Kate Bishop Guide (Deck, Strategy, Review)

Kate Bishop is the new Season Pass card from Marvel Snapshot in the Young Avengers season in August. She is a 2-cost, 3-power-on reveal card with the ability to summon two of her four arrows to your hand. (Each of these arrows has a unique ability, even though they are all 1-cost cards.)

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The following guide will help you build a reliable deck for Kate Bishop and get the most out of her Arrows by building a Bounce strategy. Note, however, that Bounce is not the only archetype for Kate Bishop in Marvel Snapshot. It can be implemented in several other setups, but there is no guarantee that it will be as effective.

Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)

At the unveiling:
Add 2 arrows to your hand. (It has four arrows, each with its own unique text.)

Best Deck for Kate Bishop in Marvel Snap

the best card lineup for Kate Bishop in Marvel Snap.

Kate Bishop does well in a bounce buff package with Beast and Kitty Pryde. You can build this deck by putting together the mentioned trio (Kate, Kitty, and Beast) with the following cards: The Collector, Nico Minoru, Cosmo, Snowguard, Angela, Falcon, Raccoon, Bishop, and Mockingbird.

Map	Cost	Performance
Catherine Bishop	2	3
animal	2	2
Kitty Pryde	1	1
The Collector	2	2
Nico Minoru	1	2
Angela	2	3
hawk	2	3
racoon	1	1
bishop	3	1
Mockingbird	6	10
Cosmo	3	3
Snow guard	1	2

If you want a more aggressive deck, replace Cosmo with an attack card.

Synergies between Kate Bishop decks explained

Kate Bishop, Nico Minoru, and Snowguard summon cards that both strengthen the Collector and devalue Mockingbird.
Beast and Falcon enable Bounce strategy. (You use them to repurpose cards like Kate, Nico, Snowguard, and even Raccoon.)
Kitty Pryde and Angela form a passive buff duo.
“Mockingbird” and “The Collector” are the powerhouses.

Kate Bishop Arrow explains

Kate Bishop is a card summoner like Nico Minoru. After you play Kate, she adds two arrows to your hand that drawn at random from a pool of four different arrows: Acid, Grapple, Basic, and PYM. Here’s what each arrow can do.

Acid Arrow (Cost: 1, Strength: -2). When revealed: Switch to the opponent’s lane.
Grapple Arrow (Cost: 1, Strength: 3). When revealed: Moves the next card you play to its position.
Simple Arrow (Cost: 1, Strength: 1). When revealed: When you play a card here next turn, it gains +3 strength.
PYM Arrow (Cost: 1, Strength: 1). Ongoing: When your side of this location is full, it gains +3 Strength.

How to counter Kate Bishop in Marvel Snap

Since all of her arrows are 1-cost cards, you can counter Kate Bishop with Killmonger. He could easily get rid of her drops and clear the board for more attacks. You could also negate Kate’s effect with Cosmo since it’s an on reveal card.

Is Kate Bishop worth the role in Marvel Snap?

a card variant of Kate Bishop in Marvel Snap.

Kate Bishop is not vital in any archetypes. It is a replicable map that most players can skip unless they are looking for fun and new ways to play Marvel Snapshot. Her RNG-based arrows make her a entertaining drop it adds value to the gameplay. However, that’s all about Kate Bishop, and she offers little to no added value.