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Every live-service game has to come out with periodic content updates to keep players engaged. However, most developers also like to slip a fresh balance update out whenever they can. Marvel Snap’s most recent season, themed around the new Marvel Rivals shooter, changed the effects of several cards in the game to make them either more or less powerful.

Every change is designed to make the game fairer and to keep one card or deck build from being too powerful, but it can be confusing when a card you often use suddenly doesn’t have the text you thought it did. Here is every change made to cards in the December 2024 Marvel Snap update.

Arishem

• Old text: 7/7 – At the Start of the game, +1 Max Energy, Shuffle 15 random cards into your deck
• New text: 7/7 – Game Start: Shuffle 12 new cards into your deck. On turn 3, get +1 Max Energy.

Typhoid Mary

• Old text: 4/10 – Ongoing: Your other cards here have -1 Power.
• New text: 4/10 – Ongoing: Your other cards here have -2 Power.

Alioth

• Old text: 6/10 – On Reveal: Remove the text from all unrevealed enemy cards.
• New text: 6/9 – On Reveal: Remove the text from all unrevealed enemy cards.

Enchantress

• Old text: 4/5 – On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all Ongoing cards here.
• New text: 4/6 – On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all Ongoing cards here.

Black Widow

• Old text: 3/4 – Activate: Add a Widow’s Bite to your opponent’s hand.
• New text: 3/3 – Activate: Add a Widow’s Bite to your opponent’s hand.

Frigga

• Old text: 3/3 – On Reveal: Add a copy of the last card you played to your hand (if able).
• New text: 3/4 – On Reveal: Add a copy of the last card you played to your hand (if able).

Shuri

• Old text: 4/1 – On Reveal: If you play your next card at this location, double its Power.
• New text: 4/3 – On Reveal: If you play your next card at this location, double its Power.

Lockjaw

• Old text: 4/4 – After you play a card here, swap it with a card in your deck.
• New text: 4/5 – After you play a card here, swap it with a card in your deck.

Stormbreaker

• Old text: 0/1 – On Reveal: Double Beta Ray Bill’s Power.
• New text: 0/3 – On Reveal: Double Beta Ray Bill’s Power.

Cerebro

• Old text: 3/0 – Ongoing: Your highest-Power cards have +2 Power.
• New text: 2/0 – Ongoing: Your highest-Power cards have +2 Power.

Elsa Bloodstone

• Old text: 3/3 – Each card you play to fill your side of a location gains +2 Power.
• New text: 3/4 – Each card you play to fill your side of a location gains +2 Power.

As the developers of Marvel Snap continue to experiment to keep the game fun but competitive, we expect there will be more small tweaks to cards in addition to the new cards that have been introduced as part of the Marvel Rivals update.

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