Marvel Snap's PvP Battle Mode Coming Tuesday

You'll finally be able to throw down against your friends in Marvel Snap very soon. Developer Second Dinner announced that the new feature, called Battle Mode, is coming Tuesday, January 31. A teaser image accompanying the announcement shows Squirrel Girl facing off against Arnim Zola, both of which are popular cards in the meta.

As previously detailed, Battle Mode will let you play against your friends (or frenemies) by sharing a code to start matches. Each player starts with 10 bars of health, and snapping will do double damage. Since launch, Marvel Snap has only supported PvP against random opponents on a ranked ladder.

Second Dinner also mentioned previously that Battle Mode would come alongside Series Drop. That system will drop select cards from Series 5 to Series 4, and some from Series 4 to Series 3. That will make them easier to obtain as time goes on. Second Dinner is also planning to add new "First Edition" badges, which will mark cards with a small label if you obtained them before they dropped in series rank. The studio doesn't have a timeline yet for this feature, but it says it intends to apply the labels to your collection retroactively, so you'll retain your bragging rights.

Other features in the works, according to last year's roadmap, include a Smart Deck tool to help you complete your deck, as well as an unranked game mode. The studio is also exploring ideas like Guilds, a separate Infinity Rank leaderboard, collectible emotes and emojis, Mythic variants, and PC controller support. Those latter ideas are just in the concept phase right now, and may or may not come to the game.