them & have a great New Year Cozy & Alex.

So excited for this episode. Been trying out a death America Chavez deck. No wave having like a 60% win rate. But very excited for the new stuff

I feel like cerebro being so touchy is good for players to learn the signs of when they should retreat.

I think a slept on card is uatu the watcher because if you get it in your opening hand being able to see locations before they reveal can essentially let you get an edge on your opponent

Pro tip on deck experimentation: Multiple accounts. I started from launch on iPhone then bought a Samsung a month later and was disappointed that I couldn't continue my progress. Now I use my iPhone essentially as an iPod and just play different decks and experiment there while running my standard deck on my main account. I can also try new cards so I know if they're worth the tokens or not. It's not a perfect system, but it has its benefits.

Dive into anything by Hickman. He is one the of the best writers and story-tellers. Also the Abnett and Lanning Guardians of the Galaxy run is awesome.

Moongirl Spiderman and absorbingman would be the top tier deck for sure

I don't have Darkhawk, but I've been mixing in RockSlide more simply because I got the Christmas variant and wanted to upgrade the card some. I will say he's been clutch in messing up some Lockjaw/Jubilee decks. They hope to pull Infinaut and get a rock instead, it feels so good.

Cerebro2 is fire! I tested it 2 weeks ago after my disappointing first pool 4 card: M'Baku. This deck is crazy consistent considering how many Locations could mess you up. Got me to Lv 95, hopefully getting Infinite before the season ends. key to the deck is that you have to accept that you often concede to bad locations but if locations are good, you can very consistently snap on 3 and clap opponents on two locations.

I've been playing the left Lane winner, first w/o Spiderman and was having fun but had a low win rate, then I got spiderman, started winning way more, also made some personal tweaks due to some missing cards and it's way more fun

If i remember correctly, Zabu is Kazzar's Pet? or Companion or whatever, so the synergy with the 4 cost makes sense. I think it would be more balanced if he reduced 4 costs by 1, this would allow you to play Kazzar AND a 1 cost on turn 4, which gives you synergy on both cards

I just climbed from 45 to 70 in a couple of days with a cerebro deck I’ll be happy to see how close my deck is to what you showcase.

Nice work as always ! Thanks.

I been playing White Queen non stop ever since I got her. She has won me so many games in so many ways....and now you guys told everyone sigh.

Lol you could even play zabu and then enchantress theirs the next turn, assuming it’s not same location as yours. Good info today, especially the second section.

Love youre content. It helped me playing marvel snap. Got she Hulk at thousand seventy something collection level.

I’m glad Cozy got on the Mbaku juice, he’s perfect for C2

COZY'S FINALLY SIPPIN THE MBAKU JUICE LET'S GOOOO!!!!!!!!! I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I bought Mbaku in the token shop and he's just an awesome card for zoo decks, between Okoye and your typical ongoing boosters, I've had Mbaku save me a handful of times with a surprise 7 power!

Why i Love Marvel Snap Because the Developers and Moderators sometimes is listening to the Community and Other players and sometimes opinion of the Community about problem, broken Deck and Nerfing and Buffing cards.

Dropping Zabu on 3 will let you be able to Spiderman plus Absorbing man on 4 to lock down 2 lanes in one turn, into something like Prof X on 5!

I think people are starting to notice Ultron! He is so good. Basically filling every empty space in other locations is so useful for the zoo decks! There is only one BIG problem. KILLMONGER

I've been playing a deck I call the lockjaw shuffle where you play crystal on lockjaw on turn 4 if you have all your high power cards in your hand. It takes alot of the RNG out of the deck and makes it more consistent

My pool 4 pulls: Mariah Hill into M'Baku. RIP. What I get for rocking the M'Baku avatar

Angry Joe had one insanely hype MBaku play. I still wouldnt say he is good but man can he create Moments (very rarely)

"Climactic" has three Cs. The word it is related to is "climax," and not "Climate." Zabu vs Silver Surfer though, you get to wait up to turn 6 to draw Surfer, so you have a lot more tries. Drawing Zabu by 3 is gonna be much harder.

