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Draft mode will return to Marvel Snap sooner than expected, along with a unique twist
Developed over time first seen 3 months ago
Marvel Snap's Draft mode will return on 28th September, just three weeks after the current run ends and goes offline, with developer Second Dinner confirming the revival exclusively to Destructoid. The relaunch will introduce a notable twist: a scoring system borrowed from the game's Sanctum Showdown mode, replacing the format used in Draft's debut run and expected to reshape which cards and decks prove strongest.
Under the new system, players compete for one of three locations each turn; the first two turns are worth one point each, before one location becomes worth at least four points from turn three onwards, with "snapping" able to push a location's value up to six points. The first player to reach 16 points wins the match. Second Dinner also confirmed that Draft will use players' starred card variants rather than default versions, a change welcomed by fans. The update follows a well-received debut for Draft, which boosted player numbers, though a dominant "boost deck" meta had emerged by the end of its first run, with balance changes expected as the mode continues to evolve.
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In short
- Marvel Snap's Draft mode returns 28th September, three weeks after going offline
- New version uses Sanctum Showdown-style scoring, first to 16 points wins
- Draft will now display players' starred card variants instead of defaults
How this story developed
- 2 months ago Marvel Snap's Draft mode will return on 28th September, just three weeks after the current run ends offline next week, developer Second Dinner has confirmed exclusively to Destructoid.
- 3 months ago Marvel Snap's popular Draft mode, which is set to go offline next week, will return much sooner than expected, with a new twist to how it's scored.
- 3 months ago Marvel Snap's Draft mode will return on 28th September, just three weeks after the current run ends and goes offline, with developer Second Dinner confirming the revival exclusively to Destructoid.
Explained simply
Marvel Snap is a mobile and PC card game made by developer Second Dinner, in which players compete over locations on a board to win points. Draft mode is one of its play formats, letting people build a deck on the fly by picking from cards offered to them, rather than using a pre-built collection, and it had already proved popular when it was first introduced.
The mode had been due to go offline soon, but Second Dinner has now confirmed it will return within weeks, with changes to how scoring works and how cards appear for players. These adjustments matter because they affect which strategies and decks are most effective, a balance that had already begun to settle around certain popular cards during Draft's first run.