Marvel Snapdeveloper Second Dinner has clarified upcoming changes for the controversial Leader Card. With the Silver Surfer season ending inMarvel Snapand Zabu’s season beginning,Marvel Snapplayers were hoping for a dramatic change to the Leader card. A balance change has yet to arrive, but early leaks indicate a Leader change is in the works. It may not be whatMarvel Snapplayers were expecting, though, and Second Dinner wants to set the record straight.
The Leader card has always been seen as especially strong, but it has become controversial following the introduction ofMarvel Snap’s Token systemdue to it becoming much more widespread. Leader is a 6-cost card with 4 power. On reveal, it copies all cards played by an opponent for the turn, but on the player’s side. It works as a hard counter to a significant number of decks, particularly beginner-focused decks that are relatively straightforward.
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A recent leak stemming from non-US versions ofMarvel Snaprevealed that Second Dinner would be making a nerf to Leader in an upcoming patch. This nerf, however, was not substantial. It made no changes to Leader’s ability, instead lowering his power by a single point.Marvel Snapplayers criticized the potential Leader changeas insufficiently addressing criticism. Further, they hoped the leak wasn’t true and that broader changes were planned.
Second Dinner’s Ben Brode has since responded to feedback regarding Leader on Twitter. He first confirmed that the leak regarding Leader’s power reduction is accurate. However, an accompanying patch note was missing. This patch note clarified thatSecond Dinneris currently evaluating a bigger change to Leader. The small change to Leader’s power is a quick fix, of sorts, while Second Dinner evaluates further changes.
Brode hammers home that this isn’t a situation where Second Dinner may or may not make further changes to Leader. There will be another change, or potentially more than one change, but the decision regarding what to do has not been made yet.Marvel Snapplayersneed to be patient while Second Dinner comes to what it feels to be the correct course of action regarding Leader.
Like with many cards inMarvel Snap, Leader players an important role in the card pool. Leader serves to counter decks that focus heavily on winning games solely onMarvel Snap’s sixth turn. With Leader available, these decks have to be played more intelligently out of fear of being countered. Nerfing Leader to the point of being unusable would just create new problems. That’s why Second Dinner is trying to figure out a better solution. Time will tell what that solution ends up being.
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