Thanks for the history, Nina. I started playing the game in late October 2022, and it’s funny to think how much things have changed since then. The meta constantly being retuned and rebalanced is one of the things that keep this game fresh even if it is frustrating sometimes.
Great video Nina! As a new player, I was always interested in how some of the cards were used to be when people mentioned they were busted. Couldn't find any source to show how card used to be, there were some video but weren't edited very well or clear, your editing and explanation are super clear, thank you.
Wow, hearing all the history of marvel snap broken cards helps me realize why we still have controversial cards to this day. It really feels like the devs aren't the best at making balanced cards. I am so glad I was not around during the LeechLeader and Galactus days and boy I was so close to quitting for good when Alioth was released. Idk what SD is doing but I really hope they get better at making fun and fair cards that aren't so ass-broken.
Unfortunately broken cards help them make money, pretty sure it’s done intentionally. Like I remember Zabu was so busted and then like a year later they released loki…
devs should make fun cards at first, and balance should come as an issue later. I would never play marvel snap if my first experience with the game didn't include crazyness like the old galactus, mr negative, storm and prof x, heimdall, etc. Some "fair" metas were pretty unpopular also, like when patriot was a top deck, or the first high evo decks, or sera control, etc.
I really enjoy this kind of video recording the history of cards. After watching, I feel like old spider man should be on the list for his unfair ability.
I almost stopped playing the game when Silver Surfer was unbeatable and then Zabu was unbeatable and then the final straw with Spiderman/Absorbing man making it so you just were not allowed to play the game after turn 5 😂
Wow you actually described the cards and put them on the screen when you did it! Good for you. I could not believe it when Alex and Cozy did this exact same video and just acted like we all should remember what the old cards were like.
@@ninaisnoob oh they did bits about the best and worst cards ever in different snap chats two weeks ago. in the one with the best cards they actually do include the old versions of cards, so i'll correct myself there, but in the one where they do the worst cards ever, they just threw the current iteration of the card on screen while talking vaguely about what the cards were like, which was frustrating :P All that's to say, thanks for the great video as usual!
Ive only been playing the game about 3 weeks now and it's crazy how much this game has changed over the years. I'm so glad I didn't live through these. Some of them took 5-6 months to fix? That's wild!!! The meta feels somewhat balanced now, but I haven't reached infinite yet, Ive been stuck in 92+/- for the pass 2 days.
I joined the game during the Zabu season. Luckily, he was at his 2/2 state for a good while by the time I made it to pool 3, so this ridiculous meta was already in the rear view mirror by the time I was properly established in the game. As for busted cards, I’d argue Shang-Chi. He’s consistently been the single best card in the game for the longest time, as if your opponent has a high power card on board (necessary to win the game), he is/was a 4/12 or 4/13 at the least. Even then, everyone was surprised to see him nerfed, as his effect is just so key to the meta’s health that the community is perfectly fine with him being so powerful; he needs to be. Oh and also, obligatory request to do the WORST 10 cards in the game’s history.
Original surfer not being on this list was criminal. he had a winning line up/interaction with over 75% of decks at the time of his nerf, only card that rivaled him was pre-nerf zabu, and it was those 2 decks that held back the thanos and shuri meta that followed, since both had bad lineups against them
Agree with zabu being No.1, bit surprised surfer and kitty didn't get in the list. the original +3 power surfer was super strong and it worked great with other combo cards like wong and mr.negative, kitty not only was a over powered card, but also literally broke the game.
Love seeing the history of the cards. As a new ish player, seeing the old gameplay with the slightly younger content creators is cute lol. Also, saw quite a few were in like mobile format, was it originally not widescreen format?
I love aero back then. Better without animation sliding all opponent cards kinda satisfying. I still remember one of my favorite her old gameplay is combination quake+kingpin tower+aero. I suprised quake works with kingpin tower and destroy all opponent cards then next turn play aero to destroy opponent cards again.😅.
