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Red Guardian is a three-Cost, three-Power On Reveal card with the ability to remove the text of the lowest-Power card in his location and afflict it with -2 Power. He joins Marvel Snap’s roster following the U.S. Agent’s introduction in the Thunderbolts Season. This guide aims to help you build the best deck for Red Guardian and outlines strategic gameplay techniques to maximize its effectiveness. Tips on how to counter Red Guardian can be found below as well.
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The Best Deck for Red Guardian
To build the best deck for Red Guardian, use him in a High Evolutionary lineup with negative Power afflicters. Pair Red Guardian and High Evo with the following cards: Wasp, Scorpion, Hazmat, US Agent, Kingpin, Polaris, Abomination, Spider-Woman, and The Thing.
Card | Cost | Power |
|---|---|---|
Red Guardian | 3 | 3 |
High Evolutionary | 4 | 4 |
Wasp | 0 | 1 |
Scorpion | 2 | 2 |
Hazmat | 2 | 2 |
US Agent | 2 | 3 |
Kingpin | 2 | 3 |
Polaris | 3 | 5 |
Luke Cage | 3 | 4 |
The Thing | 4 | 6 |
Spider-Woman | 5 | 8 |
Abomination | 5 | 9 |
Here’s how the cards in the deck synergize:
- Red Guardian teams up with Wasp, Scorpion, Hazmat, Kingpin, Spider-Woman, and The Thing to afflict the enemy cards with negative Power.
- Abomination benefits from the caused damage and gets a huge discount.
- Luke Cage protects the deck against possible friendly negative afflictions.
How to Play Red Guardian
If you want to double down on Red Guardian’s effect, play him alongside Killmonger, Absorbing Man, and Lady Deathstreak. This combination allows you to eliminate small cards from the board using Killmonger, allowing Red Guardian to target critical enemy cards. Additionally, you can replicate Red Guardian’s effect with Absorbing Man, amplifying the negative Power affliction and escalating disruption further with Lady Deathstreak.
When playing Red Guardian, remember that:
- Red Guardian can’t remove the ability of On Reveal cards if they’re revealed first.
- Red Guardian’s effect is triggered when there’s only one enemy card in the line.
- If there are two cards with the same Power, Red Guardian will randomly target one of them.
How to Counter Red Guardian
Red Guardian is an On Reveal card that can be stopped with Cosmo. Despite this, countering him is generally challenging, since he emerges as early as the third round and zeroes in on the lowest-Power card in the location.
A strategic approach to counterplaying his effect involves employing a low-Cost deck, eliminating low-Power cards early with options like Killmonger. Another tactic is deploying Man-Thing to diminish Red Guardian's Power by two, offsetting his impact on your side.
Is Red Guardian Worth It?
Red Guardian is an all-around tech card that’s worth the price, particularly valuable when unlocked through Spotlight Keys. Despite its utility, it doesn’t hold a prominent position in the META. You won’t lose much by omitting it from your roster.
Players focusing on affliction-based decks, like a High Evo lineup, will find Red Guardian a beneficial addition. Beyond this strategic synergy, Red Guardian could be seen as a middling card with limited disruptive capabilities.
