December 12th - Balance Updates — MARVEL SNAP Steam update #800390

Similar to last month, December features time off for our staff, so we're only planning one OTA for the month again. The metagame is in healthy shape–there's a clear best deck in Surtur, but tons of other viable strategies can win at the highest level. Today's OTA will shave a little strength from the top dog, and shake up a few other things along the way. Arishem 7/7 - At the start of the game, +1 Max Energy. Shuffle 15 random cards into your deck. 7/7 - Game Start: Shuffle 12 new cards into your deck. On turn 3, get +1 Max Energy.Since release, Arishem has been among the most played and discussed cards in the game. After some early balance, the archetype's winrate and cube rate both settled into a competitive but acceptable range. However, its play rate has continued to crest above our preferred threshold for metagame diversity. That band is a little more lax in Arishem's case–the deck...