Lorcana is the BEST Card Game I Have Played

[@Rarran]

If you enjoyed the video, and would like to see more lorcana, please like the video :) Also if you hear random sounds in the video, its my mic cable, its being replaced!

[@shscream]

I wanted to let you know to try playing some Shadowverse! It gives quite some free packs to get started, lets you get three free completed decks from the latest meta and overall is close to hearthstone looks and rules so viewrs will easily follow it. The animated portraits and cards having unique attack sounds make the game super interactive imo, would love to see you play it!

[@Mysticyde]

Yeah I want more friggin Lorcana!

[@alcodark]

the card images link doesn't work

[@imbadatygo73]

You mean yugioh is the best game you played this year

[@0NBalfa0]

This reminds me, if you have some people to play with you, you can play Chroma: Bloom and Blight Their mana system is a really solid combination of the magic and hearthstone mana systems. Really cool game, unfortunately stopped being developed since it didn't manage to pick up an audience and the team didn't have the funds to support the game. :( (They wanted the game to be completely free to play (cards included) but without any marketing funds, the game just released and died out quite quickly) (make sure your steam profile stuff are set to the everyone option to play it and just queue at the same time as others.)

[@SamuraiMotoko]

Designers: "you must hit the opponent for 20 life" Disney: we don't want violence in our game Designer: "you must quest gor 20 lore"

[@Skappy616]

Rarran: "innovative new mechanic that sets it apart from other card games and gives additional strategic depth"

[@mathieuaurousseau100]

@@Skappy616 I mean, the implementation does end up mechanically quite different than all implementation of "hitting the opponent" that I know

[@noisepollution4473]

It really does feel genuinely different in play. Designers have a 3rd power stat they can mess with to balance cards now. If they print a card with 20 attack power it doesn't necessarily break anything because they can choose exactly how much damage the card does to an opponent's life total completely independently from how much damage it does to other characters. I think it's really smart and legitimately feels unique when you're actually playing and changes card evaluation by a lot.

[@SpottedZebra]

@@Skappy616 Innovative if you don't know about the Fullmetal Alchemist TCG from like 15 years ago. That one was also about risking board presence to score points, and is the only card game I know of where it's always both players turn at the same time. Didn't last long tho, as to be expected of games based on a specific IP.

[@garrisonwu5862]

@@SpottedZebra Legends of Runeterra also has both players draw at the same time.

[@phillipjones1536]

this game looks really good for being a fan-made online client

[@HeckYep]

Ikr? It's got a ranked ladder and everything. They put this together faaaaast too

[@purpleth3199]

I wish the one piece card game had a client as good as this...

[@pete5516]

@@purpleth3199there’s a one piece card game?

[@pussymaster9517]

​@@pete5516yee and it's pretty good, definitely better than Naruto card game at least

[@hypnosthetired3623]

@@purpleth3199 Me tooooo

[@12ARedSon]

The ink well mechanic kind of reminds me of this super old (but apparently still ongoing in Japan) game called Duel Masters where your creatures were used as mana in a similar 1 card gives one mana ratio.

[@kateslate3228]

It's easily one of the best Duel Masters clones out there.

[@vee-bee-a]

And... My table-top gaming P.T.S.D. has been triggered. Damn Wizards killing the game. S.M.H.

[@revimfadli4666]

It's so successful in Japan that it's been copied multiple times(Wixoss, Build/Divide), yet somehow the Western TCG world still has too many people who think "either you have Magic or Pokemon's dedicated resource cards, or none at all"

[@kateslate3228]

Duel Masters isn't just still ongoing in Japan, it's the best selling TCG in Japan in fact.

[@vee-bee-a]

@@kateslate3228 I know. It's too bad Wizards grow ignorant at every passing year...

[@Murks33]

The "mana" system reminds me of duel masters, although duel masters didn't have that restriction on which cards you can use as mana.

[@nicholassilva5369]

Yeah, but I think it is a good idea. DM also had the issue that you could splash colors way too easily. I like that you are restricted to 2 colors from the jump but can only get mana screwed if you don’t include enough inkable cards.

