I have reached infinite rank in two seasons in a row with Silver Surfer
Days of Future Past season: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0eeojdnEE3Fr1A5kxEXIU4p_g
Animals Assemble season: https://share.icloud.com/photos/08chxZi1dJ6gnicO6K9jXOCew
Links with proves that im infinite works until 5/15/2023
STRATEGY BREAKDOWN:
On turn 1 - you play nothing, even if you have Nova in your hand, you want to protect him from opponents Armor, most likely you play Nova with any 3 cost card on turn 4
On turn 2 - you play Goose to lockdown one of your lanes from big cards which is awesome in the current meta that has a lot of Shuri, Galactus and Electro Ramp decks
Or you can play Scorpion to disrupt your opponent, because of him the opponent may not have enough power to win location he wanted
On turn 3 - you play Storm to lockdown some location early and make your opponent play only on 2 locations or even 1 location because of Goose
On turn 4 - if you played Storm, you play Brood in the Stormed location, if you dont have him in your hand, you can always play Juggernaut
If you didnt play Storm, you most likely to play Brood on this turn anyway
On turn 5 - you play Sera to get extremely strong final turn, because she allows you to play more cards
On turn 6 - if you played Sera, you play Maximus, Polaris, and the Silver Surfer
Or you play Maximus, Killmonger to destroy Nova, and the Silver Surfer
If you didnt play Sera, you play Maximus and the Silver Surfer
Or you play Killmonger to destroy Nova, and the Silver Surfer
COUNTERS:
Sandman is your biggest fear, you wont be able to play more than 1 card each turn and do most of your combos
Wave on turn 5 is pretty similar to Sandman
Leech is a big problem for this deck, he could break the effects of cards like Silver Surfer, Sera and many other cards
Cosmo also counters you, if the opponent guesses where you will be playing Silver Surfer, you are completely screwed
DECK REPLACEMENTS:
You can replace Nova with Iceman to disrupt the opponent, also he can help you to ruin your opponents game plan
You can replace Goose/Scorpion with Lizard for value
You can replace two 2 cost card with Domino, because of her you can add one more 3 cost card
You can replace some 2 and 3 cost card with Zabu and Absorbing Man to do Silver Surfer + Absorbing Man combo and double buff your 3 cost cards
You can replace some 3 cost card with Negasonic Teenage Warhead to destroy opponents cards and for a little bit of control, also i recommend you to replace some 2 cost card with Daredevil to know where to play Negasonic to guarantee the destroy of opponents card
You can replace some 3 cost card with Kingpin, you play him in the Stormed location, your opponent wont be able to fill it, so you simply just move the opponents cards to the Kingpin lane with Juggernaut to destroy them
You can replace some 3 cost cards with Doctor Strange and Vulture, its a weird combo in this deck, but if you like it, why not?
You can replace some 3 cost card with Cosmo, its a very good tech card that can help you to counter any on reveal decks
You can replace some 3 cost card with Shadow King, after april 6 update he became 3 cost, its a not bad tech card that can help you to counter any on reveal deck that can buff their cards or debuff yours
You can replace some 3 cost card with Bishop, you have a lot of low cost cards in your deck, also you have Sera, so you can increase his power easily
You can replace some 3 cost card with Wave, she will help you to play Sera on turn 4 instead of turn 5
You can replace some 3 cost card with Thor, its just a good value card like Maximus and Polaris
You can replace some 3 cost card with Rogue to counter the opponent and steal some useful ongoing effect
SNAPPING TIPS:
Dont snap before all 3 locations are revealed, the last location could be terrible like District X, Ego etc. that can ruin your whole game plan or it could be such a great location for the opponents archetype which makes his win much easier than yours
Dont snap before you figure out what archetype the opponent is playing, it could be Thanos deck for example, you know he has Leech, so he can mess up your game easily
If you can counter the opponent, with Cosmo for example, you need to wait a bit so as not to scare your opponent with the fact that you can counter him and snap before you end your turn, usually the opponent will retreat after you have countered him, but because you snapped earlier you get 2 cubes instead of 1 if he retreats
I dont recommend snapping on turn 6, the main reason why you shouldnt do this is because the opponent can retreat and you will get 1 cube instead of 2, but if you and your opponent feeling confident, go ahead, also you can make your opponent retreat by snapping on final turn if you have awful hand, but its too risky because you can lose 4 cubes instead of 1, if you have awful board too, dont even try to bluff