I've had matches where I get my deck replaced with 10 Random cards and I've had M'Baku jump out on the last turn of matches that I already had in the bag, like HA SAVED YOU!

I pulled m'baku from a cache early on and he's actually won me a couple games using cerebro 2. I always forget about him and its so hilarious seeing him jump out of nowhere to win me a game I thought I lost. m'baku fans rise up

Immortal Hulk, Jason Aaron’s Thor and Silver Surfer Black is beautiful!

26:25-29:19 “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” -Bruce Lee

I always looked a Vision and though well at 5 cost you only get to move him once but I hadn’t really been introduced to the idea of ramping yet, with that in mind yeah he seems like a huge play

I really enjoyed the Chris Clairmont X-Men books. Phoenix Saga and Dark Phoenix Saga are awesome!

Shuri to Vision is one of the best turn 5s in the game. Having a 14 power you can move anywhere on turn 6 is beautiful

I think the best think I like about Marvel Snap is how much it reminds me of playing "Overpower" back in high school. For those of you who don't know what "Overpower" is CCG that came out about 25 years ago and played similar to snap, although we had house rules so my group of friends basically made our own game using the cards. Sadly old Overpower cards did not become as valuable as Pokemon or Magic cards.

Total Agree I have played Alex's Dino Zola deck and have taken a card out and put another into to test it. The only way I change decks if the a feature on the board that is crazy and I can't use it. I have also use Cozy's Death wave and I got to figure where to put Omega Red.

Omega Red, Iron Man, Onslaught is my current favorite combo nobody sees coming

Read King in Black, Immortal Hulk, Savage Avengers, Daredevil 2018, Spidergeddon, and you cant go wrong with any of the Ultimate titles like Ultimate Xmen, Marvel Zombies, Fantastic Four, Spiderman. Honestly theres so much theres no point in starting from the beginning. Since you mentioned Xmen i would recommend Astonishing Xmen

You can play sentry and viper in the same turn Zabu is just insane

Awesome show brothas!!!

That was great advice. Play with 1 deck and Perfect it. I love Zoo. Last season I bounced all over because I wasn't happy with other styles of play and was still trying to build cards and ultimately, last couple seasons I was well short of infinite. This season I took a zoo/disrupt deck and.... Yeah still haven't reached infinite but I'm way closer. Stick with what you like, figure out how to make it better, before hopping on to the next thing quickly. Also, M'baku has one me like 3 or 4 games by jumping out. I've yet to see him jump to a bad spot. Problem is I get him in my hand so much. Wish I could give up like a viper or debrii because I'd do Crystal. Especially to guarantee my Infinaut or Destroyer pull. But, I ultimately just traded away M'baku. I hope to see him jump to a 3 at some point but I doubt that will happen. Too good as a replacement for Wasp in Lockjaw Decks.

14:49 Thank you Nick Cage 🙏

I really feel like smashing my phone sometimes when my opponent has winning board presence and we both know his turn 6 play AND he can expect that I know his play too and see him snapping🤬. Like "Yeah I am gonna be so stupid to donate 4 cubes instead of one, because I don't feel like ranking up"

heimdall in a non move deck is deadly

With zabu coming out I have a feeling Leader will be the second Dinner intended counter

Yes Rogue, but also Sandman to stop the 4 cost rain from coming down.

I dont see how they can release Zabu as is. Some ongoing cards need to be changed to "on next turn". I hope they change Zabu to either "on next turn" or "reduce by 1". Reducing by 2 is insane. Imagine playing Psylock -> zabu -> sera -> electro....

You lucky bastard getting those winter variants. I was so lucky to do far get 0 of them and it saddens me.

