Marvel Snap: Best Cards For A Corvus Glaive Deck

Corvus Glaive is one of the most interesting cards released for Marvel Snap, since it serves a dual purpose: it discards two cards from your hand to give you an additional point of energy. Remember that you actually need to have two cards to discard, otherwise Corvus can’t give you that energy point.

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While you could just use Corvus Glaive in a regular discard shell, those decks already have rather tight curves, playing things like MODOK on turn five and Apocalypse on turn six. Corvus is all about the extra energy, and how to make the most out of it.

8 Hela

The Queen Of The Deck

One clear companion for Corvus Glaive’s ability is Hela, since she can bring back any discarded cards onto the board. Their synergy is clear, but you do need to be careful; Corvus discards two random cards from your hand, so if you have Hela in hand, you risk losing her.

This is why the deck doesn’t rely too heavily on Hela, since she isn’t the only way you have to attain victory. With the extra energy Corvus gives you, you can cheat out a few powerful big cards, like Magneto or Giganto, winning by large numbers alone.

7 Black Knight

Setting Up Big Power

One way to make the most out of big cards without playing them is with Black Knight, since his ability makes a copy of the next thing you discard, forming the Ebony Blade: it has the power of the card you discarded, but it can’t be destroyed or have its power reduced.

The Ebony Blade is a consistent way to gain power from normally unplayable cards, like The Infinaut or Death, but you do need to be careful when playing it alongside Corvus Glaive. The discards made by Corvus don’t happen at the same time, so he could create the Blade and discard it in the same turn.

6 Sunspot

Using The Extra Energy

The extra energy given by Corvus Glaive can allow you to make great plays, but you won’t always have a use for the whole thing. Sunspot works great in these scenarios, since he gains power equal to the leftover energy of each turn, squeezing all the value you can out of Corvus.

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Even if he gains only a few points, they can end up being the difference between winning and losing. While Sunspot won’t get as big as in other lists that include him, he still offers plenty of value for only a single energy point invested.

5 Armor

Protecting The Party

Armor’s role in any deck is to protect your cards from any counters your opponent might have, but she’s here mostly to protect your smaller cards rather than the big ones. Black Knight in particular needs to remain alive, at least until you create the Ebony Blade.

You might be tempted to play Caiera instead of Armor, since her ability works well with all the big and small cards in the deck, but Armor has some advantages. She fits the curve better, and she can prevent popular decks like Deadpool-centric ones from doing most of their plans.

4 Blade

Targeted Discard

Since Blade’s only ability is to discard something from your hand, he does so in a predictable manner, targeting only your rightmost card. This means that you’ll know at a glance if he’s playable in turn one, or if you should wait a while before deploying the vampire slayer.

There could be times when Blade sits in your hand because there was never a good moment to play him, but Corvus gives him an additional moment to shine. Since you’ll have seven energy by turn six, you can play Blade alongside any of your cards, Hela being the best combo for such a situation.

3 Lady Sif And Death

Discarding Your Biggest Card

Lady Sif, much like Blade, aims to discard the biggest card in your hand, something that works well with Apocalypse but not so much with Hela. The best way to make it work is by only playing Lady Sif when Hela isn’t on hand, but she should never take priority over Corvus Glaive.

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This is why Death is included in the deck, since she’s the only card that costs more than six, giving Lady Sif a priority target and keeping Hela safe. The inclusion of Death is also why Caiera isn’t recommended on this list, since she costs more than six, being outside of Caiera’s protection.

2 She-Hulk And The Infinaut

A Classic Combo Without Magik

Corvus Glaive has abilities that are present in other cards, but with different restrictions. Before, if you wanted a way to have extra energy, you’d need to rely on Electro, who limits you to playing only one card per turn.

Since Corvus Glaive lacks such restrictions, you can do things reserved for games with a seventh turn, like floating six energy and playing She-Hulk alongside The Infinaut. Even if you don’t plan to play The Infinaut, simply adding a zero-cost She-Hulk next to whatever else you plan is sure to catch any opponent off guard.

1 Magneto And Giganto

The Big Boys

You can fill the rest of the deck with any big cards that you own or like, but if we go by big numbers alone, Giganto needs to be on any list that already has The Infinaut and Death. Besides, Giganto has the upper hand against those two cards, since while you can only play him in the left most location, he can at least be played.

Magneto might not be bigger than Hulk, but his disruptive ability makes him a great play, even if you don’t cheat him out with Hela. By moving all of your opponent’s three and four-cost cards, you can remove a lot of power from other places and, even if Magneto doesn’t win his location, he can assure you a win at the other two.

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