[Lorcana] The Mouse Makes Magic (The Gathering). Out now!

KoopahTroopah

Just wanted to make a new thread to talk about Lorcana since it's close to release now. Lorcana is a Trading Card Game (TCG) by Disney, created by their puzzle brand Ravensburger. I would call it "Magic-Lite". There are summons, there's spells, there's the turn stack. Although I haven't seen any interrupts yet, so it's probably not as "No you can't play that" and more forgiving/accessible.

'The First Chapter' covers the first block or "set" of cards, and I think there's a little over 200 of them. All of them can be foiled, and there are also 12 'Enchanted' cards that are full art/super rare.

I wasn't hyped about it upon announcement or reveal, but I've been looking at some cards and the art is really awesome. So stupid Nostalgia and my love for Magic, I'll probably end up making a Control Princess deck or some shit because that sounds enchanted.

Finally the big thing is price. Currently the set is released at Local Game Retailers only. The full release to big corps is on September 1st. Meaning that Local retailers are setting prices to fit demand, I.E. raising prices to turn a huge profit.

MSRP should be as follows, if you buy outside of this you're getting a bad deal:
Starter Decks – US $16.99 / Canada $21.99 / UK £17.99
Booster Packs – US $5.99 / Canada $7.99 / UK £4.99
Gift Set – US $29.99 / Canada $39.99 / UK £27.99
Illumineer’s Trove – $49.99 / Canada $64.99 / UK £49.99

KoopahTroopah

I called up a local store and they have some starters and boosters left over from their Friday pre-release, I'm gonna go try to pick up some stuff later today. If the Boosters aren't more than $8 I might grab a couple of those as well as the three starters (if still available).

rahkeesh2000

This is physical/meat-space only right? So technically, tabletop?

KoopahTroopah

rahkeesh2000 wrote: »

This is physical/meat-space only right? So technically, tabletop?

Yeah, gotta get your grubby hands on some cards. There are digital fanmods available via Tabletop Sim as well as Pixelborn (a custom card game client). So if you wanted to dig into the cards and theory craft or just look at the art, they're available there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lorcana/comments/13pz29j/pixelborn_play_lorcana_online_for_free/
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2961572744&searchtext=Lorcana

They also released a compendium app which helps keep track of what cards you own, as well as maintain Lore counters for 1v1 games.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ravensburger.disney.lorcana&hl=en_US&gl=US

KoopahTroopah

Ugh. Local stores are all sold out, one store I called earlier sold out of starters and only had boosters left. For $12 each! Ridiculous.

The chase is on I suppose.

KoopahTroopah

I got lucky today. I went and looked in another town since they were closed yesterday. One of the shops literally just got starters in when I rolled up, so I picked up all three for $25 each. Doesn't seem as bad since they're going for like $50 each online. No boosters. At least I can play now!

Aegeri

Isn't this the wrong forum for this game? Should be in Critical Failures.

Edit: I am intending to buy a booster box for my wife and I to open.

KoopahTroopah

Aegeri wrote: »

Isn't this the wrong forum for this game? Should be in Critical Failures.

Edit: I am intending to buy a booster box for my wife and I to open.

Probably right @Aegeri ! Good luck on your booster box. I opened my three boosters that came with my decks and I got a Tinker Bell Giant Fairy, a Jafar Keeper of Secrets Foil, and a Moana copy, as well as a couple commons I might swap into the standards. Not bad for pulls.

@Echo can you help move us to Critical Failures? Thanks

KoopahTroopah

Went looking around big box for three hours. Four Targets, two Walmarts, one Best Buy. No luck anywhere.