Summary
AsMarvel Snapcontinues to grow and improve, so do the game’s features and card collection. One of the bigger new features introduced by Second Dinner was Albums.
The albums are mini-collections that focus on specific artists or variant types. As players unlock more cards within that album, they are rewarded with exclusive rewards only available from those collections. As the feature has been around for several months, more and more albums have been released, each with their respective rewards, fromcard variants,spotlight keys, and even exclusive card backs.
1PANdora’s Box
Cards In Collection: 12
The PANdora’s box album focuses on PANDART STUDIO variant cards, and the collection features a mixture of good-looking PANDART STUDIO variants that will be showstoppers in several decks.
While this album does feature one of the best-looking variants of She-Hulk, a Snap hero with a strong ability that has helped her remain one of thebest 6-cost cardsin the game. The value of the album does have a matching avatar and a nice flexing She-Hulk emote. The 1000 tokens do dampen the overall value of the album when compared to others here.
2Max Grecke Heroes
Much like Dan Hipp, Max Grecke’s art style offers a unique take on that character while remaining easily identifiable. This album is a celebration of their art variants.
The rewards found within Max Grecke Heroes offer some worthwhile rewards, including a neat action skating Ice Man and a matching avatar. The rewards also feature the confident Thor emote and double the number of tokens found in the PANdora’s Box Album at 2000.
3Jim Lee X-Men
The X-Men lineup features some of Marvel’s best characters, and to see an album celebrating the heroes and villains of the long-running series. The album focuses on respected X-Men alumni artist Jim Lee and his famed iterations of these characters.
The album rewards are fairly good too, with a good Magneto emote and a respectable 2000 collector’s tokens to be claimed. The real prize is getting that Jim Lee Deadpool variant, which is a great way for players to nab one of the games’best 1-cost cards, and a card that’s essential to some of the games' best destroy decks.
4Staying Hipp
Cards In Collection:12
Dan Hipp is a staple in theMarvel Snapcommunity. Their fun and easily recognizable take on so many Marvel characters means there are many great Hipp variants out there. So it’s probably not much of a surprise that they have more than one great album.
Staying Hipp celebrates some ofMarvel Snap’s most iconic ongoing ability cards in the signature Hipp style. The collection also has great rewards, heavily canine-themed by celebrating one of thebest 3-cost cardsin the game, Cosmo. The cute variant is one of the heroes' best. Chuck in a good avatar, a healthy amount of credits and an ice-cool emote make it a great offering all around.
5Venomized Villains
Venomized variants are Marvel characters are perhaps some of the most frequent variants in the series, with so many comics, artists, and even a fair share of Funko POP! Figures celebrating the Venomized variations.
So it probably comes as no surprise that a Venomized album was one of the first introduced. The anti-hero-themed album celebrates some of the best versions of the Venomized cards and offers a great reward structure with only six needed for theKingpinvariant, as well as a spotlight key later on.
6Low Cost, High Impact
The Low Cost, High Impact album shines a light on the great one-cost cards and the impact they can bring to the game. Each card in the collection is a Dan Hipp variant, and the rewards reflect those low-cost heroes.
The album’s rewards focus predominantly on a Hipp Squirrel Girl variant, with a matching avatar that’ll be a fine addition to many low-cost/Patriot-based decks. Alongside Squirrel Girl, owners will also be treated to a spotlight key and a nervously sweating Ice Man emote that showcases another great low-cost card.
7Kim Jacinto
Kim Jacinto has some superb-looking variants withinMarvel Snap. It’s a treat to see them highlighted in an album that delivers great rewards too.
The rewards for the Kim Jacinto Album focus onMoon Knightwith not only an excellent Moon Knight variant and matching avatar but also a great Moon Knight emote that will surely see a good amount of use. Add to that a spotlight key, and it’s easy to see the value of these rewards.
8Hellfire Gala
Despite being one of the earliest albums to drop, the quality of the collection and rewards have kept the Hellfire Gala album an album worth completing. The Hellfire Gala variants feature some great card designs but also unlock a variant of one of the game’sbest 4-cost cards, in Captain Marvel.
There are currently two Captain Marvel variants available through completing albums, with the other coming as a reward for completing the Cosmic Companions Album, but this Hellfire variant is on another level. The card keeps the same glamour of the set’s theme but also allows players to get a matching avatar and card back to make a standout Captain Marvel. On top of that, there’s also a spotlight key to be earned to help bolster the player’s card collections. The Hellfire Gala Album is a great collection, with rewards that complement the glamorous style.
9Cute But Deadly
The Cute But Deadly album is the most recent album to launch, celebrating some of the great art by artist Rian Gonzales, as well as being the only (current) album to feature a variant of a series 4 card with Silk.
Series 4 cards can only be found in spotlight caches or purchased with 3000 collector’s tokens, so Silk is perhaps the highest-value variant throughout all the albums. It’s also one of Silk’s best variants, and add to that a matching avatar and swooning gambit emote, and it’s a very cute but worthwhile reward offering.
10Artgerm Heroines
It’s hard to deny that the Artgerm album features some of the games' most stunning variants. The Artgerm album also boasts some of the best rewards for players, including aversatile Storm cardthat can lead several decks.
On top of the fabulous Storm variant, the rest of the album’s rewards are also great, with a spotlight key to help unlock desired spotlight variants and the latest cards, a matching avatar, and a Just No Storm emote that’s sure to be well-used.
