Marvel Snap has revealed two new cards, and one of them is Darkhawk. At first, the effect looks weak and underwhelming, but wait, don’t close the article yet. What if we told you that some cards work well with it? Prima Games will showcase Darkhawk below and provide you with tips on how to best use it. You won’t believe it when you see it!
Darkhawk Card Effect in Marvel Snap
Darkhawk is a card that costs 4 Energy, with just 1 Power on it. However, the footnote says, “Ongoing: +2 Power for each card in your opponent’s deck.”. The natural question of mostly everyone is, “But doesn’t the opponent’s deck get very thin, if not empty, by the end of the match?” and yes, you are very, very correct. There are ways to prevent this, of course.
You probably remember some cards already, but we’ll help you out, no worries.
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Darkhawk Deck Example in Marvel Snap With Code
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We’ll go through each card below:
- Korg
Puts a Rock in the opponent’s Deck - Black Widow
Disables opponent from drawing, or in other words, stops the opponent from decreasing the number of cards in their Deck. If you combo this with Wave somehow, it’s highly problematic for the opponent - Psylocke
Mana ramp - Scarlet Witch
Seeing a bad location? No problem (mostly). And, of course, you want to get to the location that adds Rocks or Vibranium into Decks. - Mystique
Use it to clone Darkhawk or Wong - Wave
Early combo enabler (let’s say Odin on some On Reveal effects that are detrimental for the opponent.) - Darkhawk
The card we’re building this Deck around. - Wong
A lot of On Reveal effects makes us want to double them. - Shang-Chi
For when an opponent’s card gets way out of control - Rock Slide
Korg on steroids - Odin
Effect repeater - America Chavez
You’ll rarely play it. We just want it in the deck so that the deck size is virtually reduced to 11, and that’s a very important role from a consistency standpoint. It means you’ll get to other vital cards faster.
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How to Counter Darkhawk in Marvel Snap
There’s nothing much you can do because most of these suggestions are not generally suitable for all-purpose use, so unless everyone starts playing Darkhawk decks, choose your counters carefully:
- Scarlet Witch (flips a location that fills your deck with garbage)
- Jubilee + Wong + Odin to thin your deck (however, you might be pulling rocks out)
- Shang-Chi (to slam dunk an overcommitted Darkhawk or a clone of it)
- Enchantress (cut the first Darkhawk play in its core and Snap before ending your turn to annoy the opponent because their win condition has been shattered)
- Rogue (steal the first Darkhawk before it lays eggs, or use it as a last-turn sudden strike)
