I love the terminology “Solid 15”. And thank you for building a deck like that and expressing that it is a good place to start! It helps me feel like it isn’t a bad way to start.
Thank you so much for this video! You really explained the process for building our own decks really well - I love the "Solid 15" starting point! Now to start testing different decks that I can build with my starter decks + the cards I got on Draft days.
I just met you with my brother and sister tonight and checked out your channel. Turns out the "stitch deck" I was telling you about is based off this video. I watched it way before we met 😂😂 what are the odds of that 😀 love the content btw!
I played in a local tournament this weekend and all three players had decks they saw online. I was demolished. Looking into how much they would have had to spend on either boosters for random pulls or individual cards and was stunned. By my estimate, two of the players, who were hardened MTG players as well, had to have spent around $300-$500 (depending on if they got the boosters at MSRP or not) and the other one had four Legendary Elsa's that are selling for about $40 apiece right now. I figured getting in on the ground floor with a new game would be more fun and competitive but it won't be enjoyable if every other player is just copying meta decks when I'm just trying to cobble together a decent deck with the limited product I've been able to find. The deck featured in this video is one of the exact decks I saw at the tournament. All that said, just so I'm not all negative: I am having fun putting together an Amethyst/Emerald deck with two starter boxes and the 14 booster packs I've managed to get my hands on. My main hope with the game is that once it's died down a LITTLE, the MTG players will go back to MTG and the Lorcana scene can really get into full swing on its own.
Coming across from Yu-Gi-Oh, this is my first foray into a TCG with a mana system and boy... It has been an overwhelming change to wrap my head around, but I'm feeling really positive about the game. I've played with all 3 of the starter decks and found myself drawn to the playstyle of the Amber/Amethyst deck most, but could not for the life of me figure out where to begin when crafting a deck that is more personal and with more competitive edge. This video perfectly explained so much of the process and ironed over many of the problems I was having. Your hard work on putting this together wirh such good visual elements and concise explanation is HUGELY appreciated! Liked and subbed!
Just built a Emerald/Ruby deck based around evasive creatures. Little bit of removal and lore stealing thrown in for good measure. Not overly competitive but a load of fun to play. Curve peaks at the three drop slot and I have 44 inkable cards in there so there’s plenty.
Thanks for this video! Very helpful for a newbie. I appreciate the way you helped define the terminology of deckbuilding in this video. Do you know of (or could you create) a comprehensive resource that breaks down tcg terminology?
Prices are so high on singles right now that I can’t justify holding on to them to deckbuild a competitive deck. prices for some normal non-foil cards are $15-$30. Sold three today for $50. Crazy!
Great vid. Going to try to build a deck from the few booster packs I was able to obtain. Probably will be a terrible deck, but at least I can improve it with each booster pack I hopefully find.
Great video, thank you! Question from someone new to playing a TGC: do you have any tips for deck building when you don’t have 4 copies of a card? I’d love to build a deck around Stitch - Rock Star as well, but I only have 2. Until I can get my hands on two more, what can I do in the mean time?
My advice is that you alter the deck so that you are able to win even without drawing Stitch Rock Star. You'll probably have to put in some other higher cost cards that can push you over the edge. And with only 2 Rock Stars, you probably don't need to include as many 1s and 2s because you won't be pulling off the Rock Star draw combo as often which means that you can put in more cards that will work well in the middle of the game, like in the 3 to 6 range.
