Iron Patriot Powers Up in Marvel Snap: Build the Ultimate Deck

Mastering Marvel Snap's Iron Patriot: Deck Guide, Strategies, and Counters

Marvel Snap's Dark Avengers season introduces Iron Patriot, a premium Season Pass card. This 2-Cost, 3-Power card adds a high-Cost card to your hand, potentially with a significant cost reduction. This guide explores optimal Iron Patriot deck builds, effective gameplay strategies, counters, and assesses its overall value.

The Best Deck for Iron Patriot

This deck leverages Iron Patriot's synergy with the card-generation archetype, similar to Devil Dino strategies. The core consists of Iron Patriot, Devil Dino, and Victoria Hand, supported by: Sentinel, Quinjet, Valentina, Mirage, Frigga, Mobius M. Mobius, Moon Girl, Agent Coulson, and Kate Bishop.

Consider replacing Frigga with Cosmo to mitigate opponent counter-strategies.

Iron Patriot Deck Synergies

• Iron Patriot: Provides a discounted high-Cost card, fueling the core strategy.
• Card Generators (Valentina, Sentinel, Mirage, Agent Coulson, Moon Girl, Kate Bishop): Trigger Victoria Hand's ability.
• Quinjet: Further discounts generated cards for easier play.
• Frigga: Duplicates a card, maximizing Victoria Hand's effect and potentially doubling key abilities.
• Mobius M. Mobius: Prevents cost manipulation by opponents.
• Devil Dino: The win condition, leveraging hand size for powerful buffs.

How to Play Iron Patriot Effectively

1. Strategic Placement: Play Iron Patriot in a lane your opponent is unlikely to contest early to maximize the discount. Combos like Ebony Maw + War Machine can secure the lane, but risk over-commitment.
2. Hand Management: Carefully manage your hand size, especially with Devil Dino as the win condition. Only play card generators when you have space.
3. Maximize Duplication: Use duplication effects like Moon Girl after benefiting from Iron Patriot's discount or other cost reductions.

How to Counter Iron Patriot

Counter strategies focus on disrupting energy and hand space:

• Cost Manipulation: Cards like US Agent, Cosmo, Iceman, Wave, Sandman, and Shadow King.
• Clogging: Junk archetype cards like Green Goblin and Hobgoblin disrupt strategy.
• Valkyrie: Removes critical buffs from Victoria Hand.

Is Iron Patriot Worth It?

Iron Patriot is a valuable addition for competitive players, but won't revolutionize the meta. It's a strong card within the card-generation archetype. However, it doesn't justify purchasing the premium pass for F2P players; Victoria Hand offers similar synergy without requiring Iron Patriot.