Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game

Chances are, you’ve heard of Magic the Gathering, even if you don’t know what it is! Well, it’s a TCG (Trading Card Game) and is immensely popular, mainly because it’s fairly easy to learn, is vastly collectable and has a lot of options in how you play. So, finally, we have a Disney TCG and, Disney being Disney what with its mass appeal and all, this could potentially be THE next big thing in TCG’s!

The starter deck comes with a 60 card deck, rules, counters and a 12-card booster pack, enough to get you started and playing games. When you play, you choose what goes in to your playable deck and you have 60 cards in total, hence the booster pack included so you have some choice when creating your deck. The aim of the game is to be the first to gain 20 Lore and you do this by sending Character cards that you have in play on ‘Quests’. Players can use Characters to Challenge other Characters and take them out of the equation, preventing further Quests being undertaken. There are also Item and Action cards that can affect the game in various ways. The simplicity in game play comes with the fact that all the rules you need to play while in game are on the cards themselves so there’s no lengthy looking up of rules, making it very easy for young players to get to grips with.

And this is where Disney comes in to its own! The cards are all based on the iconic Disney art style and are immediately collectable as a result. Lorcana has, like any decent TCG, tiers of card rarity (A booster pack contains 6 Common, 3 Uncommon, 2 Rare, Super Rare or Legendary and 1 foil card of varying rarity) and this is where half the fun of TCG’s comes in as the search for those elusive Legendary cards heats up! Playgrounds all over will be full of kids eagerly trading cards with each other (clue’s in the name!) and begging parents to part with their hard-earned cash for another booster pack! The good news for collectors is that there are already expansion packs released and more are planned so this is no flash in the pan thing. The gameplay may be fairly standard as a game in and of itself but, it’s Disney. Nuff said. RRP Base Card set £18, booster pack £5

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