'MARVEL SNAP' Goes Reality-Hopping in New Season with Blink and the Exiles (2024)

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Marika Hashimoto

Think your Monday morning commute is tough? Try hopping from one reality to another to fix broken timelines and save entire universes from collapse. This season of MARVEL SNAP, we welcome a multidimensional misfit group of mutants, each with their own quirks and powers. So, grab your reality-hopping passport for A Blink In Time, and get ready for a wild ride through the multiverse with Blink and the Exiles!

SEASON PASS

Blink originally used her powers of teleportation to send the X-Men to the moon, but we know you have bigger plans, which is why Blink will be using her powers to open a portal and swap the last card you played with a higher-cost card from your deck!

NEW CHARACTER: Blink

Blink was part of a group of mutants captured by evil alien race called the Phalanx. She helped save the others, but accidentally killed herself with her powers in the process. The immortal External and magician Selene resurrected her and told her that the X-Men had betrayed her, convincing Blink to fight against them. Blink later realized her error and rejoined Wolverine’s X-Men team.

The Blink of Earth-295 was raised in the Age of Apocalypse by Sabretooth, but became unstuck in time, exiled from her home reality. Recruited by the Timebroker, she and a team of fellow Exiles were charged with repairing the broken links in the chain of realities.

She is a mutant with the ability to create teleportational warps and carries a dagger and a set of javelins. Her mutant name refers to the “blink!” sound that occurs when she opens portals.

SEASON REWARDS

NEW CHARACTERS!

Now that you’ve used Blink to trade that Wasp for a Magneto, let’s see who else is getting pulled into battle!

SERIES 5

Nocturne

T.J. (Talia Josephine) Wagner is the daughter of two of her reality's most successful heroes, Nightcrawler of the X-Men and the Scarlet Witch of the Avengers. She was raised primarily in the X-Men Mansion. Her mother continued to serve with the Avengers separated from Nightcrawler since her parents were unable to effectively go on missions together without compromising their team's safety. Nocturne trained hard and eventually became an X-Man. She fell in love with her fellow X-Man, James Proudstar, and had a tumultuous relationship with him.

Nocturne awoke one night to find herself unhinged from time. The mysteriousTimebrokerinformed her if she did not join the Exiles her father would die at the hands of Mystique during a battle with the Hellfire Club.

Nocturne soon found she disliked the life-or-death missions but she enjoyed her new team. She began to fall in love with her teammate, T-Bird. Ironically, T-Bird was John Proudstar, the other reality older brother of her boyfriend. The relationship was a rocky one, but the two were able to work it out and stay together.

SERIES 5

Sage

Little is known of the life of the woman known as Tessa except that she had lived in a small village in the Balkan region of Europe whilst still a young girl, and that she had spent time in a harem under unrevealed circ*mstances. Just prior to her teenage years, Tessa found herself caught up in the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. She was forced to learn to fight to survive encounters with both soldiers and local bandits, and took weapons and equipment from the bodies of fallen combatants.

SERIES 5

Namora

The Atlantean-Human hybrid and mutant Aquaria Nautica Neptunia is nicknamed Namora, after her cousin Namor McKenzie, AKANamor the Sub-Mariner, and grows up learning how to use her superhuman strength and underwater capabilities to protect others. She joins theAgents of Atlas, an elite group of secret superhuman operatives.

SERIES 5

Sasquatch

Walter Langkowski replaced his religious faith early on with a belief in and a dependence on science. He attended Pennsylvania State University on a football scholarship, where he metRobert Bruce Bannerand became interested in gamma ray research. After graduating, Walter pursued his research independently while accepting a position with a professional football team, the Green Bay Packers, and married Veronica, an actress who bore him a son. After earning over a million dollars, Walter retired and returned to school, soon earning his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Walter began teaching at McGill University in Montreal and furthered his gamma ray research, including studying Banner’s famous transformation into the Hulk, and Veronica soon divorced him, taking their son.

At a new position with the Canadian government’s Department H, Walter worked with James Hudson, whose plans for a new super-hero team would eventually lead toAlpha Flight. Langkowski acted as technical and scientific support for Alpha’s precursor, the Flight, which included Smart Alec, a brilliant man with access to vast amounts of information,Snowbird, a goddess with the power to change to any Arctic animal, and Wolverine, a vicious mutant with a mysterious past. Eventually, Langkowski exposed himself to gamma rays, hoping to gain powers like Banner’s. Instead he opened a mystic barrier that allowed the Great Beast Tanaraq to pass through, and Walter assumed its form, wrongly believing his powers came from the gamma radiation. At first, Langkowski’s brain and personality remained in control of his monstrous Sasquatch form, and he joined Alpha Flight himself.

SO, WHEN CAN YOU EXPECT NEW CARDS?

You can expect new cards to be released weekly—starting with last month’s Season Pass Card, Baron Zemo, releasing as a Series 5 card on May 7th.

• May 7th: Baron Zemo - Series 5 Release
• May 7th: Nocturne - Series 5 Release
• May 14th: Sage - Series 5 Release
• May 21st: Namora - Series 5 Release
• May 28th: Sasquatch - Series 5 Release

New Series 4 and Series 5 cards appear in the Spotlight Cache and the Token Shop. As you level up your Collection Level, Spotlight Caches become available for you to unlock a Series 4, Series 5 card, Spotlight Variants, or more.

SPOTLIGHT CACHES!

May 7th:

• Nocturne
• Caiera
• Selene

May 14th:

• Sage
• Legion
• The Living Tribunal

May 21st:

• Namora
• Skaar
• Black Knight

May 28th:

• Sasquatch
• Ravonna Renslayer
• Havok

BRAND NEW LOCATIONS

• Panoptichron: Cards that didn't start in your deck get +2 Power

• Cancun: Power here doesn't count toward winning the game.

BRAND NEW ALBUMS

Get all new Avatars, Variants and Emotes by completing three new albums!

We like to move it, move it. Check out the new Dan Hipp Album on May 7th.

• Collect 3: Werewolf By Night Avatar
• Collect 6: 1000 Credits
• Collect 9: Heimdall Shocked Emote
• Collect 12: Werewolf By Night Variant

Don’t “Blink”… or you’ll miss some of our favorite Rian Gonzalez pieces dropping on May 15th.

• Collect 3: Silk Avatar
• Collect 6: 1000 Tokens
• Collect 9: Gambit Swoon Emote
• Collect 12: Silk Variant

Chibi lovers unite! The Oops, All Chibi Rian Gonzalez album is releasing on May 31st.

• Collect 3: Iron Lad Avatar
• Collect 6: 1000 Credits
• Collect 9: Iron Lad The Thinker Emote
• Collect 12: Iron Lad Variant

Shop Takeovers

Two new shop takeovers to help you complete those new albums!

And if you thought we were done showing off Rian, think again! A chibi focused shop takeover will arrive on May 31st and June 1st to help you collect all of your favorite Rian works with a BUNCH of new variants including Miles Morales, Wolverine, Draculaand Cyclops!

TWITCH DROPS

Watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and two amazing X-Men ‘97 Trading Card Variants! Drops will be available from May 7th to the 15th, just in time for the X-Men ‘97 finale! Don’t miss out!

• Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Random Boosters
• Watch 4 hours to earn: 350 Credits
• Watch 6 hours to earn: Mister Sinister and Bishop X-Men ‘97 Variants

Head over to marvelsnap.com/twitchdrops to link your accounts today.

While we can’t teleport you to work, we do know you’ll love these new characters. See you on the battlefield!

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