Love you Nina. It didn’t help that a lot of these cards took months to get nerfed, but it feels like second dinner is much faster with changes in recent months
@@huydzvietnamshe was meta before elsa arrived too. Her package(Angela Hit-Monkey Elsa and Kitty herself) get nerfed so hard that Bast not worth playing anymore
I started a little bit before Loki was released so it was great learning what has happened previously. But I disagree on your Loki's meta estimation. As a new player it was great to have access to cards I couldn't play until months later. I still enjoy Loki even if I have most of the cards now.
I happened to get Darkhawk the same day Zabu came out and it was nuts how strong that was. The first couple days were super fun but then I had stop 😂 too repetitive
i had no idea, i didnt start playing this until Maybe September 2023 lol, actually i remember downloading the game and the Loki season event had like 2 days left. I turned off the game music cause that Loki music was so annoying lol
Crazy to see and remember how broken some cards were haha, i survived through all the toxic Meta`s and i`m infinite each month since last March. I`m a day 1 player btw, almost hit 10k collection level. The game was becoming boring for me, especially after the Kitty Pryde and Hit Monkey changes back in the summer, i had so much fun with the OG Bounce Kitty decks, so it was a bummer when Second Dinner started bombarding that deck with nerfs. Well, and then Loki came out, and i started enjoying the game a lot more, now i`m back to daily playing, and i enjoy it when i hit infinite and i can mess around with whatever deck i want.
They take a lot of effort to make so it’ll all depend on how well this video does. It was 10x the effort of a normal deck video but will it get 10x the views? I’ll probably still make videos like these even if it doesn’t get too many views though because they’re fun to do, just not too often.
my list for being the most annoying to had played against (playing since beta) 1-galactus 2-leader 3-zabu 4-loki 5-surfer 6-high evo still is annoying btw 7-shuri 8-ms marvel 9-aero 10- thanos
Most busted and boring meta : Shuri + Redskull 🙉 Even the popularity of that meta overshadowed the Session card (Hit-Monkey) when that card came out.. :)
Thanks for the history, Nina. I started playing the game in late October 2022, and it’s funny to think how much things have changed since then. The meta constantly being retuned and rebalanced is one of the things that keep this game fresh even if it is frustrating sometimes.
Hi Nina. Thank you for this video. I am a new player from November 2023 so I appreciate the history and evolution of the cards. Thank you! ❤
I am so sorry you have to go through the card acquisition :(
@@mnbdy BETAR THAN Y0U CRINGE SHURI EV0L L0KI BL0B-TASKMASTER DESTR0Y SPAMERS
I W0ULD GIVE MY ARM IF I C0ULD BE BACK THERE AGAIN
Vanila surfer was the powerhouse. Not doing any cheeky stuff, just putting crazy numbers everywhere, even worse than pre nerf Elsa
Great video Nina! As a new player, I was always interested in how some of the cards were used to be when people mentioned they were busted. Couldn't find any source to show how card used to be, there were some video but weren't edited very well or clear, your editing and explanation are super clear, thank you.
this so true. I see people talk about how "old" cards used to be busted but I wasn't playing then this video truly showcased the power.
Where is Alioth, that's card is absolutely broken. Im remember a month ago when alioth appear in spotlight cache and always win the match😅
he is definitely top 15!
Wow, hearing all the history of marvel snap broken cards helps me realize why we still have controversial cards to this day. It really feels like the devs aren't the best at making balanced cards. I am so glad I was not around during the LeechLeader and Galactus days and boy I was so close to quitting for good when Alioth was released. Idk what SD is doing but I really hope they get better at making fun and fair cards that aren't so ass-broken.
Unfortunately broken cards help them make money, pretty sure it’s done intentionally. Like I remember Zabu was so busted and then like a year later they released loki…
devs should make fun cards at first, and balance should come as an issue later.
