Welcome Back Overview

We. Are. Back! We can’t thank you all enough for being so patient with us through this downtime ordeal. Your outpouring of support to all of us at Second Dinner was heard and greatly appreciated. MARVEL SNAP isn’t just our job but it’s our passion. It’s a passion that we share with many of you all around the world. It’s not something we take for granted, so thank you again for your dedication, patience, and support.

 

Now on to the fun stuff! As we said earlier, we realize that many of you missed out on time-based content, rewards, and Missions during this outage. This disruption of service is more than just an unfortunate blip in our eyes. As such, we are not only committed to making up for this disruption but we want to welcome back players, new and old, with some extra goodies to celebrate. Additionally, to make sure this never happens again, we’re working to bring more services in-house and partner with a new publisher. This is the beginning of a new era in MARVEL SNAP.

 

The team has prioritized getting the game back online first and foremost. Thanks again for your patience. As for US players, we wanted to make sure we covered all rewards for the missed time. For global players, we recognize this impacted you as well so we included extras like Alliance rewards. To all players, we included an additional bonus on top as a thank you for your loyalty.

 

Below we fully outline the packages being delivered to players’ inboxes:

 

Package Overviews

For US-based players– US Downtime Package:

Over Collection Level 500:

• 2 Spotlight Keys
• 5000 Season Pass XP
• 4150 Credits
• 6200 Collector’s Tokens
• 1000 Gold
• 5 Gold Conquest Ticket
• 3 Infinite Conquest Ticket
• 4000 Conquest Medals
• 1 Mystery Variant
• 6 Premium Mystery Variant
• 1 Cosmic Red Border (Super Rare)
• 3 Cosmic Gold Border (Super Rare)
• 155 x5 Random Boosters

Under Collection Level 500:

• 6 Mystery Series 3 Cards
• 5000 Season Pass XP
• 7150 Credits
• 1000 Gold
• 1 Mystery Variant
• 6 Premium Mystery Variant
• 1 Cosmic Red Border (Super Rare)
• 3 Cosmic Gold Border (Super Rare)
• 155 x5 Random Boosters

 

For non-US-based players– Global Gratitude Package:  

Over Collection Level 500:

• 2 Spotlight Key
• 3000 Collector’s Tokens
• 1500 Credits
• 1 Mystery Variant
• 1 Premium Mystery Variant
• 1 Cosmic Gold Border (Super Rare)
• 1 Cosmic Red Border (Super Rare)
• 155 x3 Random Boosters

Under Collection Level 500:

• 6 Mystery Series 3 Cards
• 3000 Credits
• 1 Mystery Variant
• 1 Premium Mystery Variant
• 1 Cosmic Gold Border (Super Rare)
• 1 Cosmic Red Border (Super Rare)
• 155 x3 Random Boosters

 

FAQ

Who’s eligible for what? 

All existing US-based players will receive the “US Downtime Package”. 

• Existing US-based players are defined as accounts that were created before Jan 20, 2025 and either “A” or “B” below:
  • A) Players whose account was created in the United States
  • B) Player who has any activity in the United States in the last 30 days prior to outage
• Check your personal Collection Level number to see for which section you qualify.

All existing non-US players will receive the “Global Gratitude Package”. 

• Non-US players are defined by all players whose accounts were created before Jan 20, 2025 and NOT covered by US-based players (A) or (B) definition above.
• Check your personal Collection Level number to see for which section you qualify.

 

What if I used a VPN to play during the downtime in the US?

A players’ usage of a VPN will not affect their eligibility. This includes players from outside the US VPN-ing into the US to try and receive the “US Downtime Package”.

LIMITED TIME LOGIN REWARDS & MORE!

It’s our Anniversary month! To kick it off, we’re partnering with Apple to send you some some buffed up rewards. If you’re logging in on an iOS device, you’re going to notice a sweet new Card Back in your inbox!

To be eligible for the Card Back, simply login on an iOS device between October 7-13th to redeem your exclusive Wolverine ‘Celebr8bit’ Card Back! (The ‘Celebr8bit’ Card Back will be available for other platforms at a later date!)

