Character Spotlight: Hercules

Today, we welcome the nigh-invincible, legendary Greek demigod and long-time Avenger — Hercules — to MARVEL SNAP!!

The first time another card moves here each turn, move it to another location.

From Mere Mortal to Olympian God

Hercules is the son of Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods, but was born a demigod and thus mortal.
Hercules’ extraordinary strength became apparent at one year old when he strangled two serpents sent by Hera to slay him. As a young adult, he joined Jason and his Argonauts on their quest to find the Golden Fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos.
To prove himself worthy of immortality, and take his place among the Olympian gods, Zeus required Hercules to perform the Twelve Labors — A series of grueling, seemingly impossible tasks — ranging from slaying the invulnerable Nemean Lion, to rescuing his friend Theseus from the depths of the underworld.

Friends & Foes

Hercules became close friends with Thor Odinson when Thor saved Hercules from a life of eternal servitude. Hercules has teamed up by Thor’s side with the Avengers on many occasions. The two share a friendly rivalry in which they argue over which of them is stronger.
Hercules’ greatest nemesis is the Greek God of the Underworld, Pluto. He has also encountered plights against the likes of alien Skrulls, the subversive organization Hydra, as well as heroes who turned to evil ways. He’s always happy to help battle major threats as long as he can have a good time doing it!

Powers of a Demigod

Hercules’ greatest strength lies in exactly that — his godlike strength.
As the Olympian god of raw strength, Hercules is physically the strongest of all the existing Olympians, immeasurable by Marvel’s standard scale of measurement. His lifting and striking strength is comparable to that of the mighty Thor and incredible Hulk!
Like most Olympian gods, Hercules is immune to aging and conventional disease. He is virutally tireless, as his body produces no fatigue poisons. His body is highly durable, resisting most forms of impact, penetration, and energy assault. Although he can be wounded in battle, he cannot die by conventional means and has a rapid regeneration rate.
Hercules is an expert in traditional hand-to-hand combat, especially in wrestling. He is talented in many forms of Greek athletic feats such as discus and hammer throws. His immense leg strength enables him to perform a standing high jump of over 100 feet.
In MARVEL SNAP, his Herculean might is put on display by his ability:

The first time another card moves here each turn, move it to another location.

Hercules, in his mighty moving magnificence, absolutely loves being paired with cards that move or want to be moved!
Use the likes of Cloak, Iron Fist, Ghost-Spider, Silk, Aero, Magneto, Polaris, and Colossus to move you and your opponents’ cards. Then, extract extra value from Hercules’ godlike movements with characters such as Vulture, Human Torch, Dagger, Kingpin, and Kraven!

Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024!

It’s hard to believe that we launched MARVEL SNAP globally over a year ago, back in late 2022. So much has happened since then! Some of our favorite moments include launching SNAP’s first new game mode (Conquest!), officially launching on Steam and the recent introduction of Deck Builder. Above all though, the best part has been building MARVEL SNAP with such a widespread, international community. From the endless memes that make us laugh, to the fan art that takes our breath away, to your in-depth and incredible feedback, we hope that you continue sharing your passion, creativity, and ideas with us as we march into 2024. But most important of all as we enter the New Year, we hope you continue to make SNAP an awesome place for anyone who wants to participate. Be kind to each other and from the bottom of our hearts…

Thank you, Merci, Grazie, Danke, Gracias, ありがとう, 감사합니다, Obrigado/Obrigada, 谢谢, Gracias, ขอบคุณ, 謝謝, Terima kasih, Спасибо, Cảm ơn

Now, let’s talk about the future of MARVEL SNAP… It’s a bright one!

Coming Soon

Items listed here are in the final phase of development, and these features are almost ready to release to players! We’re cleaning up, polishing art, and squashing bugs. Our Quality Assurance teams scrape over all the little details to ensure we have as smooth an experience for players as possible. Once features are “Coming Soon,” we can start to plan release dates, timelines and share some insight with players.

The team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on a few much-anticipated features:

• Album Improvements
• In-Game Events
• Character Mastery
• Selectable Card Effects
• Selectable Borders
• New Infinity Splits
• Collectible Reactions

 

What are Album Improvements?

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our new Album feature in December. We’re actively making improvements that include more albums, easier to complete albums, albums with various sizes, and more ways to collect emotes! Imagine a Dan Hipp “Parent Album” that combines all of the Dan Hipp albums and rewards you for progress on each of the many Dan Hipp albums. Keep the feedback coming and stay tuned as we continuously improve this feature.

 

What are Selectable Card Effects and Borders?

