On March 28, a new card was added to MARVEL SNAP: Kitty Pryde. Like just about every new card, she was exclusive to Series 5 - which meant that players who wanted to add her to their collection either had to get very lucky with Collector's Reserve opens, or pony up 6000 Collector's Tokens to buy her from the Token Shop.

However, on March 30, just two days after she was added to the game, the developers at Second Dinner announced that they were disabling Kitty Pryde from the game:

Players who had forked over their hard-earned Tokens were understandably upset, but there was nothing that could be done except wait for an update on Kitty Pryde.

Today, April 17, we received that update.

Cards of Future Past

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Kitty Pryde Update

The recent release of Kitty Pryde didn’t go according to plan and we’ll be compensating all players to thank you for your patience during this process. Shortly after the card was enabled on live servers, we saw reports of some game-breaking issues. We disabled the card from being played in any matches, purchased in the Token Shop, or collected from the Collection Level Track until we could find a solution.

Since then, we've been exploring fixes for Kitty Pryde’s multiple issues. However we've found that in order to do so, it would involve fundamental changes to our current game engine. Instead of modifying the entire game’s ruleset or rereleasing a partially-bugged card, we’re reworking Kitty’s design to satisfy her existing gameplay synergies and goals in a simpler way.


Previous Design - Kitty Pryde:
[1/0] You can return this to your hand to gain +2 Power.


New Design - Kitty Pryde:
[1/0] When this returns to your hand, +2 Power. Returns at the start of each turn.

We need a bit more testing time to verify that everything is functioning as expected. Kitty Pryde will be returning to the game in our May patch, approximately four weeks from tomorrow. We recognize that this has been a frustrating experience for everyone, especially for players that purchased Kitty Pryde before she was disabled and haven’t had access to 6,000 Tokens.

To apologize for the inconvenience, we’re taking the following steps as compensation:

Later this week, current Kitty Pryde owners will receive:

  • 8,000 Tokens
  • Kitty Pryde Base Avatar

 

  • In the May patch, ALL players will receive the reworked Kitty Pryde for FREE

We thank you for your patience as we have worked through issues with Kitty Pryde. The integrity of our card releases is important and must hit an acceptable bar that creates trust. We learned a lot through this process and will improve the quality of future releases. We are excited for Kitty Pryde's return and look forward to seeing new decks with her included!

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