The Destroy deck archetype is one of the most unique in Marvel Snap. Destroy decks attempt to destroy a variety of the cards they play, triggering their on-death effects.
This playstyle requires precise deckbuilding to ensure that you have the correct proportion of cards that destroy, and those that want to be destroyed. Doing so rewards you with a deck that lets you blow up everything you play, and still end up with more power at each location than your opponent.
Here are our picks for the best Destroy decks in Marvel Snap.
Thanos Destroy Deck
This destroy deck takes advantage of Thanos and the Infinity Stones alongside powerful destroy cards. Each of the Infinity Stones (shuffled into your deck at the beginning of the match) have powerful On Reveal effects, but are very low in power. These can be destroyed by cards like Deathlok, Killmonger, Carnage, and Venom to clear out locations. Carnage and Venom also grow in power when they destroy other cards. Wolverine and Bucky Barnes are also cards that like to be destroyed due the effects triggered on their destruction. Death and Knull benefit from cards being destroyed as well, with Death becoming cheaper to play for each card destroyed and Knull gaining the power of all destroyed cards. Yondu, Killmonger and Shang-Chi provide a way to interfere with the opponent.
Marvel Snap Destroy Deck Guide: Nimrod
This Destroy deck features Nimrod, and plays more like a combo deck. Your ideal play is to use Invisible Woman to hide Shuri and Nimrod until the last turn of the game, where they are blown up by Deathlok, Carnage or Destroyer. This summon 12-power Nimrods to other locations.
Wolverine and Nova serve as fodder to be destroyed, with Nova having the nice benefit of boosting every other allied card by one power when destroyed. Taskmaster can copy the power of a card double by Shuri. America Chavez is a round six play when we do not have the Destroyer to destroy Nimrod if possible.
Galactus Deck
This deck is very unique, as it aims to destroy the opponent’s cards alongside yours. You want to use cards like Electro and Wave to play our Galactus as fast as possible, blowing up the other locations and all the cards in it. This boosts the power of our Knull as it absorbs the power of all cards destroyed. After Galactus has been played, we can play our other high-cost cards such as America Chavez or Destroyer to win the one undestroyed location. Death is also amazing post-Galactus, as she becomes very cheap to play.
Doctor Octopus can be used before playing Galactus to pull cards out of the opponent’s hand to a location that Galactus is able to destroy. This can be combined with Spiderman to force opponent’s to not play in a certain location, or after playing Galactus to prevent the opponent from doing anything at all. Yet again, Shang-Chi and Yondu are our means to interact with the opponent.
These are our pick for some of the best Destroy decks to play in Marvel Snap. The Destroy archetype can be played in a variety of ways, so see what you can discover. And, while you’re at it, check out our picks for the best move decks to try something new.
