Fing Fang Foom Card Preview - Marvel Snap News

Fing Fang Foom

Fin Fang Foom is an ancient alien dragon who came to Earth some millennia ago and was mistaken for a god in ancient China. Intelligent, powerful, and far more than just a monster, he has lived for centuries hiding, sleeping, and watching humanity grow. Though often driven by pride and rage, he is capable of thought and human emotions, making him a tragic figure caught between his destructive nature and respect for the world he once sought to rule.

Fin Fang Foom

On Reveal: Gain the Power of a front-row enemy card here.

Fin Fang Foom is stomping his way into Marvel Snap as a 7-Cost On Reveal card with 12 Power that reads “On Reveal: Gain the Power of front-row enemy cards here.” You’re probably a bit confused about how to get a 7-Cost card onto the board in a game that caps typically at 6 Energy, but through deck building, there are several ways to make this possible.

Synergies

There are a couple of different ways to get this card onto the board, such as gaining extra Energy or reducing his Cost.

Ramp

These cards give extra Energy, allowing you to play Fin Fang Foom as a 7-Energy card.

Luna Snow

On Reveal: Add an Ice Cube to each side of this location.

The Fallen One

On Reveal: Set your Max Energy equal to this card's Power.

Electro

On Reveal: +1 Max Energy. Ongoing: You can only play 1 card a turn.

Hope Summers

After you play a card here, you get +1 Energy next turn.

Superior Spider-Man

At the start of each turn, you get +1 Energy if you have any cards with increased Power in play.

Corvus Glaive

On Reveal: Discard 2 cards from your hand to get +1 Max Energy.

Cost Reducers

Less consistent than Ramp, but still a relevant deck building consideration for getting Fin Fang Foom into play.

Hydro-Man

On Reveal: Set the Cost of EACH deck's top card to 1.

Wave

On Reveal: All cards cost a maximum of 4 until the end of next turn.

Warlock

Activate: For each unspent Energy, give a card in your hand -1 Cost.

Pixie

On Reveal: Shuffle the base Costs of all cards in your deck that started there.

Other methods allow you to get Fin Fang Foom onto the board without spending Energy at all, and these can be compelling strategies.

Hela

On Reveal: For each different Cost among them, resurrect a card you discarded to a random location.

Ghost Rider

On Reveal: Bring back one of your discarded cards to this location.

Jubilee

On Reveal: Add the top card of your deck to this location.

Blink

On Reveal: Swap the last card you played with a card that costs more from your deck.

Redwing

The first time this moves, add a card from your hand to the old location.

Dragon Lord

On Reveal: Put a card from your hand here.

Counters

There are only a few ways to counter Fin Fang Foom, and which ones are effective depends on how he is brought into play.

Shang-Chi

On Reveal: Destroy an enemy card here that has 10 or more Power.

Mercury

Moveable once. Ongoing: Enemy cards here can't move.

Cannonball

On Reveal: Move the highest-Power enemy card here away. If you can't, destroy it with a Rock.

These are the most consistent counters, as they are the only truly profitable ways to interact with Fin Fang Foom once he is on the board.

Stardust

Ongoing: Cards can’t be added to locations except by playing or moving them.

Mobius M. Mobius

Ongoing: Your Costs can't be increased. Your opponent's Costs can't be reduced.

Cosmo

Ongoing: On Reveal abilities won't happen here.

Alioth

On Reveal: Remove the text from all unrevealed enemy characters here.

More situational, but still strong counters, with Stardust stopping decks that try to cheat him into play and Mobius shutting down Cost reduction strategies.

Day 1 Decks

Hela

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Hela has been a relatively playable deck for most of Marvel Snap’s lifespan, and it is getting a powerful new tool. Fin Fang Foom serves as another massive threat that feels like a meaningful upgrade.

Ramp

This archetype already has multiple ways to play 7-Cost cards. While it has fallen in popularity due to struggling in certain matchups, Fin Fang Foom could help fix its point ceiling.

Redwing

Redwing struggled since release, but recent support from cards like Chamber and Dragon Lord, now joined by Fin Fang Foom, has significantly strengthened the deck.

Fallen One

Fallen one

Fallen One decks have always wanted another huge point card outside of Man Spider. Previously, Galactus First Steps filled that role, but Fin Fang Foom may do it even better.

Variants

Fantasy

Chibi

Anime

I am not particularly excited about most of his variants, except for the Fantasy variant, since I like his base art so much.

Final Thoughts

Fin Fang Foom is a powerful new card with a relatively narrow use case that could still shake up the meta. For those reasons, I would rate him 4 out of 5 stars. If you enjoy slamming down massive threats, I strongly recommend picking him up.

What is your favorite synergy with Fin Fang Foom, and which deck are you most excited to try?