Best Peni Parker Decks In Marvel Snap

Galacta is readying the next Hero to enter through the Multiverse and arrive at the competitive battlegrounds of Marvel Snap in the ongoing Marvel Rivals season this December. Awaiting her orders with her bionic SP//dr suit is Peni Parker, who first debuted in Marvel Comics in the Edge of Spider-Verse (2014) #5 comic before jumping into the Sony animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse four years after her comic debut.

This young and determined character now moves her way into high-octane action in Marvel Snap, but with her release on the horizon, is Miss Parker worth adding to Snappers' Collections? This guide breaks down what we know about Peni Parker and her SP//dr suit, noting her key synergies best counters, and provides three decks that could use her assistance in Marvel Snap.

Marvel Snap Peni Parker Card Abilities Explained

Entering the battlefields of Marvel Snap from Earth-14512 is the "unstoppable" Peni Parker and her bionic SP//dr suit as the next card release for the Marvel Rivals crossover season. As she continues to protect her home of New York City with this bionic armor largely due to her "genetic bond with a radioactive spider" that allows her to the SP//dr suit, her enhanced durability and strength have made her a valiant candidate by Galacta to assist the heroes of Marvel Snap in battle.

Peni Parker will release as a Series 5 card drop with two Cost and three Power, which this card has an On Reveal to add her SP//dr suit to the player's hand and gain +1 Energy on the next turn. The SP//dr suit is a Token card with an On Reveal ability that merges with one of their cards at the SP//dr's played location; therefore, the merged card can be moved in the following turn.

Snappers have seen a few cards with merging abilities like Hulkbuster, the Phoenix Force, and, more recently, Agony. Peni Parker and SP//dr are quite versatile cards that synergize with specific playstyles like Move and Ramp, the latter especially with regards to resource or Energy generation as seen with cards like Luna Snow, Electro, Hope Summers, and Wiccan, for example.

Nevertheless, Snappers looking to hop into a mecha suit fo their own this week can acquire this "unstoppable hero" through the Spotlight Caches during her release week, using Spotlight Keys. Alternatively, they can head to the Token Shop in-game and spend 6,000 Collector's Tokens to add Peni and her trusted SP//dr suit to their growing Collection.

Best Marvel Snap Peni Parker Decks: Rampin Up The SP//dr

We've mentioned that Peni Parker may work best with Move and Ramp-style decks as they help manage resources and ensure Snappers can play their high-cost cards as early as possible. As Peni gives Snappers +1 Energy for the next turn while SP//dr merges with any card at its location before having the ability to move it next turn, she does have her drawbacks as not every Ramp card can play well with her, so deckbuilding is crucial in pairing the best synergies with her.

In light of the slight limitation, this may bring for Ramp decks and Peni Parker being quite a niched deck, she easily countered by cards like Scream, Cosmo, and Red Guardian in certain situations, like targeting the SP//dr merged card; this Ramp deck from Marvel Snap content creator Tuccrr pairs Peni Parker with another card that generates resources, this case, Energy in Wiccan.

The cards featured in this deck help to ensure that they've spent all the Energy in previous turns to gain the +2 Max Energy from Wiccan with Quicksilver, Cable, Kate Bishop, Peni Parker, Luke Cage, and Copycat in the first three turns, while Hulkbuster and SP//dr on hand to merge with other cards to ramp up their Power.

Anti-Venom could discount high-powered cards like Alioth to disrupt their opponent's playline or be able to play specific tech cards early like Shang-Chi, but do ensure that Luke Cage isn't in play or Anti-Venom's ability won't be effective. With plenty of On Reveal cards spotlighted, Gorr the God Butcher is included in this deck as it gains Power for every On Reveal card in play; this should allow Snappers, if they have priority, to play Alioth on the final turn, as mentioned, to prevent their opponent's cards from triggering their abilities.

Best Marvel Snap Peni Parker Decks: SP//dr Movin' The Payload

As Peni Parker works well in decks that enjoy scaling its Power, like Move decks, this opens the door for new combos following Peni Parker's release. While a traditional Move deck would be optimal for Peni Parker to feature in, especially after Madame Web's release, this deck goes slightly in the opposite direction by disrupting their opponent's playline by adding a unique twist: Affliction.

The main goal is to move cards away from desired locations while afflicting them with negative Power with key cards in Kingpin and Scream, as displayed in this deck by Marvel Snap content creator dddrewsky. The opening turns could see Kingpin and Hydra Bob coming onto the board before setting up their lanes with Kraven, Peni Parker, or Scream before moving their opponent's cards with Polaris and Spider-Man.

The later turns could find Snappers playing Stegron to move cards to the Kraven or Kingpin lanes, and the same can be said for Aero, who can play their discounted Mile Morales. Holding onto Juggernaut for later turns makes it easier to determine where their opponent will play next before ending the match with Magneto to move cards to the Kingpin lane for the win.

Best Marvel Snap Peni Parker Decks: The SP//dr Force

Ideally, Peni Parker's best synergistic card or deck archetype is with the Phoenix Force, as both cards allow to give moving abilities to cards outside of the Move archetypes. In the case of the Phoenix Force, a specific card must be destroyed before resurrecting, which lends to some interesting combos with Peni Parker's inclusion in the deck.

So, how exactly will these two synergistic cards function well in a deck in what Marvel Snap content creator ReZ Snapper presents in this bionic-clad deck? Well, for starters, the Human Torch is the card Snappers will want to destroy and resurrect with Carnage, while Ghost Spider can be played into Multiple Man to add a duplicate at another location before Peni Parker can be played.

The resurrected Human Torch can be a great target for Hulkbuster, while SP//dr can function well when merging with Multiple Man or Venom. Symbiote Spider-Man can also merge itself with Venom to retrigger its ability or with Nimrod for added Power before playing Arnim Zola to destroy Nimrod, as Snappers will want this card to be targeted by Shang-Chi to add copies at other locations.

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