Marvel Snap May 16 patch notes have been released including major changes to Ranked Mode, new Deck Cosmetic Customization options, the return of Kitty Pryde and more.
The Marvel Snap balance team has been dedicated to making sure the popular card battler remains balanced as new cards and seasons are released frequently. The latest round of patch notes include changes to Kitty Pryde who's back after being removed, Wave, Crystal and Death. As well, there's a Series Drop making it easier to acquire certain cards plus a big change to Ranked Mode.
Here's the full list of changes in the Marvel Snap May 16 patch.
Marvel Snap May 16 Patch Notes: Full List of Changes
New Feature: Deck Cosmetics Customization
- Cosmetic customizations by deck (card back, title, avatar): Avatars and Titles can now be applied to each deck separately!
- Please Note: The first time you login this patch, your active deck will be changed to the first deck in your list. We apologize for this inconvenience!
Seasonal Series Drop
Cards dropping from Series 5 to Series 4:
- Master Mold
- Negasonic
- Nimrod
Series 4 to 3:
- Sentry
- Silver Surfer
- Dazzler
- Shadow King
- Sauron
- Ghost
Cards Staying in Series 4:
- Darkhawk
- Knull
Ranked Mode
- The number of Cubes required to Rank Up have decreased from 10 Cubes to 7 Cubes.
- The number of Bonus Ranks gained when Tiering up has been reduced from 5 Ranks to 3 Ranks. (Example: When ranking up from rank 29, a player will go to Rank 33 instead of Rank 35.)
Card Updates
Kitty Pryde
- [Old] 1/0 – You can return this to your hand to gain +2 Power.
- [New] 1/0 – When this returns to your hand, +2 Power. Returns at the start of each turn.
Crystal
- [Old] 4/4 – On Reveal: If this is at the middle location, shuffle your hand into your deck and draw 3 cards.
- [New] 4/4 – On Reveal: Each player draws a card.
Wave
- [Old] 3/3 – On Reveal: Next turn, cards in both players’ hands cost 4.
- [New] 3/3 – On Reveal: All cards cost 4 until the end of next turn.
Death
- [Old] 9/12 – Costs 1 less for each card destroyed this game.
- [New] 8/12 – Costs 1 less for each card destroyed this game.
Bug Fixes
- Retreating while Kang is rewinding should no longer cause an Aw Snap error.
- Quake’s shuffling of locations should no longer prevent Shuri’s buff from being applied.
- “Rare” and “Super Rare” labels on cards should now be properly translated.
- Energy UI assets should no longer overlap when gaining extra energy.
- Speech bubble UI should no longer be hidden by cards in hand.
- Sandman and Electro should no longer show their VFX if they’ve been morphed into another card.
- Playing Hulk Buster on Iron Fist should now correctly show the merged card move.
- The “Set as Favorite” text should no longer overlap with the star UI icon in most languages.
- Snowguard (Hawk) should no longer cause an Aw Snap to occur when played on Knowhere with other On Reveal cards.
- Knowhere’s VFX for On Reveal cards should no longer display when the location is disabled by Snowguard (Hawk).
- Unseen cards with reference cards (such as Snowguard) should now show their reference cards when viewed for the first time in the Token Shop.
- Many localization adjustments to the size of text in Thai.
- She-Hulk adjusted so her fist no longer obscures her power.
- Spaces should be better handled by card search in the collection.
- Cards that have had their power altered by other cards should show the proper adjustments in the card detail view.
- The Season pass should now include the Mystery Variant reward on the Free Track.
- The Weekly Spotlight should now update appropriately when new cards are released and previous cards move into the S4/S5 slot.
- Player’s Token balance should be visible while viewing a card in the Token Shop.
- Jeff should be able to move where he pleases after being returned to hand by Beast
- [PC] Playing Sentry should no longer cause an Aw Snap error.
This article was originally published on dbltap as Marvel Snap May 16 Patch Notes: Full List of Changes.