Lorcana Ink colors explained: Strengths, weaknesses & combos Disney\/RavensburgerThe first step towards building your Disney Lorcana deck is selecting what Ink colors you want to play with. This guide will go over each of the six Lorcana Ink colors and everything they offer. Disney Lorcana combines a host of beloved IP with impeccably tight TCG mechanics. The game has been building a massive community of players that looks set to keep growing thanks to a new international release schedule. Drawing players and collectors alike with a killer suite of Enchanted cards that go for a decent amount of cash, there\u2019s plenty to love. Of course, if you\u2019re looking to start your Disney Lorcana journey, then a solid grasp of the basics is always advised. One aspect of the game that governs nearly everything else is the ink colors of your character, item, and action cards. We\u2019ve compiled a quick breakdown of the Disney Lorcana Ink colors and how they work. Contents: Why are Ink colors important in Disney Lorcana? Ink colors in Disney Lorcana govern your deck archetype. Each one has its own unique identity and will excel in some aspects of the game while falling short in others. There are six Ink colors in total: Amber (yellow), amethyst (purple), emerald (green), ruby (red), sapphire (blue), and steel (grey). When building a deck in Disney Lorcana, the rules state that players can only include up to two of the six Ink colors except in special circumstances like draft events. This means if you begin building a deck for constructed play and you start with an amethyst character card you like the look of, then add an Item card from steel, you can\u2019t add an emerald card. Or any other Ink color for that matter. For this reason, it\u2019s important to have an understanding of every Ink color in Disney Lorcana so you can decide what type of deck you want to play. Below is a list of all six Disney Lorcana Ink colors as well as their strengths, weaknesses, and combo potentials. Amber Like every Ink color in the game, Amber has a few different utilities. The Disney Lorcana website calls glimmers of the Amber color \u201cpurposeful, patient and dedicated\u201d. Many characters of this Ink color offer the ability to heal damage from your other characters and will offer benefits like card draw when you do. Amber also has a number of cards with the support ability meaning that when they quest, you can add their strength to another character. Interestingly, amber is one of the favorite colors for an aggressive playstyle thanks to a number of low-cost characters with high questing potential. It\u2019s also the only Ink color that allows players to play cards from their discard pile which can be an interesting theme to focus on. Another ability that is unique to Amber so far is characters with the Singer ability. These characters can sing songs that are higher than their Ink cost meaning you get access to powerful gameplay options earlier than your opponents. For this reason, amber pairs very well with the steel Ink color because steel has a number of damage-dealing songs that can easily get rid of your opponent\u2019s board. If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive style of play, you could also use amber in combination with amethyst to flood your board with cheap characters and quest faster than your opponent. Amethyst Speaking of amethyst, the team at Ravensburger describes this as an \u201cotherworldly Ink of sorcerers, sages, and animated objects\u201d. Amethyst features a number of magical Disney characters with powerful on-play abilities. Amethyst has access to a lot of options for card draw meaning you\u2019ll usually have a lot more options than your opponents. You also get a number of characters with rush for instant attacking and evaisive cards that can\u2019t be challenged directly by many other colors. Like amber, amethyst has a range of good cards that are relatively cheap and usually have added bonuses for being played and even defeated. One of the staples for this Disney Lorcana Ink color is the Merlin\/Mim bounce package. Cards like Merlin \u2013 Goat will award you one Lore when it enters and leaves play and Madam Mim \u2013 Snake forces you to send a character back to your hand to keep her on the field. By playing a Merlin card and sending it back to your hand with a Mim, you can get twice or even four times the value from their abilities. Amethyst works well in combination with Steel because many amethyst characters have low willpower making them easy to get rid of. Steel\u2019s sturdy characters and damage-dealing action cards complement amethyst by keeping your board full and softening targets. You could also pair amethyst with ruby which has a number of powerful characters and songs that banish opponents directly. Amethyst\u2019s excellent card draw means you\u2019ll have a better chance of finding those cards in your deck. Emerald Emerald is an Ink color in Disney Lorcana that is \u201cgifted with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances\u201d, according to Ravensburger. What this means in practice is that Emerald decks are full of tricks that can frustrate opponents. Emerald has access to a number of evasive characters that are hard to challenge. Those that aren\u2019t will make you think twice about hitting them by applying a penalty such as Banishing the Challenging Character or forcing their player to discard a card. In