If you’re feeling like you’re weighed down with cubes and need to jettison a few, by all means play a Cerebro deck

Hey cozy! Quick question with using absorb man. If you use leech one turn removing abilities from opponents cards and then u absorb leech next turn does that remove leech abilities from opponents hand?

DD: yo Alex. i can only comment on Daredevil comics. the best ones to read are the Frank Miller and Brian Michael Bendis run. story lines 'Born Again', 'The Guardian Devil', and 'Parts of A Hole'. the light-hearted run of Mark Waid is also awesome. in fact. read all of Daredevi. one of the best written characters out there. that is why he is my favorite.

T6 snapping is bluff tactic. I setup a combo with an obvious finish but I don’t have the last piece. Opponents run and I win 1 cube instead of losing 1 or 2

You could Fix M'Baku, IMO, by making him a 5/5 with the same effect. The card will still be trash but it might be worth taking a chance on a free 5 power coming for your deck.

Can you imagine how just being able to play something else between turns 4 - 6 in Kazoo decks will change those decks up? That's just the most simplest of Zabu uses. Zabu is gonna be one of those cards like Lockjaw, Patriot, Surfer, Mr Negative. Great if you get him in hand. Feel really bad if you don't. I just don't like that much rng.

Cozy: Who doesn't love M'Baku ?

Superior spider man is a great story. The concept is cheesy but it’s one of my favorite story lines. Dr. Octopus takes over Peter Parker’s body and tries to prove he’s a better spiderman.

"I haven't been very lucky with my pulls and also I have all of the winter variants."

Mastering a deck is important, like with any card game. Build a Captain marvel deck and lost like 6 ranks and then climbed by 10. Frustrating but to good when it falls into place.

OMFG Quinjet, Zabu, Moon Girl, you now have a hand full of 1-cost 4 drops lololol.

Buying into the next season pass on day if the card does what it currently says it does!

Love you guys!

Hey Alex, read the first series of “New Avengers” The Sentry and Luke Cage will be your new favorite cards that you’ll try to make a deck around lol

I have to say Moon Girl/DD/She-Hulk/Hood is the sweatiest free win deck, it's so strong.

Have you ever tried to use Viper on Electro? I don't know if there's a good utilization for this combo, like control decks or if it takes to many turns to play this combo? What are your thoughts?

Read the modern cosmic marvel era by Abnett and Lanning! It's Marvels best run by far imho. Start around Nova and Annihilation

I run M'baku in C2, and literally 90% of the time he is in hand. He needs to be buffed to ONLY pop out at the end of the game. Otherwise there are better drops for C2 than him sadly.

I don’t hear anyone on RU-vid talking about this problem that I keep running into. I just sent this to the Marvel Snap Twitter account: “The mmr system means that there is no reason to start playing this game if you are going to be any good at it. You are never going to be able to climb in rank, and are just going to see your level drop at the end of each season. Now, if you are infinite, you don't have to worry about this. You can be a bad player, and still keep your rank by preventing people from moving up. And at the end of the season, you won't go down (past 100). And to make matters worse, you combine rewards to rank. So people who became infinite when it was easier to do (less cards, less competition, etc.), but are not as good as those coming in get all the free benefits of being infinite. This leads to them being able to get the best new cards (and the token shop has just made this worse). And this stuff really stands out while someone new to the game keeps losing to them. I come from the board game / ccg side of things, and I was all about this game when I first found it. But I have watched as my fellow gamers (often under my recommendation) have downloaded the game just to give it up when they ran into this. If you want the game to have legs, then you really should do something about this. What is the point of getting a game where everything is stacked against you, unless you are already in the club.”

If kilomonger is getting cold is there a better alt to add to the death wave deck?

So what happens if you just don’t use gold for variants or mission since I have 2000 gold and haven’t used any of it.

Alex called comics magazines lmao

If Zabu makes 4 cost cards 2 cost does that mean if you play wave you could potentially turn 6 cost cards into 2 cost also?