Mastering Marvel Snap's Victoria Hand: Deck Builds and Counter Strategies

Marvel Snap's Spotlight Cache introduced Victoria Hand, an Ongoing card boosting cards generated in your hand. While primarily associated with card-generation decks, she surprisingly excels in discard strategies too. This guide explores optimal deck builds for both archetypes, along with effective counter strategies.

Victoria Hand (2-3): Ongoing: Your cards created in your hand have +2 Power.

Optimal Victoria Hand Deck (Card Generation)

This deck leverages Victoria Hand's synergy with Devil Dinosaur. The core components are:

Flexible Slots: Agent 13, Kate Bishop, and Frigga can be replaced with Iron Patriot, Mystique, or Speed, depending on your meta preference.

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 Victoria Hand/Devil Dinosaur lane.
• Devil Dinosaur is your win condition, ideally played after Moon Girl or with many generated cards.

Note: There are reports of Victoria Hand potentially buffing enemy-generated cards or cards that change sides. This may be a bug or an unclear interaction requiring clarification.

Effective Victoria Hand Gameplay (Card Generation)

1. Energy Management: Balance card generation and energy expenditure. A full hand maximizes Devil Dinosaur's power, but you need energy to generate cards and utilize Victoria Hand's effect. Sometimes skipping turns is crucial.
2. Strategic Deception: Use generated joker cards strategically to mislead opponents.
3. Lane Protection: Protect your Victoria Hand/Devil Dinosaur lane with Cosmo to counter tech cards like Enchantress.

Alternative Victoria Hand Deck (Discard)

This deck utilizes Victoria Hand within a refined discard strategy:

Countering Victoria Hand

• Super Skrull: A strong counter, particularly effective against both Victoria Hand and Doctor Doom 2099 decks.
• Shadow King: Removes Victoria Hand's buffs from one lane.
• Enchantress: Negates all Ongoing effects, including Victoria Hand's buff.
• Valkyrie: Disrupts power distribution by moving cards to different lanes.

Is Victoria Hand Worth It?

Yes, Victoria Hand is a valuable card. Her consistent buffs, even with some RNG reliance, make her a strong addition to both card-generation and discard decks. Her versatility makes her a worthwhile investment.