Marvel Snap new season: Release date, X-Men Cards, locations, and more

Nuverse is going back to Professor Xavier's institute for the new Marvel Snap season and has promised plenty of fresh content, including cards, locations, and more. Powerful recruits from the professor's institute will be arriving in the game throughout the whole month. The developer also announced the launch of two new albums that players can complete to earn more rewards.

According to the Developer Update video from the Marvel Snap team, the Marvel Snap new season will begin on May 6, 2025, at 7 pm UTC. This article provides every detail you need to know about Snap's upcoming X-Men season.

Marvel Snap new season (May 2025): X-Men season cards

The Marvel Snap new X-Men season is arriving on May 6, 2025, and it will bring five cards. Esme Cuckoo, one of the five telepathic Stepford Cuckoos (clones of Emma Frost), is arriving with the Season Pass.

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Esme Cuckoo is available in the Season Pass of the new season (Image via Nuverse)

New Surge, Prodigy, Xorn, and Elixir cards will also arrive during this season. These Series 5 cards will appear weekly as the spotlight cards in the Cards Shop. You can also get these items from Seasonal Series 5 SNAP packs.

Check out the release date, powers, and abilities of the upcoming cards below:

New Card	Release	Cost	Power	Ability
Esme Cuckoo	May 6, 2025	3	4	On Reveal: Copy a card from your deck into your hand. Set its Cost to 3 and Power to 4.
Surge	May 6, 2025	2	2	On Reveal: Give the top card of your deck -1 Cost and +1 Power. After you play it, repeat this ability.
Prodigy	May 13, 2025	3	4	On Reveal: If this is in the back row, copy the text of the card in front of it.
Elixir	May 20, 2025	2	3	On Reveal: One of your cards destroyed last turn gets revived here.
Xorn	May 27, 2025	2	3	After ANY 3 or 4-cost card is played here, move it to another location.

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In a press release, the developer also talks about the launch of the Captain Carter card as a Seasonal Series 5 Release. While it states that the Captain Carter card will release on May 6, 2025, it does not reveal its cost, power, or ability.

Marvel Snap new season (May 2025): New locations

The developer also announced two fresh locations during the New X-Men season, called the Pit of Exile and Genosha.

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Fresh locations in Marvel Snap new season (Image via Nuverse)

Read on to explore more about these locations:

Pit of Exile: You cannot play the cards with 10 or more Power in this location.
Genosha: This location will destroy all but your highest-cost card here after turn 5.

Marvel Snap new season brings two new Albums

Nuverse also announced the launch of three Albums as part of the Marvel Snap New X-Men season. These include the "Take a Penny, Leave a Penny" Album (launch on May 8, 2025), designed by Mike Krahulik, the "Chibi Supremacy" Album (launch on May 15, 2025), designed by Rian Gonzalez, and the "Disco" Album (launch on May 30, 2025).

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Check out the rewards for these Albums below:

Rewards for the "Take a Penny, Leave a Penny" Album	Rewards for the "Chibi Supremacy" Album	Rewards for the "Disco" Album
Collect 2: 1000 Credits	Collect 3: Redwing - "Shocked" Emote	Collect 3: Cosmic Red Borders
Collect 4: Devil Dinosaur - "Cool" Emote	Collect 6: Cosmic Rainbow Borders	Collect 6: Dazzler - "Vibin" Emote
Collect 6: Devil Dinosaur - Penny Arcade Variant	Collect 9: Cassandra Nova - Rian Gonzalez Variant	Collect 9: Deadpool - Disco Variant
Collect 7: 8 Penny Arcade Borders	Collect 12: 6000 Collector's Tokens	Collect 12: Spider-Man - Disco Variant

Marvel Snap new season (May 2025): All Shop takeovers and Twitch Drops

The latest Albums' variants will be taking over the Shop as soon as the Albums go live in the game. Five new Penny Arcade Variants will appear in the Shop on May 8, 2025, while the Rian Gonzales variants will arrive on May 15, 2025. Finally, the Disco Variants will hit the Shop on May 30, 2025.

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You can watch your favorite Marvel Snap Twitch Streamers to get some more in-game assets. The Twitch Drops will be available between May 6 and May 13, 2025. You can get 65 Random Boosters for watching two hours of streams, Penny Arcade Border for watching four hours of streams, and Welcome Home Card Back for six hours of streams.

The Marvel Snap New X-Men season brings plenty of fresh cards and locations. The rewards from the Albums and Twitch Drops can also boost your progress and earn you some bragging rights.

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