Lorcana Best Deck Guide (Amethyst Ruby Control)

In this Disney Lorcana gameplay video I walk through a full guide for my Amethyst + Ruby Hyper Control deck. I also discuss the Brooms tech that is growing in popularity and show off an example list.
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DECKLIST - Standard
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DECKLIST - Brooms Variant
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MERCH (design/illustration by me) - Thanks for the Support!
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00:00:00 - Deck Guide
00:06:23 - Game 1
00:19:20 - Game 2
00:32:05 - Game 3
00:47:57 - Game 4
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[@BipBun]

Your guides are awesome! This is my first TCG and your videos have helped me improve and understand so quickly. Please keep these up for all the S level decks!! (:

[@ssteadfast]

Glad I could help! :D

[@baegopahpanda]

Love your work! Been playing your RA decklists on Pixelborn. By far the best deck imo. Keep it up!

[@ssteadfast]

Nice!!

[@Evercade_Effect]

Thanks for your insight and detailed explanation. Been enjoying this game and playing a few versions of this deck on Pixel Born.

[@ssteadfast]

Nice!

[@AngelofHell1311]

Nice video 😁👍 personally I am interested in more steel sapphire ramp lists and the emerald steel mill deck, so videos on these would be nice. Keep up the good work

[@ssteadfast]

Thanks, I'm making more soon!

[@crayhobgoblin]

tried a few of your decks and I would say this is still a incredible competitive deck for tournament play ect

[@ssteadfast]

It’s pretty good! I prefer a 60-card list for sure though. There’s definitely been some development!

[@rofkikkoman2769]

Love the videos!

[@ssteadfast]

Thanks so much! :D

[@Gnalysis]

Can't wait to see sapphire steel items/ belle deck. :)

[@winghongauyeung9801]

Hi Steadfast, please continue this series for all S level decks that you rated🙏🏻

[@ssteadfast]

Okay I'm gonna try :D

[@pabs3411]

Great video, thank you!

[@ssteadfast]

Glad you liked it!

[@jonnyat]

Best Lorcana content out there.

[@winghongauyeung9801]

Agreed

[@ssteadfast]

Thanks!!

[@chrisb8041]

Fr

[@brad_soup]

"I could quest with her, but she's good to keep around." *Passes* The Shield of Virtue sitting in play with three untapped ink: 😢

[@ssteadfast]

RIP

[@witchyyoyo]

Great video on Ruby / Amethyst. I am looking forward to building this deck, once I'm able to acquire said products 😅 Love to see a series of videos explaining the other decks you listed on tier S (with the exception of aggro amber / emerald). I would also love to see a deck list video on the Amethyst Belle Control, since Belle is one of my favorite Disney princesses 💛

[@ivanrojas5354]

You better have about a thousand dollars for that deck

[@witchyyoyo]

@@ivanrojas5354 relax, once Lorcana drops on Sept 1st. prices will drop for most cards, since there will be more cards out in the market

[@nvy9879]

Great vid, nice matches and overall great showcase of the deck. Looks like a very solid list. If you haven't already, could you show the case the Ramp Removal (blue/red) I'm dying to see Robin Hood in action!

[@YouWedge]

Robin Hood is blue. That color lacks of draw effects. It's better to pair it with grey if you want removals. Best combinaison for Robin is fishbone turn3, into Robin turn4, into Whole new World, turn5

[@Pustule2006]

Hey i have been itching to play lorcana, i can get some cards at inflated prices but i just dont have the cards i need to complete full decks. So i got pixelborn and i made this deck and wow first game ever resulted in a win, great control with maui on the board

[@pinkfrankenstein]

It would be great if you did some videos about affordable options if one can't afford/acquire Belle, Maui or Maleficent. That said really enjoy the vids and production quality. Though I'm not a fan of music in the background you did pick mellow, blending stuff that doesn't distract.