 

Anniversary League Event!

As part of our month-long anniversary party, we’ll be launching a special League event with super awesome rewards on October 11th! Joining Leagues is automatic and free, simply play a ranked match during the event to enter. All participants will receive a free Deadpool ‘Celebr8bitpool’ Card Back and the top 3 players in each League will win two new exclusive ‘Games!’ variants featuring Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur!

 

Anniversary Bundles!

A Bit Tongue-Tied Bundle 

• Venom Nicola Saviori Variant
• Venom Nicola Saviori Avatar
• 155 Venom Boosters
• 1 Black Web Border
• 2000 Credits

Price – 2000 Gold

 

Caught Red-Handed Bundle 

• Carnage Nicola Saviori Variant
• Carnage Nicola Saviori Avatar
• 155 Carnage Boosters
• 1 Red Web Border
• 1500 Gold

Price = $14.99

Series Drops are Coming!

Just in time for some summer fun, we wanted to let you know we have a new Series Drop planned for the upcoming patch of MARVEL SNAP!

Drop to Series 4

• Jean Grey
• Selene
• Hercules
• Nebula
• Silk
• The Living Tribunal
• Gladiator

 

Drop to Series 3

• Howard the Duck
• Silver Samurai
• Mirage
• Echo
• Martyr

 

FYI, this upcoming patch is currently scheduled for June 4th, giving you some time to plan your Token and Spotlight Key allowance. Cheers SNAPPERS!

Shop Takeover: Midnight Suns Tarot Variants

You will need some help in your fight against demonic forces this season, so we’ve worked with 2K to bring you all-new Midnight Suns Variants from Marvel’s Midnight Suns, including Black Panther, Deadpool, Jean Grey, and 21 more incredible characters that will be coming to the shop as tarot cards!

Three Days of Darkness!

We’re so excited about these variants, that we’re going to take over the entire shop from October 11th through the 13th! But act fast! Once the event is over, they’ll be back in the daily rotation.

• Day 1 Start Time: October 11th @ 12PM PT 

• Day 2 Refresh Time: October 12th @ 12PM PT

• Day 3 Refresh Time: October 13th @ 12PM PT

• Event End Time: October 14th @ 12PM PT 

Normal shop rules still apply! You must own the base card before you’re offered a variant card in the Daily Offer Shop.

24 Brand New Variant Releases

All this month, we’re continuing our darkest collaboration ever with our friends at 2K Games and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Don’t forget to check out your free login rewards, exclusive bundles, and an all-new location inspired by the hit-game, there’s plenty of darkness to embrace.

Premium Mystery Variant Drop Table Details

The Premium Mystery Variant contains all eligible unowned Rare and Super-rare variants, excluding Pixel variants. The contents of the Premium Mystery Variant are automatically updated (weekly based) to include new variants added to the game.

Every 9 Premium Mystery Variants opened reward the following (not in this order):

• 6 Rare Variants
• 3 Super-rare Variants

Additionally:

• If there are no eligible Rare variants to reward, any Rare pull instead rewards an eligible, unowned Avatar.
• If there are no eligible Super-rare variants to reward, any Super-rare pull instead rewards eligible, unowned Avatar.
• If there are no eligible Avatars to award, any Avatar pull instead rewards 310 random Boosters.

Spotlight Cache: More Cards for More Players!

We’re excited to announce one of the biggest changes to MARVEL SNAP since its launch – the Spotlight Cache. Spotlight Cache means more cards, including brand new cards, for more players than ever before! We think this will make every card release more exciting, impactful, and accessible to everyone. Get ready to grow your collection FASTER THAN EVER!

 

 

What is the Spotlight Cache?

Spotlight Cache is a brand new way to acquire newly released cards, Series 4 cards, and Series 5 cards. Spotlight Cache system will appear after you’ve passed Collection Level (CL) 500. A Spotlight Cache will replace Collector’s Caches and Collector’s Reserves every 120CL. This means that one in every 10 Collector’s Reserves are becoming Spotlight Caches.

