Dwarfs will always be number 1 in my book. It was my first glimpse at tribal in Lorcana. But Madrigals is a close 2nd because they went so hard into the theme.
Great video! I haven't watched too many Lorcana videos, to be honest, as I'm newer to the play portion of the game. I've been collecting the cards since the beginning, though only on a small scale. My purchases have been limited to a Trove and the Starter decks for each set, and occasionally a handful of extra packs. (Have only missed Ruby/Emerald from First Chapter and Inklands Trove.) I have yet to pull an Enchanted card, and my Legendary collection is quite small. I only started actually playing when my daughter came back from college for the summer, and we found a TCG group at the library to learn the game. But with all of that, we have been loving it. I've been playing Magic almost since its inception (1994), and I am big on theory-crafting decks. My daughter fell in love with the Merlin-Mim deck, and we've upgraded it quite extensively now (though not with any of the "money" cards - anything $10+). I have played a different deck almost every week at our LGS. I tried the Madrigal starter (barely modified), an Anna & Elsa deck I designed for my younger daughter (10 yrs old), Brooms, and finally a Pirate deck. I want to make Seven Dwarfs, Puppies, and Evil Under the Sea (Flotsam/Jetsam/Ursula). My biggest problem is acquiring the "money" cards, when I haven't pulled anything more expensive than a Maui to trade with, and so I wind up with budget versions that aren't as competitive. But I am enjoying the experience (though with my daughter back at college across the country, it has slowed down). Can't wait to see what is next!
Hi new to your channel, would love to learn how to play Lorcana. Do you have a video of yours that you recommend I can watch to help me learn how to play the Lorcana TCG? Thank you 😜
I play a Starter Deck for each League. I add and develop the deck as the League progresses. I am currently playing a Madrigal Deck. By playing the Starter Deck I have an opportunity to get the extra point and bonus point for League. I enjoyed all the decks but must say my favorite was Merlin and Mim Bounce.
@@Feanor2024 Glad I'm not the only one, I had a set I hadn't opened yet for Ursula's Return and I see it right there on the back. now I feel like I must have been blind in not seeing it.
As for someone who has never played a card building game, I watched your video for where to start. But you used a lot of terms I didn’t understand. Like “top decking”. No idea what that is. Just some feedback! Thanks for the info.
Top decking is a literal term where you are trying to get the card you want but you are limited to just drawing a card on your turn. I can understand the frustration though but sometimes just looking up the term helps as well like bouncing, which is slang for an effect that puts cards back into the opponent or your hand.
Love the video, thx! and i started with the dalmatians deck and i love that defender pluto, and we are at the moment playing structure decks torunaments on tuesday, on the local store.
Understandable. We thought about it, but, the challenge is that this really dates the video. Prices change so frequently based on the meta, atm, that this metric could be out of date very quickly. So, as a proxy for that, we used cards that are played in the meta (our bonus criteria) and you’ll notice that throughout we highlighted when decks included meta relevant cards. And this sort of tracks as Lorcana cards derive most of their value from rarity and playability. If you are interested, the deck that wins that category is Might and Magic with a (currently) $5 Fox and $2 Rabbit.
@@xavierroyer5044 the overall list/rankings will be, yes. But market value of the decks could change much more rapidly. For example, tomorrow, someone could build an insane hero deck with Phil as a staple. He could go to $6 and immediately the pricing metric is out of whack. Prices are fickle… Now, we COULD do a separate list on the most valuable starter decks. But that would be different. With this video, it was more geared towards which deck is the best for a new player to buy to maximize learning and enjoyment. But for collectors, I understand that the value list may be more interesting! What other metrics would you use to rank decks in a video like that?
My deck is heavily built around Anna/Hercules, and I thankfully removed some of the worse elements for better ones(easily hand buildup and quick ink fodder)
I've been waiting for a video like this one comparing all the starters. I would like to see a Glimmer-Gauntlet-style tournament with all of them. Also I love the @BSquared24 sighting
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I went and played at my local card store for the first time and someone had a deck with over 100 dalmatians 😅
@@Couick27 I love that SO much!!!
That is awesome!
This is a really cool video idea! For most TCGs, someone ranks starter decks. That's something I haven't seen for Lorcana yet.
Dwarfs will always be number 1 in my book. It was my first glimpse at tribal in Lorcana. But Madrigals is a close 2nd because they went so hard into the theme.
Merlin is my favorite because it combines two of my favorite mechanics: card draw and bouncing
@@PyckledNyk truth. It’s a great deck…and bouncing is so fun.
