1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,220 Hello and welcome back to Illumination, the Disney Lorcanah podcast. 2 00:00:14,220 --> 00:00:15,220 My name is Max. 3 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:16,220 And I'm Sam. 4 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:20,420 And Sam is back after leaving me hanging for an entire episode. 5 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:23,760 It's okay, I can get through them on my own pretty easily. 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,980 This time we are back and I'm going to move quickly because we are doing two parts to 7 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:31,240 our year end wrap up. 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:37,200 We are going to do 2024 in review for this episode and then we will talk about things 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:43,240 that have yet to pass and our hopes for what's coming in predictions maybe in Disney Lorcanah 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,720 for 2025 in the next episode. 11 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,000 So a two-parter to close out the year. 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,520 If you've been listening, thank you so much. 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,040 We really, really do appreciate you being here. 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,380 If this is your first time, welcome on in. 15 00:00:55,380 --> 00:01:00,160 We appreciate you finding us and hope you enjoy what you are about to hear. 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,320 Let's talk about 2024 from the perspective of Disney Lorcanah. 17 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:07,600 So allow me to take you back in time to the first quarter. 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:13,800 We just had gotten through Rise of the Floodborne and we were managing to struggle our way through 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:20,320 Hiram Flavisham's Popsicles and the dominance of a Minnie Mouse surfer in the Ruby Amethyst 20 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:21,320 decks. 21 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:24,880 What we were looking forward to is a little set, the third set. 22 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:30,880 This is Into the Ink Lands is going to be the first set and it also marks the triumphant 23 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,680 debut of this very podcast. 24 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,640 January 31st of 2024, we did our first episode. 25 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,360 A whole new podcast was episode one. 26 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,340 We went over our favorite things about the game, where we were coming from, from an experience 27 00:01:44,340 --> 00:01:49,560 standpoint and what our game preferences and styles were. 28 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,240 So that's an episode you certainly can go back and listen to. 29 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,760 I wouldn't consider it a pivotal episode if you're here with us, you kind of know who 30 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,940 we are and what we're all about. 31 00:01:57,940 --> 00:02:05,600 So Into the Ink Lands came out February 23rd of 2024 to introduce locations, something 32 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,260 we get every single subsequent set since. 33 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:10,260 That was very alliterative. 34 00:02:10,260 --> 00:02:11,920 I'm impressed I made it through that one. 35 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:17,320 Sam, let's talk about our favorite cards in each color for Into the Ink Lands real quick. 36 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Amber, what you got? 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,320 I got Perdita. 38 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,840 Perdita is a fun card. 39 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,360 I've played that one quite a bit. 40 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Super powerful. 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,360 Yeah. 42 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,360 My favorite is also a legendary card. 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,360 It is Keeta, the cool one. 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,480 I like the little one too, because I like to shift it. 45 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:33,200 And the biggest get we think at this point for Lurkana on the whole from Amber from Into 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,520 the Ink Lands is? 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:35,520 Piglet. 48 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,520 The Pooh Pirate Captain. 49 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,520 Amethyst, Sam, what you got? 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,880 I got Turnabout's Followers. 51 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,760 Yeah, that's a good one drop. 52 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,240 I have Jafar, Striking Illusionist, a little card that everybody was afraid was going to 53 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,240 break the game. 54 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,520 Spoiler alert, it didn't. 55 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,000 It is a cool card though. 56 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,720 And I think the biggest get for the game and one of the very few really powerful locations 57 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,600 we've gotten, I think there's probably like maybe three to five regularly played locations 58 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,960 at this point at the end of 2024 for Disney Lurkana. 59 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,080 And I would say this one is one of the most, if not the most powerful to date. 60 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,080 And it is the Queen's Castle. 61 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Yeah, I agree with that. 62 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,520 The card is very, very powerful. 63 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,800 Emerald, Sam, what's your favorite Emerald card? 64 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Kit Cloudkicker. 65 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:14,800 Tough Guy. 66 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,240 I'm glad you get to say his name because sometimes it's screwed up and it's inappropriate. 67 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,040 I like the Cursed Merfolk. 68 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,040 I do too. 69 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,040 That was a tough choice. 70 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,040 Yeah, that card's messed up. 71 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,320 It always just gets multiple cards for one. 72 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:25,320 So good. 73 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,600 And for the game, little two drop called Ursula, Deceiver. 