I would never play marvel snap if my first experience with the game didn't include crazyness like the old galactus, mr negative, storm and prof x, heimdall, etc.
Some "fair" metas were pretty unpopular also, like when patriot was a top deck, or the first high evo decks, or sera control, etc.
@@filipefhnWell Blob is fun. You know what else Blob is? Stupidly broken. Doesn't make for a fun experience
I really enjoy this kind of video recording the history of cards. After watching, I feel like old spider man should be on the list for his unfair ability.
Zabu season was wilddddd. It was my most played season, hitting a rank ~140 (pre leader board system)--double spider-man's left and right!
Agree with 1st place. Zabu was my main reason why I've left a game for almost a year.
Aero and Leader, most definitely leader was broken!! Aero was OP!
Crap, I forgot about that Spiderman ability. Him and absorbing man!
I remember the day I realized that Aero was busted. I felt like I had unlocked a whole new way to play the game, it was magical!
I still remember playing your Mr negative Galactus deck😭😭😭
Fun times 🥺
Zabu was indeed the most broken. I felt very OP when he was still untouched.
Wow that's a great video! Really good overview of many stuff that happened in game!
thank you, that's so sweet
I remember those leader, galactus, zabu, shuri, spiderman days pre-nerf
Zabu... too true. He's in literally every deck that has a 4 drop
i completely agree with Zabu. NOTHING in this game was worse than 2 Spider-man, i dont even know how i didnt stoped playing that season
I've been waiting on a video like this for a while. Always wanted to hear the lore of Marvel Snap's broken cards that got nerfed
I hope there are game mode where every cards are at their peak
Like Hearthstone wild? 🤣
Thanks.
Beta Hellcow is definitely a contender for most broken card!
It was originally on the list!
What was its card description
@@exercizeyourdemons2705 exactly as it is now, but it was a 2/6!
I almost stopped playing the game when Silver Surfer was unbeatable and then Zabu was unbeatable and then the final straw with Spiderman/Absorbing man making it so you just were not allowed to play the game after turn 5 😂
What broke my will to play this game is how rare the resources are, and how much all the best cards are hidden behind a paywall.
Wow you actually described the cards and put them on the screen when you did it! Good for you. I could not believe it when Alex and Cozy did this exact same video and just acted like we all should remember what the old cards were like.
when did they make the exact same video?
@@ninaisnoob oh they did bits about the best and worst cards ever in different snap chats two weeks ago. in the one with the best cards they actually do include the old versions of cards, so i'll correct myself there, but in the one where they do the worst cards ever, they just threw the current iteration of the card on screen while talking vaguely about what the cards were like, which was frustrating :P
All that's to say, thanks for the great video as usual!
Ive only been playing the game about 3 weeks now and it's crazy how much this game has changed over the years. I'm so glad I didn't live through these. Some of them took 5-6 months to fix? That's wild!!! The meta feels somewhat balanced now, but I haven't reached infinite yet, Ive been stuck in 92+/- for the pass 2 days.
The double Spider-Man combo was so fucking toxic lol completely agree on that #1
I remember when Zabu basically made the game unplayable
who remembers OG Zabu cutting 2 energy cost of 4 energy cards and Spidey locked two lanes on turn 5 😂😂😂😂😂
OG Okoye and Nakia were my favorite OP cards.
I joined the game during the Zabu season. Luckily, he was at his 2/2 state for a good while by the time I made it to pool 3, so this ridiculous meta was already in the rear view mirror by the time I was properly established in the game.
As for busted cards, I’d argue Shang-Chi. He’s consistently been the single best card in the game for the longest time, as if your opponent has a high power card on board (necessary to win the game), he is/was a 4/12 or 4/13 at the least. Even then, everyone was surprised to see him nerfed, as his effect is just so key to the meta’s health that the community is perfectly fine with him being so powerful; he needs to be.
