Sauron, Marvel SNAP's newest card, just wants to turn people into dinosaurs. Sauron's ability, "On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all Ongoing cards in your hand and deck," is a nod at the comic character being a life-absorbing human-pteranodon energy vampire. Players can use Sauron to remove negative Ongoing abilities from cards that normally aren't utilized because their negative abilities outweigh their Power.
Unfortunately, Sauron is a Pool 5 card, the same pool containing Marvel SNAP's Thanos, so casual players probably won't be unlocking it anytime soon.
While Sauron does have a few cards it synergizes well with, it isn't a flexible card. If Sauron were to be added to a deck not built around its ability, it could kill the deck and throw the game.
Sauron-Shuri Deck
|
Card |
Energy |
Power |
Pool |
Ability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sunspot |
1 |
1 |
2 |
At the end of each turn, gain +1 Power for each unspent Energy. |
|
Zero |
1 |
3 |
3 |
On Reveal: Remove the abilities on the next card you play. |
|
Ebony Maw |
1 |
7 |
2 |
You can't play this after turn 3. Ongoing: You can't play cards here. |
|
Sauron |
3 |
3 |
5 |
On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all Ongoing cards in your hand and deck. |
|
Maximus |
3 |
7 |
3 |
On Reveal: Your opponent draws two cards. |
|
Lizard |
2 |
5 |
1 |
Ongoing: -3 Power if your opponent has four cards here. |
|
6 |
10 |
4 |
Costs 1 less for each unspent Energy last turn. |
|
|
Vision |
2 |
2 |
3 |
You can move this each turn. |
|
Red Skull |
5 |
15 |
3 |
Ongoing: Enemy cards at this location have +2 Power. |
|
Taskmaster |
5 |
0 |
3 |
On Reveal: Set this card's Power equal to the Power of the last card you played. |
|
Typhoid Mary |
4 |
10 |
3 |
Ongoing: Your other cards have -1 Power. |
|
Shuri |
4 |
2 |
5 |
On Reveal: Double the Power of the next card you play. |
This deck, featured by YouTuber RegisKillbin, utilizes Marvel SNAP cards which would normally be played alongside Cosmo, who has "Ongoing: On Reveal, abilities won't happen at this location" as an ability. Because Sauron's ability affects the entire deck, cards like Typhoid Mary and Ebony Maw aren't limited to the same lane as Sauron, as they would be for Cosmo. Playing Sauron to remove the Ongoings, then Shuri followed by Red Skull, and finishing with Taskmaster results in a considerable Power payoff.
Sauron-Arnim Zola Deck
|
Card |
Energy |
Power |
Pool |
Ability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
0 |
3 |
On Reveal: Destroy a random friendly card here. Add copies of it to the other locations. |
|
|
Sunspot |
1 |
1 |
2 |
At the end of each turn, gain +1 Power for each unspent Energy. |
|
Zero |
1 |
3 |
3 |
On Reveal: Remove the abilities on the next card you play. |
|
Ebony Maw |
1 |
7 |
2 |
You can't play this after turn 3. Ongoing: You can't play cards here. |
|
Sauron |
3 |
3 |
5 |
On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all Ongoing cards in your hand and deck. |
|
Lizard |
2 |
5 |
1 |
Ongoing: -3 Power if your opponent has four cards here. |
|
She-Hulk |
6 |
10 |
4 |
Costs 1 less for each unspent Energy last turn. |
|
Red Skull |
5 |
15 |
3 |
Ongoing: Enemy cards at this location have +2 Power. |
|
Taskmaster |
5 |
0 |
3 |
On Reveal: Set this card's Power equal to the Power of the last card you played. |
|
Typhoid Mary |
4 |
10 |
3 |
Ongoing: Your other cards have -1 Power. |
|
Shuri |
4 |
2 |
5 |
On Reveal: Double the Power of the next card you play. |
|
Aero |
5 |
7 |
3 |
On Reveal: Move all enemy cards played this turn to this location. |
Sauron's ability doesn't synergize with most SNAP cards, so decks built around it almost always have the same key players like Red Skull, Shuri, and Typhoid Mary. This deck, made by dekkster, only deviates by replacing Maximus and Vision with Aero and Arnim Zola. Arnim Zola redistributes power to other locations, which is overall the same mechanic Vision uses.
Once players have reached Collection Level 500 and unlocked Marvel SNAP's Token Shop, Sauron will still be gatekept by Collector's Tokens. Maybe new opportunities to play Sauron will happen as more cards are added to SNAP, but most decks playing Sauron are going to be almost identical for the time being. So Sauron might not be worth pinning in the Token Shop.
Sources: YouTube RegisKillbin, SNAP.Fan/dekkster
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Marvel SNAP
- Summary:
- Marvel brings its multiversal madness to the digital collectible card game scene with Marvel SNAP, a 1v1 multiplayer Digital TCG on iOS, Android, and PC. In Marvel Snap, players will assemble teams of their favorite heroes and villains as they battle against other players in three-minute games in this high-speed card battler. Animations are dynamic and feature artwork from several artists from Marvel's history, including some new talent - all designing pieces exclusively for the game - with over 150 illustrations at launch. Decks are kept small, and turns are limited to six per player. The game comes from the former Hearthstone CCG director Ben Brode and is free-to-play with monetization elements.
- Franchise:
- Marvel
- Platform:
- iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows
- Released:
- 2022-10-18
- Developer:
- Second Dinner
- Publisher:
- Nuverse
- Genre:
- Digital Card Game
- How Long To Beat:
- 20 hours