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:34,520 Card's very, very powerful and is in fact meta-defining to this day. 75 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,980 Next is Ruby. 76 00:03:35,980 --> 00:03:39,240 My favorite card I picked was Prince Eric, Expert Helmsman. 77 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,320 Yes, if he is banished, he takes something with him. 78 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Just runs a whole boat into it. 79 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:49,240 I picked Jim Hawkins for mine, put a location into play as something I've tried many times, 80 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,640 even off of a just-in-time, which sounds way cooler than it actually is. 81 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:53,640 It doesn't work most of the time. 82 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:54,640 Don't do it. 83 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:55,640 But I like the card a lot. 84 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,600 And for the game, the biggest get of course is gotta be Madame Medusa. 85 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Just being able to hit anything with three or less strength has been pivotal for many 86 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,600 strategies playing Ruby cards still to this day. 87 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,820 Sapphire, Sam. 88 00:04:09,820 --> 00:04:10,820 How far I'll go. 89 00:04:10,820 --> 00:04:11,820 It's quite a song. 90 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:14,720 My favorite is Wendy, who is the authority on Peter Pan. 91 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,760 If you're not familiar, she's a 3-1-2 with Warden support for three inkable. 92 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,400 I think she is a cool stat line. 93 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,880 Sometimes you see her pop up in the Amber Sapphire Heroes deck that's been running around 94 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,480 from this particular set. 95 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,280 So I was happy to see her making some appearances here. 96 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,160 And for the game, it's just this little item called Lucky Dime. 97 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,160 Don't worry about it. 98 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,160 It's not that important. 99 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,280 Steel, Sam, what do you got? 100 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:38,280 I chose Simba, Fighting Pring. 101 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,640 You do like you a sexy Simba. 102 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:45,480 I selected Robin Hood, the champion of Sherwood, who has been on the decline a little bit lately, 103 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,720 but comes and goes. 104 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,200 I think it's always a presence you should be aware of. 105 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,200 Comes and goes in popularity. 106 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,520 And I think the game's biggest get is either along came Zeus or Mr. Smee, Bumbling Pirate, 107 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,680 I believe, or Bumbling Mate, perhaps. 108 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,480 I think they're both very, very good. 109 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:05,420 Also in Q1 of 2024, we had set champs for the first time ever. 110 00:05:05,420 --> 00:05:07,320 It was Rockstar Stitch. 111 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:13,000 And I was playing at the time one of my favorite decks to this day, Amber Steel Song, and in 112 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:18,840 a room full of Ruby Sapphire decks, I found myself struggling quite a bit. 113 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:24,440 And then I switched to the Green Steel list that was popularized by Ryan Miles at the 114 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,280 Star City Games event during that time. 115 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:31,840 And I managed to get me a stitch from playing that particular list. 116 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,320 Sam, I bet you it's no surprise what you played. 117 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,320 Red Purple. 118 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:36,320 Red Purple. 119 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,200 And the deck to beat was the Ruby Sapphire deck at the time. 120 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,520 Obviously, the Green Steel deck fell into favor within the middle of the set champs. 121 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,000 It's cool to see the meta evolve in such an interesting way over the course of the set 122 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 champs. 123 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,680 This set champs was just two weekends, which will end up changing in the future. 124 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,200 But at that time, it was just two weekends. 125 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,960 A little bit of a mess, in my opinion, just because it was supposed to be Saturday, Sunday 126 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,240 or the following Saturday, Sunday, but stores were having them Friday. 127 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,760 So you could find out about secret events that I had no idea was a thing. 128 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,080 And it was just difficult. 129 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,360 They were very overcrowded and people were being very competitive. 130 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,120 This was really one of the first big competitive events we had for Disney, Lurkana, outside 131 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,320 of like your local leagues. 132 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:15,320 Yeah. 133 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,120 And I think it being a really good card was also part of that. 134 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,120 Yes. 135 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,040 Rockstar Stitch is a fine card and the artwork on that card is still probably the strongest 136 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,280 for a set champs promo. 137 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,000 I would say to this point, I like it a lot. 138 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,200 I think it's very fun. 139 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Card looks great. 140 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,200 Matt looks great. 141 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,200 Very cool. 142 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:37,400 So in quarter two of 2024, we had the release of Ursula's Return that was on May 17th of 143 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,940 2024. 144 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:44,160 We also got the Illumineers Quest Deep Trouble, which was a cool way to play with a person 145 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,040 instead of against a person and play against Ursula. 