Patch Notes: August 18, 2026

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FEATURES

Legacy Variants – The shop is expanding! Players will now have three additional Daily Offer Shop slots below the eight existing slots, bringing the total to eleven (plus one PMV). These slots will be dedicated to variants which were released during the first two years of Marvel Snap’s life (2022, 2023). This also means these variants will no longer appear in the eight original slots. All variant purchases will still count towards the Daily Offer Shop punchcard. The variant shop may even see additional changes in the coming months…

New Animated Emotes – Animated Emotes – They’re Emotes, but now even Snappier! Animated Emotes are a fun new cosmetic reward making their way to your Collections. The first few will be available in the next upcoming limited-time game mode as well as in Shop Bundles. We’re looking to introduce new Animated Emotes in the future! So, keep an eye out for more of these exciting, and Snappy, new cosmetics!

Mini-Events – We’re happy to see how much players have been enjoying Hyper Cube Rush, so we’re adding more smaller scale events like it! These new mini-events will be in two different groups – Rush events and Sprint Rush events work like Hyper Cube Rush where players can earn cubes, limited-time game mode XP, or limited-time game mode tickets from a bonus pool by winning matches. The rewards for completing a Rush event are the bonus cubes, XP, or tickets you get as you progress through the event. Sprint events are about collecting a set amount of cubes, limited-time game mode XP, or Character Mastery XP. The reward for completing a Sprint event is a set reward for collecting the required amount of cubes or XP.

BUG FIXES

Performance and Compatibility Fixes in 56.x

Crash rate for Android users should be reduced as a memory allocation issue related to the timeline controller should be resolved.

Card Behavior Fixes in 56.x

Astral Projection – Copying Sandman should now properly result in the cost increase persisting after Astral Projection is removed from play.
Patriot – Cards previously granted power by Patriot that then receive an ability through various effects should now properly update and no longer benefit from Patriot’s Ongoing ability.
Patriot – Cards that had previously stolen abilities and then transformed into Hulk by Gamma Lab should be properly buffed by Patriot.
Shuri – Addressed an Aw Snap that could occur when Shuri’s VFX interacted with some Destroy cards’ VFX
Smithsonian Museum – Cleaned up an interaction between the location and unrevealed cards
Survivor’s Camp – Addressed an Aw Snap that could occasionaly occur when VFX triggered on End of Turn

Card and Location Art Fixes in 56.x

Araña – Cleaned up some slight visual issues on the Dan Hipp variant
Astral Projection – Cleaned up some slight visual issues with the base card
Island Prison – Reduced the intensity of SFX
Island Prison – Reduced the intensity of VFX
Mister Negative – Card back colors should no longer briefly revert when Mister Negative is triggered multiple times in a single turn.
Zombie Power Man – There should no longer be a prolonged delay when discarding Skaar or Lady Sif

Shop Fixes in 56.x

Purchasing the Premium Season Pass should no longer prevent scrolling on the Season Pass UI until you leave and re-enter.
Hold to Confirm VFX should play properly once again in the Cards Shop and Event Shops
Web purchases made while in a match should display properly once the player returns to the Main Menu UI post-match.

Game Mode Fixes in 56.x

Deadpool’s Diner – Souper Flow should no longer occasionally fail to apply on Turn 2
Grand Arena – Addressed a rare issue that could occur that prevented decks from loading properly in the UI and result in a softlock
Grand Arena – Upon disconnect, the “Reconnect to Game” text should no longer wrap awkwardly and overlap elements of the button
Grand Arena – The Max Purchase quantity should no longer overlap key info
Grand Arena – Rarity toggles should be restored when previewing rewards in the Event Pass or Shop
Grand Arena – Players should no longer briefly see “Nice!” on some of the buttons on the Event Pass UI.
Grand Arena – The “Incomplete Deck” icon should display correctly on the UI
High Voltage – The “Refill” text on the corresponding Missions button should no longer overlap UI elements
High Voltage – The carousel should have its text restored
High Voltage – Doober VFX should animate correctly when claiming missions.
High Voltage: Overdrive – Post-Event UI should properly show Volts earned rather than total XP
High Voltage: Overdrive – Mystery Variant icons on the pass should no longer be oversized.
Sanctum Showdown – A white fallback asset should no longer be briefly visible when entering the events pass.
Sanctum Showdown – Purchased checkmark should no longer be inappropriately layered over other assets in the Event Shop.
Sanctum Showdown – The “Set as Favorite” UI should no longer display behind the Claim UI for Portal Pulls
Sanctum Showdown – Next available claim on the event pass track should properly have ping ring VFX.

Localization Fixes in 56.x

High Voltage – “Event Has Ended” text should no longer overlap assets in some languages.

PC Specific Fixes in 56.x

- Grand Arena – PC player should no longer see a full-screen blue overlay upon event completion
- Grand Arena – Invalid Deck icon should no longer inadvertently display over the card backs of valid decks.
- High Voltage – The carousel on PC should display properly without missing assets

High Voltage – The banned filter button should display properly on PC.
High credit balances should no longer extend off-screen in some landscape UI

Other Fixes in 56.x

Wild Booster counts should update more consistently and in real time during the post-match results
Season Pass scroll animation should no longer play every time you enter the Season Pass UI
Custom borders that previously didn’t apply correctly to reference token cards should now be resolved
Albums should no longer occasionally show the wrong icon.