[@123bamboom]

Duel Masters was amaing

[@iufanboy5970]

It s also the same mana system of dragon ball tcg

[@belacalac2238]

Duel Masters has my favorite mana system in any card game

[@Rambrus0]

Duel Masters was a very promising game but for some reason it had 3 types of effect then died off due to lack of creativity

[@LaParteLessa]

08:29 you can shift first, then quest/attack with the bigger Aladdin (most of the times you want to attack with it because of the effect), shifted characters don't have summoning sickness (unless you played the little one in the same turn) Edit: ok nvm, you've seen it at the end of the video

[@DragoATX]

Im actually super surprised Rarran likes this game so much

[@randomaccount6146]

After the yugioh master duel incident he will like any game allowing him to play his turn.

[@DragoATX]

@@randomaccount6146 yeah that makes sense lol. Lorcana is like the complete opposite of YGO, pretty much 0 interaction and you just do your plan during your turn, while your opponent does theirs. I feel like YGO/Lorcana are the opposite ends of uninteractive TCGs (YGO being so interactive you can argue it really ends up being uninteractive)

[@r3zaful]

​@@randomaccount6146the state of master duel right now is basically vaylanyz purrely and mikanko meta atm. Mikanko and purrely are very telegraphed and great at countering each other but...Vaylanyz is uh... Unique I can't imagine a new player facing Vaylantz in ranked, imagine log in to master duel to play yugioh only to find that your opponent play monopoly.

[@baldawen]

Why? As we all know Rarran is 5 years old so this game fits him very well

[@drakmendoa]

In my opinion it is a good mix of Hearthstone, Magic and Duel Masters with Disney artwork. So it is not that far away from Rarrans comfort zone.

[@Banzaiguy15]

I can't believe disney will allow this client to exist for very long. If disney can't monetize it, they will sue to shut it down.

[@noisepollution4473]

I'm fully talking out of my ass here, but I think they won't shut it down until the supply issues with cards gets sorted out a bit more. A lot of people LITERALLY cannot play the physical game because the cards are so hard to come by, and shutting this thing down would be a really bad PR move in the short term. "Yeah we can't sell you any cards, but you're not allowed to play unless you buy the thing we can't sell you" would just make the supply issues / scalping problem even more of a problem. Shutting it down before cards are more readily available is also a bad move in the long term, since many competitive players can't do any deck brewing or testing with physical cards very easily right now either - stifling competitive deckbuilding will damage the game's potential long-term playerbase. Will they shut it down eventually? Probably, yeah. But I think there are legitimate reasons to look the other way and pretend it doesn't exist for at least a little while.

[@GaussianEntity]

If they learned from Konami, they might allow it as it can drive sales with the anticipation of new cards. Dueling Book (previously Duel Network) was something like this for Yugioh although Duel Network had to rebrand since they got shut down for reasons I can't remember.

[@OwenCarver]

They're going to use it as free game promotion until the game and audience is big enough that the buy-out and monetization of it won't make people leave because they're too committed to the community

[@dinar4331]

they shut it down a month ago :(

[@srensaaby6455]

Ngl, this actually looks pretty fun to play. Imma try to fit as many of my favorite villains into a single deck. Down for more of this Rarran and you look great today ;)

[@LRMRULES]

That is actually a deck you can make, unfortunately you kinda have to pick Amber as one of your colours because your "Boss" card is Hades: King of Olympus where his effect is that for every other villain on the board you get +1 lore when you quest

[@michaelh.1484]

Fun fact Lorcana was made by the guy who made Kaijudo, which was the reboot of Duel Masters

[@CardGameCrypt]

He did the current Digimon game too

[@4GRJ]

A lot of things make sense now

[@infiniterer287]

Who? Because they have different head designers....

[@noisepollution4473]

Been playing TCGs for 15 years now and the Disney theming was enough to get my parents into it for the first time. They now finally understand why I threw so much money in the trash playing MTG growing up.

[@byeguyssry]

The mechanic of having different "attack values" when questing vs when actually attacking reminds me of Buddyfight lol. I don't know any other card games with this mechanic.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@byeguyssry In most games, they don't have a separate stat but instead an ability, because it's uncommon to begin with to hit for more than 1. Duel Masters has double breaker, One Piece has double attack, Dragon Ball has double strike, etc. but it plays the same.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@byeguyssry If anything, very few games hit life points with the attack stat anymore. Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, I think Force of Will, and then I can't think of any more...