This is a great question! When you don't have enough copies of a card you'd like to include there are a few things you can do. The first thing is to add copies of a card that fill a similar role. When the cards are more unique like Stitch, you have to get creative. Obviously there isn't another card with Stitch's ability, and that's what the main win condition of the deck in the video was, BUT if you recall I also mention that the general goal of that deck is to be aggressive, playing down normally cheap units with high lore count. You might not be able to focus in on Stitch as much, but Stitch still helps with this win condition. He's a 6 cost unit that can be shifted for 4, and has 3 lore. Rather than building around Stitch's win condition, you can build more around the aggressive questing and have 2 Stitch's in your deck as support pieces. If you draw them, great! If not, your deck doesn't immediately lose. When I mention cards that fill the same role it can be a bit tricky to figure out, so for Stitch specifically I'll give an example. Because there aren't any other cards that have his ability, there is no replacing that. So the next best thing is trying to find cards that fill another role Stitch was also playing, which was either being a draw engine, or being a late game bomb having 3 lore. Cards in Amber/Amethyst that fill this role are cards like Moana, and Dr. Facilier Agent Provocateur. Adding these might mean you have to adjust the deck a little to make those cards a little more relevant. Now, you aren't tied down to Amber/Amethyst either. So if we can't replace the draw engine Stitch provides, and we're looking for similar bomb drops of 3 lore to further support that win condition, Emerald is calling our name. As mentioned in the video, emerald is still a great color for fast, aggressive decks because of their 1-3 drop units, but also there are cards like Hans, Mad Hatter, and Kuzco who all have 3 lore, filling that role that Stitch was playing. You can also experiment with transitioning to emerald and focusing more on the aggro package over the Stitch package. As you get more Stitch's you can slot them in, making that part of your deck more consistent. And eventually if you want you can transition back to Amethyst, or stay in Emerald! The choice is yours! Sorry for the wall of text, but I loved this question and wanted to try to explain as best as I could through message. Hope it helps!
personally i prefer building through the items, action and song cards first. Starting with 30 cards under 3 ink, 20 cards between 4-6ink and ten 7ink +
This is pure perfection. I'm starting the game tomorrow and picking up a starter deck before work. I was thinking of an Amethyst/Steel deck focused on Shift Dr. Facilier to reuse cards like the brooms to recover key cards or to put bad cards into the opponent's deck so they can brick. I was also thinking the draw 1 on enter Maleficent along with Friends from the Other Side for card draw. The reason I wanted to add Steel is to have access to a sweet removal package that my draw engine can dig into faster or for the brooms to put back into my deck to reuse. Or a basic Muana princess deck with Amber and Sapphire. It won't be great as I won't have anything from the main set. I am hoping to buy 2x Amber/Amethyst and 2x Sapphire/Steel decks to have a good starting foundation and to support my local game store. As someone who has only had 3 games from being taught by a friend, let me know what you all think of this idea.
I love all of those ideas and it sounds like you're on the right track! Just remember, win condition, ink curve, and test! Rarely is a deck perfect after the first version so don't be discouraged if it needs a little tweaking, you got this!
Singles are going to be expensive for a while until Ravensburger can catch up with production. I'm hoping to make more videos on budget decks in the future so that you all can get some decks going to play!
I never understand why people liked stitch, but then again I never liked or understood why anyone liked ferris bueller either. Just thought they were both selfish jerks 😅 that being said I'd like to try playing lorcana amd once my daughter is a little older maybe she'd like to learn how
Real players hate net decking and it’s got the weakness that everybody knows what you have. It’s good to see what somebody is playing commonly and then making your own build with those in kind as opposed to net decking
netdecking is one of the worst things people can do, especially when they only learn 1-2 combos and need to call a judge during a tournamnet because they don't know a simple card interaction, use the deck idea as a skeleton and make it your own thing if you're going to net deck, that's how you ruin the fun and drive up the cost of cards, i'd honestly list it as a toxic trait to netdeck the top tier decks and just copy those so that way you can ruin the fun for everyone else
Netdecking kills every game, Players don't get any skills and learning how to build and make formats very boring please don't encourage that for this new game
I can see where issues develop. When folks only netdeck and only use top meta decks. It can make the game not fun. As someone who’s new to tcg, without it, I gave up within a few days (started playing master duel). I picked up a rogue deck and I was able to understand the mechanics, staples, learn other decks. I’m not at a stage to build a deck now but getting there!
