Mutants, beware! The Sentinels are coming! Marvel Snap's next season will focus on the machine menace to mutantkind, with cards and locations inspired by the X-Men comics. There'll also be a new Variant Rush similar to the Christmas one, except centered around Steampunk versions of various X-Men and regular men. Let's dive in!
New Cards
First up, we have Nimrod, a 5/5 that, when destroyed, adds a copy to each of the other locations. This is going to be the card that will be obtainable via the season pass.
Next, we have 3 new cards coming to series 5:
- Master Mold [2/2] - On Reveal: Add 2 Sentinels to your opponent's hand.
- Kitty Pryde [1/0] - You can return this to your hand to gain +2 Power.
- Negasonic Teenage Warhead [3/4] - After any card is played here, destroy this card and that card.
New Locations
Three locations were revealed to be coming. We'll go over each one and give you a little description of them.
We start with Orchid Forge, which has the effect After you play a card here, add a Sentinel to your hand. This is a space-station retrofitted by the Sentinels from a dyson sphere made by Tony Stark, that was destroyed during an alien invasion (typical Tuesday). As the name implies, it makes Sentinels.
Up next, we have Krakoa, with the effect On turn 5, takes over and plays both player's cards for them. This a smaller size Ego, which is fitting, as Krakoa is a sentient island that acted as a safe heaven for various mutants.
Last, but not least, is Asteroid M, having the effect After you play a 3 or 4-cost card, move it here. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's a similar effect to Magneto's, who used the asteroid as a base of operations.
Season Cache Variants
Nimrod, Wolverine and Sentinel will be the 3 cards to receive variants in the season pass.
Variant Rush
As mentioned at the start of the article, there will be a new Variant Rush, similar to the Christmas one. We will get steampunk versions of Bishop, Falcon, Shocker, Cerebro, and Yellowjacket, as well as the "Steam Powered", "Fully Leathered", and "The Googles do Nothing!" titles. Collector's Reserves (above 1000CL) will have a chance to drop the aforementioned items, even if you don't own the respective card (you'll still need to get the card at some point). Unfortunately, we don't have the images for these variants yet.
Reveal Video
What do you think about the upcoming season? Are you excited for the new cards and locations? Let us know in the comments below!
Comments
Now this is quite crazy for me as a MAIDEN FANatic! |(and Marvel Snap meanwhile, even I am not a "huge" fan of Marvel movies and stories)
I wonder if there is a connection, it just seems a bit too much to be just a coincidence. :) Even if "deja vu" coincidences happens quite often.
I write this as a metalhead my self, and I know Blizz had a lot of metalheads in their team during the amazing initial days. Was that shifted to a 2nd Dinner ? :)
See you all on tour! :) :) \m/
https://www.ironmaiden.com/tours/the-future-past-tour-2023
I believe Iron Maiden is referencing two things with the title of this tour:
1) "Days of Future Passed" is an influential album by the Moody Blues that came out in the late '60s. It was one of the first concept album ever, and is often cited as marking the beginning of progressive rock.
2) "Days of Future Past" is an iconic arc in X-Men comics that came out in the early '80s (that explains the old TV, public warning approach and general vibe in the Snap video). It tells the story of an alternate future ruled by Sentinels where Kitty Pryde travels back in time to the "present" to try to prevent the events that will stoke antimutant hysteria.
I am back to this now. And thanks for the explanantions mate. I do NOT know the Marvel universe except Superman, Spiderman, etc, you know the basic heroes. :)
The video I shared earlier is from their latest album, which is called "Senjutsu". Well makes sense if one is a fan, but that album is not a concept album.
Until now I didn't knew there is a "Future Past" theme in Marvel universe.
What I wanted to say about the joint merch betweeb MAIDEN/MARVEL is something like ... this:
https://666.ironmaiden.com/browse/iron-maiden-global-merchandise-uk/products/iron-maiden-x-marvel-somewhere-in-time-guardians-of-the-galaxy-tee
I do not like the combination of artwork actually. but that depends on the tastes of everyone.
Thanks again for the explanation!
ps just to be clear: I do not advertise. And I don't have to do anything with MAIDEN or Marvel management. I am just a fan!
check also their brave new song from Senjustsu!(link below) And their tour "Future Past". is for sure related also to their amazing album ... from the past
called "Somewhere in TIME" ! what an album! So I am not sure who is reverecing who :)
I just remembered but: MAIDEN and Marvel. released common merch recently. That might be a connection.
Even if I don't like that kind of t-shirts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLaLcB7SeM&ab_channel=IronMaiden