Marvel Snap's Victoria Hand: Deck Strategies and Value Assessment

Despite the ongoing popularity of Pokémon TCG Pocket, Marvel Snap continues its steady release of new cards. This guide focuses on Victoria Hand, a recent addition, and her optimal deck integrations. We'll explore top-performing Victoria Hand decks and assess her value within the current meta.

Victoria Hand's Mechanics

Victoria Hand is a 2-cost, 3-power card with the ongoing ability: "Your cards created in your hand have +2 Power." This straightforward ability functions similarly to Cerebro, but crucially, only affects cards generated in your hand, not your deck. This means cards like Arishem (despite nerfs) won't benefit. Synergistic cards include Maria Hill, Sentinel, Agent Coulson, and the season pass card, Iron Patriot. Early game, be mindful of Rogues and Enchantresses attempting to counter her effect. Her 2-cost and Ongoing nature allow for strategic late-game deployment.

Top Victoria Hand Decks

Victoria Hand exhibits exceptional synergy with Iron Patriot, creating powerful combinations. Here are two prominent deck archetypes:

Deck 1: Devil Dinosaur Revival

This deck leverages the synergy between Victoria Hand and Iron Patriot to potentially resurrect older Devil Dinosaur strategies. Key cards include:

• Maria Hill
• Quinjet
• Hydra Bob (substitutable with Nebula)
• Hawkeye
• Kate Bishop
• Iron Patriot
• Sentinel
• Victoria Hand
• Mystique
• Agent Coulson
• Shang-Chi
• Wiccan
• Devil Dinosaur

With Victoria Hand, generated Sentinels become potent 2-cost, 5-power cards, further amplified to 7 power via Mystique. Quinjet enhances this strategy. Wiccan provides additional late-game power boosts, potentially enabling a powerful final turn with Devil Dinosaur, Victoria Hand, and a Sentinel. If Wiccan's effect isn't triggered, Devil Dinosaur and Mystique provide a fallback plan for securing other lanes.

Deck 2: Arishem-centric Generation

This deck incorporates Victoria Hand into the often-dreaded Arishem archetype, even though she doesn't directly buff cards added to the deck from Arishem. The core strategy remains Arishem's random card generation. Key cards include:

• Hawkeye
• Kate Bishop
• Sentinel
• Valentina
• Agent Coulson
• Doom 2099
• Galactus
• Daughter of Galactus
• Nick Fury
• Legion
• Doctor Doom
• Alioth
• Mockingbird
• Arishem

Cards like Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Sentinel, Valentina, Agent Coulson, and Nick Fury generate cards that benefit from Victoria Hand's ability. While deck-generated cards miss the buff, the overall strategy remains potent, keeping opponents guessing.

Is Victoria Hand Worth the Investment?

Victoria Hand is a valuable addition for players enjoying hand-generation strategies, especially in conjunction with Iron Patriot. Her powerful effect makes her a worthwhile addition, though not a collection-defining card. Her value is enhanced by the relatively weaker cards slated for release later in the month, making her a potentially better investment.

Marvel Snap is available now.