[@evan3741]

Dear Rarran, I love the videos you do of other card games. I'm no longer playing Hearthstone but I'm still watching your videos because of that

[@phonetiic]

So glad to see you playing Lorcana, it’s such a great game and has soooo much potential!

[@KnownAsKenji]

I'm a simple man. I see Disney, I sleep.

[@Alliclare]

Based

[@Monjijii]

Honestly the game doesnt look very interesting or fun to me but glad to see youre having so much fun with it.

[@graysaltine6035]

It's honestly mechanically solid once your brain gets around the disney-fied euphemisms for common systems. If it was thematically different I would probably keep playing it, but I'm just not into playing with mickey mouse.

[@jed949]

@@graysaltine6035 it's just a hybrid of two richard garfield games. keyforge and magic

[@eicheldrei7408]

the game isnt very mechanically skilled that is the whole point. its a game for young kids hence also not having to deal damage the opponent to win but getting 20 lore. you not wanting to play because of themes is kinda sad sice it has absolutely no impoact on gameplay what should be thew most important aspect @@graysaltine6035

[@ich3730]

There is no reason to play lorcana as long as MTG exists. Just make disney themed proxy cards and you are good to go

[@eicheldrei7408]

it does mtg is huge so much to get into @@ich3730

[@neartheplumtree]

I wish Rarran finished his playthrough of the real best card game he has played this year which is Inscryption

[@SRMC23]

so in short, Lorcana is like playing Magic or Runeterra but the Wincon is not to reduce hitpoints but gain them. that's a nice twist actually for most TCGs. i mean Magic and Hearthstone do have alternative wincons (Poison Counters, Mechathun, Mill, etc) but the basic loop of any match goes about bitchslapping each other until someone looses all its hitpoints. it seems however was in charge of this at Disney really saw a window to add a different way to play it without making it feel like a blatant copy of the other card games in the market just with movie characters slapped in the art.

[@seanleis4812]

I really enjoyed this, not even because of the game, but because Rarran pulled some great rarra-narration out

[@NevirSurrender]

This game really seems very fun, istg there's just something about fan made games based on physical tcgs that just hits different

[@glarcier4398]

not gonna lie, the idea of having someone like the fookin genie wreck another human being in a card game is such an insane and fun idea

[@LRMRULES]

Set 2 looks insane so far! There already revealing cardsto hyoe it up, pre-release is in Novemeber and mass distribution in early December

[@CalamityVirus]

This looks surprisingly fun! Just by having no face / HP really changes the card game dynamic a lot. Hopefully you enjoy playing this more (and disney dont shut the app down lol)

[@ich3730]

You do have HP, 20 in fact like a certain other game. Its just made family friendly. So if a card would say "gain 2 life" in lorcana its "opponent loses 2 lore".

[@KuzeAniki]

The questing/attacking mechanism looks very similar to agitation/dueling mechanism in Veto CCG. Loved that game, that was so fun mechanic, unfortunately it was available only in Poland.

[@RoseForTheApocalypse]

I recently got into flesh and blood and I think it's amazing. I would love to see Rarran trying it on Talishar. Lorcana seems fun but not good enough to switch from any other tcg out there.

[@maesterjono]

Lorcana is fun but yeah Fab is goated

[@Possu81]

Lorcana can be good gateway game to other games. Too bad mtg is getting lite game too so only FaB is really advanced yet popular game. Lorcana: It seems you mostly play random card game with Disney characters.

[@Aayla20]

That would be amazing! Although fab Talishar is abit rough around the edges, and not very beginner friendly . . . Its pretty much straight on full compeditive.

[@infiniterer287]

​@@maesterjono mtg is goated...

[@Bluuee3]

i hope this is sponsored lorkana is a travesty of a cardgame

[@alexandrebertone4351]

The game looks really interesting !! Would love another video !

[@christianhatch7842]

If you watch Rarran at 1.5 x speed you feel like you're just watching a normal Rarran video.

[@Brandon11746]

bro, ngl i think i'm actually going balls deep into YGO. just thought u would love to know bro ;)

[@flowflips3172]

In 8:30 you could had shift Aladdin first then Tap to quest. Shift cards when played as shift retain all the conditions of the base card. In this case the base card was ready to quest so you could had quest for 2 lore instead of 1

[@ivenstorm]

I think my favorite CCG is probably Elements CCG. It's an older game that was originally programmed with Java and can still be played, but in its current state its a bit buggy.