@@riouxp2787cry more does nothing, you can't debate like that. Like for you to learn how debating works, come back when you do not respond like a 5 year old.
I love the terminology “Solid 15”. And thank you for building a deck like that and expressing that it is a good place to start! It helps me feel like it isn’t a bad way to start.
Agreed!!
This video is gonna be perfect for me to rewatch when I feel I’m ready to start building a new deck. This is an absolutely great explanation!
Really helpful. More deckbuilding videos please. Hearing your thought process as you go through cards is great.
They're coming! Can't wait for what I've got planned
Thank you so much! This is the most useful deck building guide I’ve seen so far ❤
Yay!!! So happy you found the video helpful!
I'm a week old when it comes to Lorcana but I loved the idea of the 15, felt really confused about deck building and this video helped a good amount!
Thank you so much for this video! You really explained the process for building our own decks really well - I love the "Solid 15" starting point! Now to start testing different decks that I can build with my starter decks + the cards I got on Draft days.
Yay!!!! I'm so happy you found it helpful!
I just met you with my brother and sister tonight and checked out your channel. Turns out the "stitch deck" I was telling you about is based off this video. I watched it way before we met 😂😂 what are the odds of that 😀 love the content btw!
That’s awesome! It was great to see y’all and hope to see you at league again soon
I played in a local tournament this weekend and all three players had decks they saw online. I was demolished. Looking into how much they would have had to spend on either boosters for random pulls or individual cards and was stunned. By my estimate, two of the players, who were hardened MTG players as well, had to have spent around $300-$500 (depending on if they got the boosters at MSRP or not) and the other one had four Legendary Elsa's that are selling for about $40 apiece right now. I figured getting in on the ground floor with a new game would be more fun and competitive but it won't be enjoyable if every other player is just copying meta decks when I'm just trying to cobble together a decent deck with the limited product I've been able to find. The deck featured in this video is one of the exact decks I saw at the tournament.
All that said, just so I'm not all negative: I am having fun putting together an Amethyst/Emerald deck with two starter boxes and the 14 booster packs I've managed to get my hands on. My main hope with the game is that once it's died down a LITTLE, the MTG players will go back to MTG and the Lorcana scene can really get into full swing on its own.
Didn’t expect such great content from a channel with 1k subs. Subbed.
Coming across from Yu-Gi-Oh, this is my first foray into a TCG with a mana system and boy... It has been an overwhelming change to wrap my head around, but I'm feeling really positive about the game.
I've played with all 3 of the starter decks and found myself drawn to the playstyle of the Amber/Amethyst deck most, but could not for the life of me figure out where to begin when crafting a deck that is more personal and with more competitive edge.
This video perfectly explained so much of the process and ironed over many of the problems I was having.
Your hard work on putting this together wirh such good visual elements and concise explanation is HUGELY appreciated! Liked and subbed!
I'm so happy you found it so helpful! Thank you so much for the kind words and support!
figuring out yugioh is like trying to find an exit after getting stuck in the Backrooms.
What an awesome video definitely like the aggro deck
Just built a Emerald/Ruby deck based around evasive creatures. Little bit of removal and lore stealing thrown in for good measure. Not overly competitive but a load of fun to play. Curve peaks at the three drop slot and I have 44 inkable cards in there so there’s plenty.
That's awesome! Doesn't matter if it's competitive if it's fun imo
Awesome vid great for a first time TCG player. Thanks for doing it. I bright two Steel/ Sapphire starters and I'm going to build out from there. 😁
Thank you so much!
Nice layout of Deck Building. Started with a good deck. Thank you.
This was super helpful! Thanks!
Thank you for the video, very helpful 🎉
Thanks for this video! Very helpful for a newbie. I appreciate the way you helped define the terminology of deckbuilding in this video. Do you know of (or could you create) a comprehensive resource that breaks down tcg terminology?
