September 12th - Balance Updates — MARVEL SNAP Steam update #800400

The metagame has largely been settling into a time of peace. Arishem's play rate has steadily trended downward since our last change to Loki, and hasn't appeared to hit bottom yet as of these notes. Symbiote Spider-Man has shaken things up, but no decks new or old are presenting as outliers on win rate and cube rate at this time. As such, we're taking a light touch on the competitive changes and mostly pushing up a few older cards. Sandman 5/6 - On Reveal: Players can only play 1 card next turn. 5/7 - On Reveal: Next turn, cards cost 1 more. (maximum 6)We've relied on Sandman to be a negative pressure against strong decks that can threaten several cards at the end of the game. However, we've seen over time that when the metagame provides Sandman with that kind of an opening, those decks tend to become a frustration unto themselves. In some ways it's reminiscent of Leech, and we're pursui...