Much like Hawkeye before him with Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Captain America is getting outshined by his successor, Sam Wilson Captain America, who’s headlining the February 2025 *Marvel Snap* season. Here are the best Sam Wilson Captain America decks in *Marvel Snap*.

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• How Sam Wilson Captain America Works in Marvel Snap
• Best Sam Wilson Captain America Decks in Marvel Snap
• Is Sam Wilson Captain America Worth Buying the Season Pass?

How Sam Wilson Captain America Works in Marvel Snap

Sam Wilson Captain America is a 2-cost, 3-power card with an ability that reads: “Game Start: Add Cap’s Shield to a random location. Ongoing: You can move Cap’s Shield.”

Cap’s Shield is a 1-cost, 1-power card with an ability that reads: “Ongoing: This can’t be destroyed. Give your Cap +2 Power when this moves to Cap’s location.”

The intentionally vague wording regarding which Captain America it buffs is key – it enhances both the Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers versions by 2 each time it lands in their lane. This allows for exponential scaling, quickly boosting Sam Wilson up to 7 power.

Sam Wilson is one of the more dynamic cards introduced to *Marvel Snap*. It synergizes well with 1-cost cards, move cards, and Ongoing decks, while also being immune to Killmonger. However, be wary of Red Guardian, a direct counter, and Shadow King, which can strip all buffs from Sam Wilson or Captain America.

Best Sam Wilson Captain America Decks in Marvel Snap

Sam Wilson is a versatile card that, alongside Hawkeye Kate Bishop, adds depth to the 2-cost slot in many decks. He fits seamlessly into a Wiccan list that dominates the meta, and also thrives in an Ongoing Zoo build. Here's the former:

• Quicksilver
• Fenris Wolf
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop
• Iron Patriot
• Sam Wilson Captain America
• Red Guardian
• Rocket Raccoon and Groot
• Gladiator
• Shang-Chi
• Enchantress
• Wiccan
• Alioth

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This deck is packed with Series 5 cards: Fenris Wolf, Hawkeye Kate Bishop, the season pass card Iron Patriot, Red Guardian, Rocket Raccoon and Groot, Wiccan, and Alioth. If you haven't kept up with season pass cards and lack Fenris Wolf, Wiccan, and Alioth, this deck might not be for you. However, if you have these cards, you can substitute Red Guardian and Rocket Raccoon and Groot with other 3-cost options like Cosmo, Mobius M. Mobius, or even Galacta Daughter of Galactus.

Playing this deck requires patience, as you aim to counter your opponent after getting Wiccan off. The key is deciding when to maintain or relinquish priority in the final turn. Dropping priority allows you to affect multiple cards with Enchantress or Shang-Chi, while maintaining priority lets you disrupt your opponent's plays with Alioth.

Sam Wilson enhances this deck by providing a scalable 2-cost card that can lock out lanes and offer flexibility through Cap’s Shield movement.

For those looking to integrate Sam Wilson into Spectrum Zoo lists, here’s a recommended setup:

• Ant-Man
• Squirrel Girl
• Dazzler
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop
• Sam Wilson Captain America
• Marvel Boy
• Captain America
• Caiera
• Shanna the She-Devil
• Kazar
• Blue Marvel
• Spectrum

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The Series 5 cards in this list are Hawkeye Kate Bishop, Marvel Boy, Caiera, and Gilgamesh. Marvel Boy and Caiera are crucial. You can swap in other cards that synergize well with Zoo decks, such as Nico Minoru, Cosmo, Gilgamesh, and Mockingbird.

While Zoo-style lists may have fallen out of favor in the meta, they remain powerful. Marvel Boy can secure victories, especially with Squirrel Girl on the board, though Caiera is essential against the prevalent Killmonger in mill-style decks.

Sam Wilson adds versatility to this deck, allowing Cap’s Shield to benefit significantly from buffs by Kazar and Blue Marvel, and even more from Spectrum, resulting in a formidable 5-power, 1-cost card that boosts Sam Wilson and Captain America multiple times, enhancing other Ongoing cards as well.

Is Sam Wilson Captain America Worth Buying the Season Pass?

If you're a fan of Zoo-oriented lists, Sam Wilson Captain America is a worthwhile investment at the season pass price of $9.99. However, if Zoo decks aren't your style, there are plenty of other competitive 2-cost cards like Jeff, Iron Patriot, and Hawkeye Kate Bishop that you can use instead of Sam Wilson in meta decks. Given the high cost of keeping up with *Marvel Snap*, skipping Sam Wilson might be the right choice for those looking to save money.

And those are the best Sam Wilson Captain America decks in *Marvel Snap*.

*Marvel Snap is available to play now.*