[@isaakward4393]

Oh man was that game sweet, never managed to get enough of the cards I wanted tho

[@aaaaaa-ts3rw]

Yo, I was all about that game - how can you still play it? been itching for it ever since flash went down

[@jrgenemstadhelgeton5655]

I like that he tries to sell it as a "can't go face" card game, but can't help say go face. It's almost like "questing" is just another name for going face😂

[@bsquared24]

Please make more Disney Lorcana content! I've fallen in love with this game since January and I'm so happy to see others do so as well. Great job on the video Rarran!

[@lordcrispen]

I'm not sure I've been this excited to play a new card game in a long time. Your pack opening stream was really fun and I wanted to go spend my life savings on booster boxes.

[@Val_1992]

Looks nice, interesting mana system, and Disney on top of everything, I'll have to check it, thanks Rarran!

[@silasbezerra2504]

Sorry man but Disney not making this card game.

[@zeph7210]

Had a passing in the game but hadn't gone out to try it, I'll definitely give it a try now that I know about this client. Videos like this are really cool btw, would love to see more

[@nimrod789]

everytime i play this i enjoy it alot more than any hearthstone session on any mode

[@uliktors1814]

Great video as always, if you search for more card games there is an old Adventure time card game which I've always found cool. It's called Card Wars, it's not available officially because it got discontinued ( i think so) but it can still be found online and got some pretty interesting mechanics.

[@PatrickSlingshotGuy]

I personally think how you win and score points is the biggest flaw of the game. Simply put, there's very little interaction when it comes to stopping your opponent from scoring. Unless you kill the character the turn it comes down, they will score. When I played it felt like there was just two different solitaire decks trying to race each other for 20 lore, or one list just tried to clear everything off the board each turn.

[@fallugaloog]

Just got into this game in physical with my fiancé as my first in person TCG since high school. As Disney people we absolutely love it. Working on an Amber/Amethyst deck with my pretty boy blonde Hades.

[@Orphide]

Yup, shifted characters don't have summoning sickness, meaning you can shift a big aladdin onto a small one then instantly challenge and steal 2 lore

[@harrisonmoder6288]

I’ve been obsessed with Lorcana! It’s such a fun game!

[@jeronimoledesma6804]

God seeing rarran try so many card games makes me excited for when he's gonna try the ones I am more into haha (really wanna see him try vanguard or digimon TCG)

[@Inquisite1031]

from what I've seen he doesn't like card games where the cards have more than a sentence of text, so he wont like either, too complicated for him.

[@jeronimoledesma6804]

@@Inquisite1031 ? This sounds... unnecesarily rude? Also he seemed to like magic, an vanguard is probably one of the most simple card games out there (at least on a surface level)

[@ernestb556]

​@jeronimoledesma6804 they're a butthurt ygo player that can't accept their game is insanely inaccessible to new players

[@Cuestrupaster]

I wanted to have a ANTS card game multiplayer... it was game made by a guy, it was inspired by Arcomage, wich is a game from the series Might and Magic... its quite different from the inpiration source, and has unique cards, and a very unique setting/theme, you play as colony of ants and you have to beat down the opposing colony, your cards can either attack the opponent or build up your ant castle, wins who kills the opponent first OR who builds up to 100 first, you also have a wall that acts as a barrier/shield for incoming attacks... and the resource function like mana, but you have 3 different resources, and each turn you gain 1 of each, and they carry over turns, you can also use cards to increase you resource generation... is an amazing game.

[@MattyCakez18]

Glad you’re having fun. But Ruby Amythest is a disease among men and it’s just straight up easy to win with :x

[@tamalock]

I played this game at my local card shop and it’s fun. Now I’m just waiting for a draft format.

[@noisepollution4473]

I believe they already have official rules for drafts in place and some stores actually do run draft events. Unfortunately card availability is way too low for it to be feasible for most stores, so I'm also waiting to be able to draft. Draft is easily my favorite MTG format

[@ultimateform8714]

I've been playing Lorcana for the past few weeks. So happy to see it spreading! My friend plays ruby amethyst control too.

