Character Spotlight: Snowguard

Today we welcome Amka Aliyak, known as Snowguard, to the world of MARVEL SNAP!

While in your hand, this transforms each turn into a Hawk or a Bear.

Amka Aliyak was born on a remote island in freezing Nunavut, Canada, just 45 km South of the Arctic Circle. As a young girl, she discovered an Inua spirit known as Sila, trapped in a containment facility. Amka managed to free Sila, but was fatally injured in the resulting explosion. Fortunately Sila’s healing powers restored her in a flash of light and blessed the young girl with newfound divine empowerment.
Amka’s act of bravery in saving Sila earned her the Soul of the North’s blessing, joining their essences together. As a result, Amka gained the ability to harness spiritual energies of the Aurora Borealis and Arctic.

This incredible divine power is represented in MARVEL SNAP by Snowguard’s animal shapeshifting ability, which transforms her between a Hawk and Bear form in subsequent turns after being drawn.
Snowguard’s effect reads:

While in your hand, this transforms each turn into a Hawk or a Bear.

Amka’s Hawk form gives her the unique ability to completely disregard Location abilities, which is great for disabling restrictive Locations.
Its effect reads:

On Reveal: Ignore all Location abilities next turn.

Amka’s Bear form can re-trigger the effect of the location she’s played at, which is a major boon in some instances, such as generating a Monster at Monster Island or gaining +5 Energy at Project Pegasus.
Its effect reads:

On Reveal: Trigger the effect of this location.

Snowguard’s Aurora-Manipulating powers make her a flexible force to be reckoned with and a master of location-manipulation. Welcome, Amka Aliyak — and all your Animal Shapeshifting powers — to MARVEL SNAP!