Silver Samurai is a 4-Cost 5-Power card inMarvel Snap’s Series Five. His text is of the discard archetype, enabling him to remove the lowest-Power cards from both players’ hands on reveal. In this guide, fans get a blueprint forbuilding the best deck with Silver Samuraiand understand his mechanics like a pro player.
The Best Deck for Silver Samurai
Synergy-wise, the best deck for Silver Samurai is a Swarm-Dakendiscard setup. Replicate this lineup by teaming up the mentioned trio (Samurai, Swarm, Daken) with Stature, Zabu, Wong, Gambit, Apocalypse, Black Bolt, Baron Mordo, Absorbing Man, and Colleen Wing.
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Here’s how the deck works:
How to Play Silver Samurai
When playing Silver Samurai, the goal should be two things: 1) Target a discard-benefiting friendly card and 2) attempt to retrigger his effect at least twice. For that matter, it’s crucial to aim him at cards like Swarm and then hit him again with Wong orAbsorbing Man for duplicated effects.
The following are the best Silver Samurai combos:
Best Silver Samurai Counters
As with most On Reveal counterparts,Silver Samurai is countered with Cosmo. Other counterplays include hitting him with Negasonic Teenage Warhead on turn four. However, counters aside, havinga discard-benefiting deckagainst Silver Samurai is the ultimate neutralizer, as it would turn his effect into a buff trigger.
Is Silver Samurai Worth It?
At the Cost of four, Silver Samurai doesn’t add much value to discard decks. Hisreplaceability and lack of Powermake him a skippable card for most players. However, pro players looking to spice up discard archetypes would enjoy Samurai’s disruptive capabilities.
