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Building the right deck in Marvel Snap isn’t just the key to victory; it is the entire point of the game. While some of the more common cards in the game can have a place in your deck, you’ll want to have one or two rarer cards to add a bit of extra power when you need it. But what are the rarest cards in Marvel Snap and how can you get your hands on them? Here is everything you need to know.

What are Marvel Snap’s rarest cards?

Every card in Marvel Snap is placed into a Series from 1 to 5. Series 1 cards are the most common while Series 5 are the hardest to find. Just how rare are they? You’ve got around a 1% chance of them dropping in Spotlight Caches as you increase your rank in Marvel Snap or you can wait for them to show up in the Token Shop and hope you have enough Tokens to make the purchase.

The current Series 5 cards in Marvel Snap are:

• Agent Venom
• Ajax
• Alioth
• Annihilus
• Anti-Venom
• Arana
• Arishem
• Baron Zemo
• Black Knight
• Black Swan
• Blink
• Blob
• Caiera
• Cannonball
• Cassandra Nova
• Copycat
• Corvus Glaive
• Cull Obsidian
• Elsa Bloodstone
• Fenris Wolf
• Frigga
• Galactus
• Gilgamesh
• Gorr the God Butcher
• Gwenpool
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop
• High Evolutionary
• Hope Summers
• Hydra Bob
• Jeff the Baby Land Shark
• Kang the Conquerer
• Loki
• Madame Web
• Makkari
• Malekith
• Marvel Boy
• Misery
• Mockingbird
• Ms Marvel
• Namora
• Nico Minoru
• Nocturne
• Proxima Midnight
• Red Guardian
• Red Hulk
• Sage
• Scarlet Spider
• Scorn
• Scream
• Sebastian Shaw
• Sersi
• Silver Sable
• Skaar
• Speed
• Spider-Man
• Thanos
• Thena
• Toxin
• US Agent
• War Machine
• Werewolf by Midnight
• White Widow
• Wiccan

How to get Series 5 cards in Marvel Snap

You can build a solid deck without relying on these ultra-rare cards, but many of them have effects that can turn the tide of a match all on their own. Thanos, for example, brings the Infinity Stone cards into your deck. Getting one or two Series 5 cards in your deck can change the strategy you use in the game.

At the moment, there are two ways to get Series 5 cards in Marvel Snap:

• Open Spotlight Caches that contain Series 4 and 5 cards as you progress in rank
• Spend 6000 Tokens in the Token Shop when Series 5 cards are available for purchase

What are the best Series 5 cards in Marvel Snap?

Any tier list is inherently subjective, but we have our own opinion about which Series 5 cards have the best powers in Marvel Snap. These are the cards that can change the flow of a match all on their own and are worth building your entire deck around if you pick them up.

The best Series 5 cards in Marvel Snap are:

• Arishem
• Gorr the God Butcher
• Kate Bishop
• Nico Minoru
• Thanos
• Wiccan

Until the developers reinstate reward codes in Marvel Snap to make it easier to get rare cards or in-game currency, you're best off waiting to spend your tokens on these cards when they appear in the Token Shop.

We can't give you extra life, but we can keep you appraised of all the Marvel Snap codes currently available - updated weekly! - as well as the rarest Marvel Snap cards.