Marvel Snap Spotlight Cache schedule for May 2024 | Polygon

Oct 22, 2024

Grab Nocturne, Sage, Namora, and Sasquatch during the A Blink in Time season

by Ari Notis and Ryan Gilliam

Spotlight Caches are your way of getting new cards in Marvel Snap. Every week, three cards are cycle into the rotation, including new ones. For the May 2024 season, formally called A Blink in Time, Marvel Snap’s Spotlight Cache schedule features Nocturne, Sage, Namora, and Sasquatch.

Here’s the Marvel Snap Spotlight Cache schedule for May 2024, detailing what new cards you can get each week.

At a glance, here’s the Spotlight Cache schedule for April 2024 in Marvel Snap:

The May 2024 season pass card is Blink, a 5-cost, 7-power card. Blink has an on-reveal ability that swaps the last card you played with a higher-cost card from your deck. As with all season pass cards, you can’t get Blink from Spotlight Caches.

Below, read on for details about the cost, power, and abilities for every card in the May 2024 Spotlight Cache rotation, so you can plan out when you want to bank or spend your Spotlight Keys this month. For those who already have these cards, we’ve also included imagery of the variants you can receive in each Spotlight Cache.

Nocturne, series 5, new card. 3-cost, 5-power. You can move this card once, and the location you move it to is replaced by a random one.

Caiera, series 5. 3-cost, 4-power. Ongoing ability: Your 1-cost and 6-cost cards can’t be destroyed.

Selene, series 5: 1-cost, 2-power. On reveal ability: Afflict the card with the lowest cost in each player’s hand with -3 power.

Sage, series 5, new card. 3-cost, 0-power. On reveal ability: +2 power for every different power level among cards at the location this is played.

Legion, series 4: 5-cost, 7-power. On reveal ability: Replace the other locations with the location this card is player at.

The Living Tribunal, series 5: 6-cost, 9-power. Ongoing ability: Evenly split your total power across all locations.

Namora, series 5, new card. 5-cost, 5-power. On reveal ability: Give +5 power to any cards that are alone at a location.

Black Knight, series 5. 1-cost, 2-power. After you discard a card, add the Ebony Blade card (4-cost) to your hand; it’ll have the same power as the card you discarded.

Skaar, series 5. 6-cost, 11-power. This card costs 2 less for each of your cards in play with 10 or more power.

Sasquatch, series 5, new card. 6-cost, 10-power. This card reduces cost by 1 for every card you played last turn.

Havok, series 4. 2-cost, 0-power. After each turn, you lose 1 max energy, and this card gains +4 power.

Ravonna Renslayer, series 4. 2-cost, 3-power. Ongoing ability: Your cards with 1 power or less see their costs reduced by 1.

You can open Spotlight Caches with Spotlight Keys, a reward you receive every 120 collection levels. Each week, the Spotlight Cache features three cards and one mystery variant. Opening a cache will grant you one of those four cards at random. If you unlock a card you already have, you’ll instead get a rare variant for that card.

Opening Spotlight Caches, then, is a matter of decision-making and resource conservation. If you only want only one of the available cards, you have a 25% chance of your Spotlight Key going to use — probably not worth it (unless you really, really want that card). If you’re eyeing all three cards, however, then you have a 75% chance of getting something you want.

Here’s a list of all Marvel Snap cards that have been included in previous spotlight caches, so you can get a sense of how long it’s been since X-23 (or whatever card you’re looking for) has been in rotation.

Apr. 30: Valentina (new card), Knull, BlobApr. 23: White Widow (new card), Snowguard, Nico MinoruApr. 16: Red Guardian (new card), Lady Deathstrike, High EvolutionaryApr. 9: U.S. Agent (new card), Mirage, Jeff the Baby Land SharkApr. 2: Red Hulk (new card), Echo, Sebastian ShawMarch 26: War Machine (new card), Silk, Silver SamuraiMarch 19: Cannonball (new card), Kitty Pride, Ghost-SpiderMarch 12: Mockingbird (new card), Ms. Marvel, Man-ThingMarch 5: Pixie (new card), Mobius M. Mobius, Spider-HamFeb. 27: Proxima Midnight (new card), MODOK, DakenFeb. 20: Corvus Glaive (new card), Gladiator, X-23Feb. 13: Cull Obsidian (new card), Nimrod, ThanosFeb. 6: Supergiant (new card), Darkhawk, ZabuJan. 31: Beta Ray Bill (new card), Galactus, Elsa BloodstoneJan. 24: Grand Master (new card), Loki, Hit MonkeyJan. 16: Miek (new card), Annihilus, Phoenix ForceJan. 9: Hercules (new card), Werewolf by Night, Howard the DuckJan. 2: Caiera (new card), High Evolutionary, NebulaDec. 26, 2023: Selene (new card), Iron Lad, Black KnightDec. 19, 2023: Havok (new card), Nico Minoru, LegionDec. 12, 2023: Blob (new card), The Living Tribunal, Ravonna RenslayerDec. 5, 2023: Man-Thing, Stegron, Jeff the Baby Land SharkNov. 28, 2023: Martyr (new card), Jean Grey, Spider-Man 2099Nov. 21, 2023: Annilihus (new card), Daken, X-23Nov. 14, 2023: Gladiator (new card), Mirage, LokiNov. 7, 2023: Alioth, Knull, Negasonic Teenage WarheadOct. 31, 2023: Werewolf by Night (new card), Silk, Ghost SpiderOct. 24, 2023: Nico Minoru (new card), Kitty Pryde, Phoenix ForceOct. 17, 2023: Black Knight (new card), Stature, ModokOct. 10, 2023: Man-Thing (new card), Silver Samurai, Lady DeathstrikeOct. 3, 2023: Thanos, X-23, EchoSept. 26, 2023: Mobius M. Mobius (new card), High Evolutionary, Kang the ConquererSept. 19, 2023: Ravonna Renslayer (new card), Jean Grey, ZabuSept. 12, 2023: Alioth (new card), Snowguard, Hit MonkeySept. 5, 2023: Jeff the Baby Land Shark, Ghost Spider, KnullAug. 28, 2023: Silver Samurai (new card), Kitty Pryde, Spider-Man 2099Aug. 21, 2023: X-23 (new card), Nebula, SilkAug. 14, 2023: Lady Deathstrike (new card), Modok, StatureAug. 7, 2023: Galactus, Nimrod, Spider-Ham

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