One of the most requested features in the game since beta has been the ability to pick your border and set it up with the best Infinity Split combo you have unlocked on your favorite variant. Guess what? It’s coming soon! Gone are the days where you had to leave a card at a specific border or regret upgrading a card past a border you liked more. Now with Custom Card, you will be able to keep upgrading a variant as much as you want to chase even cooler combos while setting your Custom Card to your current favorite border and Infinity Split combo.

We are also preparing for a second phase of Custom Card you may see in the In Development section called Collectible Borders. Collectible Borders will be a brand new cosmetic type with new, never-before-seen Card Borders that you can acquire and apply to a character to unlock that border for that character’s Custom Card. If you think the current borders are great, wait until you see what is cooking!

 

What are In-Game Events?

On Snap, we aim to keep the game fresh every week, so in 2024, we’re introducing in-game events. Over the year, we will gradually add new and varying types of events. The first one looks like it’ll be something we’ve tentatively titled ‘Leagues.’ When a League Event is active, you will be matched up against a small number of other players near your skill and collection level. During the event, you will compete to see who can earn the most cubes to earn awesome rewards. Do you have what it takes to win your League?

We hope this is the first of many different types of events we’ll introduce over time. During and after each event we will take in your feedback and make adjustments for new events and iterations of existing events. Make sure to share your feedback with us on Discord and fill out our posted surveys!

 

What is Character Mastery?

Has your love of friendly sharks caused you to collect every Jeff variant? And how perfect does that Ink split with black Krackle flare look on your Chibi Jeff? Well, now is the time to show off your mastery of playing and collecting each character in Marvel Snap! After Character Mastery launches, every cosmetic you collect for a character will contribute towards unlocking brand new Splits and exclusive rewards. If you thought Gold, Ink, and Krackle were fun, we have even more fun on the way! Earned your 4th Iron Man variant? Gain Iron Man Mastery. Earned your 3rd Gamora avatar? Gain Gamora Mastery. Split Venom for the 157th time, gain Mastery. As your Mastery for a character goes up, you unlock new and cooler Splits and eventually a brand new cosmetic type, Reactions. Exclusively available as a Mastery reward for each character, reactions are the fun emoji you can show off on cards and locations. What if your reaction was Goose or Wolverine? Your opponent will immediately know your dedication and love for that character when you show it off.

In its current Design, every few levels of Character Mastery you gain unlocks a Mastery Milestone. Each character has unique Mastery Milestone challenges for you to complete! Imagine reaching Deadpool Mastery 10 and unlocking a challenge to have Deadpool be over 100 power in a match. Completing a Mastery Milestone will earn new rewards for that character potentially including new Split unlocks, a new Collectible Border, or currencies to help you continue to increase your Collection Level. This is the current design, and it may change by the time we launch it, but we can’t wait to share it with you!

 

In Development

Game features in this section are actively being developed, iterated, and improved upon. Our production team dedicates team resources, generates tasks/timelines, and ensures we’re moving forward. Features and systems in this bucket can change dramatically – we might find our initial idea wasn’t fun OR we might discover we can achieve our goals in an unexpected way!

Here are some features that are currently in development:

• Clans 1.0
• Collectible Borders
• Booster Vats
• More Event Types
• In-Game Graveyard

 

What is Clans 1.0?

We’ve heard your requests for a more social experience in Snap, and we’re excited to announce we’ve been actively prototyping the first version of clans. This new feature will enable you to join or create clans, working together to complete missions and earn collective points. The more points your clan accumulates, the greater the rewards for all members. The Clans feature will be rolled out in phases, allowing us to gather feedback and refine the system along the way… Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to releasing the first version of Clans.

 

What are Booster Vats?

Do you dream of picking a character to get boosters after a match? Booster Vats are a new feature geared towards targeted booster acquisition for characters of your choosing! Booster Vats will come in sizes from small to Hulk-sized which award more and more boosters as the Booster Vat gets larger. Pick the Booster Vat size you want to use, pick the character you want to target, complete an objective to crack open the Booster Vat, and then collect your Boosters!

In Concept

We have BIG dreams about what we’d like to bring to the future of MARVEL SNAP! The first step towards these dreams is turning ideas into concepts through discussion, documentation, and planning. Features currently in the “In Concept” phase have been initially scoped out and given shape but have not yet had any engineering or development work done in the game itself.

This is where we’d love your feedback the most! Concepts listed in this section may be elevated in priority, rescoped, or scrapped entirely… or we might hear something completely new from the community!