[@patarfuifui]

Game 4 is the deck my partner plays so it was very good to see for me especially. She absolutely wrecks me with that pile of green questing

[@ssteadfast]

Nice! haha

[@gluttonouspharaoh8301]

I smashed this exact exact on tonight at my LGS with purple/orange aggro

[@ssteadfast]

Nice!

[@dantranblay]

Hey Steadfast, as you played more with the deck did you update the list. I\ve been playing Ruby Amethyst but I couldn't keep Gaston anymore as i went down to 60 cards for consistency and included 3 jafar instead. I was just curious of what you are running now for Red Purple build. A update video would also be great haha. Keep the amazing vids. thanks

[@ssteadfast]

I like 60 cards with no Gaston! Sounds like your deck is similar!

[@rofkikkoman2769]

Have you thought of starting a twitch stream? Would love to see live gameplay

[@captaintoad89]

The fried chicken killed me. We stan for Hei Hei shame on you ;)

[@ssteadfast]

LOL sorry

[@scottwilliams2968]

I've been playing Ruby/Sapphire and this deck is the only one that I've had any problems against

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah Ruby/Sapphire has few draw tools.

[@Italian22222]

I’m curious about your play in game one to not play out the Aladdin on the empty board after inking Gaston and instead opting to draw a card and play another Mirror. If you jam Aladdin, you have two Elsa in hand to freeze his next play(s) and attack into them and if he does WNW you have a threat on board against his empty board. So just wondering if you still think drawing a card was better and if so why?

[@TheMoises5646]

Could you make a guide on how to beat this deck with Lemon lime or other decks?

[@Bingusvgc]

I’d love to see something in regards to Amethyst/Emerald I don’t know if the combo is good enough but I enjoy the way it plays.

[@ssteadfast]

You can run an aggro deck with those colors, the typical Emerald cards + draw combos.

[@CheshireFrankenstein]

Hey Steadfast, any chance we could convince you to share your audio playlist for these videos? And thanks for the guides, studying like homework man.

[@ssteadfast]

I just use Lofi Girl

[@lorenzobottani6677]

Super dope content! What are your thoughts on the 77cards amethyst/ruby control?

[@soup8786]

That list was horrible. I don't know how that won that event

[@ssteadfast]

They are lucky they pulled what they needed at the right time! I’ll stick to my list for now.

[@mshschoot]

if i might give a tip. i noticed game 1 that the opp inked a 5/6 t1 this olmost always means they are a slow deck. so in that case u wanne ink your 1 drops since u wont need em to maintain board controll. and so u dont have the use your more impactfull cards to ink because u played your 1 drop.

[@ssteadfast]

Agreed, but turn 1 may not give quite enough info about what the opponent is playing.

[@MrRorix888]

Hello. is there a reason why you play 64 cards and not 60 ? Usually when we build we try to reduce the number of card to get more chance to have the good one at the good timing ? If you give the answer in the video i missed it sorry my english is not perfect at all. Do you really think the Big Mickey fit whith the gameplan of the deck ? Thanks for the video Rorix888

[@ssteadfast]

Losing by drawing all of your cards is a weakness of this deck. I explain more when talking about the Brooms options. And I do run big mickey! Thanks for watching :)

[@josephgray2113]

Enjoyed the video. Just some constructive criticism: I don't agree with the play at 26:09. Your opponent's board state wasn't threatening you, so singing "Be Prepared" was incorrect IMO. If you hold the board wipe, you can definitely get more value from it against an aggro deck. Good content though man. Keep it up!

[@Inks_Energies]

This is an awesome deck, but most top tier decks are SUPER expensive right now because playing at leagues with a bunch of legendaries puts you back like $200-$300 cause they're about $25 each. Can you do your next few deck videos on decks that may be A/B/C tier decks that are more affordable?