146 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,200 It's just fun. 147 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,480 We play it from time to time. 148 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,000 I think we had a good time playing it when we do. 149 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,440 We also had the alternate shift cost from Ursula's Return. 150 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,240 So you could discard a card of some stripe in order to shift a card. 151 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,560 I bet you that won't have any negative repercussions when we go over the list. 152 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:09,280 And we also had Sing Together, which let you use multiple characters to sing a song, which 153 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:10,280 is very cool. 154 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:11,280 A lot of fun. 155 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:16,480 I like that they went back to revisit existing abilities and game mechanics without having 156 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,460 to just reinvent the wheel from scratch. 157 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:24,480 I think that was a really cool concept and I'm glad that they got back to basics as it 158 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,160 were and didn't just keep adding and adding and adding and adding new things. 159 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,480 So it gets confusing and overwhelming the new players. 160 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,840 I like that they went in and refined what is its shift. 161 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,320 You pay the cost and you get to put a character on top of another character with the same 162 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:38,320 name. 163 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:39,320 That didn't change. 164 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,320 Just simply the cost you pay changed. 165 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,320 Which is really cool. 166 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,040 Jumping into Amber, Sam, what was your favorite card? 167 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,880 For Amber, I chose Donald Duck, Musketeer Soldier. 168 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:54,120 Donald Duck is very popular in the Amber Amethyst Hyper Agro style decks, giving that goat-like 169 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,280 effect which is really a cool card and being a bodyguard on top of it with a decent enough 170 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:59,360 stat line. 171 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:04,840 My favorite is Juliet to Madrigal because you play it in the Mufasa decks, which if 172 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,760 you're not a frequent listener is one of my favorite archetypes to play in Disney Lurkana. 173 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,080 It's not always good, but I always like to play it. 174 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,000 I think the biggest get for the game, not a lot coming out of Amber in this particular 175 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:22,120 set for gets, but I think the two drop Ursula Vanessa is one we see very, very frequently 176 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,720 through different styles of Amber decks. 177 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:25,720 Toss it over to Amethyst. 178 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,240 What was your favorite? 179 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,760 For Amethyst, it was Belle Accomplished Mystic. 180 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,960 Played this card a few times over the last few sets and I'm playing it right now and 181 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:33,960 I really like the card. 182 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,880 She is probably better than she's ever been at time of recording. 183 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,080 I also selected this card as my favorite. 184 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,520 I think the artwork is top notch. 185 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,240 I'm excited to see this one as a playmat. 186 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,640 I think the flavor of her being a Mystic is really cool and I think the way they've handled 187 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,920 her from an in-game and game design perspective work really effectively. 188 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:58,960 I think the game got quite a one drop by way of Magic Broom, a Luminary Keeper, I believe, 189 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:04,880 and this is often, you'll see it paired with Chernobog's followers as one drop pairings 190 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,080 of choice for a lot of Amethyst builds. 191 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,880 Right now, Sam and I are playing the same deck and we are both playing copies of Chernobog's 192 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,360 followers and Magic Broom. 193 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,400 So not a lot changes even though cards keep coming out. 194 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,400 Emerald. 195 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,880 Maybe Pegasus, but I will give a mention to the big Pegasus. 196 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,040 I also like that one. 197 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,800 Both quite good, both quite scary. 198 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,920 I chose this little sing together card called Under the Sea. 199 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,600 I got to play this deck a lot. 200 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,360 It's one of my favorite decks to play in Lurkana. 201 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,880 It is just difficult. 202 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:37,880 It's fun. 203 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,040 It helps really typify what Lurkana needs you to do and that's think multiple turns 204 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,600 ahead and play around as much as possible. 205 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,040 It's a good card and the biggest gift for the game, whether you're whatever side of 206 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,160 the argument you're on on this card, was definitely Diablo, Devoted Herald. 207 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:57,800 Diablo is a really good card and leads to one of the strongest opening lines in Disney 208 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Lurkana. 209 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,800 So yeah. 210 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 Ruby. 211 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,800 Ruby is Be King Undisputed. 212 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:02,800 Love this card. 213 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,800 It's a Lion King card. 214 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,640 It's a Lion King card and it always catches my opponent off guard. 