Marvel Snap's Victoria Hand: Deck Strategies and Value Assessment
Despite the ongoing popularity of Pokémon TCG Pocket, Marvel Snap continues its robust card releases. This guide focuses on Victoria Hand, a new card released alongside the season pass card, Iron Patriot. We'll explore optimal Victoria Hand decks and assess her value.
Victoria Hand's Mechanics
Victoria Hand is a 2-cost, 3-power card with the ongoing ability: "Your cards created in your hand have +2 Power." This functions similarly to Cerebro, but crucially, only affects cards generated in your hand, not your deck. This means cards like Arishem are unaffected. Strong synergies exist with cards like Maria Hill, Sentinel, Agent Coulson, and Iron Patriot. Early on, be mindful of Rogues and Enchantresses attempting to counter her effect. Her 2-cost and Ongoing nature allows strategic late-game deployment.
Top Victoria Hand Decks (Day One)
Victoria Hand's best synergy is arguably with Iron Patriot, the season pass card, which generates high-cost cards with a cost reduction. These two cards often appear together in decks. One notable example revives the Devil Dinosaur archetype:
- Devil Dinosaur Deck: Maria Hill, Quinjet, Hydra Bob, Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Iron Patriot, Sentinel, Victoria Hand, Mystique, Agent Coulson, Shang-Chi, Wiccan, Devil Dinosaur. (Copyable from Untapped)
Hydra Bob can be substituted with a 1-cost alternative like Nebula. Kate Bishop and Wiccan are essential. The synergy with Sentinel is potent; Victoria Hand boosts generated Sentinels to 5 power (7 with Mystique), creating powerful plays with Quinjet. Wiccan provides a late-game power boost, potentially combining with Devil Dinosaur, Victoria Hand, and Sentinel. If Wiccan fails, a Devil Dinosaur play (potentially doubled with Mystique) provides a fallback strategy.
A second deck utilizes the often-dreaded Arishem, despite the card's nerf:
- Arishem Deck: Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Sentinel, Valentina, Agent Coulson, Doom 2099, Galactus, Daughter of Galactus, Nick Fury, Legion, Doctor Doom, Alioth, Mockingbird, Arishem. (Copyable from Untapped)
This deck leverages card generation, benefiting from Victoria Hand's buff on cards created in the hand, even though deck-generated cards remain unaffected. The inherent randomness of Arishem decks keeps opponents guessing.
Is Victoria Hand Worth the Investment?
Victoria Hand is a valuable addition for players enjoying hand-generation strategies, especially when paired with Iron Patriot. Her powerful effect will likely see meta appearances, but she isn't a must-have, collection-defining card. However, considering the relatively weaker cards slated for release later in the month, investing in Victoria Hand might be preferable.
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