5 best Marvel Snap Armor decks

Marvel Snap Armor decks involve using her powerful Ongoing ability that protects cards in her location from destruction. This ability offers players numerous strategic opportunities to build strong decks that can effectively counter aggressive opponents.

This article features a list of the five best Marvel Snap Armor decks, how they should be played, and the best way to use Armor’s abilities.

Note: This list is based on the author's opinion and is in no particular order.

List of the five best Marvel Snap Armor decks

1) Zoo deck

This Marvel Snap Armor deck is all about filling the board with cheap cards and using Armor to ensure they are not removed (Image via Nuverse)

Ant-Man (Cost 1/Power 1)
Squirrel Girl (Cost 1/Power 2)
Bast (Cost 1/Power 1)
Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
Toxin (Cost 2/Power 1)
Dazzler (Cost 2/Power 2)
Hit Monkey(Cost 3/Power 3)
Shanna (Cost 3/Power 4)
Mystique (Cost 3/Power 0)
Ka-Zar (Cost 4/Power 4)
Ultron (Cost 6/Power 8)
Onslaught (Cost 6/Power 8)

Players should swarm with low-cost cards like Shanna, Ultron, or Squirrel Girl to gain board presence. Ka-Zar can be used to pump up your 1-cost cards before using Armor to safeguard them from destruction effects, such as Killmonger. Use Dazzler and Hit Monkey to improve the swarm strategy.

The key of this deck is based on the ability to generate a large amount of power while protecting the cheap cards.

2) Control deck

This Marvel Snap Armor deck uses Armor’s shielding powers to keep board control against aggressive tactics (Image via Nuverse)

Spider-Ham(Cost 1/Power 1)
Sunspot (Cost 1/Power 0)
Iceman (Cost 1/Power 2)
Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Cost 3/Power 3)
Cosmo (Cost 3/Power 3)
Stryfe (Cost 3/Power 7)
Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
Lady Deathstrike (Cost 5/Power 7)
Blue Marvel (Cost 5/Power 3)
Doctor Doom (Cost 6/Power 5)
She-Hulk(Cost 6/Power 10)

Use the combo of Cosmo and Armor to shield your vital locations and slow down attacking plays. Shang-Chi can remove high-power threats at a later stage of the game, ensuring players dominate a location. This is a late-game deck that counters any of the opponent's destructive decks.

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3) High Power

This Marvel Snap Armor deck uses high-power cards that take advantage of Armor’s protection and make big plays without worrying about getting destroyed (Image via Nuverse)

Nebula (Cost 1/Power 1)
Martyr (Cost 1/Power 5)
Kraven (Cost 2/Power 3)
Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
Mystique (Cost 3/Power 0)
Rescue (Cost 4/Power 4)
Shuri (Cost 4/Power 1)
War Machine (Cost 4/Power 6)
Blue Marvel (Cost 5/Power 3)
Red Skull (Cost 5/Power 14)
Vision (Cost 5/Power 8)
Doctor Doom (Cost 6/Power 5)

Cards like Vision and War Machine can be positioned on the board in a way that can be flexible while being central. This deck is particularly strong in the ability to control the flow of power. Armor can be used to protect your most valuable cards from threats such as Shang-Chi or Killmonger and thus, control lanes successfully.

4) Sauran synergy

This Marvel Snap Armor deck is centered around using Sauron in combination with Armor to remove detrimental effects while keeping your cards safe (Image via Nuverse)

Miek (Cost 1/Power 1)
Black Knight (Cost 1/ Power 2)
Swarm (Cost 2/Power 3)
Grandmaster (Cost 2/Power 3)
Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
Colleen Wing (Cost 2/Power 4)
Gambit (Cost 3/Power 3)
Lady Sif (Cost 3/ Power 5)
Sauron (Cost 3/Power 4)
Typhoid Mary(Cost 4/Power 10)
Red Skull(Cost 5/Power 14)
Apocalypse (Cost 6/ Power 8)

Play Sauron to nullify negative abilities from your high-power cards while using Armor to shield them from destruction. You can use cards with discard abilities to discard Ebony Blade or Apocalypse and stack power. Sauron and Armor are perfect together, as you can play big cards without having to worry about their negative effects or being destroyed with Gambit or Shang-chi.

5) Ongoing Buff

This Marvel Snap Armor deck is based on sustaining ongoing powers and employing Armor to shield vital figures from annihilation (Image via Nuverse)

Nebula (Cost 1/Power 1)
Sunspot (Cost 1/Power 0)
Ebony Maw (Cost 1/Power 7)
Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
Magik (Cost 3/Power 2)
Mystique (Cost 3/Power 0)
War Machine (Cost 4/Power 6)
Iron Man (Cost 5/Power 0)
Sera (Cost 5/Power 4)
Living Tribunal (Cost 6/Power 3)
Onslaught (Cost 6/Power 7)
Spectrum (Cost 6/Power 7)

Use Armor tactfully to protect important Ongoing cards like Iron Man and Mystique. This is a very powerful late-game strategy where Armor is used in conjunction with the ongoing effects to keep them going. Stack maximum power in only one lane and then distribute the power equally with the Living Tribunal.

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