215 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,200 I similarly like a card that is sort of Lion King adjacent as it's played in the Mufasa 216 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,200 deck. 217 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,680 My favorite from this in Ruby is Mulan Injured Soldier. 218 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:22,360 From a game perspective, this was a toughie between Brawl and Sisu Empowered Sibling, 219 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,480 which is the big Sisu that shifts. 220 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,840 Both see a lot of play. 221 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,560 Both are very, very good cards. 222 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:29,560 Sapphire. 223 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:32,000 Sapphire, I chose Great Stone Dragon. 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Excellent. 225 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,920 I chose Queen Diviner, which is the one that lets you look at items. 226 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,360 And for the game, we got Ice Block, which is paired up with that big Sisu a lot. 227 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Steel. 228 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,200 Steel, I chose Aerial Sonic Warrior. 229 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,200 Very cool card. 230 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:50,200 I chose Phil, who gets you lore for free, which you can see is thematic when I pick 231 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:51,440 cards a lot of the time. 232 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:56,520 And for the game, we selected Fortesphere and a minor note to Chenpo. 233 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,600 Big boy Chenpo. 234 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:03,460 We also had in Q2 the first ever Disney Lorcan Challenge event. 235 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:08,160 And that was taking place in North America in Atlanta and in Europe in Lille. 236 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,800 Really, really cool to see those come out. 237 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:17,720 The winning decks from Lille was Amber Steel's song, Atlanta was Amber Amethyst, which was 238 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,520 like a purple-yellow Mufasa-style mid-range deck. 239 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Right, forgot about that. 240 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:23,520 Yes. 241 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,080 One of the very, the only deck that has that color combination that wins a DLC. 242 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,080 Spoiler alert. 243 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:33,040 Then we had DLC Chicago, where Emerald Steel won the event. 244 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:39,160 And then we had Bokum in Germany, which Ruby Amethyst won that event. 245 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,460 We also had our set champs. 246 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:42,360 The deck to beat for sure was Bucky. 247 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,200 That was the Green Steel discard deck. 248 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,280 I played that deck and then switched to Red Purple once I figured out how to beat the 249 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:49,280 Bucky decks. 250 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,480 Sam, what did you play for set champs? 251 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,480 Red Purple. 252 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:53,480 Yes, that's what Sam plays. 253 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,680 She plays Ruby Amethyst a lot. 254 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,160 Spoiler alert, it hasn't changed. 255 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,520 No, no, a little bit, but not a whole lot. 256 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:00,800 It may in the future though. 257 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:01,800 We'll see. 258 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,600 And yeah, definitely the deck to beat was the Bucky decks. 259 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,720 Obviously that changed when Bucky got some errata. 260 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,560 Quarter three, we had some more DLCs, Fort Worth, Bologna, and Toronto. 261 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,600 Fort Worth, Ruby Amethyst took it down. 262 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,720 That was the first time we saw a big Sisu and Ruby Amethyst lists. 263 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:23,880 Then in Bologna, we had Ruby Sapphire take down a challenge event. 264 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:29,120 And then in Toronto, we had one of my all time favorite decks take it down, which is 265 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,840 the old under the sea deck, Emerald Amber. 266 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:33,880 Love to see it. 267 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,240 Then we had of course the D23 convention. 268 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,640 We had a special set of cards come out again for Disney Lorcona that came out in a box 269 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,840 set that was available in more than just the convention location, which was really cool 270 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:46,840 to see. 271 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,040 And I hope that the rollouts of those continue to get smoother and smoother. 272 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:58,920 Of course we had our release of Shimmering Skies, which was on August 9th of 2024. 273 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,280 What was your favorite Amber card from this particular set? 274 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,280 Gotta be Daisy Duck. 275 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,440 Donald's Date was very popular. 276 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:09,320 One is Wreck-It Ralph Admiral Underpants because it's a Mufasa card and because it's 277 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,880 Freelore in Amber, which I do tend to appreciate. 278 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,680 The games get obviously still Daisy Duck. 279 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,680 What about Amethyst? 280 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,240 Amethyst might be my favorite card just full stop. 281 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,440 Elsa, the fifth spirit. 282 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,440 Yes. 283 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,640 Elsa is a very, very good, very playable card. 284 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,440 I chose Madam Mim Elephant because I think it's a really cool card. 285 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,760 It is a harder card to use than the other Madam Mims, but it's really good. 286 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,940 And I think the game, like Sam, got that Elsa fifth spirit. 