Looking to make use of the latest card added to Marvel Snap? This report takes a data-driven look at White Widow’s usage and effectiveness. We’ve analyzed deck performance data in Infinite to provide you with insights into top-performing decks for this card! The data presented here focuses exclusively on decks that include White Widow, offering a clear view of how this card performs. We will rank the decks according to their power based on their win rate and cube rate and then see what the meta looks like for these decks based on their win rate and frequency. Then, we will list and discuss the decks. We have a detailed explanation of the calculations at the end of the article for those interested!
Snap.Fan Power Rankings
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Meta Score
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Power Ranking Discussion
So, looking at the stats, there isn’t a lot of diversity in the White Widow decks. Besides Cerebro, every deck has Annihilus or Professor X.. or both! These are natural choices, of course, due to the clog nature of White Widow. Besides his standard lane control power, Professor X can guarantee Widow’s Kiss’ -4 power, catching opponents off guard who were looking to fill the lane and negate the power loss. Debrii features in a few decks, playing up the other side of White Widow’s strength by quickly clogging opposing lanes and leaving them with no room to play.
Deck Discussion & Decklists
Cerebro 2
Unlike the other decks on this list, nothing here synergizes directly with White Widow’s effect. C2 has a limited power output but a good set of tools in Goose, Shadow King, and Storm, while Nico adds variety and complexity to the gameplay. Part of the puzzle of Cerebro decks is navigating the locations just as much as dealing with the opponent. So, while it doesn’t have the highest win or cube rate, it lands positively in both respects. If you like Cerebro, this version will probably be fun for you.
Cerebro 2
Clog Lock Junk
This list is the most popular deck we’ll cover today, with more than double the games of the next deck— the three-part name is a bit of a mouthful, but it indeed has three different things going on here. We have the standard ‘Junk’ package with Annihilus, Senty, and Hood, ‘Lockdown’ with Professor X and Daredevil, and ‘Clog’ with Debrii. Cannonball straddles the line and does multiple things, helping blend all three strategies. After laying down a cheap Mockingbird thanks to Mysterio, Debrii, and the junk cards, Carnage is a strong tool to clean things up and give you room to play again afterward, and he also counters opposing junk plays.
Clog Lock Junk
Stature Junk
Coming in at the lowest popularity out of the White Widow decks, this deck boasts one of the highest win and cube rates. With Stature receiving a small buff, this could be the sleeper hit to watch out for. We have a couple of tech cards here and Nico, so the difficulty piloting the deck is slightly higher. Running Armor is an interesting choice. Armor will stop negative power cards from being destroyed by Annihilus when a lane is full, creating huge, unexpected power swings. With so much Annihilus in the meta, you can fill a lane and force your opponent to keep their -10 power. Or, after sending your own junk, fill the lane so it can’t come back. Besides being a tech card, Cosmo can also be used with Sentry if the Annihilus line doesn't look viable.
Stature Junk
Hawk Junk
Not to be deterred by his nerfs, Darkhawk powers on. This is the second most popular White Widow deck, and the win rate is good— though the cube rate is negative. Cube rates can change over time as both pilots and opponents get used to a deck so that it could improve, but other decks out there are showing much better cube rates. We have Beast, but no other bounce, so you mainly use him to try and get extra value from your On-Reveal effects or as a late-game play to remove opposing junk from your side and sneak a win in that lane. Similar to Clog Lock Junk, we have Debrii, Mockingbird and Carnage here to round out the deck with the clog strategy and boost the overall power level of the deck.
Hawk Junk
Bounce Hawk Junk
With a similar winrate to Hawk Junk, the cube rate is positive, barely, making this the more successful version. It leans more heavily into the Bounce package, made possible by the recently restored Angela. Having three different packages gives excellent matchup flexibility at the cost of higher complexity. Bounce, in particular, has so many options that no single play can be recommended to cover all situations. When to play Beast or Falcon and how to get the most out of Hope Summers are context-dependent decisions you must make in each game.
Bounce Hawk Junk
Control Lock
Though this list has the lowest positive win rate on our ranking, its slightly higher cube rate helps compensate. The deck leans heavily into control elements, which can make it a bit more difficult to play but also makes playing around it harder for the opponent. Nebula and White Widow can quickly leave your opponent stuck, and they can be played either in the same lane or split up, depending on what kind of pressure you want to apply. Professor X and Storm give us a lot of lane control, and Ms. Marvel and Jeff help reach those lanes after the fact for more power. Some other cards here might seem like odd inclusions, like Zemo and Rescue, but they’re just here to get more points in the lanes— and possibly to complete the weekend’s missions. With the nerf to Red Hulk and the weekend missions ending, this deck might start to decline.
Control Lock
Control Lock Junk
Though it sports a nearly identical win rate to Hawk Junk, a negative cube rate holds this one back. What exactly the cause is is hard to say, although Cannonball and Gladiator are likely part of it. Individually, both have poor cube rates, and people may still get used to how and when to play them. Anecdotally, I’ve experienced a couple of games where my opponent’s Cannonball play lost them the match. It was sometimes obvious what line they were going for, making it easy to play around and block one lane and leave space in another to control where their Cannonball would move my card. Perhaps, like Legion and Alioth before him, ‘Cannonball brain’ has become a phenomenon.
Control Lock Junk
Clog Lock
A slightly lower win rate and, even worse, a negative cube rate makes this list hard to recommend. Most of the deck seems designed to frustrate your opponent and cause psychological damage, focused on filling all the available board space rather than winning cubes. Ravonna allows for a cute but inconsistent turn 4 Professor X play, and Doctor Octopus with Cannonball can secure a lane. Magik helps Red Hulk grow another turn to try and win a lane by himself— and that’s kind of it. It can’t interact or react to what’s happening in a game, so your best bet with this is to do your thing and annoy your opponent into a retreat.
Data Parameters
We filter the data to get the most meaningful information from our tracker. A deck must be included in at least 100 games, and we also exclusively use data from CL3000+ players playing this current season. For this Meta Snapshot, only data from ranks 100+ was collected as there was not enough data from 80-100 to present.
What is the Snap.Fan power ranking?
The Snap.Fan Power ranking is determined by averaging a deck’s Power Score and Cube Score. These are both important for determining a deck's power level. This means a deck may have a negative power ranking.
To create our scores, we take the highest win rate, cube rate, and frequency and set them to a fixed value of 100. To establish the floor, or zero point, for the Power Score, we subtract the highest win rate from 100. For instance, if the highest win rate is 58% (our baseline for a score of 100), then the baseline for a score of 0 would be 42. Any win rate lower than 42% would result in a negative Power Score, indicating how far a deck is below the top performer. This means a deck may have a negative power ranking. For the other scores, the lowest value is the floor.
What is the Meta Score?
This is a supplementary metric that can be useful for assessing the situation. How many people are playing a particular deck is a key factor when considering its overall strength. If a deck has both the highest power and frequency, it would theoretically be the best deck. As such, the Meta Score is the average of these two scores. The power score won’t be visible on the chart if it is too low.
Number of games
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Closing Comments
Thanks for reading! I hope you’ve found some interesting and fun White Widow decks to try out! What White Widow decks have you found success with? Let us know in the comments!