MARVEL SNAP New Season: Dragons Arrives
MARVEL SNAP's Dragons season unleashes Shou-Lao as the Premium Pass card alongside Lin Lie Iron Fist, Fan Fei, and Shang-Chi Master of the Rings. New locations, Sanctum Showdown, High Voltage: Overdrive, and Winking Studios and ADIA fantasy albums round out the content drop.
From the peaks of K'un-Lun to the cosmic abyss, MARVEL SNAP's Dragons season awakens a new power. This month pays tribute to the mythic beasts whose flames shaped warriors destined for greatness — led by Shou-Lao as the Premium Season Pass card.
Key Details
- Season: Dragons
- Premium Pass card: Shou-Lao (Series 5)
- Super Premium variant: Dragon of the Moon by Joshua Raphael (Series 5)
- New locations: Cave of the Dragon, Ta-Lo
- Sanctum Showdown: January 28 – February 4
- High Voltage: Overdrive returns with updated economy
Web Shop Bonus and Season Pass
Purchase the Premium or Super Premium Season Pass on shop.marvelsnap.com to unlock a Series 5 SNAP Pack plus 3 Gold Fire Borders. Upgrading mid-season from Premium to Super Premium will NOT trigger the bonus.
Shou-Lao (Premium Pass / Series 5) — On Reveal: Give the last character you played +3 Power for each turn you played 2 or more cards. (+0)
Dragon of the Moon (Super Premium Pass / Series 5) — On Reveal: Steal 1 Power from even-costed cards in ALL hands.
New Characters and Cards
Fan Fei (Series 5) — End of Turn: If you played a 1-Cost card this turn, afflict an enemy card here with -2 Power.
Lin Lie Iron Fist (Series 5) — On Reveal: Add the Sword of Fu Xi to another location.
Sword of Fu Xi — Ongoing: If Lin Lie Iron Fist is here, he has +7 Power.
Dragon Lord (Series 5) — On Reveal: Gain the Power of front-row enemy cards here.
Shang-Chi, Master of the Rings (Series 5) — Game Start: The Ten Rings starts in your hand. On Reveal: Unlock their potential.
The Ten Rings — On Reveal: Give one of your other cards here +1 Power.
The Ten Rings (Unlocked) — End of Turn: Give your other cards here +1 Power.
Majestic Wingbeat (Series 4) — On Reveal: Give the leftmost card in your hand +2 Power. If it's 5-Cost or higher, -1 Cost too.
Ultron Time Stone (Limited Time Event / Series 4) — On Reveal: Put a card from your hand here.
New to SNAP Packs: January 6th — Weapon X (Seasonal Series 5); January 18th — Wild Child (Seasonal Series 4); January 18th — Fastball Special (Seasonal Series 4).
New Locations, Modes, Albums, and Featured Sets
- Cave of the Dragon — After turn 4, add a random 5-Cost+ card to each side.
- Ta-Lo — End of Turn: +1 Power to a character in each hand.
High Voltage: Overdrive returns with faster animations, slightly reduced energy output, and a new Premium Pass. Sanctum Showdown also returns January 28 – February 4 as a cosmetics-only event featuring Portal Pull Variants from James Ryman, Derrick Chew, and Ben Harvey.
Winking Studios Fantasy Album (January 8) — Collect 2: 3 Metal Chain Borders; Collect 4: 3 Gold Chain Borders; Collect 6: Sasquatch Winking Studios Variant; Collect 8: Loki Winking Studios Variant.
ADIA Fantasy Album (January 22) — Collect 3: Kitty Pride Can't Do Emote; Collect 5: Cannonball ADIA Variant; Collect 8: 3 Metal Chain Borders; Collect 10: Redwing ADIA Variant.
Winking Studios shop takeover — January 8–9.
ADIA shop takeover — January 22–23.
Dinos featured set — January 9–15.
Winterverse Snowball Fight Champion Set — January 14–20, featuring the champion's Series 3, 4, and 5 cards (no seasonal SNAP pack cards).
Tarot Featured Set — January 27 – February 2, returning Tarot themed variants.
What This Means for MARVEL SNAP Players
The Dragons season is a K'un-Lun-flavored deep dive — Shou-Lao and Shang-Chi reshape ramp and buff decks, Lin Lie finally debuts with Sword of Fu Xi, and Dragon Lord joins as a powerful 5-cost swing. Pair that with Sanctum Showdown, High Voltage: Overdrive, and two fantasy album drops, and it's a month packed with both competitive and cosmetic reasons to log in.