The Ban List - A Marvel Snap Podcast

Welcome back to the Ban List for episode 15, the weekly Marvel Snap podcast where notmydance brings on a guest (lowercase now that ItsGuestGaming is contracted with Second Dinner) to debate the systems, design, choices, and long-term frustrations that deserve a spot on the wall and to be banned! This episode,  @RegisKillbin  ​⁠ is here to talk about his five frustrations that he wants to bring up...

Welcome back to The Ban List , the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we debate the systems, design choices, and long-term frustrations that deserve a spot on the wall. This week is a little different. After a short break, we ask the question every long-running series eventually has to face: should The Ban List ban itself? The answer is no — but the format is changing.

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 13, where we put some of the most frustrating systems, communication issues, and design inconsistencies in MARVEL SNAP on trial. This episode starts with one of the clearest examples of broken player expectation in the current economy: Premium Mystery Variants not actually delivering the kind of variant experience players think they are buying into. When a system is...

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 12, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put the game’s most annoying systems, design choices, and long-term frustrations on trial. This week’s episode covers one of the weirdest mixes we’ve had in a while, because Episode 12 jumps between clarity problems, economy friction, mode structure, and the kinds of effects that make matches feel worse in practice than th...

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 11, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put recurring frustrations, design misses, and long-term player pain points on trial. This week’s episode is built around one core theme: surfaces that make the game, community, and surrounding SNAP ecosystem feel worse than they need to. Some of these are community problems. Some are design problems. Some are product prob...

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 10, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put long-term systems, recurring friction points, and product-level design decisions on trial. This week’s episode focuses on one core theme: naming, clarity, and trust. In live-service games, words matter. Labels matter. UI feedback matters. System transparency matters. If those foundations are misaligned, players feel it...

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 9, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put long-term systems, design decisions, and player-friction mechanics on trial. This week’s episode is one of the most layered we’ve done so far because it mixes core quality-of-life pain points, community-backed UX complaints, monetization strategy debate, and a high-voltage argument about one of the game’s most polarizin...

Welcome to The Ban List Episode 8, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put recurring systems, design choices, and player-friction mechanics on trial. This week’s episode is centered on one core theme: presentation overload vs player value. In modern live-service games, polish matters. Celebration moments matter. System communication matters. But when visual/audio effects and platform messaging...

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Ban List, the weekly MARVEL SNAP podcast where we put long-term systems, design choices, and recurring player frustrations on trial. This episode is one of the clearest examples yet of what this show is built for. We are not here to rehash OTAs, chase one-week meta spikes, or argue over a single card nerf. We are here to break down the structural issues in modern SNAP t...

Welcome to Episode 5 of The Ban List, where this show officially evolves from a short-form segment into a true long-form MARVEL SNAP podcast. We’ve moved beyond the 30-minute format and into a deeper, one-hour conversation built for players who care about the future of the game, not just the current meta. The core idea behind this episode is simple: MARVEL SNAP still relies on old scaffolding. The...

Episode 4 of The Ban List tackles the growing backlash around Marvel Snap Limited Time Game Modes, including High Voltage, Grand Arena, Sanctum Showdown, Deadpool’s Diner, and other seasonal LTGMs. This episode focuses specifically on High Voltage and Grand Arena, examining player frustration, progression pacing, exclusive artwork rewards, and the value of the 800 gold premium pass. The conversati...

Episode Three of The Ban List tackles three structural topics inside Marvel Snap that directly affect player experience, ladder integrity, and long-term game health: Hot Locations, the role of Series 2 progression, and the distinction between Cost and cost mechanics in card design. This episode focuses on system-level discussion rather than individual card reactions. The goal is to evaluate how th...

Welcome to a new episode of The Ban List, a weekly Marvel Snap series where we debate the systems, rewards, and design choices that shape how the game actually feels to play. For those who do not know, The Ban List, hosted by  @notmydance  and  @ItsGuestGaming  is not about card nerfs, OTAs, or balance patches. This show exists to talk about the Marvel Snap economy, progression systems, and player...

Welcome to The Ban List, a brand new weekly series built around one simple question. What parts of Marvel Snap make Marvel Snap players tick? Every video, I sit down with  @notmydance  to break down mechanics, systems, patterns, and recurring frustrations in Marvel Snap that we think deserve a spot on what we call the Perpetual Ban List. This is not about card nerfs. This is not about OTAs. This i...