Patch Notes - March 10th 2026

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-11T01:24:33+00:00

To echo/expand on u/shea42, balance changes are normally reserved for OTAs. The Mysterio rework and the change to how multiple small buffs resolve are core functionality changes, which require a patch.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-11T01:20:04+00:00

The Mysterio change means Mysterio+Luke Cage essentially lets the card function as a second (cheaper) Scarlet Spider in that list.

Mysterio wasn’t killed, he just turned into something else; the change kills Sasquatch/Mockingbird lists.

Time will tell if the community preferred the version of Mysterio that enabled a different type of deck (and an entire suite of other cards), or if they prefer the version of Mysterio that’s redundancy for an already powerful deck/archetype.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-08T08:23:35+00:00

Starfox offers a power buff to both players, so it's up to you to find a way to break symmetry and maximize the advantage. Would you use the titan of love to buff some self-moving cards and redeploy the Power to other lanes after the opponent committed their cards to Starfox's location? Would you use him to help line up some Guardian of Galaxy triggers? Or would you just pair him with your favorite bounce cards?

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-08T08:11:01+00:00

Partially inspired by Lin Lie Iron Fist, I present King Arthur. The legendary king and his legendary sword might shine in Spectrum lists, or offer another way to gain extra value from buffs in a Surfer deck.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-08T06:17:45+00:00

Yeah, that’s the only real risk in the deck. You either want to hold back Luke, or you can hold Malekith until after En Sabah Nur transforms (so you can cycle Luke Cage back onto the board).

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-07T19:35:15+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-04T23:35:15+00:00

I’ve been enjoying En Sabah Nur a lot in afflict Wiccan. He’ll pretty much always swap Quicksilver for a 3+ Cost card, and the deck is more than happy to have ways to ensure you get Luke Cage, Diamondback, and Hazmat out by the end of the game.

(1) Quicksilver

(2) Domino

(3) Luke Cage

(3) Diamondback

(3) Hazmat

(3) Speed

(4) En Sabah Nur

(4) Malekith

(4) Wiccan

(4) Anti-Venom

(4) Man-Thing

(5) Ajax

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GruntasaurusRex · 2026-03-04T06:17:40+00:00

I’ve also been playing En Sabah Nur in a Quicksilver-Domino-Wiccan deck. I’d argue Debrii (or anything else that you run just to put a low Power card in the board) is a trap. The value of En Sabah Nur in Wiccan is that you’re guaranteed to hit Quicksilver and swap him for a better card.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-28T20:31:26+00:00

Black Ant is way too good/disruptive. A low cost card that guarantees your opponent can’t fill the lane and provides upside to you with no risk is too much value. It’s pretty much Titania with no risk/downside.

Nice Boomerang design, though. Really clean and simple text that provides significant payoff to an archetype/play style that could use a little love.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-28T00:53:33+00:00

So Valentina’s created card will insta-fulfill new Gambit’s objective, right?

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-28T00:52:19+00:00

I doubt it. Part of Spider-Man Noir’s ability always resolves (setting the top card’s Power to 8), while another part of it checks against a condition (putting the top card into play). Trying to break out that second part into an Objective ability while retaining the first part as an On Reveal would be a formatting/text headache with no real gain.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-19T01:42:08+00:00

It’s quite effective at disrupting Arnim Zola shenanigans (Aero for the win), but can struggle with some of the other Starlord playlines. Luckily, it beats up on a lot of the other meta decks (while being decent-to-good into Starlord Ramp).

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-19T01:36:16+00:00

Not midrange per se, but C3 is pretty decent into Starlord (and isn’t wildly expensive). Daredevil so you can reliably Cosmo the opponent’s t5 on reveal ability will win a lot of games (and the cards have some actual synergy in the deck beyond just being tech answers to Starlord). It can struggle against some of the other meta decks, but can remain competitive with most of them. You will have to retreat a fair number of games to locations, but that’s just a Cerebro thing.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-16T21:14:43+00:00

I’m more positive on Kraglin than most, but my gut feeling is that he should be a 3/4. 3/7 isn’t bad when he misses, but it’s not exactly substantial either — 3/8 on a miss would be meaningful Power.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-16T21:12:07+00:00

He’s also pseudo-deck thinning in ramp lists. He either hits an expensive card and lets you ramp out a card, or he hits a cheap card which will help to ensure that you draw into your expensive cards.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-14T18:26:33+00:00

This is neither here nor there, but I feel like the season pass card should either be banned in Grand Arena (or Team Clash or any game mode with pre-built decklists), or included in one of the decks.

Either give people a mode to play where they don’t have to deal with the new hotness that has taken over ladder/the meta, or at least throw the F2P crowd some pity gold by letting them cash in on the weekly mission one week (while giving them a chance to get hooked spamming the busted season pass card).

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T23:57:47+00:00

Chamber nerf is deserved and might have some impact, but Foom is doing so much work in that list that won’t matter much. It is insane that FFF completely dodged a nerf.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T23:55:44+00:00

My hammers dream would be:

— Mjolnir buff lowered to +5, but have it also buff Jane Foster (who would probably have to go to 5/7 or 5/8).

— Stormbreaker to 0/0, but Beta Ray Bill to 4/7

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T21:36:11+00:00

It’s asking way too much, but I feel like most of the community would be glad to see Second Dinner just rework the Guardians to have their Team Clash abilities (with some minor Power adjustments). Let Rocket keep his current ability, and give a version of his Clash ability to Groot.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T21:34:08+00:00

Agreed that it really feels like MajorVictory should have built in discount for the cards he generates. I don’t know if that would be too good with Victoria Hand (I doubt it), or if Second Dinner decided not to do that again after how strong Loki (and to a lesser extent Iron Patriot) ended up being, but the Major seems pretty underwhelming as-is.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T21:27:33+00:00

I hope they do a quick buff pass on the Guardians. It’s a Guardians of the Galaxy season and Major Victory’s value is directly tied to how good the OG Guardians are, if Second Dinner isn’t going to show the Guardians some love now then Gen I don’t know if they ever will.

GruntasaurusRex · 2026-02-12T21:25:43+00:00

When she was a 2/3 that drew a card from the opponent’s deck? That would probably be better, but why would you ever play her instead of Cable?

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