--- canonical_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/gambit markdown_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/gambit.md page_type: card title: "Gambit MARVEL SNAP Card | Cost, Power, Ability & Decks" description: "Gambit is a MARVEL SNAP card that costs 3 energy and has 3 power. Ability: “On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card.” See." --- MARVEL SNAP Card # Gambit MARVEL SNAP Card Gambit is a 3-cost, 3-power MARVEL SNAP card from Series 3. Its text is: “On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card.” Character · 3 Cost · 3 Power · S3Last updated: 2024-03-21 ![Gambit MARVEL SNAP card art with current cost and power](https://itsguestgaming.com/assets/snap-reference/card-images/gambit.png) right-click or long-press to save the card image Reference Data ## Gambit Card Stats Cost [3 Cost](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/3) Power [3 Power](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/3) Ability Type [Discard](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/discard) Ability On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. Series [Series 3](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-3) Release Released Feb 20, 2024 ## Gambit Ability On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. ## How to Use Gambit Start with the card text, cost, and power. Gambit works best when its ability supports your lane plan without forcing you to overcommit before the final turns. ## Gambit Meta Stats Win Rate 65.5% Popularity 6.5% Tracked Matches 3,544 Stats are included when available from the reference data cache and should be treated as directional, not a live tier list. ## Gambit Variants This reference page focuses on the current playable card data: canonical URL, stats, ability text, source context, and balance history. ## Gambit Balance History Date Cost Power Description 2024-03-21 3 3 Current: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. Previous: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. AvX: Once you play 4, X-Men have +1 Power. 2024-03-14 3 3 Current: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. AvX: Once you play 4, X-Men have +1 Power. Previous: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. 2024-02-20 3 3 Current: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. Previous: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. +2 Power Couple: Rogue 2024-02-13 3 3 Current: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. +2 Power Couple: Rogue Previous: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. 2023-12-05 3 3 Current: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand to destroy a random enemy card. Previous: On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand. Destroy a random enemy card. 2023-07-12 3 3 On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand. Destroy a random enemy card. Released 2022-05-24 3 1 On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand. Destroy a random enemy card. ## Best Gambit Decks Use the related articles, synergy cards, deck builder, and MARVEL SNAP guide links on this page to evaluate where Gambit fits before spending tokens or cubes. ## Gambit Synergy Cards Source-backed synergy from Snap.fan. Each entry lists cost/power and effect text for easier reference. - [Spider-Man Brand New Day](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/spider-man-brand-new-day) — 1/2. Moveable twice. After this moves to a location, give one of your other cards there +1 Power. (even unrevealed ones) - [Cosmo](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cosmo) — 3/3. Ongoing: On Reveal abilities won't happen here. - [Venus](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/venus) — 3/3. When your cards in play are Empowered, give those cards an additional +1 Power. - [Mother Askani](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/mother-askani) — 4/4. On Reveal: Copy the leftmost card in your hand. Give the copy -1 Cost and +2 Power. - [Shadow King](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/shadow-king) — 3/4. On Reveal: Reset all cards here to their original Power. ## Browse Related - [All MARVEL SNAP Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap-cards) - [3 Cost Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/3) - [3 Power Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/3) - [Series 3 Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-3) - [Discard Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/discard) - [MARVEL SNAP Articles](https://itsguestgaming.com/articles) - [MARVEL SNAP Videos](https://itsguestgaming.com/videos) ### ItsGuestGaming Notes Untapped Current 30-Day Stats 65.5% win rate6.5% popularity3,544 tracked games Current 30-Day Stats Snap.fan Last 30-Day Stats 55.6% win rate7.6% popularity Last 30 Days MARVEL SNAP Zone Last 7-Day Stats 60.0% win rate2.6% popularity Last 7 Days Verdict Gambit is one of the best designed cards in Marvel Snap from a mix of effect, power, flavor, and animation, and is one of Matthew's favorites. Best fit Discard, combo, flavor favorite How to use it Use Gambit in discard or combo shells that can support the discard cost and maximize the targeted destruction effect. Common mistake The common mistake is playing Gambit without enough discard support or without considering what card you are giving up. Token advice Consider tokens only if you already play the archetype and the card is still performing well in the current meta. Source: 24 linked ItsGuestGaming article mention(s) found. 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