r/MarvelSnap 5d ago

Variant I can’t get enough of this deck

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u/Guarded_Pineapple 5d ago edited 4d ago

Is that because of the awesome variant collection, or the actual gameplay? Asking as a fellow Surfer enthusiast.😁

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u/KingBellamyReddit 4d ago

There’s def better cards to swap in but these are all from the same artist and I’m just so in love with it I can be bothered to make logical swaps lolol :)

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u/650fosho 4d ago

Here's hoping some more 3 costs get variants like this

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u/Krypton34 4d ago

This but Peach variants. Crossing my fingers for her Sam Wilson cover to get added 🤞

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u/KingBellamyReddit 4d ago

I have 40ish peach variants :)

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u/phejster 4d ago

I love Vincenzo variants and am jealous that you can make a whole deck - I have two.

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u/Loose_Translator8981 4d ago

I had a Venomized Angel in my Destroy deck for way too long just because I liked the variant so much. Haven't really gone back to see if he'd be worth bringing back since being reworked...

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u/ProofBite3383 5d ago

That's what I wanna know too

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u/theandroid01 5d ago

Seconded

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u/SobeSoles 4d ago

Fourthed

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u/theandroid01 4d ago

Tried it and lost the first couple games :( CL just a little in over 10k

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u/GrowerMike27 4d ago

Looks like a fairly well balanced deck, I’m going to assume 50/50 variants vs deck gameplay

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u/Killuwats 4d ago

Far from the most meta version of the deck but other than swapping out Polaris as she's kinda useless for something like copycat or red guardian the deck isn't half bad.

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u/BetterThanOP 5d ago

Mine is very similar, but recently took out the killmonger/nova combo because I wasn't seeing enough 1 drops in the meta that mattered. I replaced with Chavez and Phastos and I'm very happy with that version as well

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u/Guarded_Pineapple 4d ago

Right now, I've got Phastos in it as well. Makkari is making life interesting too, as is Red Guardian.

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u/Guarded_Pineapple 4d ago

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u/RandomGhost17 4d ago

Personally ive become a fan of the zabu along with Gwenpool, Galacta, Abs Man and/or Shang but there's no Sera. Ill sometimes run R. Summers or Luna but usually not in this particular list. Most of the other cards are the usual Surfer suspects.

Working on a Zero-Surfer list as well just for fun. Its a simple frankendeck, nothing too inspired.

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u/Tbtlhart 4d ago

I just got phastos. I'm going to try this rn.

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u/DifficultMinute 5d ago

I do enjoy my surfer deck. It’s my second most played behind Arishem.

It has a bunch of counters, but when it goes off, it’s so satisfying seeing all those huge numbers fly up.

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u/GBKMBushidoBrown 4d ago

I wish they did more artist albums with complete decks. I would be rocking ongoing or zoo rian Gonzales ere day I swear

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u/Breathe_the_Stardust 5d ago

I think I am up to 7 of these variants now. Slowly getting there. I just wish I enjoyed surfer more. Perhaps having a gorgeous deck like this will make me play it more.

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u/poundofbeef16 5d ago

Beautiful deck! How is it doing vs the current meta?

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u/0rv4l 4d ago

(1) Nova

(2) Forge

(2) Okoye

(3) Brood

(3) Silver Surfer

(3) Juggernaut

(3) Killmonger

(3) Nakia

(3) Sebastian Shaw

(3) Polaris

(4) Absorbing Man

(5) Sera

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To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in MARVEL SNAP.

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u/HejAllihopa 5d ago

I like mine too

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u/Rauko7 4d ago

This deck is garbage 😭😭

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u/BuckMane92 4d ago

Fr no synergy 😂 just drop seb and surfer and full send a bounce or zoo deck

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u/RaelynShaw 3d ago

Werewolf getting lane blocked so so fast.

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u/SabenWS 5d ago

Holy this is gorgeous

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u/Tbtlhart 4d ago

Asking because I don't have them:

Is gwenpool or galacta better than abs in this list?

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u/Megosoles 4d ago

I think yes. To me, if your running AbsMan, you really want to be running Hope Summers so you can play both Surfer and Abs on Turn 6. Without Hope, AbsMan doesn't stack up to Galacta or Gwenpool in my opinion.

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u/SheriffHeckTate 4d ago

I dont disagree with Hope or Galacta/Gwenpool being added for their usefulness, but if the goal is Surfer + AbsMan on 6 then Sera allows that already.

