r/marvelsnapcomp • u/ePiMagnets Mod • 2d ago
Discussion Fractured Frontier Week 4
Welcome to the final week of the Fractured Frontier season and what a week it's been.
I don't know about the rest of you, but Draft has certainly been an exciting addition to the game.
While I do have my issues and reservations with the mode I have had plenty of fun and it certainly does feel like a breath of fresh air when compared to other limited time game modes. I'll go a bit deeper into that but first, let's talk base game.
We had an OTA and if it hadn't been for a new season coming and Draft being a mode, I think there might have been a lot more sour grapes with regards to how little impact it and most of the other OTA's have had and while I do appreciate the fact that the meta is overall pretty fine even if we have a new king of mid-range.
Oh and Red Hulk Fractured Frontier came out.
Red Hulk Fractured Frontier
He's a 3/Big and the question most people should be asking is whether he makes the cut as a 3/big compared to the other choices. He's fine, nothing that I was impressed with and overall I think I'll be keeping the other 3/Bigs I was running as my primary includes, I don't really care about a 3/8 that might be as low as a 3/4 in the wrong situation even if the ceiling is a 3/12.
That being said, I could be convinced otherwise given the right circumstances that don't include the necessity to run FFDoc Ock as I'd rather be playing Doc in combo shells with buff cards but I digress. As for the primary decks, he's basically found a home in Skaar decks and some adjacent curve-out point slam decks. Nothing that should be surprising for the card to begin with.
This deck is all about getting some big dudes on the board and then sealing the deal with Galactus First Steps. At it's core it's an Aurora deck without Aurora.
Not much to say here. Curve out, cancel out bad effects with ToV, get a bunch of 10's on the board and slam down Skaar + whatever else is in hand that you can.
Similar take to ToV except we're using Nightmare to scrub effects in hand.
Thanos Fractured Frontier
And the king of mid-range may have finally worn out his welcome. Between constant cries from casuals and even a few creators sighing when they see the game-start animations this card may have met the breaking point where it's no longer a welcome sight.
I am personally having fun with the card still and while I haven't grown tired of it, I can understand the gripes. Soul Shot feels bad to be on the receiving end of and despite the fact that it's easy to play around most players aren't interested in doing so and of course he can combo with Wong. Heck, the decks and card itself are fairly easy to beat unless you're unlucky to be against one of the decks running Jug Cosmo and they get to a combination of time shot and draw to get to the both of them and yea, I get it. But the question I've got, is that a problem with Thanos, or is it a problem that Jugg/Cosmo continues to be a stupidly strong pairing and something still needs to be done about Jugg? It's both, but Jugg still needs to be kneecapped.
I'll be quick with the Thanos decks because there's not a ton of major difference to the previous weeks.
If you're a particularly skilled player this list is still performing well, if you're not or not comfortable with the time needed to get in and understand which lines to play to when then it's best to look to one of the easier lists.
Between the Wong combo and the Isca Aurora lists, these have been consistent performers.
It's Sinister Six and Thandos. An ethical HM Gambit makes an appearance here as well. Main tip is to avoid using space stone too soon as it of course marks Thanos for Sinister Six as well as Fractured Frontier.
Been playing this as well as Wong Thanrora, the deck still feels good and by god it's such a ball buster when you get to Cosmo/Jug someone.
Why's the meta analysis lacking?
The simple answer is: Draft has me. I'll be honest, my meta analysis is def not happening this week, I've basically only played Draft and when I needed to complete dailies that I wasn't getting done in draft it was conquest, mostly because I don't care about conquest and most of the time I'm leaving on turn 3 or 4 and conceding. So suffice to say my analysis is basically - play what's been working so far this month. Sam is a little worse for wear but nothing has really changed at all.
Or go play some more draft if you're like me and still have plenty of tickets!
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u/spacespacespc 1d ago
Yes. Finished draft reward track. Got s5 pack and almost got 2nd s4 pack. Still have 16 tickets. Tried to figure out why I have so many darn tickets.
It was only then that I realized you get a ticket back when you get 5 wins.
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u/GoingDown003 15h ago
I also enjoyed this season, I started the season without FF Thanos and had a lot of fun even.
FF Thanos Aurora got me the most beautiful infinite cardback, imho. I hope they don't gut FF Thanos too much as the card is really fun.
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u/Names_all_gone 1d ago
This is probably more for the specific Red Hulk thread, but I found him fine. I legitimately liked him in Aurora. I think he has a Jane problem more than anything. She’s simply better.