Victoria Hand: Mastering Marvel Snap's Newest Ongoing Card

Marvel Snap's January 2025 Spotlight Cache introduces Victoria Hand, an Ongoing card boosting the Power of cards generated within your hand. While primarily associated with card-generation decks, Victoria Hand surprisingly excels in discard strategies as well. This guide details two effective deck builds leveraging her unique abilities, catering to the current meta.

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• Optimal Victoria Hand Deck
• Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay
• Alternative Discard Deck
• Countering Victoria Hand
• Is Victoria Hand Worth It?

Victoria Hand (2-3): Ongoing: Cards created in your hand gain +2 Power. (Series 5, Ultra Rare)

Optimal Victoria Hand Deck

This deck pairs Victoria Hand with Devil Dinosaur for maximum synergy. The core includes: Devil Dinosaur, Quinjet, Mirage, Frigga, Valentina, Cosmo, The Collector, Agent Coulson, Agent 13, Kate Bishop, and Moon Girl.

Flexible slots (Agent 13, Kate Bishop, Frigga) can be replaced with Iron Patriot, Mystique, or Speed depending on your preference and the current meta.

Deck Synergies

• Victoria Hand enhances cards generated in your hand.
• Agent Coulson, Agent 13, Mirage, Frigga, Valentina, Kate Bishop, and Moon Girl generate cards. (Frigga and Moon Girl also duplicate key cards for additional buffs or disruption.)
• Quinjet reduces the cost of generated cards, enabling you to play more.
• The Collector's power scales with each generated card.
• Cosmo provides crucial protection, shielding Victoria Hand and Devil Dinosaur from enemy attacks.
• Devil Dinosaur serves as your primary win condition, ideally played after Moon Girl or when you have numerous generated cards.

Note: Some players report Victoria Hand potentially buffing enemy-generated cards or cards that change locations. This requires clarification from developers.

Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay

1. Energy Management: Balance card generation with energy expenditure. A full hand maximizes Devil Dinosaur's potential, but you also need energy to generate cards and utilize Victoria Hand's effect. Sometimes, skipping a turn to maintain a full hand is more beneficial than filling the board.
2. Strategic Deception: Use randomly generated cards strategically as decoys to mislead your opponent and create uncertainty about your next move.
3. Lane Protection: Your opponent will likely target the Victoria Hand lane. Play Devil Dinosaur and Victoria Hand in the same lane (creating an Ongoing synergy) and protect them with Cosmo.

Alternative Discard Deck

Victoria Hand also finds a place in refined discard decks. This lineup includes: Victoria Hand, Helicarrier, MODOK, Morbius, Scorn, Blade, Apocalypse, Swarm, Corvus Glaive, Colleen Wing, Lady Sif, and The Collector.

Countering Victoria Hand

Super Skrull is an excellent counter, particularly effective against both Victoria Hand and Doctor Doom 2099 decks. Shadow King removes Victoria Hand's buffs from a single lane, while Enchantress disables all Ongoing effects. Valkyrie can disrupt power distribution by relocating cards to less advantageous locations.

Is Victoria Hand Worth It?

Yes, Victoria Hand is a valuable card. Her consistent buffs and adaptability to multiple archetypes (card generation and discard) make her a strong addition to any collection. While reliant on some element of chance, her overall effectiveness makes her a worthwhile investment, whether acquired through the Spotlight Cache or Tokens.