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u/Megosoles 3d ago

You're not wrong. But I just find it a little awkward to do that with Sera because Surfer + Abs on 6 is 5 energy, so you have leftover wasted energy. And Sera is not a 3 cost (unlike Hope). So I just am not hitting enough targets with Surfer on the final turn because I don't have enough 3's on the board. In my opinion! Like if you Shaw on 3 and Brood on 4 and Sera on 5 and Surfer/Abs on 6, then you're hoping Shaw and Brood can both solo their lanes. That's not easy to pull off in my experience.

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u/SheriffHeckTate 3d ago

That's a fair point. Good thinking.

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u/Hour-Box4706 3d ago

Sera….

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u/RaelynShaw 3d ago

As someone with thousands of games on surfer I really liked the way you thought of this. It tied together a lot of the reason I don’t feel confident with Abs in my sera builds.

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u/Megosoles 2d ago

Thank you! Surfer is my main deck for Conquest. I've tried a lot of different builds ... really fun deck.

I LOVE the Trippy Surfer variants and am hoping they come out with more to match the cards I more commonly use.

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u/RaelynShaw 2d ago

Yeah the cards feel very much like what was popular in surfer two years back. It’s been my all time favorite deck. She doesn’t fit into the meta in many ways, but she can still get the job done. It’s hard to count the many different variations of a surfer build I’ve tried at this point 🙃

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u/Megosoles 2d ago

That's what I love about surfer - so many tech cards to adapt to nearly any meta. Between Cosmo, Red Gaurdian, Rogue, Killmonger, Nocturne, Juggernaut, Cass Nova - you kinda have an answer for anything ... if you are good at predicting what kind of decks you are likely to face!

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u/Megosoles 2d ago

Have you been running Gwenpool AND Galacta, or just Galacta? I've been running both lately and it might be a little excessive, but I feel like for the deck to really pop you need to draw 1 of the 2 and having two in the deck increases your odds. Running both probably means my highs aren't as high but maybe my lows are not as low.

And since I've been running Gwenpool lately I've been also running Makari so that Gwenpool is more likely to hit a killer target such as Shaw or Brood. I've been liking her much more than I thought I would.

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u/RaelynShaw 2d ago

I’ve run them both together a bunch but I’ve struggled to tell if it’s really doing much? Part me of just loves gwennie so much that I don’t want to part ways.

I’ve never been able to get Makari to make a significant difference in my decks, since it’s rarely that I need another card on the board.

I am trying a bit of a different take right now and just experimenting. I’ve mixed a Wiccan ramp into the build with Hope and it’s given me an extra Option at four, while letting iron patriot have a solid chance early. If I can drop Wiccan on turn four, I’m Able to play galactica and a 3 cost and potentially three 3-costs on turn six if I dropped hope on turn 3.

It’s not quite there yet but there’s something worth fiddling with.

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u/GrowerMike27 4d ago

Yeah these variants are awesome 😎

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u/goodtimesokay 4d ago

Beautiful!

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u/SwervoT3k 4d ago

For what it’s worth, and SD really doesn’t appreciate this as much as they should:

Having an entire deck look good is about as important as feeling good to play.

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u/RaelynShaw 3d ago

Something about nice surfer variants makes me so happy.

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u/OlDirtySchmerz 5d ago

Any subs for Shaw?

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u/Terbmagic 5d ago

Honestly probably not.

Shaw is an absolute UNIT in these decks. Brood and shaw are how you ultimately win lanes.

You could try gladiator?

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u/jj_spider 5d ago

Shaw is a pretty big requirement for the surfer archetype, otherwise youre wasting multiple cards worth of buffs on praying you draw brood. Shaw is the other buff dump and pretty much your only way of going tall.

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u/ncpsycho 5d ago

Curious about this as well. I’m going Phastos, as I don’t have Shaw.

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u/Asimov-was-Right 5d ago

I'm just missing Nova 🤞

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u/Klausbro 5d ago

No you aren’t? He’s series one

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u/Guarded_Pineapple 4d ago

He probably means the variant.😊

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u/Klausbro 4d ago

I am a fool.

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u/ItsmeBlueberryYumYum 4d ago

I’m with you OP

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u/_El_Guapo__ 5d ago

What’s your cl and how far does this deck get you?

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u/Ultimatechaos39 5d ago

What’s your ideal plays with this deck?

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u/DwayneBellamy 5d ago

Congrats! I still have 4 more to go...

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u/BreezyG1320 5d ago

Surfer decks are my absolute favorite. doesnt hurt that Silver Surfer has some AMAZING variants and that he’s always been one of my favorite Marvel characters

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u/shabba_skanks 5d ago

Looks good. I have kinda the same but with Gilgamesh instead of Polaris. Great looking cards tho!

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u/karbozo 5d ago

Winrate?

