The History of Disney Lorcana’s First Year Meta-Game

[@InkbornHeroes]

25:01 - Errata - We collected the results/data straight from PPG, but now realized that Atlanta's Deck Breakdown has a missing deck combination from the graph: Amber/Amethyst [1].

[@Saiyagurl]

This was such a lovely well put-together video! Very good job! I didn't get into Lorcana until right before Into the Inklands so it was nice to see how the game and community was before I started. Lorcana really is different from other TCGs and I'm so happy to be a part of it!

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thank you so much! 🥹 It was definitely fun taking a stroll down memory lane. And yes, this community is so amazing 😻

[@lorcanaduo]

Video of the year! This deserves an award!

[@InkbornHeroes]

You're too kind!! 😊😊😊

[@melissam1180]

Amazing video! You both outdid yourselves ❤ Thank you for having me be a part of this video 😊

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thanks so much for your insight 🥹

[@TheLorekeepersInn]

I am consistently blown away by the quality of you two‘s work - incredibly beautiful, insightful and entertaining. Thank you for making such wonderful content for the community! ❤

[@InkbornHeroes]

🥹🥹🥹 You’re too kind Katie!

[@StriixInstinct]

I never wanted this video to end! Such good narration Charlie, keep it up gents :)

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thank you 🥹 I’m in my documentary era

[@Dunston205]

What a great breakdown.

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thank you ❤️

[@tylerchancellor]

Love all the Kingdom Hearts music! I know it's a pipe dream, but I hope we see characters from the series in a future set.

[@InkbornHeroes]

We're manifesting it 😁 I don't doubt it's coming one day...

[@Xiknir]

Great stuff!! Wanted to find a video just like this!

[@InkbornHeroes]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@rafaelcordeiro2975]

What an amazing video! This is so useful for people like me who started later

[@InkbornHeroes]

We take for granted sometimes that we got in pretty much at the start. The First Chapter was wild - not just the crazy decks, but trying to find product to actually make them

[@EdgarVerona]

They should have just banned that incarnation of Bucky and released the errata version as a whole different card. It sets an annoying precedent that a card can be so dramatically different from what the cards' text says. It's one thing to fix a typo, it's another thing to entirely redesign a card.

[@InkbornHeroes]

From what was communicated via the Discord, it was because of the impending release in other markets (namely Asia) and they didn’t want to release a set with a missing card. Hopefully though this is the exception and not something that happens often.

[@LucasValino-q1d]

Love it ❤ educational 😊and fun

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thanks so much!

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thank yoooou! 🥳

[@patricko.9909]

not afraid to mention Pixelborn!! So important to the history of the game!

[@InkbornHeroes]

I don't think we could cover Lorcana's first year without discussing it. It was so instrumental in the growth of the game (in our opinion) and had such an impact of the decks being played.

[@patricko.9909]

@@InkbornHeroes a thousand percent agree! So important to this first year

[@LorcanaGoons]

Tysm so asking me to be part of such a historic video 😭😭😭 Gunna tell my kids this was the best card game ever ❤❤❤

[@InkbornHeroes]

If this video is historic, it’s because of your participation 🤩

[@schroederluck7984]

I’m glad the Bucky was fixed. It’s not fun to have your whole hand discarded and just not be able to play the game. It’s not just losing - it’s sitting there doing next to nothing that just makes the whole experience not worth it.

[@InkbornHeroes]

Yes, definitely agree! I’m always surprised when I see more discard mechanics introduced into the game as it feels counter to their design philosophy 🤷

[@schroederluck7984]

@@InkbornHeroes Yeah, you 100% need low cost removal/damage pinging in this meta with all the powerful Emerald cards! And even then, when paired with 2 cost Ursula to discard your songs, some color combos don’t have much to answer the Merfolks and Flynns without discarding. It’s beatable, but still a very strong mechanic.

[@RubyAlternate]

I joined Lorcana just at the tail end of Rise of the Floodborne and I always wondered what set 1 meta decks looked like. It was also nice to take a trip down memory lane, even if that memory lane is only a year long. Thank you for throwing this video together, and I hope to see more like it in year 2 and beyond!

[@InkbornHeroes]

The First Chapter was the best of times, and the worst of times 😆 But it was super fun looking back on everything. What a year it’s been!

[@JDdblH]

Great video! I started playing at the launch of Ursula’s return so it’s nice to see the history before then!

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thanks so much! 🤩

[@christopherwashington2417]

They need a kingdom hearts trading game.

[@InkbornHeroes]

They had one back in the early 2000s 😮

[@christopherwashington2417]

The answers to yu gi oh.

[@InkbornHeroes]

A lot of Yu-Gi-Oh players are starting to pick up Lorcana

[@bobbarker171]

Your videos are inspiring. They make me want to play. You’ve got me excited about this game

[@InkbornHeroes]

🥹 Comments like this inspire us, honestly!

[@bobbarker171]

@@InkbornHeroesI’ve been a deep depression for about a year. This game is helping me a lot. Please continue building this community. ❤

[@InkbornHeroes]

@@bobbarker171 We will be sending you good thoughts and vibes your. way. Hope you can start feeling better soon. Take care.

[@juankamarada3461]

Excellent video, but when Disney Lorcana arrives officially to latin and south america? we are waiting to enjoy it and to be part of the global events.

[@InkbornHeroes]

Since they've just expanded to Asia, hopefully South America is the next destination. Matheus is from Brazil, and I know he has loads of friends down there who would love to get their hands on it too.

[@alwaysfallingshort]

This is so well made. Incredibly underrated.

[@InkbornHeroes]

This means so much 🥹 It was a lot of work, but happy that shows through in the finished result

[@nickmakesit]

Great video! It’s really interesting to see the evolution of the meta condensed down like this.

[@InkbornHeroes]

I know, right?! And there was a bunch of other things we'd have loved to cover too, but the video would have been two hours long 😅

[@nickmakesit]

@@InkbornHeroes I’d watch a two hour video🤷‍♂️ I understand how much time that would take to make though. You guys make some of the best Lorcana content out there. Keep it up!

[@InkbornHeroes]

Thank you so much! 💜