Here are some of the future concepts we’re thinking about for MARVEL SNAP:

• New Game Mode
• New Game Boards
• Clan Competitions
• Ultimate Variant Evolution
• New Card Mechanics

 

Clan Competitions

What are Clan Competitions? We don’t quite know yet. As we described in the Clans 1.0 section, we’re going to release the Clans feature in phases and learn a ton along the way. Depending on what we learn, that will inform what we might want to explore (or not explore) in the future. Some type of feature that allows entire clans to battle it out against each other sounds really fun to us in theory, but it’ll remain as just a design document until we learn more about Clans.

 

New Game Mode

We have a lot of different ideas for our next new game mode and are working through the concepts. The next step will be that we’ll choose a few to go through a prototyping, testing, and evaluation plan to help us figure out what’ll be the most fun.

Let us know what you think, and please continue to share your ideas for the future of MARVEL SNAP!

Character Spotlight: Havok

This extraordinarily destructive energy-blasting mutant earned his moniker through his unparalleled ability to wreak havoc! Please welcome Alexander Summers, AKA Havok, to MARVEL SNAP!!

After each turn, you lose 1 Max Energy and this gains +4 Power.

Origins

An unfortunate childhood event separated young Alexander Summers and his older brother, Scott Summers (AKA Cyclops), from their parents — The intergalactic Shi’ar Empire set their wooden airplane ablaze, leaving Scott and Alex to escape with the only available parachute.
Following the rough landing, both Alex and Scott were left hospitalized, amnesic, and lost many memories of their parents who had been abducted by the Shi’ar Empire. Eventually the two brothers were sent to separate homes. Initially, Alex was sent to an orphanage secretly run by geneticist Nathaniel Essex, AKA Mister Sinister. Alex was soon after adopted by the Blanding family, whose son Todd died in a car accident, but treated Alex as if he were Todd.
During Alex Summer’s school years, Sinister monitored Alex while he lived with his foster family, and watched as his latent mutant powers began to emerge. Alex first witnessed his powers via a stress-induced plasma blast to the school bully who threatened his adoptive family’s home. Sinister intervened by placing a genetic lock upon Alex to curtail his powers’ development, and imposes psi-blocks that remove Alex’s memories of these events… As a result, Alex did not become aware of his mutant abilities until after graduating from college.

Powers & Abilities

Havok continuously absorbs and metabolizes ambient cosmic energy (such as stellar energy, x-rays and gamma radiation), which he can then release as waves of plasma energy. These intense waves emanate from his body in all directions unless he purposely channels them in a single direction, usually along the length of his arms.
Havok’s superheated plasma blasts can penetrate, shatter, melt or even vaporize most targets, though with intense concentration he can sometimes decrease their intensity for less destructive effects, such as stunning live targets. Havok is immune to the intense heat he creates, as well as the energy generated by his brother Cyclops, but not to the energy generated by his other brother Gabriel Summers, AKA Vulcan.

Havok’s ability to absorb energy and convert it to powerful blasts is represented by his effect:

After each turn, you lose 1 Max Energy and this gains +4 Power.

Havok can gradually grow to massive Power levels at the cost of your own Energy — Make sure you play him at the opportune moment to balance your resources wisely!

Go unleash Havok upon your opponents!

Character Spotlight: Sebastian Shaw

Today marks the official inauguration of the leader of Shaw Industries and the Hellfire Club — Sebastian Shaw, The Black King, joins MARVEL SNAP!

When this card permanently gains Power, gain +2 more Power. (wherever this is)

Rags To Regime

Sebastian Shaw was born to a poor family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but by his twenties had built himself a financial empire — Shaw Industries. Shaw Industries enjoyed many ties to the U.S. Government, producing weapons for military agencies and upgrading the Sentinel robots.

The tycoon was invited to join the elite Hellfire Club and quickly worked his way into a position within the Inner Circle. Shaw ousted the then-current leader of the Circle, the White King.
Shaw is now recognized as the Black King, leader of the Inner Circle and Hellfire Club. Along with the White Queen, Emma Frost, Shaw uses the organization’s prestigious connections to further his goals of world domination through political and economic means.

What Doesn’t Kill You…

Shaw is an Alpha-Level Mutant with the primary ability of Energy Absorption — by absorbing and metabolizing kinetic energy, Shaw significantly enhances his own physical strength, speed, durability, and stamina.

This extreme power makes Shaw incredibly difficult to defeat in combat, as each blow struck against him only makes him stronger. Shaw is capable of absorbing all forms of energy (including electrical, magical, explosive, etc.), but kinetic energy works the best.

He underwent the Mothervine enhancement process to cause a secondary mutation which further improved his already potent abilities. This neurochemical augmentation has caused his newfound power to drain energy from any and all sources beyond merely kinetic — even draining his own bio-energy, causing his body to deteriorate at an accelerated pace.