[@killerwalrusftw8510]

I'd love to see you play the game with the physical cards!

[@Bogrin]

You just sold me on this game! Will be picking up a couple starter decks for sure

[@danaugust993]

It's always more fun if the objective is more than just dealing damage. The best TGC I played is Faeria, just because it involves moving cards around like board pieces and laying down tiles.

[@kierantheninja3008]

I'm glad to see Lorcana hype. I've been playing for a while now and it's so much fun

[@darkcreeper4316]

Now you have to try the One Piece card game, it's pretty much Hearthstone but with physical cards so I'm sure you're gonna like it. (Same as lorcana it has a third party simulator you can play on)

[@francescorossi7334]

One piece have NOTHING in common with hs besides playing cards

[@StillNotOcho]

The fact that this shit is fanmade blows my mind. if you added a little flare to it this would be an actual god damn good looking game

[@DayOfCasual]

I am really sorry, but for how much those boosters cost, if you're not a disney fan (I am not) and how similiar the mechanics are to a mix of mtg/hearthstone, I can't see how this can be that good? It's just, more of the same and we already have lots of the it. Also, isn't showing off... essentially an illegal client using stolen copyrighted property made by disney on your channel kinda risky? You're gonna get the guy sued by Disney...

[@AmbitionMusic]

one piece is the best card game I've played this year! you should try it next!

[@ToUsVT]

this tcg is Kaijudo with a skin of Disney character

[@JR-White]

Wait ... this wasn't sponsored, he just likes the game

[@yotamlevy12]

The idea of collecting Lore and go questing it's the same win mechanic from Keyforge, a TCG game that was released in 2018...

[@gatsuyatsu]

I did play the launch event that was back in the middle of august in London. I will gladly answer any questions. I don't remember the exact pricings but it was honestly really fun. It's so weird to see aggro not going face, instead just ramping as fast as possible.

[@davidb4935]

Its def weird to wrap your head around aggro in Lorcana being ramp and control looking more like aggro

[@Ohmargod]

Friend of mine is a big fan of this game. It baffles me that it's not online compatible, because it plays so much like Hearthstone. And the fact that every Disney Princess is *WET* when she gets played. Still, it's really easy to get into. Almost childishly easy compared to most CCG.

[@TheRatMan]

Seeing the Lorcana boxes has made me curious, have you tired Digimon yet? Being a Digimon player I'm biased but it's kept my attention far more than most TCGs have lately

[@travisbuschette8609]

I was looking for more Digimon comments. Easily my favorite game with such a unique resource system. Lorcana just doesn't hold my interest, the gameplay is too derivative and the themes fall apart for me.

[@TheRatMan]

@@travisbuschette8609 I will give Lorcana credit, though, I’ve been trying it out via Pixelborn and I definitely enjoy it for what it is. I also appreciate the sort of classic Disney art style the cards have. But I don’t think it’s quite enough to pull me away from Digimon.

[@JesperoTV]

I don't know if it's my autism or something else, but I have such a hard time getting into this game because of the disney characters

[@travisbuschette8609]

For me it breaks immersion and theme. Jaffar and Elsa on the field together sums it up pretty well. Why would they be working together toward a common goal? And the opponent had Tinkerbell and Captain Hook in the same deck. I know the effects work well together because of the colors, but the characters should also have some synergy.

[@LaserfaceJones]

If Lorcana was intended and mainly sold as a digital card game, I'd probably give it a shot. Considering it's mainly physical and is vicioulsy targeted by scalpers, I don't know if ill end up caring.

[@kateslate3228]

Lorcana was made for actual children, so it makes sense that it would be easy for Rarran to catch up.

[@danielzakgaim2764]

Daaaaaaaamn

[@smeatar]

I love the music in this vid! So many bangers! So much nostalgia!

[@PresidentScrooge]

When the cardgame is better than most of modern Disney movies LUL

[@kaitengiri]

I know that right now it's paper only, but I'd love to see you try out the Digimon TCG. It's a little combination of Pokémon and the good parts of Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@travisbuschette8609]

I love the Digimon TCG, but would not compare it to Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh at all. The resource system and digivolution system are so unique to that game that it's hard to compare to any of the other big popular games.

