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Collecting and upgrading cards is the core component ofMarvel Snap’s progression system. As you unlock new cards, you’ll increase the depth and variety of decks you can craft, allowing you to find the perfect deck that suits your playstyle.
New cards are released every week, but obtaining them all will take either extreme luck or heavy investment. If you want the newest card as soon as it’s available, you’ll need to stock up on your Spotlight Keys. Below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about the Spotlight Cache and Key system, including how to get and use Spotlight Keys.
What Are Spotlight Keys And Spotlight Caches?
The Spotlight Cache system is the primary way to obtainSeries 4 and 5 cards. Every week, a new set of cards will rotate into the Spotlight Cache. These will consist ofone brand-new card, two previous cards, and one random card. Each card has exactly a25 percent chanceof being obtained upon using a Spotlight Key.
If you already own any of the three featured cards included in the Spotlight Cache, they will instead bereplaced by an exclusive Spotlight Variant. These card Variants can only be obtained from Spotlight Caches, andwon’t appear in the store in the future.
If you already own the fourth, random card, it will instead bereplaced by 1,000 Collector’s Tokens.
If you continue to open Spotlight Caches after obtaining a card’s Spotlight Variant, it will instead be replaced with arandom Premium Variant. Premium Variants are any card Variant that can appear in the shop, with the exception of Pixel Variants.
How To Get And Use Spotlight Keys
Spotlight Keys are earned by upgrading your Collector Level. Starting atlevel 500, and atevery 120 levelsafter that, you’ll earn aSpotlight Key. These will be stored for you to use whenever you want.
Without going too much into the math, you can get aroundone Spotlight Key per week, if you’re completing all your daily missions and progressing in the season pass. This means it will take you aroundone month of saving up Keysto guarantee getting a new card.
The best way to utilize the Spotlight Cache system is tosave up four Spotlight Keys to guarantee the card you want. There’s a chance you’ll get lucky and get the card on your first Key, which will let you save the remaining Keys for future Caches. This systemincentivizes saving up your Keys, using them on cards you really want instead of trying to get the newest card each week.
To use your Spotlight Keys, simplypress and hold on the Spotlight Cache iconbelow the four available weekly cards. This will unlock the Cache, granting you one of the cards. you’re able to repeat this process for each Key you have.
