MARVEL SNAP's Hot Location this weekend is Gamma Lab!

Gamma Lab is a location whose effectiveness depends on your Collection Level and your ability to protect your Hulks. If you're still collecting Series 1 cards, it's much easier to commit a lot of bodies to the location without having to worry about their destruction. However, once Shang-Chi enters the picture, you have to start asking yourself if you're playing a deck that wants to protect the cards at Gamma Lab with Armor and Cosmo, or if you're the one who wants to smash those Hulks.

However you choose to plan for the Hot Location, you'd better get used to it; being a Hot Location means that Gamma Lab will have a 60% chance to appear for 24 hours, from 7 PM PT Saturday night to 7 PM PT Sunday night (2 AM UTC Sunday to 2 AM UTC Monday).

Armor Card ImageOngoing: Cards at this location can’t be destroyed. Shang-Chi Card ImageOn Reveal: Destroy all enemy cards at this location that have 9 or more Power.

Hot Decks for Gamma Lab

If you're looking for ideas of what decks you can play to the Hot Location, we've got you covered: with recommended decks for players just starting out in Series 1, players still moving up through Series 2, and players who are starting to fill their collections with cards from Series 3, 4, and 5.

Series 1 Iron Man Zoo

For players who are still moving through Series 1 (and don't need to worry about Shang-Chi) our recommendation is this Zoo deck that can get a lot of small bodies to Gamma Lab quickly, then can win the location by filling the fourth slot with Iron Man or Blue Marvel.

Gamma Lab Zoo (Pool 1)
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Series 2 Ongoing Zoo

Because we expect to see a lot of Killmonger and Shang-Chi, our Zoo deck from Series 2 is running Armor and Cosmo. Because those cards have Ongoing effects, we're also running Spectrum for an extra boost to them and our other Ongoing cards.

Gamma Ongoing Zoo (Pool 2)
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Series 2 Dino Control

Sure, Zoo is fun and all, but don't you want to be the player who makes the rules, rather than the one who plays by them? This control deck packs Shang-Chi to clear out its opponent's hold on Gamma Lab, or it can use Scarlet Witch and Storm to get rid of the hot location.

Gamma Lab Control (Pool 2)
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Series 3 DracuZoo

Zoo, which usually has room for Armor and Cosmo to blank it's opponent's Killmonger, is a good choice for a Gamma Lab featured location. A lot of players have found success this season with the Dracula variant, which runs The Infinaut to cheat 20 Power into play on the final turn and should help you secure a second location for the win.

Gamma Zero Zoo (Pool 3)
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Series 3 Patriot

Our final deck to display is one that benefits the most from Hulk having no abilities: it's Patriot! This is a fairly basic Patriot list, but we have added in Armor to protect a lane full of Hulks from our opponent's Shang-Chi. The deck has ways to win even if your opponent blows up your Lab, thanks to Mystique and an abundance of No Ability cards.

Gamma Lab Patriot (Pool 3)
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What are Hot Locations in MARVEL SNAP?

There are two different types of location events in MARVEL SNAP.

  • Sunday's Hot Location that have a 60% chance to appear for the next 24 hours.
  • Wednesday's Featured Location that have a 40% chance to appear for the next 48 hours.

Unlike the Featured Location (which is always a new Location), Sunday's Hot Location will pull from the pool of existing Locations. Its increased appearance rate will shake up the meta for a day - for example, Odin was the finisher of choice for many players when Kamar-Taj was the Hot Location.

Have your own strategy for capitalizing on the Gamma Lab Hot Location? Make your deck using our MARVEL SNAP deckbuilder, then share them in the comments!