--- canonical_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/the-thing-first-steps markdown_url: https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/the-thing-first-steps.md page_type: card title: "The Thing First Steps MARVEL SNAP Card | Cost, Power, Ability & Decks" description: "The Thing First Steps is a MARVEL SNAP card that costs 5 energy and has 6 power. Ability: “End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is." --- MARVEL SNAP Card # The Thing First Steps MARVEL SNAP Card The Thing First Steps is a 5-cost, 6-power MARVEL SNAP card from Series 5. Its text is: “End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with less Power.” Character · 5 Cost · 6 Power · S5Last updated: 2025-06-03 ![The Thing First Steps MARVEL SNAP card art with current cost and power](https://itsguestgaming.com/assets/snap-reference/card-images/the-thing-first-steps.png) right-click or long-press to save the card image Reference Data ## The Thing First Steps Card Stats Cost [5 Cost](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/5) Power [6 Power](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/6) Ability Type [End Of Turn](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/end-of-turn) Ability End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with less Power. Series [Series 5](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-5) Release Released July 29, 2025 ## The Thing First Steps Ability End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with less Power. ## How to Use The Thing First Steps Start with the card text, cost, and power. The Thing First Steps works best when its ability supports your lane plan without forcing you to overcommit before the final turns. ## The Thing First Steps Meta Stats Win Rate 66.9% Popularity 1.5% Tracked Matches 725 Stats are included when available from the reference data cache and should be treated as directional, not a live tier list. ## The Thing First Steps Variants This reference page focuses on the current playable card data: canonical URL, stats, ability text, source context, and balance history. ## The Thing First Steps Balance History Date Cost Power Description Released 2025-07-22 5 6 End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with less Power. 2025-06-03 5 6 Current: End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with less Power. Previous: !End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with lesser Power. 2025-04-29 5 6 Current: !End of Turn: +2 Power. Once per game, if your side here is full, destroy an enemy card here with lesser Power. Previous: Unknown 2025-04-01 0 0 Unknown ## Best The Thing First Steps Decks Use the related articles, synergy cards, deck builder, and MARVEL SNAP guide links on this page to evaluate where The Thing First Steps fits before spending tokens or cubes. ## The Thing First Steps 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) - [5 Cost Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/cost/5) - [6 Power Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/power/6) - [Series 5 Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/series/series-5) - [End Of Turn Cards](https://itsguestgaming.com/marvel-snap/cards/ability/end-of-turn) - [MARVEL SNAP Articles](https://itsguestgaming.com/articles) - [MARVEL SNAP Videos](https://itsguestgaming.com/videos) ### ItsGuestGaming Notes Untapped Current 30-Day Stats 66.9% win rate1.5% popularity725 tracked games Current 30-Day Stats Snap.fan Last 30-Day Stats 60.4% win rate5.3% popularity Last 30 Days MARVEL SNAP Zone Last 7-Day Stats 53.7% win rate1.0% popularity Last 7 Days Verdict The Thing First Steps currently profiles as a strong but narrow and is best treated as a archetype card. Best fit Destroy How to use it Use The Thing First Steps in Destroy 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 The Thing First Steps into decks that do not naturally support its role; the card gets much better when the surrounding deck already wants this effect. Token advice Be conservative with tokens. This is more of an archetype purchase than a universal account upgrade. Source: 1 linked ItsGuestGaming article mention(s) found. 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The Thing First Steps is listed as Series 5 in this MARVEL SNAP reference. What are the best decks with The Thing First Steps? The best The Thing First Steps decks depend on the current meta. This page links future ItsGuestGaming deck guides and related articles when available.