Mastering Marvel Snap's Victoria Hand: Deck Builds and Counters
Marvel Snap's 2025 Spotlight Cache introduces Victoria Hand, an Ongoing card buffing cards generated in your hand. While primarily associated with card-generation decks, she surprisingly excels in discard strategies as well. This guide details two effective Victoria Hand decks, one for each archetype, and explores counter strategies.
Victoria Hand's Best Deck: Card Generation
This deck pairs Victoria Hand with Devil Dinosaur for maximum synergy. The core consists of:
| Card | Cost | Power |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Hand | 2 | 3 |
| Devil Dinosaur | 5 | 3 |
| The Collector | 2 | 2 |
| Quinjet | 1 | 2 |
| Agent Coulson | 3 | 4 |
| Agent 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Mirage | 2 | 2 |
| Frigga | 3 | 4 |
| Kate Bishop | 2 | 3 |
| Moon Girl | 4 | 5 |
| Valentina | 2 | 3 |
| Cosmo | 3 | 3 |
Flex Options: Replace Agent 13, Kate Bishop, or Frigga with Iron Patriot, Mystique, or Speed, depending on your meta.
Synergies:
- Victoria Hand buffs 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.
- Quinjet reduces the cost of generated cards.
- The Collector's power increases with each generated card.
- Cosmo protects your Devil Dinosaur and Victoria Hand lane.
- Devil Dinosaur is your win condition, ideally played after Moon Girl or with many generated cards in hand.
Note: There are reports of Victoria Hand potentially buffing enemy-generated cards or cards that change sides. This may be a bug or an unclarified mechanic.
Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay (Card Generation Deck)
- Energy Management: Balance card generation and energy spending. A full hand maximizes Devil Dinosaur's power, but you need energy to generate cards and utilize Victoria Hand's effect. Skipping turns to maintain a full hand might be crucial.
- Strategic Deception: Use generated joker cards as distractions to confuse your opponent.
- Lane Protection: Protect your Victoria Hand/Devil Dinosaur lane with Cosmo to counter tech cards like Enchantress.
Alternative Deck: Discard
This deck utilizes Victoria Hand's buff within a discard strategy:
| Card | Cost | Power |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Hand | 2 | 3 |
| Helicarrier | 6 | 10 |
| Morbius | 2 | 0 |
| Lady Sif | 3 | 5 |
| Scorn | 1 | 2 |
| Blade | 1 | 3 |
| Corvus Glaive | 3 | 5 |
| Colleen Wing | 2 | 4 |
| Apocalypse | 6 | 8 |
| Swarm | 2 | 3 |
| The Collector | 2 | 2 |
| MODOK | 5 | 8 |
Countering Victoria Hand
- Super Skrull: A strong counter, especially effective against both Victoria Hand and Doctor Doom 2099 decks.
- Shadow King: Removes Victoria Hand's buffs from one lane.
- Enchantress: Removes all Ongoing effects, negating Victoria Hand's buff.
- Valkyrie: Disrupts power distribution in crucial lanes.
Is Victoria Hand Worth It?
Yes! Victoria Hand offers a strong return on investment, whether acquired through the Spotlight Cache or Tokens. Her consistent buffs, combined with her adaptability to both card-generation and discard archetypes, make her a valuable addition to many players' collections. While some RNG is involved, building consistent decks around her is achievable.
