The Infinaut is one of the lesser-known characters from the Marvel universe, but one of the biggest and most exciting cards players secure on their rise through Marvel Snap’s card series. With this, knowing the best decks where they can be included may help you make your way to the top of the game’s ranks.
Here’s all you have to know about The Infinaut in Marvel Snap.
The Infinaut card abilities in Marvel Snap
“If you played a card last turn, you can’t play this.” That’s all that The Infinaut’s card text says. It seems simple, but it can make the card very difficult to play unless you build your deck around it.
Its ability is its biggest hindrance. But there are plenty of ways to work around it in the digital card battler.
The Infinaut strategy in Marvel Snap
The Infinaut’s card ability means that you’ll likely be trying to add extra energy or fill out your The Infinaut deck with other cards that will benefit from skipping a turn on turn five so that you can play it on turn six—or using other cards that will allow you to get it onto your board without having to play it at all.
This card is truly all about the other 11 cards that surround it because you can’t solely rely on its ability and power to get it into play.
Best combo synergy with The Infinaut in Marvel Snap
There are several cards that can play The Infinaut (or its power number) without having to skip a turn, by way of their card ability. These cards include:
- Zero
- Lockjaw
- Lady Sif
- Jubilee
- Dracula
- Hela
Each of these cards can get The Infinaut into play. With Lockjaw, you can play any number of low-cost cards onto its location to get The Infinaut from your deck. Jubilee will do the same thing as a four-energy drop, and Zero is a one-drop that will remove The Infinaut’s ability, to allow you to play it on turn six with no issue.
Dracula is interesting because you can manipulate your deck to have The Infinaut be the last card in your hand. This means that Dracula, which has the ability to take the power of a card you discard from your hand at the very end of the game, will get its 20 power.
Hela is the same way, in a Discard deck. If you discard The Infinaut, you can play Hela on turn six to play every card you’ve discarded from your hand onto random locations. You can ensure The Infinaut is discarded by playing Lady Sif once it’s in your hand.
The best Infinaut Decks in Marvel Snap
InSheNaut
One of the current meta decks where The Infinaut can be used is in an InSheNaut deck. Here, it’s all about using the combo of The Infinaut and She-Hulk to produce massive Power on at least two locations while building up the early and mid-game by using some of High Evolutionary’s creations.
The Evolved card versions made by High Evolutionary revolve around two mechanics: inflicting negative Power on your opponent’s cards and conserving energy to gain a handful of advantages. Cyclops is the main catalyst of dealing negative Power to your opponent’s units through conserving energy, while Misty Knight and Shocker provide the utility effects when you have unspent energy in turns. As for Hulk, it is a potential massive Power source that can also single-handedly take over a location since you can stack Power in it every turn that you have unspent energy.
Nebula and Sunspot are there to build up your early game. As for Magik, it can extend the game to a turn seven which is vital to execute the InSheNaut combo. Cap off the deck with Caeira to protect your one and six-cost cards, and Leech to remove the abilities of your opponent’s cards in the hand on turn six.
Hela Tribunal
Another deck where The Infinaut can be used as a massive Power source is in a Hela Tribunal deck. Here, the focus is to pull off the famous Hela combo with MODOK which is hidden under Invisible Woman. This strategy allows you to call multiple high-cost and high-Power units all at once by the end of the game which can, most of the time, outpower your opponent in the locations.
Hela can call all of your discarded units to random locations. This effect combined with M.O.D.O.K., which can discard all of your cards in the hand can be a powerful combo assuming that it is hidden under Invisible Woman. Once you are successful in pulling this off, you can call all of your discarded units regardless of their costs.
Aside from The Infinaut, some of the late-game finishers that can be called by Hela in this deck are Blob (for merging with your deck and gaining massive Power), Onslaught (for doubling your Ongoing effects on the same location as it), The Living Tribunal (for equally distributing your total Power to the three locations), and Giganto (for a stable massive Power source). As for Iron Man, it can double the current Power of the location where it is placed.
Magik is there to extend the game, while Crystal lets both players draw a card. Finish the deck with Iron Lad, which copies the text of the top card of your deck while maintaining its four-cost, six-Power stat line.
How to counter The Infinaut decks in Marvel Snap
Shang-Chi is The Infinaut’s biggest foe, as he is for just about any big card in Marvel Snap. Shang-Chi is a safe bet in just about any deck due to his ability, so if The Infinaut has you worried, always bring Shang-Chi with you to the battle.
The Infinaut’s biggest weakness is that it can only really win one lane, and not even that is guaranteed. If you hold down the other two lanes while expecting a big Infinaut play, you could still very easily win the game.
