Marvel Snap’s Fast Upgrades Are Now One of its Best Features

An important part of the Marvel Snap experience is upgrading cards to unlock different effects and borders for them, while also increasing the player’s collection level to gain access to special goods like Collector’s Reserves and Spotlight Keys. The latest Marvel Snap update stealthily added a major improvement to this process that should help players upgrade their cards more efficiently. However, players who had been avoiding the game’s Fast Upgrade system might want to rethink their position and take advantage of what this new Bonus Booster system has to offer.

When upgrading a card in Marvel Snap, players will need both the appropriate number of Boosters necessary to reach the next level and the Credits required to upgrade it. Boosters are typically obtained from playing matches or from increasing the player’s collection level, and Credits can be earned from a variety of sources including the free daily Credits Marvel Snap offers players. Under this new Bonus Booster system, the process for upgrading cards has been streamlined so that players no longer have to worry about Boosters as much as Credits when looking to upgrade certain cards.

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How Marvel Snap’s New Bonus Booster System Differs from the Previous Fast Upgrade System

Prior to this most recent update, Marvel Snap featured the Fast Upgrade system as a way for players to upgrade specific cards without needing to have the required number of Boosters for that card. Instead, players could spend an increased number of Credits from the base cost of the upgrade to buy the remaining Boosters needed to complete the upgrade. While it might have been tempting for players to spend their Credits to upgrade one of the three daily cards chosen for the Fast Upgrade shop, Boosters are a common enough resource that this system was ultimately a waste of Credits.

This latest Marvel Snap update replaced the Fast Upgrade system with the Bonus Boosters system, fulfilling a similar service but with an important twist. Like the previous Fast Upgrade system, players can spend Credits to upgrade the three cards available each day even if they don’t have the required Boosters for those specific cards. The difference is that now the Bonus Booster system gives players the remaining Boosters necessary for that card to reach its next level for free, no longer charging them additional credits for the difference in missing Boosters when performing the upgrade.

Marvel Snap’s Bonus Booster System is a Great Value

In the past, Marvel Snap players were advised to steer clear of the Fast Upgrade shop, since the trade-off of the more valuable resource of Credits for the less valuable resource of Boosters was almost never a worthwhile deal. However, the changes made under the Bonus Booster system have made this service a great value, since it essentially gives players free Boosters. Although players will still need to front the cost of Credits necessary to perform the upgrade, this cost isn’t any higher than it would have been if they had performed the upgrade naturally with the required number of Boosters already in their possession.

The downside of this system is that Marvel Snap only gives players three options of cards to choose from daily, and these cards are chosen randomly from their collection. If players are dead set on taking full advantage of this system to use their resources as efficiently as possible, they will have to wait for the shop to roll over each day to see if their desired card is available for the Bonus Booster upgrade. Overall, this system is just another huge improvement Marvel Snap is making to its resource acquisition process, and Marvel Snap players should definitely take advantage of the Bonus Booster shop when they have the chance.

Marvel SNAP

Released

August 22, 2023

Developer(s)

Second Dinner

Publisher(s)

Nuverse

Genre(s)

Digital Card Game

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer