Star-Lord MotS & Magus
The season pass includes an alternate version of an existing character and… another alternate version of an existing character?! Let's dive into Star Lord, Master of the Sun and the Magus, their stories, and what these two new Marvel Snap cards do!
Star-Lord, Master of the Sun
The Season Pass card is Star Lord, Master of the Sun. Which sun? All of them, I guess. While traveling in an alternate universe Peter Quill encounters the mysterious Master who bestows on him the title of Star-Lord, Master of the Sun and grants him powers over light.
How Does He Actually Work?
Star-Lord, MotS gives you extra energy for each turn you've had unused Energy and gains the same amount of Power. He does count the turn he's played, so you can play him on Turn 5 by himself and it will count that turn.
What Can He Enable?
What are we doing with all this extra Energy? If we get 3 extra Energy, we make Star-Lord a 4/8. If we somehow manage to skip 5 turns, we'd get a 4/10 and 5 extra Energy to play with. Here are the cards I'm looking forward to playing with the help of Star-Lord’s extra Energy.
Apprentices of the Sun
These cards have cross-synergies with Star-Lord, MotS, either by benefiting from skipped energy or helping you skip.
Scosco's Day One Star-Lord Decks
StarEvo
Lord Affliction
There are a variety of ways to build a Star Lord, MotS High Evolutionary deck. Above are a greedy Power version and an Affliction focused build. You could also incorporate Superior Spider-Man for some flashy plays, or you could build more tech into the deck than it can normally carry.
Galactus on 5
Galactus on Turn 5, potentially alongside Fastball Special or Majestic Wingbeat, can be potent. Unlike some Galactus decks, this one is more surprise focused and can squeak out some of its non-Galactus games too.
The Magus
Super Premium Instant Reward card, the Magus is actually a dark version of Adam Warlock! Not to be confused with Warlock's dad of the same name, the Magus is a future version of Adam Warlock that has traveled back to the past. He tries to ensure his own existence by steering and manipulating Adam Warlock towards evil. Speaking of Warlock's dad, Magus does have a connection to the techno-organic alien we already have in Snap. They both take advantage of unused energy. Did someone at Second Dinner conflate the two characters? Are we going to get Warlock's daddy variants of this card even though it's a different character?
How Does He Actually Work?
He copies a card with the same cost as the Energy you skip, so you can target him a lot better than Iron Lad. If you only have one 6-Cost card you can guarantee you'll hit it by skipping and activating on the last turn. You can put just a single 5-Cost card in your deck and I know you're going to hit it when you skip 5.
He explicitly states he doesn't use the On Reveal of the card you copy, but he also won't be able to use an Activate you copy since he will already have been activated. He will, however, still be able to be reused with cards like Odin, Grandmaster, or Jocasta.
Magus Targets
Ok, so we know he doesn't play well with either On Reveals or Activates, so what does that leave us? Ongoing is the most promising vein to mine, but there might be some tricky End of Turn targets or cards with static abilities. Even without On Reveal and Activate there are so many potential Magus targets that you're really only limited by your imagination.
Ongoing
End of Turn
Other
Scosco's Day One Magus Decks
Magus vs The Silver Surfer
If we're investing 5 Energy on Turn 5 and getting Sera’s effect out of it, do we really care if we have her body on board? Skipping Turn 5 for a guaranteed Sera is one of Magus’ most promising play lines. You're not generally going to want to skip 3 on Turn 3 in this deck, but if all you've got left in deck is Carter and Shaw it could be worthwhile.
End of Adam
We're often skipping Energy on the last turn of the game with End of Turn decks anyway. Whether that nets us a Sunspot, a Thena, or an Invisible Woman, we're pretty happy. No need to worry about Havok and Magus competing for Energy if Havok is played on the last turn.
Mag Discard
Discard may be a wacky place to try this card, but since we know he's not going to blindly use a On Reveal we can target whichever piece we really want among Miek, Morbius, and Dracula.
Final Thoughts
We're coming off a season with a Season Pass card that was so strong it took over the meta and is still doing well after being nerfed. By comparison, this season may give you whiplash. Star-Lord, MotS is a good card that has some really interesting use-cases, but it's also not going to be a card you miss too much if you're free-to-play. The same goes for Magus, who might be fun for some shenanigans and combos, but is quite niche. Either one could be a key component of a powerful competitive deck, but neither will be staples across dozens of builds the way some past Season Pass cards have been. If you're the kind of player that buys every Season Pass, you can just carry on and have fun with these quirky cards and enjoy your extra resources. If you pick and choose just a handful of Season Passes to buy each year, this one makes for a good skip month.
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