Why are Spotlight Caches so exciting? The answer is the CARDS! Each week, three different Series 4 and 5 cards will be featured – including the new card released that week! When you open a Spotlight Cache, you’re guaranteed to open one of those three cards, or a random S4/S5 card. If you already own one of the featured cards, the Spotlight Cache will instead feature a time-exclusive variant for the featured card. A picture is worth a thousand words, though, so here’s what it might look like for a week:

The Spotlight Cache reward pool changes each week and features 1 brand new card, 2 existing Series 4/5 cards, and a Random Series 4/5 card.

 

 

More Cards for More Players

You might be asking, “Why are you making this change?’. We want to bring more cards to more players – and this system helps make that possible for all players, no matter where they’re at in their journey. Whether you’re still working through Series 3 or you have nearly all Series 4/5 cards, you’ll see an increase in cards earned with the change to Spotlight Cache. If you’re a free-to-play player that completes your Daily Missions, you can expect to get a Series 4/5 card from your Spotlight Cache almost EVERY WEEK – this is a huge increase from having to grind 6000 Tokens to get a single Series 5 card all month in the old system!

Monthly Comparison: Series 3 Incomplete Player Sample

 

 

Monthly Comparison: Series 3 Complete Player Sample

 

 

Every Card Release is Impactful and Accessible

One of the main feedback topics we’ve seen is that players didn’t feel they were able to enjoy or engage with new card releases each week. We definitely want to address this! Previously, we saw a very small portion of players able to get the new card each week. But, with Spotlight Cache, ~25% of players who finish their Daily Missions can get the new card each week – for free! This is going to bring more diversity to the decks you’re playing and seeing each week. Get ready to experiment in the Proving Grounds, build brand new decks, and face off against new cards while ranking up!

 

 

Your Collection, Your Way

We know you like to target which cards you’ll add to your collection – this isn’t being removed. Featured Series 4 or Series 5 cards in Spotlight Cache give you the perfect opportunity to add cards you’ve been looking for to your collection. Have you been hoping to get the mighty Thanos to lead your growing army of heroes and villains? When Thanos is being featured in the Spotlight Cache, opening one that week gives you 1 in 4 chance to earn Thanos! Opening another one will give you 1 in 3 chance, and if you open 4, you are guaranteed to get all the featured Series 4/5 cards that week – including Thanos!

 

While the Collection Level Track and Spotlight Cache system will be your primary source for new cards to add to your collection; Collector’s Tokens and Token Shop will still exist as a back-up support system for unlocking targeted cards. As part of this change, we’re increasing the overall availability of cards, decreasing the emphasis on Token Shop, and decreasing the Collector’s Tokens that players receive in other ways. If a card has been eluding you in the Spotlight Cache, spending Collector’s Tokens in the Token Shop is another path to target the exact card you want. But, these won’t be your primary card acquisition tools, so spend them carefully and wisely!

 

 

Upgrade Cards to Get More Cards

We want to continue the excitement of progressing your Collection Score through the early Collection Level Track. For many established players, they missed the excitement of earning new cards in the Collection Level Track. So, we’re going back to our roots: upgrade cards to get more cards. We think this will be a much more enjoyable experience, provide clear goals, and again… bring more cards to more people!

 

We think the Spotlight Cache system will be a huge improvement to card acquisition for all MARVEL SNAP players. We’ve been talking about card acquisition changes for a while now and you’ve probably noticed a few changes while we’ve been exploring how to make this a better experience for all players. As always, this is an iterative process… and we plan on continuing to change things up and improve the system! Please keep sharing your thoughts and feedback so we can deliver on the forever game we believe MARVEL SNAP can be!

 

 

If you have more questions… read the FAQ below!

• What happens to saved Collector’s Caches and Collector’s Reserves when the change happens?

Any saved Collector’s Caches or Collector’s Reserves will be turned into Spotlight Caches at the appropriate rate once the new system is live.

