Marvel Snap Update Patch Notes – December 5, 2023

• MARVEL SNAP Update Overview (Dec 05, 2023):
  • New Features:
    • Deck Builder: Simplifies deck creation, utilizing data from live games and player collections.
    • Albums: Collections of variant sets offering exclusive rewards for completion.
    • New Emotes: Addition of new emotes, collectible via Albums.
    • Timing Adjustments: Notification about changes in the schedule of upcoming patch updates due to holiday season, with the next updates planned for December 5, 2023, and January 9, 2024.
• General Updates:
  • Deck Builder Details:
    • Offers deck suggestions based on new card acquisitions or during deck creation.
    • Regular updates to the data used for suggestions.
  • Albums Feature:
    • Launching with four initial sets (Venomized Villains, Dan Hipp, Jim Lee X-Men, Hellfire Gala).
    • Rewards for collecting 3, 6, 9, or 12 variants in an album.
    • Indicators for album variants in the Shop.
  • Featured Mystery Variants:
    • Special variants in the Daily Offer Shop with increased chances for specific album cards.
  • Emotes Expansion:
    • Four new emotes added.
    • Enhanced emote selector and customization options.
  • Spotlight Avatar Frame:
    • Unique new frame for Spotlight Avatars.
• Audio Updates:
  • New voiceover dialogues for characters: Hela, Ultron, Apocalypse, Infinaut, Onslaught, Arnim Zola.
  • New sound effects for Swarm and updated effects for America Chavez.
• Art & Visual Effects:
  • New visual effects for Swarm.
  • Improved effects for Mjolnir.
  • Updated visuals for America Chavez.
• Balance Updates:
  • Significant reworks and adjustments to cards like America Chavez, Alioth, Luke Cage, Shadow King, Elsa Bloodstone, Kitty Pryde, Ebony Blade (Black Knight), and Ravonna Renslayer.
  • Adjustments to card abilities and power to ensure a balanced gameplay experience.
• Move Update:
  • Restricting movement effects to only affect revealed cards by default, with notable changes to Spider-Man and Stegron.
  • Functional changes to Juggernaut and Aero to accommodate new rules.

Bug Fixes

* Cleaned up an interaction that prevented Phoenix Force’s power from being merged with a card that was already merged with Hulkbuster  

• Fixed an issue that prevented a card copied from a merged Phoenix Force from moving.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from viewing unrevealed cards with Daredevil in play.

VFX & SFX Fixes in 22.x

* Resolved an issue that prevented Kingpin and Kraven’s VFX from playing under certain circumstances  

• Fixed an issue where Shadowland flipping while Invisible Woman is active could cause an endless VFX loop.
• Resolved an issue that prevented SFX from playing properly when retreating from a friendly battle
• Fixed an issue that saw Nico Minoru’s VFX move on the card and obscure information
• Fixed Shuri’s VFX to no longer display for all cards hovered over the location, just the first
• Fixed an issue with Mysterio’s VFX not displaying correctly on some Android devices
• Intro animations should no longer overlap between Thanos and High Evolutionary
• Fixed an issue with Ongoing abilities delaying the merge VFX for Klyntar.

Other Fixes in 22.x

* Player Names should no longer be occasionally missing from Friendly Battle and Conquest UI elements  

• “Hold to Open” and “Hold to Confirm” text should no longer overlap card and reward descriptions and assets
• Fixed some text strings related to Mission Completion that weren’t properly localized in all languages
• Card upgrade UI should now be properly scaled to fit the screen when upgrading post-match
• Resolved and issue with Card Upgrade preview not showing for Infinite rarity
• Resolved some minor UI elements that were clipping behind the spotlight cache carousel banner
• Cleaned up some elements of the splash screen that were visible across adjacent screens
• Tapping on the empty space on either side of the Avatar and Title select screen should no longer open those objects into their detail view
• Fixed Weirdworld’s background
• Resolved some overlap issues with card touch region sizes in the collection screen
• Fixed an issue that was causing Titles and Avatar assets claimed from Collector’s Caches to be duplicated and overlapping
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Hotel Inferno location to appear during the tutorial.
• Addressed a typo in the Artist information for one of Ghost Rider’s variants
• Cleaned up some of the background shader work for one of Taskmaster’s variants
• Resolved an issue with one of Scarlet Witch’s variants that caused some visible distortion at 3D and higher rarities
• Mission timers should be once again refreshing appropriately in the client
• Adjusted some FTUE and informational popups to display correctly for devices with a notch

PC Fixed Issues in 22.x

* [PC] Signing out and then back into the same Google account on PC during the same session should no longer result in various UI issues  

• [PC] When going to the Shop from the Collection Screen, the reward previews for bundles should no longer show duplicate assets
• [PC] Scrolling between decks should now function correctly when changing between Landscape and Portrait in the session
• [PC] The booster logos should no longer be blurry at the post-match results screen
• [PC] Card series labels should no longer be missing from the Collection view

Known Issues List