In MARVEL SNAP, Sebastian Shaw’s mutant ability to absorb energy and empower himself is represented by his synergistic effect:

When this card permanently gains Power, gain +2 more Power. (wherever this is)

Shaw has powerful synergy with buffing cards like Forge, Okoye, Nakia, and Silver Surfer!
Try combining these cards together to create massive Brood and Shaw plays that overwhelm your opponents.
Shaw also receives notable benefits from being paired alongside the ingenious Shuri and Elsa Bloodstone!

Please welcome the master of political dominion, absorber of energies — Sebastian Shaw — to MARVEL SNAP!!

GCN KOL Contest Finals

冠軍得主即將誕生，終局之戰誰才是贏家？

經過整個賽程的激烈角逐，最終由兩支隊伍搶下門票:

【銀色魔術師】

【Taipei Max Velocity [極速台北]】

就在12/2，打響終局之戰，究竟誰才是這次戰隊賽的贏家？讓我們一起拭目以待！

最終決賽將12/2 新北電競基地舉行，17:00入場，18:00正式開始，歡迎玩家報名前往觀賽，我們邀請到SNAP最可愛的主持人克莉絲汀貓、卡牌專業主播偷米，以及享譽全球的實力派實況主Lamby當任賽評，一同見證決勝時刻！

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Character Spotlight: Martyr

Today we welcome the cosmically-powered, stalwart savior of the universe, Phyla-Vell — AKA Martyr — to MARVEL SNAP!

At the end of the game, move to a location that LOSES you the game. (if possible)

The cosmically-powered Phyla-Vell is known by many names — Captain Marvel, Quasar, and Martyr — but no matter her moniker, she’s always a protector of the universe.

 

Who is Martyr?

As the daughter of super heroes Elysius and Mar-vell, Phyla was built from greatness — genetically patterned after the Eternals of Titan.
In her efforts to protect the universe, Phyla-Vell battles cosmic entities, such as the universe-conquering Annihilus. She even makes deals with them if it’s in her benefit, such as the bargain she strikes with the Lord of the Outer Void Oblivion, to bring back her lover.
While carrying the moniker Quasar and wielding the Quantum Bands, Phyla-Vell teams up with Richard Rider, AKA Nova, The Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Galadorian Spaceknights to defeat Annihilus.

 

Powers & Abilities

Originally, Phyla-Vell possessed superhuman strength and the ability to channel energy — Enabling flight, discharging energy blasts, and absorbing energy directed at her to use for her own purposes.
Her current powers are undefined — due to her ability to tap into immense knowledge throughout space and time via cosmic awareness — Martyr has nearly limitless potential.
As Quasar, her powers are supplemented by the Quantum Bands, which she uses to manipulate the extradimensional Quantum Zone’s energies to create solid-energy constructs, including weapons and force fields, augment her powers, and protect herself from telepathic attacks.
She is also a proficient melee combatant, wielding a quantum sword which she forged with the Quantum Bands.

In MARVEL SNAP, Martyr’s effect faithfully reflects her self-sacrificial moniker:

At the end of the game, move to a location that LOSES you the game. (if possible)

While Phyla possesses great Power for her low Cost of 1 energy, you have to be careful when playing her as she may be able to make a move that loses you the game!
There are a number of ways to play around Martyr’s downside — Try pairing her with disabling effects like Zero’s or positioning her in ways that will mitigate your risks!
Martyr pairs especially well with strategies in which you want to fill up your board — Try adding her to a deck with the likes of Dazzler, Mojo, or Elsa Bloodstone!

GCN KOL Championship

KOL戰隊賽熱血集結，誰能邁向最終之戰？

MARVEL SNAP x Discord Nitro

Earn a free month of Discord Nitro, Hawkeye Variant, and Title!

Discord Nitro has entered MARVEL SNAP!!

From now until November 17th, we’ve partnered up with Discord to bring all SNAPPERs a free month of Discord Nitro!

Players who have completed at least 5 matches during this period can visit MARVEL SNAP x Discord Event Page to claim their free month of Discord Nitro, as well as a sweet Hawkeye Variant and exclusive “I’m in the Discord” Title!

Start Time: Oct 18, 2023 at 9 a.m. PST
Rewards Claim Time: Before November 17, 2023 23:59:59 PST.
Variant Offer Redeem Time: Before November 30, 2023 23:59:59 PST.

Event Page: https://www.marvelsnap.com/discordnitrocollab, please copy and paste the link into your browser for visit

About Discord Nitro
Discord Nitro is our membership that gives you access to special perks that’ll make your time on Discord as fun as ever! Personalize and enhance your experience with popular perks like HD streaming, 500MB file uploads, profile and avatar customizations, 2 free Server Boosts, and more!

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