fact, making your opponent discard cards is an ability unique to the emerald Ink color and a core part of its identity. Not only do a number of characters, songs, and actions cause your opponent to Discard cards, but some even have abilities that give you a bonus for opponents having fewer cards in their hand than you. Emerald, like many of the other Ink colors we have discussed so far, is particularly adept when paired with Steel. Both Colors have a number of very good Floodborn Characters that, when paired with Bucky \u2013 Squirrel Squeek Tutor, force your opponent to discard plenty of cards. Ruby is another good option for emerald players. While your emerald cards want to be challenged by your opponent to activate their abilities, ruby specializes in rewarding you for taking the fight to your opponent for a good balance. Ruby Disney Lorcana\u2019s ruby Ink color features characters who are quick and strong making them perfect for challenging. This Ink color has a number of cards with the rush ability meaning they can instantly attack the turn they are played. It also has a suite of characters and actions that reward you for challenging with extra Lore or card draw. Coupled with plenty of evaisive cards that allow you to hit opponents trying to avoid you. Unique to ruby is the ability to reduce your opponent\u2019s Lore and set them back. It also has options for hard removal that can instantly banish characters, including Disney Lorcana\u2019s only board wipe thanks to Be Prepared. Ruby can be used in combination with Amethyst to supplement your challengers with some handy tricks. Amethyst has a number of cards that will exert opposing characters leaving them vulnerable to attack. Another solid pairing for this Ink color is sapphire thanks to its ability to outpace your opponent\u2019s Inkwell. This lets you play powerful Characters and Actions faster and can be hard to keep up with. Sapphire Sapphire glimmers are \u201cintellectual, intelligent, and creative\u201d according to the brochure. This Ink color excels at the use of Items and often has cards that interact with items by banishing them for new benefits. Hiram Flaversham \u2013 Toymaker for example can banish an Item to draw two cards. Tamatoa \u2013 So Shiny is a powerful game closer that gets an additional Lore for every Item you have in play. Sapphire also has a lot of access to Disney Lorcana\u2019s Ward mechanic meaning they can\u2019t be chosen as a target for action cards which increases your characters\u2019 survivability. The most unique part of sapphire\u2019s identity however is ramp options that allow you to put extra cards in your Inkwell to outpace your opponents\u2019 resource generation. Sapphire excels when partnered up with ruby in a control-style deck that lets you push into the late game to play powerful removal options. It also adds some much-needed speed. Steel is another viable option thanks to that Ink color\u2019s useful Items. Steel also has a number of high-cost Characters with great stats and sapphire\u2019s ramp allows you to play them early enough to overwhelm opponents. Steel Steadfast and strong, Steel features some of Disney Lorcana\u2019s sturdiest Characters. This Ink color has a surprisingly balanced range of offensive and defensive capabilities that make it easy to build around. Steel has a number of solid direct damage options thanks to Character abilities and Action cards like And Then Along Came Zeus. It also has some powerful Floodborn Characters that you can Shift in early with the right combos. Defensively, this Disney Lorcana Ink color has a few Bodyguard options that when Exerted, force your opponent to deal with them first keeping your other characters safe. Steel also has access to the Resist mechanic which reduces incoming damage making it difficult to remove your characters without expending multiple cards. Steel goes well with pretty much any Ink color in Disney Lorcana but we do have some recommendations. As previously mentioned, amber\u2019s singer characters allow you to play powerful dteel songs ahead of time. Both steel and sapphire have access to a suite of cards with synergistic benefits to hero characters which is a relatively new strategy. There\u2019s also the tried and true ramp into powerful characters option. Finally, pairing up with emerald is an insanely good combination thanks to each Ink color\u2019s specialty. Steel keeps your opponent\u2019s board clear while emerald\u2019s discard keeps their hand clear. This constrains their options to a frustrating degree and forces them to rely on luck. Hopefully, this overview of Disney Lorcana\u2019s Ink colors has helped you decide which of the six options seems suited to you. Of course, there are a number of potential playstyles and we\u2019ve had trouble sticking to just one. Now that you know enough about each Ink Color\u2019s identity, why not take a look at our ranking of the Disney Lorcana Starter Decks to check which ones perform best with your favorite Ink?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lorcana Ink colors explained: Strengths, weaknesses & combos Disney\/RavensburgerThe first step towards building your Disney Lorcana deck is selecting what Ink colors you want to play with. This guide will go over each of the six Lorcana Ink colors and everything they offer. Disney Lorcana combines a host of beloved IP with impeccably tight TCG […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}