Today the Disney Lorcana deck that I want to show you this dumb Ruby Steel Resist deck which has been putting up some very respectable numbers. I’m a sucker for a stupid name, so I’m calling this Resistance is Fruitful.
Welcome to our first full week of cardboard (for those of us fortunate enough to have acquired some) Disney Lorcana’s second set: Rise of the Floodborn.
Today’s Disney Lorcana #dumbdeckoftheday is called “My Stepmother is a BEAST!” it’s a variation on the Emerald Steel Windmill decks that have, thus far, kind of failed to take off.
With this morning’s discovery that Rise of the Floodborn is available in the Disney Lorcana app, it’s time to start brewing dumb decks again, and this one’s a doozy, but it requires some context. There’s a term of art in Magic: the Gathering – Magical Christmasland, and it means “a combination of cards which are … Read more
Our inaugural guest commenter is Matthew Mancinelli, who wished to provide an article and video rundown of the Sapphire Steel deck that he piloted to a Top 8 finish in the LevelUp Games tournament earlier this month.
Today, we’re going to attempt to unravel one of the more intriguing layers of Disney Lorcana and Collectible Card Games (CCGs also called TCGs or Trading Card Games) in general by zooming in on a classic bit of TCG philosophy: Mike Flores’ classic Dojo article “Who’s the Beatdown?”
Today’s Disney Lorcana #dumbdeckoftheday is Harlan Firer’s Lost Boys Lorcana invitational-winning Amber Sapphire deck. Lost Boys Lorcana (@LostBoysLor on twitter) is a YouTube channel run by Magic Pros Todd Anderson and Harlan Firer. I can’t recommend them enough in terms of consistent, insightful content. Both Todd and Harlan are really strong players in their own … Read more
Today’s Disney Lorcana #DumbDeckOfTheDay is Emerald Sapphire Midrange. Let’s get right to it.
A crucial concept that lies at the heart of success in playing TCGs (Trading Card Games, sometimes called Collectible Card Games or “CCG’s” like Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, or Pokémon) competitively is “Card Advantage.” This concept is instrumental to shaping any player’s gameplay, making strategic decisions, and understanding your deck’s (and, on a more cellular level, your cards’) position(s) in the metagame.
Today, we turn our attention to Ariel – Whoseit Collector, a card that seems very exploitable in an item-focused Disney Lorcana deck.