Marvel Snap patch finally nerfs too-powerful Galactus

Marvel Snap’s powerful — and controversial — Galactus card has finally been nerfed… somewhat.

Galactus still has the ability to destroy any location other than the one he is in, but the player now needs to win the game (with Galactus being the only card at that particular place) to eliminate the rest.

Previously, Galactus was a 6-cost 2-power card, and if you played him on a location where you had no other cards, he’d destroy the other two locations. Post-update, Galactus is a 6-cost 7-power card — not quite enough power to guarantee you can win a location with him alone.

The developer of Second Dinner explained the reason for this change in a patch note published on Tuesday. The studio said it had been keeping an eye on Galactus since launch, and observed that his power had warped games from their original goal of claiming two locations “to waging war around cards that ‘counter’ him/his finishers and priority.”

“Galactus’ play rate was moving past the thresholds we set to determine both competitive diversity and also how frequently the game gets reduced to that state,” Second Dinner added. Studio Second Dinner was aware that Galactus is counter-able and wanted time to prepare for it. Marvel Snap’s metagame to sort out how players can deal with Galactus.

“[B]ut it hasn’t,” the studio said. “Galactus’ popularity has increased, his winrate has only grown, and many players don’t even enjoy beating him — these are problems worth solving.”

The developers decided to restrict the ability to win after considering all other options. “Caring about winning this way lets players contest Galactus within the core fun of Click Here to Learn More — using Power to challenge for locations,” they wrote. They said that if this modification is too much or not enough, there are still ways to tune him.

Tuesday’s patch also delivered a new game mode, Conquest, to Marvel SnapMaria Hill, Dazzler and other cards were adjusted in a smaller way. Marvel Snap The game can be played on iOS and Android phones, Macs and Windows PCs.