What is the difference between Crowdsource Release and Listed Release on SnapComplete?

Crowdsource Release is when the Marvel Snap community first got an item: SnapComplete records the game-assigned timestamp on every synced collection, and the earliest timestamp across all users becomes the item's release date. Listed Release is the date Second Dinner put in the game's data files, pulled directly from the game without changes. Crowdsource Release is SnapComplete's primary date and is what the "Release Date" sort uses on the Cards and Variants pages.

How Release Dates Work on SnapComplete

Q: Why do Marvel Snap release dates sometimes look wrong?

Game-file dates are sometimes wrong: Second Dinner re-dates items when they change properties, so some variants show a Listed Release days or weeks after players already had them, emote dates can be months or years off, and launch-era cards often have no game file date at all. When Crowdsource and Listed Release disagree, the gap usually means the item got rescheduled, its properties changed after release, the game files were updated after the fact, or someone got something early due to a bug.

SnapComplete tracks two dates for every card, variant, and cosmetic: Crowdsource Release and Listed Release. They come from different sources and mean different things.

Crowdsource Release

Crowdsource Release is when the Marvel Snap community first got an item. When someone syncs their collection, SnapComplete records the timestamp the game assigned to each item they own. The earliest timestamp across all users becomes that item's Crowdsource Release date.

This is SnapComplete's primary release date. When you sort by "Release Date" on the Cards or Variants page, you're sorting by Crowdsource Release. It tells you when an item was actually available to players, based on real collection data.

Beta clamping

Marvel Snap ran a closed beta from May 2022 until global launch on October 18, 2022. Beta players had cards and variants months before everyone else. SnapComplete clamps all beta-era timestamps to October 18, 2022, so a variant obtained in July 2022 shows October 18 as its Crowdsource Release date, same as launch day.

Day 1

The Day 1 trophy shows up on items you got within 24 hours of their Crowdsource Release date. The timestamp comes from the game itself, not from when you sync.

Listed Release

Listed Release is the date Second Dinner put in the game's data files for an item. SnapComplete pulls this directly from the game without changing it.

These dates are sometimes wrong. Second Dinner re-dates items when they change properties, so some variants show a Listed Release days or weeks after players already had them. Emote dates can be months or years off. Launch-era cards often have no game file date at all.

You can sort by Listed Release on the Cards and Variants pages. It shows Second Dinner's intended schedule, but it doesn't always match when items were actually obtainable.

Why both?

Usually they agree or land within a day of each other. When they don't, the gap means the item got rescheduled, its properties changed after release, the game files were updated after the fact, or someone got something early due to a bug.