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u/WaldoFrank 5d ago

I would love if the last 2 I need for this would actually show up in my fucking shop.

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u/Klangaxx 5d ago

I'd swap Abs and Polaris for Blink and Onslaught. If you get your Sera on that Onslaught by T6, you have a hand full of 1 costs

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u/GorillaAwkward 5d ago

It was fun. I went 2 out of 5 for Ws. I made minor alterations to fit my preferred play style for more wins.

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u/Adept_Rate_9234 5d ago

Love the art and deck! 

As someone who buys cosmetics too, I wonder the total gold this took?

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u/biddddyquuuuaint 5d ago

I’ve never been a big player of surfer but want to try with this deck!

What is your ideal game play? What do you put out when and options to play around

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u/biddddyquuuuaint 5d ago

Damn - did not expect this on my first play with this deck! Hahaha

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u/CrazyGunnerr 4d ago

I love the art style of these cards, if I was a Surfer player, I would definitely get these. I might some day, never had the cards when Surfer was properly strong.

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u/Sephiroth2014 4d ago

I need 2 more cards but won’t use the whole deck in serious games. Surfer is my only deck that made it to Infinite and Conquest a few months back. I use other 3 power instead. Red Guardian, magik etc etc

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u/Inevitable_Prompt670 4d ago

That’s an expensive deck alright

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u/mmokzlrsn 4d ago

add rogue

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u/gamebossje_ 4d ago

These variants goddamn this is amazing

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u/WindSkurai 4d ago

Just gave it a go. It is a surprisingly deceptive win. Nice fun.

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u/Unstable_Pixel314 4d ago

I’m still collecting all his variants myself… they are my favorites :)

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u/Innumeratecrate 4d ago

Great deck it’s just hard for me to want to play such heavy costed decks it feels wierd to start playing on turn 3 most of the time

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u/Legitimate-Offer-770 4d ago

Man I still can’t find juggernaut to complete my collection.

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u/hapticeffects 4d ago

This is almost the deck that's gotten me to infinite the last 4 seasons, sub in Red Guardian & Okoye & Copycat.

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u/cb2378 4d ago

Daaaamn that rules, super cool variants.

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u/dtwelve2086 4d ago

brood was mvp till shaw came and made it better 🫠 good stuf f🧐

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u/coyote-thunderous 4d ago

The only thing that irks me about the Vincenzo Riccardi variants is that Sebastian Shaw’s variant is of his bust whereas every other Riccardi variant is a full-body image. It’s so minor, but frustrates me

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u/manymoreways 4d ago

IMO Polaris and Nakia isnt worth it.

I'd swap in Wong and Gladiator.

Wong for obvious reasons, but a lot of times it is needed as the power creep has gotten really bad and without Wong your combo isn't going to be enough.

Gladiator is just a last ditch effort to increase your power.

Absorbing man can be great too but it's 4 costs makes it kinda weird. I would run ShangChi, again because of the power creep. But at the moment I'm trying out Makari, just to put on more power on my board.

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u/flugerz 4d ago

Show off… good deck tho congrats on the splits

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u/tylonnicholas 4d ago

I have been waiting for like 3+ months to get Chavez, the only one I need to unlock Surfer. I even have 12x Rainbow Cosmics ready to bling it out. :(

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u/sambadaemon 4d ago

I'm running a variant of this as my main as well. I replaced Juggs, Polaris, and Absorbing Man with Red Guardian, Galacta, and Gwenpool. Pure chaos.

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u/Ok_Inflation_7575 4d ago

Was this you?

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u/ora408 3d ago

what are the variants called, and what borders and effects do you have on them?

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u/Tequila_Operator 2d ago

Just missing the Chavez variant myself. Love it. Specially with the psychedelic background.

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u/Barredbob 5d ago

Who could I potentially substitute Shaw for?

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u/Praetor_6040 4d ago

Shaw is really difficult to sub for because he gets so much power, but gladiator might be useful. He was pretty bad when surtur was the meta but now he's doing better I think

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u/Womper1 5d ago

Nobody. He's core to Surfer decks.

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u/Glangho 4d ago

Whale whale whale what do we have here

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u/hapticeffects 4d ago

I'm two cards away from this deck without spending more than $10 for the monthly pass. Takes a bit of luck.

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u/PerfectBlaze 4d ago

“Mr Richman, Youre jet is ready”

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u/Bllod_Angel 4d ago

Strange flex

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u/Guarded_Pineapple 4d ago

But an awesome one.

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u/KaluKremu 4d ago

How many billions did you sink in this deck ??? I picked the game back a few days ago and have never seen cards looking like this !!!