Marvel Snap: BEST Iron Man Decks [Top 5]

Our Marvel Snap Iron Man Decks guide will showcase 5 different deck options featuring Iron Man for players

Marvel Snap features some of the largest card collections, featuring cards like Iron Man, Hulk, Abomination, and many more. Our Marvel Snap Iron Man Decks guide will discuss 5 possible options with loads of deck combinations! 

Key Takeaways
  • Iron Man is a great card to include in your Marvel Snap decks because his Ongoing ability doubles the power of all your cards at a location.
  • Build Iron Man decks with Ongoing, low-cost, or high-power cards.
  • Popular Iron Man deck options:
    1. “Ongoing Abilities Overboard”: Maximize Ongoing card power with Iron Man.
    2. “Subtle Mix”: Synergize various cards with Iron Man.
    3. “Beginner Deck”: Ideal for new players.
  • Ensure your deck is complete before playing.
  • Explore other strong cards in Marvel Snap through experimentation.

Iron Man’s Card 

Marvel Snap Iron Man
Iron Man (Image Credit Exputer)

Iron Man is considered one of the starter cards that can fit into several different deck combinations. It is not only easy to obtain, but it is also incredibly f2p friendly. Therefore, it has countless possibilities that you can go for.

Apart from that, he will be a 5-energy cost card and provide 0 actual power to the player on his own. However, his ability will be an Ongoing ability, allowing players to have their overall power doubled at the location where the card is placed. 

Underrated Non-Meta Deck 

Marvel Snap Underrated Non-Meta
Underrated Non-Meta (Image Credit Exputer)
Character Cost Power
Ant-Man 1 1
Psylocke 2 1
Mystique 3 0
Mister Fantastic 3 2
Captain America 3 3
Wave  3 3
Onslaught  6 6
Sera 5 4
Klaw 5 4
Blue Marvel 5 3
Iron Man 5 0
Omega Red 4 5

Now, the first deck we would like to mention will have quite the power, and while it is not considered meta-centered, the deck still performs exceptionally well. The card selection will be as follows, with their abilities listed, and it can help you with your progression really well!

  • Antman: With an ongoing ability, if you have a total of 3 cards placed at the location, power will be increased by 3. 
  • Psylocke: with an Onreveal ability, on your next turn, players will be able to gain a total of +1 energy. 
  • Mystique: On reveal ability allows players to gain an ongoing ability on this card if their last one had it. 
  • Mister Fantastic: With ongoing abilities, the adjacent locations will increase their power by 2. 
  • Captain America: He has an ongoing ability that allows your other cards present at this location to gain 1 power, 
  • Wave: On the next turn, the cards in your and your opponent’s hands will cost 4 energy. 
  • Onslaught: If any other ongoing abilities are activated here, they will be doubled here. 
  • Sera: Cards that are present in your hand will cost one energy less. 
  • Klaw: The location that is present to the right will gain a total of +6 power. 
  • Blue Marvel: The other cards that you have will gain +1 power. 
  • Iron Man: An ongoing ability that allows your power to be doubled at this location. 
  • Omega Red: If you’re ahead of your opponent by 10 power, your other locations will gain +4 power.

Different Card Options 

If there are some cards that you don’t have access to or haven’t unlocked by now, then there are some replacements that you can go for: 

  • Magik: Magik is known to be one of the best replacements for Psylocke here; it is already pretty overpowered. 
  • Mojo: Mojo can be helpful if you want to pair it up with Onslaught and use it on the same location; however, Mojo will outshine once you save it from placing down several cards on your sixth and final turn. 

EOD Deck 

Marvel Snap EOD Deck
EOD Deck (Image Credit Exputer)
Character Cost Power
Ant-Man 1 1
Sunspot 1 1
Armor 2 3
Lizard 2 4
Electro 3 2
Cosmo 3 3
Destroyer 6 14
Onslaught 6 6
Professor X 5 3
Iron Man 5 0
Omega Red 4 5
War Path 4 5

Now that we’re done with one of the best combinations of decks you can go for; we’ll start to venture into deck options that might not be top-tier but are still worth checking out. Ongoing abilities will be a recurring theme with this deck and will have the showcased lineup. 

  • Antman: Antman will have an ongoing ability that will allow him to allow players to gain 3 extra power points if there are three other cards placed down on the location. 
  • Sunspot: At the end of your turn, players will continue to gain a total of +1 energy for any amount of energy that goes unspent. 
  • Armor: With an ongoing ability, any cards placed down here will be in luck since opponents cannot get to them and potentially destroy them. 
  • Lizard: Now, Lizard will also have an ongoing ability, giving players -3 power if your enemy already has 4 cards here. 
  • Electro: With a reveal ability, your energy will be increased by +1, while the ongoing ability will allow players to play one card every time their turn arrives. 
  • Cosmo: The card’s ability will be an ongoing ability, and essentially, no on-reveal abilities will be able to take place at the location in which the card is placed. 
  • Destroyer: The destroyer card will have an on-reveal ability to eliminate the player’s other cards. 
  • Onslaught: The card will hone an ongoing ability, allowing players to double their ongoing abilities if they are present on any of the cards you placed here. 
  • Professor X: The place will go into direct lockdown, meaning no card can be removed or added. 
  • Iron Man: As discussed, power will be doubled in this area. 
  • Warpath: With an ongoing ability, if there is any location where you have not placed down cards, then your overall power will be increased by +4. 
  • Omega Red: Your other locations will have their max power increased by 4 if you are ahead by a total of 10 power as compared to your opponent here. 

