Marvel Snap is an incredibly fun card game. Released on October 18, 2022, the game was developed by Second Dinner, a studio led by Ben Brode, the same director responsible for Hearthstone.
Marvel Snap features themed cards of characters from Marvel Comics and is available in several languages, including Portuguese.
In this article, we will learn more about this wonderful TCG (Trading Card Game) that has gained enormous popularity in recent months.
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About the game
In Marvel Snap, you start the matches with 3 cards in hand. Each turn you draw 1 card from the deck. The game has three important concepts: energy, power, and location. Energy (in blue) is the cost to play a card, similar to mana in Hearthstone and lands in Magic: The Gathering.
Each turn the energy increases by 1. On turn 1, each player has 1 energy and can only play cards that cost 1. Power (in orange) is what determines who will win the duel. Each card has a certain amount of power.
Finally, the locations are the most interesting part of the game. There are several locations with different effects that can appear in matches. Each match has three locations, and the player with the most power in 2 of the 3 wins. The tiebreaker is the sum of the power of all locations.
Explaining it this way may seem difficult, but as you play, the rules become clearer. Other important features of the game are the abilities of the cards. The cards have abilities that can help increase power at each location. Another essential piece of information is that you can only place 4 cards per location, which is 12 per match.
Decks can be edited in the collection menu, and new cards are acquired through missions and passes. It is also possible to acquire card skins, upgrades, and special cards in the game’s store, using real money or gold (the game’s virtual currency).
Check out the game Trailer below:
My opinion about Marvel Snap
Marvel Snap emerged and became a phenomenon in a short time. With fun, creative, and innovative gameplay, MS manages to keep the player engaged for several hours a day. I started playing, and before I knew it, more than 3 hours had passed! The game is so good that it is even hard to stop playing. Combining classic Marvel characters with an intuitive and easy-to-understand power system, this card game has everything to improve even more with each new update.
In general, we can list as positive points of the game the speed (with short matches of 6 turns), the gameplay (simple and quick commands), the design and animations (great special effects and card designs), the fun (many Marvel characters are present), and the creativity (the concept of “location” in the game works very well, greatly expanding the strategic possibilities, making each duel unique).
If there is a negative point, it may be the scarcity of competitive modes and tournaments. However, being a new game, this is more than expected. The developers have already announced that at the end of this month of January, the PVP mode will be launched, where it will be possible to battle with friends.
In short, the game is excellent. With the decline of Hearthstone, Marvel Snap is a great alternative for fans of this genre. If you are a fan of Marvel comics, the chance of enjoying the game is even greater, as the game features iconic characters from the franchise, such as Hulk, Mr. Fantastic, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Nightcrawler, and many others. Even lesser-known heroes are present.
Positive points:
- Fun
- Easy to play
- Beautiful design
- Excellent sound effects
- Cards of Marvel Comics characters
- Strategy is more important than RNG
- Constant updates
- High number of players
- Quick and exciting matches
- Unpredictability
Negative points:
- In the PC version (Steam), the game screen can be small (even in Full Screen), making it difficult to read the effects of locations (you need to click on them to enlarge).
- Tournaments and PVP are still in development.
There are very few negative points. Nothing that cannot be corrected in the future.
Download the game
Download Marvel Snap by clicking here. It can be played both on PC (STEAM) and Mobile (Android and iOS). Visit the Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS) apps to download the mobile versions.
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