287 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:35,680 And then for Emerald, Sam, what did you select? 288 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,240 For Emerald, I chose Ana, Diplomatic Queen. 289 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,440 I chose her just because I think it's really cool how many options she has. 290 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,440 She is flexible. 291 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,160 I thought you were going to say I chose her just because I selected Elsa in Amethyst. 292 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:51,920 My favorite card from Emerald also played in the Emerald Amber decks, the song You're 293 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Welcome. 294 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,260 And I think the biggest get for the game is probably Clarabelle, Light on Her Hooves, 295 00:13:57,260 --> 00:14:01,640 just because it transcends the most archetypes, though I could see some argument in there 296 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,640 for that. 297 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,040 For Ruby, I chose Vanellope Von Sweets. 298 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,040 The one with Evasive and Rush. 299 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,040 Okay. 300 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,320 That gets some fringe play in the Mufasa decks. 301 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:12,400 So I'm a fan. 302 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,160 My favorite is Robin Hood Sharpshooter. 303 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,440 I think that card is awesome. 304 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,140 It just hasn't found a good home yet. 305 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:22,080 It's a very vulnerable card that has to do a lot of heavy lifting. 306 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,720 And I think the game didn't get a lot for Ruby, but I think Vanellope is probably the 307 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,520 most playable card that it got. 308 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,520 Sapphire. 309 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,520 Sam, what was your favorite? 310 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:30,960 Mufasa, Ruler of Pride Rock. 311 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:31,960 Yep. 312 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:32,960 I think that's a good one there. 313 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:33,960 It's a Lion King card. 314 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,920 My favorite is Scrooge McDuck because he is big and has above rate stats. 315 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,700 Very big and heavy hitting. 316 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:42,960 And I think the biggest get for the game is a little boy named Tipo. 317 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,880 Steel, what do you got? 318 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:45,880 Seven Dwarves Mine. 319 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:46,880 Yeah. 320 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,200 That's a good location, proving to be quite good right now. 321 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,920 Something you might want to put on that particular location is my favorite card, Doc, who is 322 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,920 a knight. 323 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,560 And I think the biggest get is a little games referee called Pete. 324 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,640 Now we're moving into quarter four, much closer to time of recording here. 325 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,400 We're talking about DLC Vegas, Birmingham, and Seattle. 326 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,960 You're going to hear some pages flutter as I look back at that. 327 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,280 Las Vegas was won by Emerald Steel. 328 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,360 Birmingham was won by Ruby Sapphire again. 329 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,520 And Seattle was won by Emerald Steel. 330 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,040 So quite a few of the same decks there at the very end, which makes sense. 331 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,640 They're very, very powerful decks that can do their thing well and consistently. 332 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,720 Set champs for this particular set. 333 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,480 I played Red Purple and then I switched off Red Purple after actually having done well 334 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,240 pretty quickly into set champs. 335 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,400 This time I could take it easy and play one of my favorite decks. 336 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,100 The aforementioned Mufasa's. 337 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:40,600 And Sam, what did you play? 338 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,040 I played Ruby Amethyst. 339 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,720 You did Red Purple again. 340 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,720 And the deck to beat during this time in North America was probably the Emerald Steel decks, 341 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,360 though of course your Ruby Sapphire decks still quite scary. 342 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,760 Then we had the release of the newest set here. 343 00:15:54,760 --> 00:16:01,280 That is Azurite Sea and it is at time of recording the newest Disney Lurkana set, set six. 344 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,280 It came out on November 15th of 2024. 345 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,000 Sam, what is your favorite card thus far in Amber from the set? 346 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,360 It's the Simba Pride Protector. 347 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,080 My favorite is Sugar Rush Speedway Finish Line. 348 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,840 I've been tweaking and fiddling with a way to make that deck work, not just because it's 349 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,860 in the Mufasa colors, but because I think it's really neat that you can create a way 350 00:16:20,860 --> 00:16:22,280 to not play Lurkana. 351 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,160 It's the closest to a combo deck that we've seen so far. 352 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,300 You can definitely run the speedway enough to just ignore your opponent and just speedway 353 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:30,640 at them, which is kind of cool. 354 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,900 And for the game, I believe the Two Drop Lilo that just consistently keeps coming back is 355 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:36,680 probably the best get. 356 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,240 Amethyst, Sam, you, me, and the game all selected the best card. 357 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,240 It's a pretty easy one. 358 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,240 It costs four. 359 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:44,240 It's uninkable. 