Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown: Duration, how to play, and more

The Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown is a temporary game mode in Nuverse's digital card game. During battles, players aim to accumulate more energy in each location to win points. Additionally, participating in the event rewards points and charms that can be used to acquire in-game resources and unlock new cards: Laufey, Gorgon, and Uncle Ben.

This article highlights details of the Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown event.

Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown: Everything you need to know

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The Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown event was announced in the Brave New World update, and its details are as follows:

Duration

The Sanctum Shutdown event arrived on February 25 at 11 AM PST and will be available till March 11, 2025, at 10:59 AM PST. Players will be able to play this event for 15 days.

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How to play Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown

The Marvel Snap Sanctum Showdown is accessible from the game mode tab during the event duration. The event matches are turn-based, and the rules are as follows:

Players win corresponding points, displayed against each location, at the end of a round.
The first player to score 16 or more points wins.
In each round, a location turns Sanctum, and winning it on turns 1 and 2 rewards one point.
Turn 3 onwards four points are earned for winning Sanctum, and 1 for other locations.
The Sanctum changes every turn.
Playing event battles improves sorcerer rank and grants Charms that can be used in the Sanctum Shop.
Players can snap on each turn other than turns 1 and 2.
Each battle will cost a Scroll, and two scrolls recharge every eight hours.
There can be a maximum of 15 turns per battle.

Banned cards

Currently, these cards are banned in the Sanctum Showdown game mode:

Annhilus
Captain Marvel
Debrii
Dracula
Galactus
Green Goblin
Hobgoblin
Juggernaut
Invisible Woman
Kang
M'Baku
Magik
Malekith
Martyr
Magik
Mysterio
Quake
Supergiant
Viper
Storm

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Sanctum Shop

New Wong variant can be unlocked from Super Sanctum (Image via Nuverse)

Players can spend Charms earned from the battles in the Sanctum Shop for the following:

Item	Charms required	Stock
Unowned Card Series 4/5	2,250	4
Wong SUBJA Variant	1,000	1
Doctor Strange Nicoletta Baldari Variant	1,000	1
Baron Mordo Viktor Farro Variant	1,000	1
1 Green Glyphs Border	200	Unlimited
3 Scrolls	40	2
I have no idea what I am doing Emote	1,500	1
Jeff Juicy Emote	1,500	1
Mister Sinister How Dare You Emote	1,500	1
Wong Avatar	40	1
Doctor Strange Avatar	40	1
Baron Mordo Avatar	40	1
1 Black Cosmic Border	600	Unlimited
1 Rainbow Cosmic Border	600	Unlimited
1 Blue Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Gold Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Red Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Pink Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Orange Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Green Cosmic Border	400	Unlimited
1 Black Matte Border	400	Unlimited
1 Red Matte Border	400	Unlimited
1,500 Credits	800	2
500 Credits	275	5
100 Credits	55	10
50 Credits	30	10

The shop also contains the Portal Pull, which costs 1200 charms to use. It grants one of these three cards: Uncle Ben, Laufey, and Gorgon.

Ranking

Players can earn points to improve their Sanctum Spectrum ranking. Ranks, required points, and rewards are as follows:

Rank	Points	Rewards
Novice
Initiate	40	500 Charms, 4 Scrolls, and Welcome to the Showdown Title
Acolyte	250	500 Charms and four scrolls
Sorcerer	600	500 Charms and four scrolls
Disciple	1110	750 Charms and 4 scrolls
Librarian	1900	1000 Charms and 5 scrolls
Sorcerer Supreme	3500	1500 Charms, five scrolls, and Sorcerer Supreme Title

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Ayush Raturi is a Mobile Game writer at Sportskeeda. He has always been inspired by the storytelling and visuals offered by the world of video games. This passion led him to cover games as a profession.

Though Prince of Persia Two Thrones was the game that got him hooked (and which he still plays once in a while to destress), it’s the world of Genshin Impact he’d want to live in full-time if he could, controlling the elements, engaging and combat, or maybe even living a peaceful life as an NPC.

Ayush enjoys watching content from YouTubers like IndieMaus and TFS-Gaming for their creative commentary and storytelling. He also loves to nurture his inner guitarist with long jam sessions novels, and to wind down after it, he enjoys reading novels or sketching.

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