[@ftb5786]

The game hasn't even 'officially' released. Once the market is flooded with 20x the amount of product the prices will fall

[@FlyAwayTooHighToday]

everybody in my local lgs plays suboptimal decks, theres noone around with full 4x sets of every legendary

[@soup8786]

I think befuddle is a bit of a trap, i was a fan of it for a while but lefou is just better imo because it deals with simba but also providing other utility with aladdin to end the game on t6 against aggro. brooms i think are going to essential in events.

[@DadGamerLife]

Against rush befuddle sets then back 1 turn and messes with their curve for turns 2 and 3 or allows you to kill Lilo. I honestly ruin both as they are both equally good for multiple purposes even outside rush match ups

[@ssteadfast]

Lefou is a great card, and great for Simba but Befuddle not only gets past him but costs them another 2 mana to re-play. You can use Befuddle it on items too!

[@soup8786]

@ssteadfast the reasoning with lefou is that it adds to your board and helps to remove the simba permanently and it has more utility later in the game.

[@joostmusic8424]

Just tried this deck and won 20-19 with befuddled coming in clutch on the last turn or would have lost!

[@lukeboehnlein5794]

Can we get budget lists for real life player's?

[@Ygo1998]

Which is the best version for you? The standard or the Brooms variant?

[@ssteadfast]

Standard! If I was in a tourney and expected a control meta I may toss in 2 brooms.

[@patarfuifui]

What's the music you're using in the background?

[@ssteadfast]

A playlist from Lofi Girl

[@chrisjanus12]

Nice guide. I would have loved to have seen more competitive deck matchups though. The final match was the closest to another meta deck, but they had some questionable choices in a yellow/green aggro list like hakuna matata and maximus....not really where you want to be in that deck

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah, I'll try to get some more footage against meta decks.

[@mshschoot]

maximus is actually a staple in yellow/green

[@kevinescobar237]

what do you recommend for a lower cost play with a similar style? maleficent is just too expensive atm to play 4 and mickey isn't cheap either :(

[@ssteadfast]

I'm running a cheaper list IRL that focuses more on Aladdin because you he comes in the starter decks. Maybe that's an idea for you!

[@kevinescobar237]

@@ssteadfast yup! what do you put in place of the big drops?

[@ssteadfast]

Nothing actually, I ink up to 5, maybe 6 and try to win from there with multiple Aladdin, shield, etc

[@dusk336]

Do you need 4 legendary malificent ? It's the only one I don't have a lot

[@ssteadfast]

It makes the deck very good, but don't be afraid to play what you have!

[@arwen999]

Decks looks awesome. Would be like $1000 right now to make with the singles prices tho :( Hopefully supply gets better and prices drop.

[@ssteadfast]

Everything should hopefully drop a bit in September.

[@tonyanthony6915]

The disrespect put on Heihei was amazing lol

[@ssteadfast]

Roasted

[@matthewcampo8519]

Brooms main purpose is to stop Hades infinite resource loop just a fun fact great video though for people trying to learn

[@GoldenSkeeter]

How's that work? Hades + Dr facilier 7 mana + a sacrifice outlet?

[@chefpatel2]

Wjat platform are you playing digitally on?

[@ssteadfast]

Pixelborn!

[@ClearAutumnFestival]

What client are you using to play this on?

[@ssteadfast]

It's called Pixelborn!

[@Active02]

crazzy deck , red green aggro deck have a hance against it?

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah I think so! I think Green and Yellow has a chance too

[@Active02]

@@ssteadfast did you have a nice red green list ? or some tipps for it ?:)

[@pedrocarrasquillo8293]

What are you playing on? Didn't know there was an online platform

[@ssteadfast]

It’s called Pixelborn

[@kerimaltindal3629]

But you can play only 60 cards. Which 4 you delete from the deck?

[@ssteadfast]

Your deck must have a minimum of 60 cards, there is no max limit.

[@spyderman312]

28:00 quest and use shield

[@Nytrusdeathcyde]

with 4 extra cards it doesnt run into consitancy issues? that's interesting

[@ssteadfast]

No, because this deck plays a long game and draws most of its cards. You’ll see a larger percentage of your cards with this deck compared to others.