 

• How are Collector’s Caches and Collector’s Reserves changing?

Every 4 Collector’s Cache now contain:

2 x Series 3 or below cards

1 x 100 Tokens

1 x Credits Box that can contain 150 or 200 Credits

Every 9 Collector’s Reserve now contain:

2 x Series 3 or below cards

1 x 100 Tokens

3 x Credits Box that can contain 150 or 200 Credits

3 x Cosmetic

 

• Will Series 4 and Series 5 cards still appear in Collector’s Reserves?

All Series 4 and 5 cards are moving into the Spotlight Cache. Spotlight Cache replaces the current system and results in more cards for more players.

 

• Are there fixed odds of finding a Series 4, Series 5, or Spotlight Variant in Spotlight Caches?

Think of the Spotlight Cache like a bag of four items. You pull out one at a time at random, each item having equal chance to be picked. You’ll have a 25% chance to get one of those, then a 33% chance to get one of the remaining options, then a 50% chance to get one of the remaining options, and finally a 100% chance to get the last item. Once the bag is empty, we fill it back up with four items. With Spotlight Cache release, whether something is S4, S5 or is a variant does not impact their drop chance. We want to see how this system plays out and continue to improve the system!

 

• Will I know about Spotlight Cache rewards ahead of time?

We plan to announce the weekly Spotlight Cache reward pools at the start of each season. We hope that this will allow you to plan ahead and get excited for what’s coming in each season of MARVEL SNAP.

 

• How does this interact with Flexible Series Drops?

This feature requires a healthy supply of Series 4 and 5 cards to function—more than our previous system could maintain over time. The recent reduction in Series Drop frequency for cards from Series 4 to Series 3 ensures that we can continue giving away this many cards through Spotlight Caches at this pace. We will announce any Series drop at least two weeks in advance of it happening. Since each of these announcements will precede a patch by two weeks, that’s a 6-week “safe” window to spend tokens on a card without it dropping.

 

Card Acquisition Updates

 

The next few months are going to be truly epic for MARVEL SNAP! We have a new mode coming next month called Conquest, MARVEL SNAP on Windows continues to get polished and prepared for its global launch, and lastly, we’re dreaming up ways of improving the fun of getting new cards.

We’ve seen a lot of questions and feedback about how we introduce new cards to MARVEL SNAP. With our next patch on the horizon, we’d like to share some updates about our plans to improve how you acquire new cards. Our goal over the next few months is to find ways for more people to get the chance to play with new cards, more often.

Flexible Series Release

We’ve heard many players express that releasing every new card in Series 5 is interfering with their ability to get excited about those releases. We don’t want you to feel pressured to wait for Series Drops in order to enjoy that content, and we’d like you to be able to play with more new cards each month. Our goal is to make all new card releases feel exciting, accessible, and impactful in MARVEL SNAP. In our future seasons, we’ll be experimenting with releasing some cards directly to Series 4 – starting with two cards released to Series 4 in June. We believe releasing some cards at lower Token cost will increase accessibility and excitement for new cards released each week. We’ll be listening to your feedback to find the right balance between Series 5 versus Series 4 card releases.

 

Flexible Series Drop 

In addition to modifying the Release Series for some cards, we’ll also be taking a look at the Series Drop cadence for cards. Currently all cards are on the same schedule starting in Series 5, dropping to Series 4 and eventually Series 3. However, the reality is that not all cards are created equally appealing to players. Going forward, we’re going to exercise more flexibility in what cards drop series and when. Sometimes this means preserving the Series of a card, as is the case with Thanos and Galactus. Other times this means we may drop a card from Series 5 to Series 3 because we simply want more people to experiment with it. We may even skip a monthly series drop entirely when the meta looks fun and healthy. These decisions will be made on a card-by-card basis based on data and player feedback instead of applying a blanket rule to all cards. 