Ongoing Abilities Overboard Deck 

Marvel Snap Ongoing Ability Overboard
Ongoing Ability Overboard (Image Credit Exputer)
Character Cost Power
Ant-Man 1 1
Nightcrawler 1 2
Armor 2 3
Colossus 2 3
Mister Fantastic 3 2
Captain America 3 3
Onslaught 6 6
Spectrum 6 4
Klaw 5 4
Devil Dinosaur 3 0
Iron Man 5 0
Moon Girl 3 3

The next batch of decks we will get into will feature more synergizing abilities that can help players with one type of ability.

  • Ant-Man: An ongoing ability where he will automatically increase your power by +3 if you have 3 more cards. 
  • Nightcrawler: Players will be able to move the card once to any location that they wish to. 
  • Armor: The ongoing ability will allow players to place down their cards at the location that they want to, and once they do so, the cards will not be able to be destroyed. 
  • Colossus: The ongoing ability will mean that your card won’t be destroyed, nor will it be able to reduce its overall power, which makes it all the better for the player. 
  • Mister Fantastic: The ongoing ability will increase the power of adjacent locations by 2. 
  • Captain America: When it comes to Captain America’s ability, if any other cards are placed at the location, their overall power will be increased by +1. 
  • Onslaught: The ongoing ability will allow players to have their current ongoing abilities effects doubled at the location where the card is placed. 
  • Spectrum: The reveal ability will grant the player’s ongoing cards 2 extra powers. 
  • Klaw: Whichever location you use the card in will increase the power of the location to the right by +6. 
  • Devil Dinosaur: The cards in your hands will increase their power by 2. 
  • Iron Man: The ability will allow players to increase their power and multiply it by 2 at the location the card is used in. 
  • Moon Girl: The on-reveal ability will allow players to duplicate their hands.

Subtle Mix Deck 

Marvel Snap Subtle Mix Deck
Subtle Mix Deck (Image Credit Exputer)
Character Cost Power
Psylocke 2 1
iron heart 3 0
Wolfsbane 3 1
Lockjaw 3 2
Mister Negative 4 4
Jubilee 4 1
Sera 5 5
Devil Dinosaur 3 0
Blue Marvel 6 4
White Tiger 5 1
Iron Man  5 0
Crystal 4 4

Now, if players want a subtle mix of both ongoing and reveal cards, then they can look forward to using this deck, and the card lineup will be showcased as follows: 

  • Psylocke: On your next turn, players will be able to gain a total of one extra energy with the on-reveal ability. 
  • Ironheart: With the on-reveal ability, players can grant 3 of their cards in their deck 2 extra power. 
  • Wolfsbane: The on-reveal ability will take note of the total cards that you have in your hands and will be able to increase its overall power by 2. 
  • Lockjaw: Anytime you play a card here, you can swap it out with another card of your choice from the deck. 
  • Mister Negative: The on-reveal ability will take your cards’ cost and power and instantly swap them out with each other. 
  • Jubilee: After the card has been placed down at a location, you can also place down a card from your deck on this location. 
  • Sera: With Sera in your deck, the cards in your deck will cost less than one energy. 
  • Devil Dinosaur: The ongoing ability will also enhance up to +2 power for each card in your deck. 
  • Blue Marvel: The ongoing ability will be able to increase the player’s card’s power by 1. 
  • White Tiger: The on-reveal ability will place down a 7-power tiger in another location.
  • Iron Man: Ability already discussed. 
  • Crystal: If the card is present in your middle location, then the cards will be placed into a deck, shuffled, and you will be able to draw 3 random cards only.
Marvel Snap Beginner Deck
Beginner Deck (Image Credit Exputer)
Character Cost Power
Ant-Man 1 1
Angela 2 1
Cable 2 2
Armor 2 3
Lizard 2 4
Mister Fantastic 3 2
The Punisher 3 2
Captain America  3 3
Cosmo 3 3
Klaw 5 4
Iron Man 5 0
Spectrum 6 4

Last but not least, let’s discuss a starter deck that players can access when they are newer players to the game. The combination is pretty easy to access. 

  • Antman: Ongoing ability will increase 3 power if you have 3 other cards. 
  • Angela: If a card is played here, power is increased by 2. 
  • Cable: On reveal, the ability will allow players to access the bottom card in their enemy’s deck. 
  • Armor: Ongoing ability allows players to protect their cards in the location. 
  • Lizard: 3 power is decreased if the enemy has 4 cards. 
  • Mister Fantastic: Adjacent locations will gain 2 power. 
  • The Punisher: Every opposing card you have in the location will give +1 power. 
  • Captain America: All other cards played here will gain 1 extra power. 
  • Cosmo: Players can’t use their on-reveal abilities in this area. 
  • Klaw: The location that is present to the right will have its overall power increased by +6.
  • Iron Man: Power will be doubled at the location. 
  • Spectrum: Your ongoing cards in the deck will gain 2 power.

There we have it, five solid deck options for Iron Man, and with that, we will wrap up our Marvel Snap Iron Man Decks guide! 

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