Marvel Snap Balance Patch for Feb. 8 included changes to two cards: Zabu and Silver Surfer.
"Today’s balance changes mark our first “over the air” change to card content without using a patch. Many of you may be wondering why we’re taking this action, so I’m going to walk you through some of our balance philosophy, the metrics that led to these changes, and the adjustments we’re making to Zabu and Silver Surfer," Glenn Jones, Second Dinner game designer, said in the release.
Marvel Snap Balance Patch Feb. 8: Full List of Changes
Here are the changes to Zabu and Silver Surfer in the Feb. 8 Marvel Snap Balance Update:
Zabu
- Was: 3/2 -- Ongoing: Your 4-Cost cards cost 2 less (min. 1)
- Now: 2/2 -- Ongoing: Your 4-Cost cards cost 1 less (min. 1)
"Moving Zabu’s cost reduction from 2 to 1 reduces the potential Energy reduction of the cat, making it harder to hide game-winning amounts of Power until turn 6 or empty your hand for Dracula. It also breaks up the Spider-Man/Absorbing Man combo, which was stronger than we’d like. Sliding him down to 2-Cost hopefully refunds enough tempo to retain the fun of building around various 4-Cost cards. We expect Zabu decks to look a bit different, but still have competitive builds," Jones said.
Silver Surfer
- Was: 3/0 -- On Reveal: Give your other 3-Cost cards +3 power
- Now: 3/2 -- On Reveal: Give your other 3-Cost cards +2 power
"This change aims to keep mostly the same Surfer decks viable, just weaker. We’re specifically happy to carry Power on Surfer himself, because it makes figuring out where he’ll be played more interesting for both players and lets us fine-tune his strength. Those gains unfortunately come at the expense of some cool Mister Negative decks we enjoyed seeing," Jones said.
This article was originally published on dbltap as Marvel Snap Balance Patch Feb. 8: Full List of Changes.