Oh and also, obligatory request to do the WORST 10 cards in the game’s history.
original zabu is an auto win if you drew and played it, glorious old day
When you think about it having no way to stop an enemy Galactus aside from debrii or goblins is INSANE
I agree with your Number 1. I stopped playing during his reign.
Great video. I forgot about the Spider-Man rework, crazy to see how many decks that card fit into.
Oh yeah, Galactus into Spider-Man was definitely an annoying combo, so fun can't play the game for the last 2 turns 😂
Original surfer not being on this list was criminal. he had a winning line up/interaction with over 75% of decks at the time of his nerf, only card that rivaled him was pre-nerf zabu, and it was those 2 decks that held back the thanos and shuri meta that followed, since both had bad lineups against them
thanks for the little trip down memory lane 😺
Now you can even counter shuri with quake and prio
I miss when Quinjet worked Thanos and all my opponents had no escape from my skill 😏
Yeah noone can match my copy deck paste deck talent either 😂
great video nina! I'd add that the +3 surfer and the +3 elsa were also super broken (I miss elsa tho)
Agree with zabu being No.1, bit surprised surfer and kitty didn't get in the list. the original +3 power surfer was super strong and it worked great with other combo cards like wong and mr.negative, kitty not only was a over powered card, but also literally broke the game.
This made me realized I missed 9 whole seasons before I first heard of the game in February 2023, I don't think I've gone a day without playing since.
Love seeing the history of the cards. As a new ish player, seeing the old gameplay with the slightly younger content creators is cute lol.
Also, saw quite a few were in like mobile format, was it originally not widescreen format?
yes, widescreen PC mode was only released in August last year!
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@@ninaisnoob 🍉🍉🍉
I love aero back then. Better without animation sliding all opponent cards kinda satisfying.
I still remember one of my favorite her old gameplay is combination quake+kingpin tower+aero. I suprised quake works with kingpin tower and destroy all opponent cards then next turn play aero to destroy opponent cards again.😅.
One hell of a summary! I think I agree with you on all the choices, maybe not necessarily on the order, but yeah, the list is spot-on :)
Silver surfer, kitty pride, elsa bloodstone and maybe even wherewolf by night
Love you Nina. It didn’t help that a lot of these cards took months to get nerfed, but it feels like second dinner is much faster with changes in recent months
Great video Nina!! Can't wait for the next :D
Ayee shout out to TeddyNinja making an appearance
Original nova that was a 1/2 that gave +2 to whole board was the most broken thing I've seen
Oh god we seen hard times on snap the flash back to some of them cards will keep me up at night
great video and painful memories
Og zabu and sufer… they were just some of the funnest periods of SNAP, and this is around when I actually got good. And now, I’m top 2k infinite.
Surfer and Elsa were also pretty broken on release.
shocked not to see mobius in here, the dude killed an entire meta by himself
I think kitty pryde should be in this list for a simple reason: she was nerfed too many times and still was meta for months
Now she is bad lol she is meta because elsa bloodstone
@@huydzvietnamshe was meta before elsa arrived too. Her package(Angela Hit-Monkey Elsa and Kitty herself) get nerfed so hard that Bast not worth playing anymore
A fun trip though Snap, but somehow managed to omit Alioth.
Those spider webs brought back so kany traumatic memories 😅
im surprised Surfer is not on the list. neither Alioth
The deathwave deck was insane i missed it so much
I started a little bit before Loki was released so it was great learning what has happened previously. But I disagree on your Loki's meta estimation. As a new player it was great to have access to cards I couldn't play until months later. I still enjoy Loki even if I have most of the cards now.
I happened to get Darkhawk the same day Zabu came out and it was nuts how strong that was. The first couple days were super fun but then I had stop 😂 too repetitive
Spider-man & Absorbing man chilling over here in there glory days😎
It was called baero because aero death she hulk and wave were the top in and they were consider baes
I remember back then when I see my oponent have more than 12 card, I immediately retreat because I hate Thanos leech meta
Technically the most actually BROKEN card was OG Kitty Pryde as it literally broke the game and had to be removed :P Great video!