[@VictorZz_OPCG]

Curious to know why many players choose to run more than 60 cards in their deck? Wouldn’t it be better to have 60 cards for higher consistency?

[@lolx1847]

the mirror ends in a deckout race about a quarter of the time. also more insulation against the popular green/steel mill deck

[@Mixx1290]

Not with the draw power of purple and even amber to some extent. Also with A Whole New World (either playing it or against it) you see a lot of your deck and run the chance of getting decked out. Having those 4 extra cards with all of the draw power and hand refill can be the difference of decking out or staying in the game without hurting consistency

[@ssteadfast]

Many matches with control decks will run through all your cards. A few counters are running more cards, consciously drawing less, or playing brooms. Consistency is extremely vital for early game decks, but less important here with so much stalling and card draw. However I still probably wouldn’t run more than 68-70 cards as of right now.

[@darkpraxis]

It only makes since in decks with lots of card draw (such as this one or if running 4 Whole New Worlds with other card draw) just as a bit of protection against mill decks. It also allows you to build slightly more uninkable cards in the deck than you otherwise should. This deck runs 17 uninkables, which is a little above my personal comfort zone in a normal 60-card deck, and you can see even with playing 64 cards, he was sometimes ink starved mid-game. He recovered pretty quickly because this deck has all the extra card draw you could want.

[@unlikelyionicwolf5790]

Thought there was a rule change for the deck to be 60 exactly now

[@us3rnam3144]

been running up against this deck a lot, my aggro stitch can take it down IF it gets to go 1st but loses most of the time it goes 2nd >< it's nice that the meta is still in flux though, and thankfully we got pixelborn so we don't have to buy and practice with all these expensive cards

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah a hyper aggro deck can win pretty often if their deck is built efficiently and they know how to mulligan. But around turn 7/8 the momentum swings back heavy in favor of control.

[@paracelsuz9489]

Pff i have 0 knowledge of deck building. I'm watching a ton of guidee, but by doing that... i even get more scared to build one. Could u give me some tips on how to start?

[@ssteadfast]

Start with one of the starter decks and play with that. They swap out 4-6 cards with something new and see how it goes. Keep doing that and you’ll learn what you like and what seems good. Don’t feel too pressured by all the guides and meta stuff, Lorcana is super easy to pick up and you can make your deck your own and learn by playing!

[@paracelsuz9489]

@@ssteadfast thank you, this is what i needed!

[@paracelsuz9489]

@@ssteadfast 1 more question. Can i also combine 2 starter decks? Meaning: take all amber cards and put them together with ruby. Instead of the ruby/emerald starter deck, you get amber/ruby. Or dont you suggest that.

[@88blackdragoon88]

Alad`n? xD cmon his name is aladdIN... but great content :)

[@scottlandis5985]

I know you can "only play whos on your schedule" but man your opponents...are interesting...

[@kujitolive106]

This is most likely the most expensive deck to build on paper, but unfortunately also one of the most fun to play. I'm so sad

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah it's a blast to play! I think the prices will go down before next year!

[@icedchief]

Why only 3 Elsa?

[@zachholtzman1413]

How do you beat this deck

[@ssteadfast]

There’s a few ways: - Play a hyper lore aggro deck (Amber/Emerald) or a ramp deck (Sapphire/Steel) and outpace it before removal comes online - Pilot a mirror or other good control deck better - Win when they deck out, either by stalling hard with control or using a mill strategy If you watch my other video (the 36 cards inked one) you’ll see me win vs a a ramp deck, but with a few tweaks and different plays I could have for sure lost that matchup, and I’ve lost many times with this deck despite it being probably the best deck we’ve found so far.

[@cardboardcarnivores]

Why wouldn’t we play the malefacent that had higher quest points than the owl?

