Marvel Snap’s New X-Men season spotlights Esme Cuckoo, Xorn, and more!

Amy Chen

Amy Chen

Esme Cuckoo is part of the Marvel Snap New X-Men season! Here’s everything to know about Marvel Snap’s May 2025 update.

Second Dinner has revealed more details about Marvel Snap's New X-Men season! In May 2025, the New X-Men head to Xavier's Institute where they must defend the school against an anti-mutant Sentinel. Read on for all of the new Marvel Snap New X-Men cards, their release schedule, and more.

Esme Cuckoo and Xorn (Image via Second Dinner)
Esme Cuckoo and Xorn (Image via Second Dinner)

Marvel Snap New X-Men cards revealed: Esme Cuckoo, Xorn, and Surge

  • Esme Cuckoo [3/4]: [On Reveal] Copy a card from your deck into your hand. Set its Cost to 3 and Power to 4.
  • Xorn [2/3]: After any 3 or 4-Cost card is played here, move it to another location.
  • Surge [2/2]: [On Reveal] Give the top card of your deck -1 Cost and +1 Power. After you play it, repeat this ability.
  • Prodigy [3/4]: [On Reveal] If this is in the back row, copy the text of the card in front of it.
  • Elixir: [2/3] [On Reveal] One of your cards destroyed last turn gets revived here.

Below is a gallery of these new cards, as provided by Second Dinner.

Marvel Snap New X-Men cards (Image via Second Dinner)
Marvel Snap New X-Men cards (Image via Second Dinner)
Marvel Snap May 2025 cards (Image via Second Dinner)
Prodigy (Image via Second Dinner)
Elixir (Image via Second Dinner)

Esme Cucko is the newest character to join Marvel Snap. She is one of five Stepford Cuckos, who are clones are Emma Frost. In the New X-Men season, she is also joined by Xorn, Surge, Prodigy, and Elixir.

Esme Cuckoo is a featured card in the Marvel Snap May 2025 New X-Men season (Image via Second Dinner)
Esme Cuckoo is a featured card in the Marvel Snap May 2025 New X-Men season (Image via Second Dinner)

Marvel Snap May 2025 release schedule

In terms of the release schedule for these new Marvel Snap cards, Surge arrives on May 6 alongside Captain Carter. This is followed by Prodigy on May 13, Elixir on May 20, and Xorn on May 27.

  • Pit of Exile: Cards with 10 or more Power can't be played here.
  • Genosha: After turn 5, all but your highest-Cost here are destroyed.
Pit of Exile (Image via Second Dinner)
Genosha (Image via Second Dinner)

In addition to these characters, Marvel Snap's New X-Men season also features the Pit of Exile and Genosha as new location cards. Of course, don't forget about the slew of new avatars, variants, and emotes. Players can unlock them by completing different albums arriving on May 8, May 15, and May 30.

Album
Release Date
Rewards
Take a Penny, Leave a PennyMay 8Collect 2: 1,000 Credits
Collect 4: Devil Dinosaur – “Cool” Emote
Collect 6: Devil Dinosaur – Penny Arcade Variant
Collect 7: 8 Penny Arcade Borders
Chibi SupremacyMay 15Collect 3: Redwing – “Shocked” Emote
Collect 6: 3 Cosmic Rainbow Borders
Collect 9: Cassandra Nova – Rian Gonzales Variant
Collect 12: 6,000 Collector’s Tokens
Disco AlbumMay 30Collect 3: 2 Cosmic Red Borders
Collect 6: Dazzler - “Vibin” Emote
Collect 9: Deadpool - Disco Variant
Collect 12: Spider-Man - Disco Variant

Adding to this are shop takeovers featuring Penny Arcade on May 8, Rian Gonzales on May 15, and Disco variants galore on May 30.

That's all for now. Are you ready for a new season of Marvel Snap? Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates.