The January Season ofMarvel Snap, Planet Hulk, brought forth a new contender for movement strategies:Hercules. Priced at 4-Cost with 6 Power, this card shifts the first moving card at his location to other random spots each turn. In this guide, you discover how to seamlessly incorporate Hercules into your existing movement decks and determine if he’s a worthwhile investment, especially if you haven’t acquired him yet.
The Best Deck for Hercules
Considering his movement-oriented text, Hercules thrives ina Vulture-Heimdall deck. You can replicate this lineup by teaming up these three cards (Hercules, Vulture, Heimdall) with Kraven, Dagger, Cloak,Human Torch, The Phoenix Force, Iron Fist, Doctor Strange, Multiple Man, and Miles Morales.
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Here are the deck’s synergies:
How to Play Hercules
Use Hercules as a movement buff booster. Instead of building a deck around him, have him as a support character on the board—much like Kraven in move decks. Relying on Hercules for win conditions is not advisable due to his RNG dependence. Moreover, his effect is too predictable to catch the opponent off guard.
When playing Hercules, keep these in mind:
How to Counter Hercules
The revampedKingpin is Hercules’ best counter. Place him in Hercules’ line, and any card moving to his location suffers a -2 Power penalty. This becomes especially disruptive when the opponent tries tomove cards like Human Torchto this spot. Other than that, you can alsoclog Hercules’ line with Stormso that the opponent can’t capitalize on his effect for the rest of the game.
Is Hercules Worth It?
In the current metagame,Hercules is not worth the price. He does not add any significant value to the move archetype and falls short of creating win conditions. To be a worthwhile card, Hercules needs a price reduction. As a 4-Cost drop with excessive RNG, he’s not the top choice forSpotlight Caches and Tokens. Consider Hercules only if you depend onmovement decks. Otherwise, you’ll end up with an inflexible card that doesn’t fit well into most other archetypes.
