{"id":9448,"date":"2023-01-31T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay1675132601H6uennt83YCopcnKua3At"},"modified":"2023-01-31T10:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:36:42","slug":"noxplay1675132601H6uennt83YCopcnKua3At","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay1675132601H6uennt83YCopcnKua3At\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Snap Decks – Best Zabu Decks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel Snap<\/a>\u2019s newest season pass, Savage Land<\/a>, brings us a new card: Zabu. Zabu is a 3-Cost card with 2-Power and has a powerful Ongoing effect that reduces the cost of 4-Cost cards in hand by 2.<\/p>\n

This essentially allows, on turn six for example, to play up to three 4-Cost cards with Zabu on the board due to their reduced cost from its continuous effect. This Ongoing effect can also be multiplied with Onslaught, Mystique, or Onslaught\u2019s Citadel location. The only downside of this reduction is the 4-Cost cards are capped to costing at least one energy. They will never reach 0-Cost territory through Zabu\u2019s usage specifically.<\/p>\n

Season Pass cards are always especially powerful, since they, like Zabu, can only be unlocked for the time being by purchasing the roughly $15 Premium Pass. This guide will cover a few of the best Zabu-based decks, and even if you are not the type of player to purchase Marvel Snap\u2019s season passes, these decks will still be worth checking out in the future when you do obtain the inevitable Zabu due to the game\u2019s card rollout system.<\/p>\n

Negating Negatives <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Negating Negatives is all about playing powerful cards that do have major deterrents such as allowing your opponent to draw cards, decrease your board\u2019s power, or destroy your own cards, but negating these downsides to only have the upsides.<\/p>\n

Maximus, Typhoid Mary, Red Skull, and Attuma are powerful cards for their costs, but they provide major downsides. By using Zero\u2019s On Reveal effect that removes the abilities of the next card you play, we can keep those cards such as Typhoid Mary or Attuma on the field without their effects activating. Zero will also negate Red Skull\u2019s effect that grants each card on your opponent\u2019s field at the same location +2 Power each.<\/p>\n

Armor is a great counter to decks that run Shang-Chi since we have many cards such as Typhoid Mary, Attuma, Red Skull, and She-Hulk that are susceptible or can be destroyed through Shang-Chi\u2019s On Reveal effect to destroying cards with 9-Power or more.<\/p>\n

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Negating Negatives Deck List <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zabu will reduce the cost of Typhoid Mary, Shuri, and Attuma for this deck. Each of these will become 2-Cost cards instead. One tactic on turn four is to use Shuri\u2019s effect which will double the power of the next card played. Then on that same turn four, play the Attuma that is powered up through Shuri\u2019s effect on the location you have Armor on. You will have a 20-Power Attuma that will not be destroyed since it shares a location with Armor. After turn five, play Taskmaster right after Attuma, and since Taskmaster copies the power of the last card you played, Taskmaster will now be a 20-Power card, as well. Turn five, and you already have two 20-Power cards on your board with one of them protecting from destruction effects through Armor.<\/p>\n

Cosmo is able to negate On Reveal effects from activating, so playing Maximus on Cosmo\u2019s location will not allow your opponent to draw two extra cards, while you have a 3-Cost 7-Power without any downside. Cosmo is also a perfect counter to decks opponents use that rely on On Reveal effects such as Wong, Iron Heart, and Odin.<\/p>\n

Make sure you do not accidentally use Shuri on your Cosmo location or that when you play Attuma or Typhoid Mary, play Zero beforehand or play Attuma at a location with Armor present.<\/p>\n

We circumvent all of the negative aspects of these formidable cards by creating scenarios with zero downsides for us.<\/p>\n

Faithful Flipper<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Faithful Flipper hinges on the usage of Mister Negative. Mister Negative flips the cost and power of all cards in the deck. Many cards such as Bishop, Mystique, Ironheart, Rogue, Jubilee, and Wong are more potent with their high costs switched with their low power.<\/p>\n

Silver Surfer, Mystique, and Ironheart all become 0-Cost cards through Mister Negative, while each has 3-Power due to the swap.<\/p>\n

There are a few different routes for this deck. Ideally, you want to play Psylocke on turn two, then on turn three, you will have four energy, so you can play Mister Negative. Mister Negative swaps the cost of all cards in your deck. Wong will become a 2-Cost with 4-Power and you can play Jubilee and\/or Ironheart on top of Wong\u2019s location to trigger both of their On Reveal effects twice due to Wong\u2019s double On Reveal effect.<\/p>\n

Sera can be swapped out for White Tiger instead, then playing White Tiger on Wong\u2019s location will create two 7-Power Tigers at other locations. If White Tiger\u2019s stats have been swapped due to Mister Negative, White Tiger will be a devastating 1-Cost card with 5-Power.<\/p>\n

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Faithful Flipper Deck List <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 4-Cost cards in this deck that are reduced by Zabu are Jubilee, Wong, and Mister Negative. If you manage to play Zabu on turn three, then on turn four you can play both Mister Negative alongside Jubilee to synergize. Have all of the cards cost\/power swapped, then Jubilee will grab one of those swapped cards from your deck.<\/p>\n

Other cards you can substitute are Bast, Patriot, and Iron Man by swapping out Psylocke, Rogue, and Sera. By including Patriot, you can boost the Broodlings from Brood, since they have no abilities. Brood, Patriot and the broodlings will all also be powered up through Silver Surfer\u2019s On Reveal due to them being all 3-Cost cards\/units.<\/p>\n

Having a 0-Cost Iron Man with 5-Power due to Mister Negative can make your location soar. Even just having Iron Man solo at a location, would already be a 10-Power location with ease.<\/p>\n

This deck can take many different paths due to the combination of Zabu with Mister Negative. A proficient, ferocious, downright deadly duo that complements each other super well that can aid you in climbing the Ranked Ladder.<\/p>\n

Ruthless Rocks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ruthless Rocks\u2019 ace card is Darkhawk. Darkhawk\u2019s effect is that it gains +2 power for each card in the opponent\u2019s deck. By combining Korg and Rock Slide, they will stuff the opponent\u2019s deck with extra cards\u2013in this case, Rocks, which are 1-Cost cards with 0-Power. Essentially pretty useless, if your deck is not using Patriot to power them up.<\/p>\n

The 4-Cost cards in this deck that are reduced by Zabu are Shuri, Moongirl, Darkhawk, Spider-Man, Rock Slide, Wong, and Absorbing Man. Plentiful 4-Cost cards will be reduced by Zabu. Adding in Mystique, then those 4-Cost cards will be reduced even further.<\/p>\n

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