[@ssteadfast]

A few reasons: - That Maleficent is 1-1 and can’t help with the early board struggle. A 2-2 is much better at finding efficient trades. The goal early is not to quest, it’s to sustain and disrupt the opponent’s game plan in order to begin the control lockdown once your inkwell is healthy. - This deck does not need to or want to quest early - Her being uninkable is very bad, this deck already has a lot of uninkable cards that are more valuable to run instead of the 1-1 Maleficent.

[@cardboardcarnivores]

@@ssteadfast very nice and thank you for your info. Your videos have helped and inspired me. I have a little creation of my own I think you would like :D The best Lorcontent!

[@unlikelyionicwolf5790]

There’s a rule that says the the deck has to be 60 exactly now ,on the website for the game it says 60

[@Cabled]

Quick start rules only say at least up to 60 card

[@unlikelyionicwolf5790]

@@Cabled yeah but on the Ravensburge website on lorcana is says the deck size IS 60

[@ssteadfast]

Mr Cabled is correct

[@unlikelyionicwolf5790]

@@ssteadfast why is there a contradiction then

[@MrMagicMike93]

How are you playing this digital

[@ssteadfast]

It's called Pixelborn

[@anthonypadilla2426]

Do you have a discord server?

[@ssteadfast]

Yes! I just made one, the link is in the video description.

[@dreameateruk9663]

Is there an option to replace BLT Mickey, if so what would you place in those slots?

[@stevenpedroza9068]

Stitch is a good option and cheeper at 6 ink. Good stats and quests for 3

[@dreameateruk9663]

@@stevenpedroza9068 Appreciate the response, completely overlooked Stitch!

[@GoldenSkeeter]

All you need is 2 brrooms to avoid a mill loss

[@ssteadfast]

It helps, but mill decks will often play 2-3 WNW on the same turn. That’s 14-21 cards lost that you never got to play. 2x brooms could easily be lost that way. That’s why I think you may to run 4 if you want to commit to that strategy effectively.

[@anthonypadilla2426]

I wana see turn 5/6 aggro

[@ssteadfast]

I have a video for this! It’s a great deck, probably my favorite.

[@anthonypadilla2426]

@@ssteadfast can’t wait to see it

[@ssteadfast]

It's on my channel! :D

[@littledeere09]

Do you think it’s realistic to practice a deck that would cost over 600 bucks to construct?

[@dragonmk123]

Well yeah since all the cards of the first chapter is out.

[@theriddle9689]

I literally run this deck. Minor tweaks cause I don't like that many items. Cost me about $300ish. Very reasonable for a meta deck.

[@silver186575]

That depends on two things. One if you're planning on getting it or learning to know it's match ups.

[@ssteadfast]

I'm hopeful prices will decline a ton in September! And tbh even if I don't buy or play this IRL, many already are, so playing it is a great way to learn it, even if just to play against it. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[@Narikku]

Have you seen how heavy the prices get in other card games?

[@gnobainos]

could have killed zeus also i stand of mirror

[@YouWedge]

You should have inked and drawed far more

[@spyderman312]

Liking your content, but stop running over 60 cards 😂

[@ssteadfast]

Trust me it’s good haha

[@klakhouse]

i hate this deck. the fact that running over 60 is optimal is a testament to how dumb it is. you dont really care what you draw since you eventually draw all your cards and you are only really worried about getting decked out. being able to play your wrath for free above curve is bonkers and there is no way for other colors to keep up with the repeatable card draw. there are no cards that don't die to Be Prepared and no way to quest with haste so you are guaranteed to not lose the next turn when you wrath. hopefully other colors get tools to fight this deck in the next set, but for now this thing is king. there is like 1 bad matchup or you could possibly lose to aggro with a bad draw.

[@Wendy-tc9pe]

These are not the correct rules for the game!!

[@ssteadfast]

What is incorrect?

[@wingzero771]

Pure cancer deck

[@mr_happygolucky7095]

I can't believe they already have a online platform done

[@ssteadfast]

It's wild