--- canonical_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/luke-cage markdown_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/luke-cage.md page_type: card title: "Luke Cage MARVEL SNAP Card | Cost, Power, Ability & Decks" description: "Luke Cage is a MARVEL SNAP card that costs 2 energy and has 2 power. Ability: “Ongoing: Your front-row cards can" --- MARVEL SNAP Card # Luke Cage MARVEL SNAP Card Luke Cage is a 2-cost, 2-power MARVEL SNAP card from Series 3. Its text is: “Ongoing: Your front-row cards can't have their Power reduced.” Character · 2 Cost · 2 Power · S3Last updated: 2025-01-17 ![Luke Cage MARVEL SNAP card art with current cost and power](https://itsguestgaming.com/assets/snap-reference/card-images/luke-cage.png) right-click or long-press to save the card image Reference Data ## Luke Cage Card Stats Cost [2 Cost](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/2) Power [2 Power](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/2) Ability Type [Ongoing](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/ongoing) Ability Ongoing: Your front-row cards can't have their Power reduced. Series [Series 3](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-3) Release Released Dec 7, 2022 ## Luke Cage Ability Ongoing: Your front-row cards can't have their Power reduced. ## How to Use Luke Cage Start with the card text, cost, and power. Luke Cage works best when its ability supports your lane plan without forcing you to overcommit before the final turns. ## Luke Cage Meta Stats Win Rate 63.6% Popularity 7.3% Tracked Matches 4,013 Stats are included when available from the reference data cache and should be treated as directional, not a live tier list. ## Luke Cage Variants This reference page focuses on the current playable card data: canonical URL, stats, ability text, source context, and balance history. ## Luke Cage Balance History Date Cost Power Description 2025-01-17 3 2 Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. 2024-05-23 3 3 Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. 2024-03-21 3 4 Current: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. Previous: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. AvX: Locations with 3 Avengers have +3 Power. 2024-03-14 3 4 Current: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. AvX: Locations with 3 Avengers have +3 Power. Previous: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. 2024-02-01 3 4 Current: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. Previous: Ongoing: Your cards here can't have their Power reduced. 2023-12-05 2 3 Current: Ongoing: Your cards here can't have their Power reduced. Previous: Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. 2023-05-04 2 2 Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. Released 2022-11-29 2 1 Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. 2022-05-24 2 1 Ongoing: Your cards can't have their Power reduced. ## Best Luke Cage Decks Use the related articles, synergy cards, deck builder, and MARVEL SNAP guide links on this page to evaluate where Luke Cage fits before spending tokens or cubes. ## Luke Cage 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) - [2 Cost Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/2) - [2 Power Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/2) - [Series 3 Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-3) - [Ongoing Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/ongoing) - [MARVEL SNAP Articles](https://itsguestgaming.com/articles) - [MARVEL SNAP Videos](https://itsguestgaming.com/videos) ### ItsGuestGaming Notes Untapped Current 30-Day Stats 63.6% win rate7.3% popularity4,013 tracked games Current 30-Day Stats Snap.fan Last 30-Day Stats 53.8% win rate7.8% popularity Last 30 Days MARVEL SNAP Zone Last 7-Day Stats 48.1% win rate6.2% popularity Last 7 Days Verdict Luke Cage currently profiles as a strong current-meta option and is best treated as a tech card. Best fit Ongoing How to use it Use Luke Cage in Ongoing shells where its text or stat line advances the deck's main plan instead of forcing a standalone include. Common mistake The common mistake is jamming Luke Cage into decks that do not naturally support its role; the card gets much better when the surrounding deck already wants this effect. Token advice Consider tokens only if you already play the archetype and the card is still performing well in the current meta. Source: 23 linked ItsGuestGaming article mention(s) found. 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