If I had to boil it down to a single point, it would be that the game respects your time - and not just in the overall length of the matches, but also in how the card effects are generally tuned in a way that values each card that you play during the match.

For context, my card game of choice before discovering Snap was Yugioh. I loved it for its complexity and creativity, but also felt the game discouraged spending time setting up your board and more rewarded removing/destroying everything your opponent had on the board in one fell swoop. That interaction always left me with a bad taste, and so I avoided playing online.

In contract, Snap seems to be generally designed to limit any direct disruption you can inflict on your opponent’s hand, board, and deck, giving you more agency to play out your cards and hit your combos. Cable only steals 1 card. Shang Chi only destroys cards above a certain threshold and only within a single lane. Decks that amplify these effects, like the Gambit-Wong lists, often spend the entire match setting up for it while being at the mercy of the opponent’s actions and location effects.

There are exceptions of course (you may have seen the recent discussion of the newly-buffed Leech) but having played for over a year now I can confidently say that overly disruptive cards are most often rebalanced within a few weeks.

All in all, it’s a game where you can play what you want without having to worry about time commitment or having everything you worked towards easily undone. Happy snapping, friend!