That's a great idea! I'll see if I can get working on that ✍️
Good breakdown of the process. 👍
I never look at other peoples decks. I have to lay out the cards and use some very important visualization techniques.
The sunburst on the lantern card looks like the white mana symbol in MtG
Prices are so high on singles right now that I can’t justify holding on to them to deckbuild a competitive deck. prices for some normal non-foil cards are $15-$30. Sold three today for $50. Crazy!
What do you sell on?
Great vid. Going to try to build a deck from the few booster packs I was able to obtain. Probably will be a terrible deck, but at least I can improve it with each booster pack I hopefully find.
Great video!!!
Really good Video with some very helpful Tipps. I'm currently working on an amerald steal deck with Simba as Main Charakter 😊
That's awesome! I love themed decks!
Step 1: wait until September for restock because scalpers already bought the first printing to determine prices in the street market.
Awesome. Thank you
Love it thank you so much for the tips!
Great video!
Thanks for the advice. I managed to get 5 booster boxes and 1 of each founder deck.
That's awesome!
Do u have a link to see you full deck list for this one?
So far i was only able to get 3 packs. But i did pull a kuzco wich i need for my deck im building
buy singles. don't buy boosters.
Great video, thank you! Question from someone new to playing a TGC: do you have any tips for deck building when you don’t have 4 copies of a card? I’d love to build a deck around Stitch - Rock Star as well, but I only have 2. Until I can get my hands on two more, what can I do in the mean time?
My advice is that you alter the deck so that you are able to win even without drawing Stitch Rock Star. You'll probably have to put in some other higher cost cards that can push you over the edge. And with only 2 Rock Stars, you probably don't need to include as many 1s and 2s because you won't be pulling off the Rock Star draw combo as often which means that you can put in more cards that will work well in the middle of the game, like in the 3 to 6 range.
@@ashersmith7267 makes sense, thank you!
This is a great question! When you don't have enough copies of a card you'd like to include there are a few things you can do.
The first thing is to add copies of a card that fill a similar role. When the cards are more unique like Stitch, you have to get creative. Obviously there isn't another card with Stitch's ability, and that's what the main win condition of the deck in the video was, BUT if you recall I also mention that the general goal of that deck is to be aggressive, playing down normally cheap units with high lore count. You might not be able to focus in on Stitch as much, but Stitch still helps with this win condition. He's a 6 cost unit that can be shifted for 4, and has 3 lore. Rather than building around Stitch's win condition, you can build more around the aggressive questing and have 2 Stitch's in your deck as support pieces. If you draw them, great! If not, your deck doesn't immediately lose.
When I mention cards that fill the same role it can be a bit tricky to figure out, so for Stitch specifically I'll give an example. Because there aren't any other cards that have his ability, there is no replacing that. So the next best thing is trying to find cards that fill another role Stitch was also playing, which was either being a draw engine, or being a late game bomb having 3 lore. Cards in Amber/Amethyst that fill this role are cards like Moana, and Dr. Facilier Agent Provocateur. Adding these might mean you have to adjust the deck a little to make those cards a little more relevant.
Now, you aren't tied down to Amber/Amethyst either. So if we can't replace the draw engine Stitch provides, and we're looking for similar bomb drops of 3 lore to further support that win condition, Emerald is calling our name. As mentioned in the video, emerald is still a great color for fast, aggressive decks because of their 1-3 drop units, but also there are cards like Hans, Mad Hatter, and Kuzco who all have 3 lore, filling that role that Stitch was playing. You can also experiment with transitioning to emerald and focusing more on the aggro package over the Stitch package.
As you get more Stitch's you can slot them in, making that part of your deck more consistent. And eventually if you want you can transition back to Amethyst, or stay in Emerald! The choice is yours!
