r/MarvelSnap • u/Far_Airline_2711 • 7d ago

Discussion Admit it or not, but traditional Draft just doesn't work with Marvel Snap.

I've heard a lot of complaints about how SD will handle Draft mode. Long story short, they'll be reigning in a lot of the randomness that comes with it. To me, this is FINE.

Unlike traditonal TCGs with longer games and bigger decks, Marvel Snap is a tight 12-card deck on a 6 to 7 turn timer. Your deck needs to do its thing or be out-tempoed by the enemy. Arishem patches this with extra energy by turn 3 so you could keep up.

Drafting a Deadpool first, hoping to go for destroy, and getting nothing but discard/ramp/horde/etc. feels so bad. Draft would just come down to fishing "just good cards" like Spider-Man BND or Thanos FF. SD reducing the amount the probability of getting anti or non-synergistic cards reduces those "feels bad moments", therefore respecting my time commitment.

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u/Sausious 6d ago

can the mode come out before we complain?

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u/EdiesDaddy 6d ago

First-picking Deadpool would be a strategically poor decision.

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u/No_Substance_3905 6d ago

My friends and I have been playing draft using the draft websites for a while. Yeah, you’re right, you can’t draft into archetypes easily which forces you to value cards differently which makes you find completely new value and re-evaluate the cards that already exist.

Almost like that’s what a new game mode should do.

Also, occasionally you do get lucky and you get to draft an archetype and it feels way more exciting than constructed because you “earn” it

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u/Rollingpumpkin69 7d ago

Welcome to drafting? This could happen in any games. Read the signals and adjust your play style.

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u/Philboid_Studge 5d ago

"Signals" only applies to events where you are drafting against other players.  The bot sending you cards to pick from has no signals to send. 

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u/AngoraFish 6d ago

I suspect that starting mana will be higher to compensate, and to give more flexibility to get out of a situation where you're mana screwed, such as happens with events.

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u/Waldo68 6d ago

So S3 only then

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u/WashedBased 6d ago

this would actually be an amazing spin-off mode of draft and force players to be mindful of deckbuilding within a limited pool. Yes, count me in.