Great video! I haven't watched too many Lorcana videos, to be honest, as I'm newer to the play portion of the game. I've been collecting the cards since the beginning, though only on a small scale. My purchases have been limited to a Trove and the Starter decks for each set, and occasionally a handful of extra packs. (Have only missed Ruby/Emerald from First Chapter and Inklands Trove.) I have yet to pull an Enchanted card, and my Legendary collection is quite small. I only started actually playing when my daughter came back from college for the summer, and we found a TCG group at the library to learn the game. But with all of that, we have been loving it. I've been playing Magic almost since its inception (1994), and I am big on theory-crafting decks. My daughter fell in love with the Merlin-Mim deck, and we've upgraded it quite extensively now (though not with any of the "money" cards - anything $10+). I have played a different deck almost every week at our LGS. I tried the Madrigal starter (barely modified), an Anna & Elsa deck I designed for my younger daughter (10 yrs old), Brooms, and finally a Pirate deck. I want to make Seven Dwarfs, Puppies, and Evil Under the Sea (Flotsam/Jetsam/Ursula). My biggest problem is acquiring the "money" cards, when I haven't pulled anything more expensive than a Maui to trade with, and so I wind up with budget versions that aren't as competitive. But I am enjoying the experience (though with my daughter back at college across the country, it has slowed down). Can't wait to see what is next!
Hi new to your channel, would love to learn how to play Lorcana. Do you have a video of yours that you recommend I can watch to help me learn how to play the Lorcana TCG? Thank you 😜
I collect Pokémon but I really want to learn how to play lorcana
Lorcana is probably the easiest game to learn ever. And I come from magic and yugioh
I play a Starter Deck for each League. I add and develop the deck as the League progresses. I am currently playing a Madrigal Deck. By playing the Starter Deck I have an opportunity to get the extra point and bonus point for League. I enjoyed all the decks but must say my favorite was Merlin and Mim Bounce.
It is definitely one of the best they have produced!
What do you think of the Madrigal deck?
@@Illumiteers I enjoy it. Still slowly building it out week by week.
@@Illumiteers I really liked it. I was able to get the league point and bonus point.
Where did the names for the starter decks come from I had not seen/heard or noticed that before your video?
The names are on the backs of the boxes :)
@@IllumiteersI had no idea lol
@@Feanor2024 Glad I'm not the only one, I had a set I hadn't opened yet for Ursula's Return and I see it right there on the back. now I feel like I must have been blind in not seeing it.
Pongo/Peter Pan is my favorite!
It is a reeeeally fun deck! It’s one of Liam’s favorites as well.
As for someone who has never played a card building game, I watched your video for where to start. But you used a lot of terms I didn’t understand. Like “top decking”. No idea what that is.
Just some feedback! Thanks for the info.
Top decking is a literal term where you are trying to get the card you want but you are limited to just drawing a card on your turn. I can understand the frustration though but sometimes just looking up the term helps as well like bouncing, which is slang for an effect that puts cards back into the opponent or your hand.
Love the video, thx!
and i started with the dalmatians deck and i love that defender pluto, and we are at the moment playing structure decks torunaments on tuesday, on the local store.
Was hoping for a "content market value" comparison as one of the criteria.
Understandable. We thought about it, but, the challenge is that this really dates the video. Prices change so frequently based on the meta, atm, that this metric could be out of date very quickly.
So, as a proxy for that, we used cards that are played in the meta (our bonus criteria) and you’ll notice that throughout we highlighted when decks included meta relevant cards. And this sort of tracks as Lorcana cards derive most of their value from rarity and playability.
If you are interested, the deck that wins that category is Might and Magic with a (currently) $5 Fox and $2 Rabbit.
@@Illumiteers won't it be dated as soon as other decks are released?
@@xavierroyer5044 the overall list/rankings will be, yes.
But market value of the decks could change much more rapidly. For example, tomorrow, someone could build an insane hero deck with Phil as a staple. He could go to $6 and immediately the pricing metric is out of whack. Prices are fickle…
Now, we COULD do a separate list on the most valuable starter decks. But that would be different.
With this video, it was more geared towards which deck is the best for a new player to buy to maximize learning and enjoyment. But for collectors, I understand that the value list may be more interesting!
What other metrics would you use to rank decks in a video like that?
My deck is heavily built around Anna/Hercules, and I thankfully removed some of the worse elements for better ones(easily hand buildup and quick ink fodder)
That sounds great! That deck is pretty great with a bit of extra card draw and modification.
Did you add some more Annas?
@@Illumiteers yes, I have four of each blue Anna in the deck. I got 18 lore in one turn once. My favorite cards of the set😄
Really fun list!! ❤
Thank you! It was a lot of fun to put together :)
My picks as a new player would probably be Doggid and Dynamic or A steadfast strategy
Awesome video thank you both I picked up a couple starter decks gonna collect them all
Well Illumineer's Quest has 2 starter decks.
I've been waiting for a video like this one comparing all the starters. I would like to see a Glimmer-Gauntlet-style tournament with all of them.
Also I love the @BSquared24 sighting
Thank you.
We hope it was helpful! (and fun!)