Sorry for the wall of text, but I loved this question and wanted to try to explain as best as I could through message. Hope it helps!
personally i prefer building through the items, action and song cards first. Starting with 30 cards under 3 ink, 20 cards between 4-6ink and ten 7ink +
grewt video m8. thanks
I keep running out of cards for amber and amethyst so I put a couple of magic mirrors in there
Why mandatory two colors?
I like this strategy, I just wish I could get 4 lilo without spending 40 bucks right now😊
This is pure perfection. I'm starting the game tomorrow and picking up a starter deck before work.
I was thinking of an Amethyst/Steel deck focused on Shift Dr. Facilier to reuse cards like the brooms to recover key cards or to put bad cards into the opponent's deck so they can brick. I was also thinking the draw 1 on enter Maleficent along with Friends from the Other Side for card draw. The reason I wanted to add Steel is to have access to a sweet removal package that my draw engine can dig into faster or for the brooms to put back into my deck to reuse.
Or a basic Muana princess deck with Amber and Sapphire. It won't be great as I won't have anything from the main set. I am hoping to buy 2x Amber/Amethyst and 2x Sapphire/Steel decks to have a good starting foundation and to support my local game store.
As someone who has only had 3 games from being taught by a friend, let me know what you all think of this idea.
I love all of those ideas and it sounds like you're on the right track! Just remember, win condition, ink curve, and test! Rarely is a deck perfect after the first version so don't be discouraged if it needs a little tweaking, you got this!
@@bsquared24 Thank you!
want a deck you need like 6-8 boxes lol. odd of rares are bad for some of them.Or be ready to buy a lot of singles or trade
Anyone tell me how to build a lion king/lilo and stitch deck?
👌
This is at least a hundred dollar deck with the singles prices right now.
Singles are going to be expensive for a while until Ravensburger can catch up with production. I'm hoping to make more videos on budget decks in the future so that you all can get some decks going to play!
So every deck needs to have 2 colors... as in no mono color decks? what if you have a deck with 59 one color and 1 card the other? 😁
You can technically play a mono color deck if you'd like, but right now there's not much of a benefit to that 😅
where do you play this online?
Either Pixelborn or tabletop simulator
I never understand why people liked stitch, but then again I never liked or understood why anyone liked ferris bueller either. Just thought they were both selfish jerks 😅 that being said I'd like to try playing lorcana amd once my daughter is a little older maybe she'd like to learn how
Well atleast with stitch he kinda has to learn to become less of a selfish jerk so I guess that was the moral of the story there lol
You can buy them easy in Europa
Lol
Netdecking is the only way anyone plays any game nowadays lol
Real players hate net decking and it’s got the weakness that everybody knows what you have. It’s good to see what somebody is playing commonly and then making your own build with those in kind as opposed to net decking
Gate keeping loser mentality. There are great players who are bad deck builders and bad players who are great deck builders.
If anything encouraged them to make anti meta decs that destroy net deckers. They will have more fun.
This video got really complicated and fast, really quickly. I was hoping it was more for beginners.
And I think rock def will betray woman especially if he pushes him by his face he won’t like that
netdecking is one of the worst things people can do, especially when they only learn 1-2 combos and need to call a judge during a tournamnet because they don't know a simple card interaction, use the deck idea as a skeleton and make it your own thing if you're going to net deck, that's how you ruin the fun and drive up the cost of cards, i'd honestly list it as a toxic trait to netdeck the top tier decks and just copy those so that way you can ruin the fun for everyone else
Called meta decks
Netdecking kills every game, Players don't get any skills and learning how to build and make formats very boring please don't encourage that for this new game
You are incorrect
I can see where issues develop. When folks only netdeck and only use top meta decks. It can make the game not fun.
As someone who’s new to tcg, without it, I gave up within a few days (started playing master duel).
I picked up a rogue deck and I was able to understand the mechanics, staples, learn other decks. I’m not at a stage to build a deck now but getting there!
Cry more
@@riouxp2787cry more does nothing, you can't debate like that. Like for you to learn how debating works, come back when you do not respond like a 5 year old.