[@wintercov1384]

Wife and I have been loving Lorcana! Her first TCG! Hopefully you got some good pulls! Any enchanted?!? Thanks for content!

[@dylanm.4875]

Completely insane to me that disney didn't think to release this with a digital client, it's not like they are a small indie company and can't afford it and hasbro has proven that card games are profitable.

[@ScoutrunnerTopic]

Hey Rarran hope you're having a good day

[@ayyeeemaguy3691]

If i don't see a 2nd Lorcana channel, i will riot, this was great, real fresh to see honestly, do it some more

[@thesnesgeek]

Fun fact, I tried creating a card game, the rules are set, the cards are cut out, i just haven't made it yet.

[@interlewd8115]

Glad you enjoyed the game! It's quickly becoming our favorite game as well!

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

Uh oh Rarran you naughty boy, if you put attention to this and make the client popular, Disney could strike a DMCA

[@yugiwinninglex]

I curious on any catchup mechanics and would like to see u try Digimon TCG. Not sure how current meta for english and japanese is though

[@michaeld8705]

Honestly the game seems interesting and definitely interested to see what Disney does with it

[@silasbezerra2504]

Sorry man but the Disney not making this card game.

[@MartinoRosso]

Rarran with no headphones scares me

[@kaijukoopa1248]

I am just finding this game, trying to decide what starter deck to get first

[@Axelpyro469]

This game is really fun to watch and play! Would love to see more content of it in the future!

[@MrGaiakid]

My friend got all three starter decks and made me play it with him, got out two strong characters and just kept swinging at them till I won. It's the most mindless game I have ever played.

[@carlsoll]

7:40 That was pretty neat ‘Life-steal’

[@4jhowel]

great video, for pixelborn how do you get the images?

[@brysonsmith1523]

Would watch more lorcana content, this game is sick

[@abbywoodhead2764]

i would love to play other card games im all here for hearth stone BUT if you tried a game or 2 of chaotic i would be very much down for it

[@DocsSocks]

Great video, love Lorcana. Not into hearthstone anymore. Are you going to be making Lorcana content occasionally? Or is this a 1 and done?

[@nicholasjh1]

You played marvel snap finally? Can't wait to watch!

[@lexaaxel6723]

Look at that, a card game that has a lot of rules and interactions that oviously requires understanding of what you are doing and not only click the YES button and you are enjoying it! The other game (that shall not be named) wasn't impossibly difficult. It just wasn't appealing to you and wasn't doing the "click" in your brain. I'm sounding sarcastic but I'm happy :)

[@Vollprofiable]

If you liked the Gameplay, pls try Duel Masters!:) One of the best Card Games I ever played🔥

[@jaredwilliams2667]

All of the mechanics about this game you liked are in/from Duel Masters and its reincarnation Kaijudo.

[@PharaohofAtlantis]

I don't really care about Lorcana, but I'm here for any content for basically any card game!

[@indiemercenaryproductions707]

Your takes on card games frustrate me but that's why I watch so thank you

[@jaeusa160]

I'm surprised Disney hasn't sued that online fan client into oblivion. And didn't make one themselves.

[@rubidiopokegenius6091]

Nice video! Does the relaxing music come from the game or did you include it on the edit?

[@kuzuthunder1964]

Edit. It had some mario galaxy, some zelda and some snes music I think

[@Chivalrics]

Y'all got to try Netrunner.

[@OriginalMokthol]

The game does look good, I honestly wasn't too sure how well it was going to play, but I'm surprised and glad it plays well. Unfortunately I'm far too financially invested into MTG and Hearthstone that I can't afford to play ANOTHER card game. Doesn't help that, from what I understand, packs are expensive right now because of scalpers buying everything up. Kinda ruins the game for everyone else.

[@ZagSouls]

definitely gonna peep this since it's free. actually seems really fun & ez to pick up

[@actionairestudios]

Pixelborn is definitely dope being free and all but to play in person against competitive players gets really expensive.

[@privatepengu]

Did you play this on stream? If so, is there a VOD somewhere?

[@blindey]

THIS PERSON JUST MADE THIS? HOLY SHIT. Now imma try it out. :3

[@tntkaboomsky7427]

Oh my god We got Rarran to Succumb to the paper cardboard