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During Marvel Snap's 14-Day Winterverse promotion, which runs through January 3, 2023, they've added five new Winterverse card variants that are only available during the event (no word on whether they'll be available again next year or during some other promotion).

Marvel Snap is running a "Winterverse" holiday event from December 20, 2022 through January 2, 2023 , where you get find a select freebie each day in your inbox. Here's what you get for logging in each day:

Marvel Snap's latest event is called "Hype the Hero!" It's similar to previous events where you need to play matches to earn points (in the form of items--in this case, to earn "Records") and hit certain milestones with certain point totals to earn rewards. This time around, it's a collective effort of all players rather than an individual effort . Here's what you should know:

Series 3 or Pool 3 is the main card pool of Marvel Snap as cards that first appear in Series 4 (Pool 4) and Series 5 (Pool 5) will eventually migrate to Series 3 (as will Season Pass cards). There are currently 77 cards in Series 3, which is more than Series 1 and 2 combined so it'll take you quite a while to collect them. You start getting Series 3 cards starting at Collection level 486 and up. Here's the current list of Marvel Snap Series 3 cards :

Boosters are points that are required to upgrade your cards/characters in Marvel Snap (which increases your Collection level) and there are several ways to get/farm Boosters in Marvel Snap :

From Collection Level 222 to 474, there are 25 cards you can randomly get in Marvel Snap that make up Card Pool 2 (AKA Series 2 ). By the time you hit Collection 474, you'll have them all and start geting cards from Card Pool 3 (Series 3). Here are the available cards in Marvel Snap Card Pool 2:

In the November 29, 2022 Patch, Marvel Snap adds Collector's Tokens that you can trade for specific cards as well as a number of new cards and balance changes. Here are the new cards followed by the patch notes:

Marvel Snap currently has a limited-time event called "Vibranium Forge"  that runs through 19:59:59 PT on Monday, November 27, 2022 and can reward you with a pixel-style Ironheart avatar if you finish it. To complete the event you'll need to "collect Vibranium from the battlefield to forge powerful items" to help defend Wakanda. Here are the basics:

When you first start Marvel Snap , you initially play against bots in an extended beginner tutorial period that runs from Collection level 1 through 18 . As you progress through the Collection 1 through 18, you'll unlock the following cards in the following order:

Once you hit Collection Level 18 in Marvel Snap , you'll start to unlock cards in Card Pool 1 (also known as "Series 1") , which consists of 46 cards and runs through Level 214 (at which point, you'll have unlocked all the cards in Card Pool 1 and will start unlocking cards in Card Pool 2) Except for the Recruit Pool (Level 1 to 18), the cards in each Card Pool are distributed randomly, which means you might not get the card you want until you get to the higher levels of the Pool. For the most part, you can only get cards from raising your Collection Level although there are a few cards you can get from the monthly Seasons. Here's a full list of cards available in Marvel Snap Card Pool 1 in alphabetical order (complete with their stats and abilities ):

For easy reference, here's a compilation of balance changes to cards in Marvel Snap since Beta through the global launch on October 18, 2022 (chronologically from top to bottom):

Patch 24.6 of Hearthstone brings a number of changes to Hearthstone Mercenaries including a new Renown System, a Task System Rework, and a limited-time event that can get you a new Merc: Rattlegore. Here's the patch notes 24.6 for Hearthstone Mercenaries:

As far as Hearthstone Mercenaries goes, Patch 24.4 adds the latest batch of new Mercenaries to recruit as well as a new zone, the Darkmoon Troupe, and some new bounties for a few old zones. Here are the Mercenaries updates for Hearthstone Patch 24.4 :

Here are the patch notes for the Hearthstone 24.0 update as it pertains to Mercenaries :

Hearthstone Patch 23.0 sees a number of Mercenaries get some buffs or even a bit of a rework . For the most part, a good deal of Mercs are getting an HP increase as well as some extra damage and/or to an ability or two. A notable rework/buff is a lot of AoE and some random target abilities now remove stealth. Here are the changes:

As there's (currently) no visual representation on the cards of Hearthstone Mercenaries to indicate whether a character belongs to the Alliance faction, I put together a list of Hearthstone Mercenary Alliance Characters for reference when you're planning an Alliance team in hopes of getting Alliance buff treasures. Generally, the following races belong to the Alliance: Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, Gnomes, and Draenei. A notable exception is the Lich King, a Human that counts as part of the Horde. There are also neutral races (Beasts, Dragons, Elementals, Murlocs, and Pirates) that don't belong to either faction. Here's a current list:

With the arrival of Patch 23.0, the Hearthstone Mercenaries Task system gets a rework where you can complete all tasks for whichever Mercenaries are visiting your campfire as completing one task will move you to the next task in the progression .

Patch 23.0 sees a new Mercenary, Murky , added to Hearthstone Mercenaries . It should be the last one for a few months as they're moving to releasing Mercenaries in bigger bunches similar to what they do for sets and what not. You can get Murky for free through the Voyage to the Sunken City Rewards Track, which becomes available when Voyage of the Sunken City releases on April 12, 2022.