What to do with Shadowlands Daredevil
The new Daredevil puts an evil 6, 6, 6 in your deck in the form of three Demons. Putting extra cards into your deck is usually a downside that stunts your consistency. Can Shadowlands Daredevil overcome this to slam high Cost/Power ratios and be a winning card? Here’s everything I’m excited to try with Shadowlands Daredevil.
What Kind of Deck Does He Fit Into
Ideally, we want a deck with high Cost/Power ratios and low synergy. He shuffles cards in, meaning you're far less likely to draw your combo pieces. Your Power will and efficiency will need to win you the game. Daredevil isn't just a build-around card, he's pushing a particular low-synergy, good ratio play style, which matches the tone of other cards this season.
If you haven't drawn your Ka-Zar by turn 2, you have about a 57% chance to get it sometime in the next 4 Turns. If you play Daredevil on turn 2, with a Ka-Zar still in your deck you've reduced those odds to 40%.
Cards that Draw
You can draw more than one card per turn! Daredevil can grow larger than you might think. If, after playing him on Turn 2, you draw a 6+ card each turn, he'll get to 11 Power. But there are cards that will draw for you!
Eitri is a solid way to immediately draw a Demon and Adam Warlock alongside a Martyr or Demon is a strong play. Are Eitri or Adam worth putting a non-6+ in your deck? Crystal probably isn't, but there is a gimmick deck from master-deckbuilder Butt to make use of Jane (more on that deck at the end of the article).
Let’s play some 6+ Cards!
Here are the cards with 6 or more Power that I’m most interested in playing with Shadowlands DD. They are a mix of cards that are just good and any deck wants them and cards with great Cost/Power ratios.
Low-Cost 6+ Cards
The 4/6s
There are so many 4/6 cards in this game! There are 18 of them! Plus 11 4/7s and 7 4/8 or bigger. Does this mean you can afford to play a Zabu in your Shadowlands DD deck? Here are some of the most promising ones to put into a Shadowlands DD deck, meaning the ones that don't rely on being a part of highly-synergistic packages, and instead can be played for solid value or otherwise vibe with Shadowlands DD.
Bigger Cards
Shadowlands DD is happy to see even bigger cards and will be a part of archetypes that just want to slam big boys. Here are some of the less synergy-focused big boys in the game and some other cards that otherwise vibe with Shadowlands DD. 5-Costs are appealing because they can be played out on Turn 6 alongside one of your Demons.
Scott's Shadowlands Daredevil Decks
Demon Draw
This deck offers multiple ways to get those Demons out of your deck and onto the board where they can be of value.
Techno-Demon
Tech Virus
I'm really high on DD as a TOV card and there are a variety of ways you can build the deck. You can mix control and Power by going with either Supergiant or Cosmic Ghost Rider.
Demon Zone
If we're going to play a card like the Hood in a Shadowlands DD deck, we need to pack plenty of ways to get rid of him – this deck has four!
Wiccan Reward
Quicksilver is a low-cost card that cannot be drawn after Shadowlands DD is on board. I definitely think there is something to Quicksilver and/or Domino as means to play low-Cost cards without neutering your DD.
Demon Sacrifice
Demons are a good way to get ahead and grab prio. They're also nice, cheap cards to throw onto Hope Summers. This deck is built with Galactus into Knull and Death as the plan A, but will occasionally win games just on efficient Power.
Goose Trap
Shadowlands DD plus Superior SM give us a fourth ramp option. Goose protecting a lane with an Ebony Maw and a growing DD is a pretty formidable low-investment lane.
Is He Worth It?
The Season Pass is the best value per dollar you can get in Snap, even if you don't care about the card. I have seen some people who are down on this card because he mucks up your deck, but there are enough powerful things to do with him that I don't think he's likely to become the latest build-around Season Pass card that flops or needs a quick buff. He's not for combo players – he's more of a card for players that like to squeeze out wins with “rate cards.” Whether that play style still has solid footing in Marvel Snap is a larger question.
I've tucked a few fun Shadowlands DD decks behind the paywall, including my take on the kooky Butt 4-Cost deck.
