MARVEL SNAP's Hot Location is Monster Island - Decks to Play!

MARVEL SNAP's Hot Location this weekend is Monster Island!

Monster Island gives players a free 9-Power, making Shang-Chi an attractive option for players who want to swing the location in their favor. If you're one of those who wants to protect their monster, you can run Armor or Cosmo to blank that removal while running AoE buff effects like the one from Patriot to make your monster bigger than your opponent's.

However you choose to plan for the Hot Location, you'd better get used to it; being a Hot Location means that Monster Island will have a 50% chance to appear for 24 hours, from 8 PM PT Saturday night to 8 PM PT Sunday night (2 AM UTC Sunday to 2 AM UTC Monday).

Hot Decks for Monster Island

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 Dino

Double the hugeness (that's 100% a real word) with this budget deck that tops out with a monster of its own, but also runs Blue Marvel to buff all its cards.

Series 2 Control

Series 2 is when you've got to start thinking about whether to run Shang-Chi - in this deck, that's a yes. It's also running Devil Dinosaur as an additional win condition.

Series 3 Patriot

Patriot can buff the Monster, which is a great starting point for this deck, which is also running Shang-Chi for additional control of the Monster Island featured location.

Series 3 Hazmat Control

You can use Shang-Chi to remove the Monster, just like everybody else, or you can blaze your own path by removing some of the Monster's power with Hazmat.

Series 3 Shuri Destroyer

Let's just accept the fact that our opponent is going to use Shang-Chi to attempt to get rid of the Monster and try to take advantage of that. This deck uses Armor or Cosmo to protect our Monster both from Shang-Chi and from our own Destroyer. The deck also runs the newly-nerfed Shuri to double the Power of Nimrod, who can then be doubled by the destructive power of Destroyer.

What are Hot Locations in MARVEL SNAP?

There are two different types of location events in MARVEL SNAP, both of which have a 50% chance of appearing for the next 24 hours.

• Sunday's Hot Location that always pulls from existing locations.
• Wednesday's Featured Location that usually shows off new locations, but will pull from the pool of existing locations from time to time.

The increased appearance rate for the Hot Location 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 Monster Island Hot Location? Make your deck using our MARVEL SNAP deckbuilder, then share it in the comments!