Marvel Snap's Victoria Hand: Deck Strategies and Value Assessment
Despite the ongoing popularity of Pokemon 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 deck builds and assess her value.
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- Victoria Hand's Mechanics
- Top Victoria Hand Decks
- Is Victoria Hand Worth the Investment?
Victoria Hand's Mechanics
Victoria Hand is a 2-cost, 3-power card with the ongoing ability: “Ongoing: Your cards created in your hand have +2 Power.” This directly boosts cards generated in your hand, similar to Cerebro's effect, but crucially not cards generated within your deck (rendering her ineffective with cards like Arishem). Optimal synergy exists with cards like Maria Hill, Sentinel, Agent Coulson, and Iron Patriot. Early game, be mindful of Rogues and Enchantresses attempting to counter her effect. Her 2-cost Ongoing nature allows strategic late-game deployment.
Top Victoria Hand Decks
Victoria Hand's best synergy is undoubtedly with Iron Patriot, the season pass card, which generates high-cost cards with a cost reduction. This pairing often revives older archetypes.
Devil Dinosaur Deck:
- Maria Hill
- Quinjet
- Hydra Bob
- Hawkeye
- Kate Bishop
- Iron Patriot
- Sentinel
- Victoria Hand
- Mystique
- Agent Coulson
- Shang-Chi
- Wiccan
- Devil Dinosaur
This deck utilizes Hydra Bob (replaceable with a 1-cost alternative like Nebula), Kate Bishop, and Wiccan (essential). Victoria Hand significantly boosts Sentinel, transforming it into a powerful 2-cost, 5-power card (or 7-power with Mystique). Quinjet further amplifies this effect. Wiccan provides an additional power boost for a final turn push, potentially including Devil Dinosaur. If Wiccan's effect is unavailable, focusing on Devil Dinosaur in another lane, potentially copied by Mystique, serves as a backup strategy.
Arishem Deck:
- Hawkeye
- Kate Bishop
- Sentinel
- Valentina
- Agent Coulson
- Doom 2099
- Galactus
- Daughter of Galactus
- Nick Fury
- Legion
- Doctor Doom
- Alioth
- Mockingbird
- Arishem
This deck incorporates Victoria Hand into the established Arishem archetype. While she doesn't directly enhance cards added to the deck from Arishem, she boosts cards generated by Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Sentinel, Valentina, Agent Coulson, and Nick Fury. Even with Arishem's nerf, this remains a potent and unpredictable deck.
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 makes her a viable addition to meta decks. However, she's not a game-changing, must-have card. Consider her value relative to upcoming cards; if the subsequent releases are weaker, prioritizing Victoria Hand might be advantageous.
Marvel Snap is currently available.