Best Sam Wilson Captain America Decks in Marvel Snap

Much like Hawkeye before him with Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Captain America is getting outshined by his successor, Sam Wilson Captain America, who’s headlining the February 2025 *Marvel Snap* season. Here are the best Sam Wilson Captain America decks in *Marvel Snap*.

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• How Sam Wilson Captain America Works in Marvel Snap
• Best Sam Wilson Captain America Decks in Marvel Snap
• Is Sam Wilson Captain America Worth Buying the Season Pass?

How Sam Wilson Captain America Works in Marvel Snap

Sam Wilson Captain America is a 2-cost, 3-power card with an ability that reads: “Game Start: Add Cap’s Shield to a random location. Ongoing: You can move Cap’s Shield.”

Cap’s Shield is a 1-cost, 1-power card with an ability that reads: “Ongoing: This can’t be destroyed. Give your Cap +2 Power when this moves to Cap’s location.”

The wording regarding which Captain America it buffs is intentional – it boosts both the Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers versions by 2 each time it lands in their lane. This means it can scale exponentially, getting Sam Wilson up to 7 power fairly quickly.

Sam Wilson is one of the more involved cards in *Marvel Snap*. It synergizes with 1-cost cards, move cards, and Ongoing decks, and even avoids Killmonger. However, Red Guardian and Shadow King can counter it by removing all the buffs on Sam Wilson or Captain America.

Best Sam Wilson Captain America Decks in Marvel Snap

Sam Wilson is a versatile card that, along with Hawkeye Kate Bishop, further enhances the 2-drop slot in many decks. He fits seamlessly into a Wiccan list that dominates the meta, as well as an Ongoing Zoo build. Here’s the former:

• Quicksilver
• Fenris Wolf
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop
• Iron Patriot
• Sam Wilson Captain America
• Red Guardian
• Rocket Raccoon and Groot
• Gladiator
• Shang-Chi
• Enchantress
• Wiccan
• Alioth

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This deck is packed with Series 5 cards: Fenris Wolf, Hawkeye Kate Bishop, the season pass card Iron Patriot, Red Guardian, Rocket Raccoon and Groot, Wiccan, and Alioth. If you haven’t kept up with season pass cards and don’t have Fenris Wolf, Wiccan, and Alioth, you might want to skip this deck. If you do have these cards, you can substitute Red Guardian and Rocket Raccoon and Groot with other 3-drops like Cosmo, Mobius M. Mobius, or even Galacta Daughter of Galactus.

This list requires patience, as you’re mostly looking to counter your opponent after getting Wiccan off. The key is knowing when to keep or drop priority going into the final turn. Dropping priority allows you to hit multiple cards with Enchantress or Shang-Chi, while maintaining priority lets you snipe your opponent’s plays with Alioth.

Sam Wilson helps by providing a great 2-cost card that can quickly scale while offering flexibility through locking out lanes, allowing you to move the shield later and drop another card.

For another option, consider adding Sam Wilson to Spectrum Zoo lists. Here’s my recommendation:

• Ant-Man
• Squirrel Girl
• Dazzler
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop
• Sam Wilson Captain America
• Marvel Boy
• Captain America
• Caiera
• Shanna the She-Devil
• Kazar
• Blue Marvel
• Spectrum

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The Series 5 cards in this list are Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Marvel Boy, Caiera, and Gilgamesh. Marvel Boy and Caiera are essential. You can swap in other cards that combo well with Zoo, such as Nico Minoru, Cosmo, Gilgamesh, and Mockingbird.

While Zoo-style lists have slightly fallen out of the meta, they remain strong. Marvel Boy alone can win games with a Squirrel Girl on the board, and Caiera is crucial with so many Killmonger threats in updated mill-style lists.

Sam Wilson adds flexibility to this list, allowing Cap’s Shield to receive massive buffs from Kazar and Blue Marvel. Combined with Spectrum’s buff, you can achieve a 5-power, 1-cost card that boosts Sam Wilson and Captain America multiple times, enhancing your other Ongoing cards as well.

Is Sam Wilson Captain America Worth Buying the Season Pass?

If you enjoy Zoo-oriented lists, Sam Wilson is a solid choice for the $9.99 season pass price. However, if Zoo isn’t your style, there are other great 2-cost cards like Jeff, Iron Patriot, and Hawkeye Kate Bishop that can be swapped in for Sam Wilson in most meta decks. If you’re not keen on spending money on *Marvel Snap* due to its high cost, skipping Sam Wilson is understandable.

And those are the best Sam Wilson Captain America decks in *Marvel Snap*.

*Marvel Snap is available to play now.*