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- The Best Deck for Victoria Hand
- Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay
- Alternative Discard Deck for Victoria Hand
- Countering Victoria Hand
- Is Victoria Hand Worth Acquiring?
Marvel SNAP's initial Spotlight Cache card for 2025, Victoria Hand, is an Ongoing card that enhances cards generated within your hand. While often considered a core card for card-generation decks, Victoria Hand surprisingly excels in discard decks as well. This guide presents two effective deck builds for Victoria Hand, one for each archetype, to help you integrate her into the current SNAP metagame.
Victoria Hand (2–3)
Ongoing: Cards created in your hand gain +2 Power.
Series: Five (Ultra Rare)
Season: Dark Avengers
Release: January 7, 2025
The Best Deck for Victoria Hand
A card-generation deck featuring Devil Dinosaur is ideally suited for Victoria Hand. For optimal synergy, combine Victoria and Devil Dinosaur with: Quinjet, Mirage, Frigga, Valentina, Cosmo, The Collector, Agent Coulson, Agent 13, Kate Bishop, and Moon Girl.
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Cost
Power
Flexible slots (Agent 13, Kate Bishop, and Frigga) can be substituted with Iron Patriot, Mystique, and Speed.
Victoria Hand Deck Synergies
- Victoria Hand boosts cards added to your hand by card generators.
- Agent Coulson, Agent 13, Mirage, Frigga, Valentina, Kate Bishop, and Moon Girl are your card generators. (Frigga and Moon Girl also duplicate key cards like Victoria Hand for added buffs or disruption.)
- Quinjet reduces the cost of generated cards, enabling you to play more.
- The Collector's power increases with each generated card.
- Cosmo serves as a tech card, protecting Devil Dinosaur and Victoria Hand from enemy attacks when played in the same lane.
- Devil Dinosaur is your win condition, ideally played after Moon Girl or when you have numerous generated cards in hand.
Reports suggest Victoria Hand might buff cards generated in the opponent's hand or cards that change locations. Whether this is a bug or intended functionality remains unclear. If not a bug, the card text requires clarification. Regardless, it's a factor to consider when using Victoria Hand decks.
Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay
When playing a Victoria Hand deck, remember:
- Balance card generation and energy management. A full hand maximizes Devil Dinosaur's potential, but you also need space to generate cards and utilize Victoria Hand's effect. Efficient energy use is crucial; sometimes skipping a turn to maintain a full hand is more beneficial than filling the board.
- Use unexpected cards to confuse your opponent. Victoria Hand decks generate random cards. Strategically playing these can distract your opponent and make predicting your next move challenging.
- Protect your Ongoing lane. Opponents often target the Victoria Hand lane with tech cards like Enchantress. Counter this by playing Devil Dinosaur and Victoria Hand in the same lane (creating an Ongoing setup) and protecting them with Cosmo.
Alternative Discard Deck for Victoria Hand
Victoria Hand is also proving effective in refined discard decks. Pair her with: Helicarrier, MODOK, Morbius, Scorn, Blade, Apocalypse, Swarm, Corvus Glaive, Colleen Wing, Lady Sif, and The Collector.
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Cost
Power
Countering Victoria Hand
Super Skrull is an effective counter to Victoria Hand. Many players use Doctor Doom 2099 decks, which Skrull synergizes with, making him a strong tech card against both Victoria Hand and Doom 2099 lineups.
Other counters include Shadow King (removes Victoria Hand's buffs in one lane) and Enchantress (removes all Ongoing effects). Valkyrie can also disrupt power distribution by being played in a key enemy lane.
Is Victoria Hand Worth Acquiring?
Victoria Hand is a valuable card. Whether obtained through the Spotlight Cache or purchased with Tokens, she offers a strong return on investment. While her effectiveness relies somewhat on chance, her permanent buffs allow for consistent deck building. Her compatibility with multiple archetypes (card-generation and discard) makes her a desirable card for many players.
