5 best Marvel Snap Agent Venom counter decks
Marvel Snap Agent Venom counter decks primarily focus on vetoing his ability to set the power of all cards in the deck to 4. Such decks can be incredibly powerful if one uses low-power cards and depends solely on Agent Venom to boost them. This article lists five of the best Marvel Snap Agent Venom counter decks, their playstyle, and strategies so that you can climb the rank ladder with ease.
Note: This list is based on the author's opinion and is in no particular order.
List of the best Marvel Snap Agent Venom counter decks
1) Control
- Yondu (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Iceman (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Korg (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Angela (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Shadow King (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Lizard (Cost 2/Power 5)
- Killmonger (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Cosmo (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Enchantress (Cost 4/Power 5)
- Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
- Iron Man (Cost 5/Power 0)
- Doctor Doom (Cost 6/Power 5)
The Shadow King Control Deck focuses on utilizing Shadow King as a primary counter to Agent Venom's ability. Shadow King resets all cards at his location to their base power, which can significantly diminish the effectiveness of cards buffed by Agent Venom.
This means that if your opponent is depending on cards like Iron Man or Kitty Pryde to gain more power, Shadow King will counter them. Furthermore, combining Shadow King with Enchantress allows you to counter ongoing effects from cards that can be boosted by Agent Venom.
2) High-cost
- Sunspot (Cost 1/Power 0)
- Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Scorpion (Cost 2/Power 2)
- Lizard (Cost 2/Power 5)
- Killmonger (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Wave (Cost 3/Power 5)
- Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
- Jessica Jones (Cost 4/Power 4)
- Storm (Cost 4/Power 5)
- Sandman (Cost 5/Power 7)
- The Infinaut (Cost 6/Power 20)
- Doctor Doom (Cost 6/Power 5)
In this strategy, players can use Wave or Jessica Jones to play high-power cards in the mid-game. On top of it, cards like The Infinaut and Doctor Doom put considerable pressure on the board and are not affected by Agent Venom’s ability since they are played after his effect has triggered.
Furthermore, the presence of Killmonger prevents your opponent from having cheap cards that will work with Agent Venom.
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3) Bounce
- The Hood (Cost 1/Power -3)
- Iceman (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Korg (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Falcon (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Angela (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Beast (Cost 3/Power 5)
- Bishop (Cost 3/Power 1)
- Rogue (Cost 3/Power 2)
- Agent Coulson (Cost 3/Power 4)
- Moon Girl (Cost 4/Power 5)
- Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
- Devil Dinosaur (Cost 5/Power3)
This deck includes cards like Beast and Falcon that let you put other friendly cards back into your hand and play them again in a way that provides extra utility. This strategy is especially useful against decks that include Agent Venom since it lets you avoid his ability by keeping your options open.
Furthermore, Agent Coulson provides the ability to draw random 4-Cost and 5-Cost cards to overpower Agent Venom.
4) Sera control
- Iceman (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Korg (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Angela (Cost 2/Power 2)
- Lizard (Cost 2/Power 5)
- Shadow King (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Rogue (Cost 3/Power 2)
- Killmonger (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Cosmo (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
- Enchantress (Cost 4/Power 5)
- Sera (Cost 5/Power 4)
- Doctor Doom (Cost 6/Power 5)
Use Sera to lower the cost of your big hitters like Shang-Chi, while avoiding the effects of Agent Venom. This deck also has control cards like Rogue, who can shut down Ongoing effects from any card that might be buffed after the use of Agent Venom. This coupled with Shadow King and Killmonger makes for a strong counter against decks that rely on Agent Venom.
5) Aggro tempo
- Korg (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Iceman (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Kitty Pryde (Cost 1/Power 1)
- Yondu (Cost 1/Power 2)
- Angela (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Armor (Cost 2/Power 3)
- Lizard (Cost 2/Power 5)
- Cosmo (Cost 3/Power 3)
- Shang-Chi (Cost 4/Power 3)
- Storm (Cost 4/Power 5)
- Jessica Jones (Cost 4/Power 4)
- Spider-Woman (Cost 5/Power 8)
Encouraging early-game aggression, this deck uses low-cost cards like Korg, which puts rocks into your opponent’s deck, disrupting draws. Angela and Kitty Pryde are good early-game power cards and they help you to stack power before your opponent can capitalize on Agent Venom’s ability.
This deck is very effective in applying constant pressure and maintaining tempo throughout the match which will make it hard for the opponent to set up their game plan.
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