 

In our upcoming patch, we’re dropping more cards into Series 3 than we ever have before. In addition, some of our more impactful cards are staying in their current series for longer than expected. There are some fun cards in this drop and we hope they inspire you to experiment with new decks!

• Cards dropping from Series 5 to Series 4: 
  • Master Mold
  • Negasonic
  • Nimrod
• Cards staying in Series 4:
  • Darkhawk
  • Knull
  • Shanna
  • Stature
  • Zabu
  • MODOK
• Cards dropping from Series 4 to Series 3:
  • Sentry
  • Silver Surfer
  • Dazzler
  • Shadow King
  • Sauron
  • Ghost

 

Series 3 Card Acquisition

In a previous patch, we made a few changes for Series 3 players that greatly increased their Token earn rate and introduced the free, seasonal Choose Your Card section. This made new card releases more accessible to these players and ultimately resulted in more cards being collected, but we’ve heard feedback that some players would still like the flexibility to use Tokens for Series 3 cards. In addition to the Choose Your Card section, we’re adding a new way to collect Series 3 cards. In our June patch, we’re updating the Token Shop to include a new section: Series 3 Mystery Card. This option will be available for 1,000 Tokens and can be purchased anytime you have enough Tokens and unowned Series 3 cards. 

 

More Ways to Earn Tokens

Over the last couple of months, we’ve been making adjustments to increase the rate players are able to acquire Tokens. We think there are more improvements to be made here. In the next few patches, we’ll be introducing a couple more features that will reward more Tokens to more players. Our goal is that with these new features increasing the flow of Tokens, players will be able to purchase more new cards, more frequently! The first of these new features will be Weekend Missions.

Weekend Missions: Weekend Missions offer more goals and rewards for players, beyond their current Daily Missions and Weekly Missions. With the initial release of this feature, each weekend will have three Weekend Missions:

• Win Games to Earn Credits
• Win Games with Season Pass Card to Earn Gold
• Win Games with Newly Released Card to Earn Tokens

Each of these reward amounts will vary depending on the difficulty of the mission. There will be Weekly Missions available for each new card release. Weekly Missions for a Newly Released Card are a great way to earn back Tokens with your new cards – essentially reducing the overall Token cost!

 

Thank you for all your feedback and patience as we’re continuing to make updates to MARVEL SNAP. We hope to make a game that we can all play together for years to come!

Kitty Pryde Update

The recent release of Kitty Pryde didn’t go according to plan and we’ll be compensating all players to thank you for your patience during this process. Shortly after the card was enabled on live servers, we saw reports of some game-breaking issues. We disabled the card from being played in any matches, purchased in the Token Shop, or collected from the Collection Level Track until we could find a solution.

Since then, we’ve been exploring fixes for Kitty Pryde’s multiple issues. However we’ve found that in order to do so, it would involve fundamental changes to our current game engine. Instead of modifying the entire game’s ruleset or rereleasing a partially-bugged card, we’re reworking Kitty’s design to satisfy her existing gameplay synergies and goals in a simpler way.

Previous Design – Kitty Pryde:
[1/0] You can return this to your hand to gain +2 Power.
New Design – Kitty Pryde:
[1/0] When this returns to your hand, +2 Power. Returns at the start of each turn.

We need a bit more testing time to verify that everything is functioning as expected. Kitty Pryde will be returning to the game in our May patch, approximately four weeks from tomorrow. We recognize that this has been a frustrating experience for everyone, especially for players that purchased Kitty Pryde before she was disabled and haven’t had access to 6,000 Tokens.

To apologize for the inconvenience, we’re taking the following steps as compensation:

• Later this week, current Kitty Pryde owners will receive:
  • 8,000 Tokens
  • Kitty Pryde Base Avatar
• In the May patch, ALL players will receive the reworked Kitty Pryde for FREE

We thank you for your patience as we have worked through issues with Kitty Pryde. The integrity of our card releases is important and must hit an acceptable bar that creates trust. We learned a lot through this process and will improve the quality of future releases. We are excited for Kitty Pryde’s return and look forward to seeing new decks with her included!