360 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,240 What is it? 361 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,240 Genie Wish Fulfilled. 362 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,680 Yes, this card has become meta-defining. 363 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,140 And if you're not prepared at this point to deal with this particular card, I would 364 00:16:51,140 --> 00:16:55,920 definitely urge you to take time to plan out what you do when your opponent plays this 365 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:56,920 four drop. 366 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,440 It's being played in tandem with Rabbit. 367 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,400 It's replacing cards like Friends on the Other Side in some builds. 368 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,640 It's replacing cards like the Queen's Castle in other builds. 369 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,920 It's just such a powerful four drop that it's hard to ignore. 370 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:09,920 Next we have Emerald. 371 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:10,920 We're all in the same boat. 372 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,440 You, me, and the game all agree that the best get for this one, the reason we're playing 373 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,520 the deck we're playing today is because of? 374 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,520 Go-Go Tamago. 375 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:19,520 Yeah. 376 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,440 This card is so very, very powerful. 377 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,640 This card leads to some very explosive games and some quick wins. 378 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,080 There's nothing more I can say about this card that I haven't already said on the podcast. 379 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,040 Before, Ruby, what's your favorite? 380 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,040 Maui Half Shark. 381 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,080 This is a card that has a lot of hype and I think ended up not being nearly as powerful 382 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:38,440 as a lot of people predicted. 383 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,440 But I still think it needs to find a home. 384 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,720 But I think that people are starting to figure it out. 385 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,640 My favorite is Minnie Mouse Pirate Lookout. 386 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,280 Plays really well with the Sugar Rush Speedway finish line. 387 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,760 And I think the biggest get for the game is probably the Half Shark. 388 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,240 It's just so darn strong. 389 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,560 Sapphire, what was your favorite? 390 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,800 This one is Baymax Armored Companion. 391 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,040 My favorite is Gadget Creative Tinker. 392 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,680 She's the one that can quest for an additional lure for every item you play in a turn. 393 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,520 I think she is a cool potential combo card. 394 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,120 So that's very exciting to me. 395 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:08,120 And she's a Rescue Ranger. 396 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:13,000 I think the biggest get for the game though is a two drop action that is inkable called 397 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,720 Sail the Azurite Seen. 398 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,960 If you don't know what that does, have you been playing Lurkana very long? 399 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,120 Strong for the decks that want that kind of ramp. 400 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,120 Finally we have Steel. 401 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,120 Sam, what is your favorite here? 402 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:23,120 Pluto Guard Dog. 403 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:24,120 Yeah, Pluto is good. 404 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:25,120 I've been playing a lot of Pluto. 405 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:26,600 I think it's insanely strong. 406 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,240 My favorite is Gantu. 407 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,600 I think Gantu finally got a good card and it's quite a good card. 408 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,760 Four three four for four inkable. 409 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,800 Card is powerful and just can close a game very quickly. 410 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,920 I think the biggest get for the game is either Pluto or Calhoun. 411 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,920 It's one of the two. 412 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,560 We're still pretty early into the meta as time of recording, so it's hard to say what 413 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,300 the best gets for the game are going to be early on if they're not called Genie. 414 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:50,300 That is for sure. 415 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:53,480 And of course we just had our European Continentals. 416 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,040 We haven't yet had North American Continentals because it's happened right at the beginning 417 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,100 of 2025. 418 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:02,980 But we did get a winning deck and that was Sam. 419 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:04,360 What colors were the winning deck? 420 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:05,360 Ruby Amethyst. 421 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:10,360 Yes, a good old red purple doing it again, taking down a very large tournament, which 422 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:11,360 is really cool. 423 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,240 Getting somebody coming in, really taking a powerful set of choices, removing Queen's 424 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:20,640 Castle, putting in Genie, ended up really helping push the issue of how good the Genie 425 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,420 is in Lurkana. 426 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:28,400 So I think that this is going to be an exciting year to come in 2025. 427 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:33,080 I hope that you keep listening to the podcast as we continue. 428 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,360 We will be here for you and Sam, there's something else we're going to keep doing. 429 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:37,360 What is that? 430 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:38,360 Keep questing.