I got Shuri and Leader the moment they were nerfed. I was so passed off
what happened to mobius? he made a mr negative plsyer retreat in inf conquest.
i had no idea, i didnt start playing this until Maybe September 2023 lol, actually i remember downloading the game and the Loki season event had like 2 days left. I turned off the game music cause that Loki music was so annoying lol
Crazy to see and remember how broken some cards were haha, i survived through all the toxic Meta`s and i`m infinite each month since last March. I`m a day 1 player btw, almost hit 10k collection level.
The game was becoming boring for me, especially after the Kitty Pryde and Hit Monkey changes back in the summer, i had so much fun with the OG Bounce Kitty decks, so it was a bummer when Second Dinner started bombarding that deck with nerfs. Well, and then Loki came out, and i started enjoying the game a lot more, now i`m back to daily playing, and i enjoy it when i hit infinite and i can mess around with whatever deck i want.
Fun fact high evo still pisses me off to this day 😃
Which busted card was your favorite guilty-pleasure?
probably galactus 🤣
Nina please do this kind of videos no one in snap creator community does this stuff It will be unique to you
They take a lot of effort to make so it’ll all depend on how well this video does. It was 10x the effort of a normal deck video but will it get 10x the views?
I’ll probably still make videos like these even if it doesn’t get too many views though because they’re fun to do, just not too often.
they will do well believe me just check out a guy name grata from clash Royale his whole content is doing this. and he is nailing it@@ninaisnoob
And also please do not go deep in his channel also dude is also kind of a scammer too@@ninaisnoob
High Evo and pre-nerf Loki are the 2 cards I will automatically retreat against because I dont have time for that shit
Zabu was my first pass deck😂 it was fun
That leech was a kill joy.
Still miss my Galactus 6-7. One of my favorite cards with the best animation!!
#kneelbeforegalactus
Who is Neal and why is he before galactus
Holy shit, and I thought the devs don't know what they are doing now. They were on some serious drugs with these cards.
blob ist the best Card now
I thought kitty pride was going to be at the top, I think it is the card that has had the most changes because they didn't know how to balance it
She was prominent but she wasnt nearly as strong as prime leader or loki
I still dont have Leader yet. My rng sucks
Midway through the vid makes me miss BAERO Death Wave
No Leech is insane 😭😭
RIP Kitty Bounce
Nah but that Leader is wild
my list for being the most annoying to had played against (playing since beta)
1-galactus
2-leader
3-zabu
4-loki
5-surfer
6-high evo still is annoying btw
7-shuri
8-ms marvel
9-aero
10- thanos
just a big high evo advocate where he should always be no 1 broken stuff ever literally 0 thinking just spare energy all the time
I think og Kitty Pride should be on the list
she did literally break the game!
I agree zabu n.1
i miss galactus with nimrod
Worse card Off all time was leader and aero.... Even since today nothing was so painful
RIP Elsa she even not that broken 😢 but got nerf till dead
6/7 Galactus was perfect. I wish they would un nerf him 😡
Im surprise Surfer not on the list
I know deck credit is a bit of a hot topic but I always thought mogwai (RIP) invented leech leader, or at least he publicized it first
Nobody cares
@@JamestheKilljoy people do care, in fact even you cared enough to comment
That nobody being you good Job 👍 @@JamestheKilljoy
@@justinwaller9665 seems like you're a nobody who cares, too. Congrats
Where’s the “Hello Everyone,Nina Herel” ☹️ seems like awhile since you did your intro phrase Nina 😅
I’ve decided to move away from it 😅
Kitty bride should have been on the list, she literally broke the game lol
I knew zabu would be one
The most broken card : Alioth (before it's got nerfed)
Most busted and boring meta : Shuri + Redskull 🙉
Even the popularity of that meta overshadowed the Session card (Hit-Monkey) when that card came out.. :)