Disney Lorcana TCG: Attack of the Vine! Set First Impressions

We’re halfway done the year, truthful that means a caller booster acceptable for the beloved Disney Lorcana paper game. Attack of the Vine! is the thirteenth acceptable since the TCG was released 3 years ago, with pre-release events starting July 17th and the wide merchandise connected July 24th. Time flies, and present the crippled is digging heavy into the Pixar room and bringing backmost dual-color cards successful a large way. In addition, the acceptable focuses little connected introducing caller keywords and much connected further supporting immoderate classifications and varying the kinds of shifts oregon upgrades that characters tin bash based connected the cards I’ve seen truthful far.

As mentioned successful IGN’s Attack of the Vine! exclusive reveals, Pixar continues to beryllium featured successful Lorcana, with characters from Monsters, Inc., Turning Red, and Up making their debut successful the Disney paper game. Alongside these fashionable Pixar characters is the instauration of the Team classification, which emphasizes the joining of 2 abstracted characters into a almighty duo. For instance, we revealed the Sulley & Boo squad up showcasing the Combo Shift, and we spot that again with the Incredibles siblings Dash & Violet Parr. Combo Shift allows the paper to beryllium played connected either of the 2 characters mentioned oregon some astatine the aforesaid time. The crushed wherefore this Shift differs from others is due to the fact that these squad cards person an effect that triggers based connected the fig of characters nether this team’s Combo Shift character. In Dash & Violet’s case, they gully a paper for each paper nether them whenever they quest oregon challenge. So the fig of cards underneath a Combo Shifted quality matters, conscionable similar Sulley & Boo’s ability. If Sulley & Boo combo-shifted with some characters together, erstwhile the squad quality is banished, the abstracted Sulley and Boo underneath whitethorn instrumentality to the tract for free. If lone 1 quality was underneath either of these Combo Shift squad characters, their abilities would beryllium weaker. In astir cases, combo shifting onto some characters seems to bring the astir value, but you are sacrificing a wider committee for 1 card. Not to mention, galore of these caller team-ups are dual ink/color, truthful definite squad cards volition lone tally successful definite decks. Between the dual ink regulation and narrowed playstyles that travel with it, it’ll beryllium absorbing to spot what players bash with the caller combo displacement squad characters successful the upcoming meta.

Another classification getting immoderate emotion is Hunny, which includes characters from the Hundred Acre Wood similar Pooh and friends. There person been Winnie the Pooh characters before, but determination was lone 1 quality with that Hunny classification. Now we’re seeing cards that physique astir the classification, similar Christopher Robin Hunny Sage and the Magical Hunny Staff. Christopher Robin showcases a chill quality that circumvents the platform regularisation of having lone 2 ink colors successful your deck. This means you tin person the ruby/red Tigger Hunny Barbarian oregon adjacent the emerald/green Gopher Hunny Cook successful the aforesaid platform arsenic Christopher Robin, who is simply a dual ink of amethyst/purple and sapphire/blue. In addition, the Magical Hunny Staff gives players the enactment to marque immoderate characters summation the Hunny classification. It’s precise improbable that players volition person a highly optimized platform of conscionable Hunny characters, truthful players tin play to the strengths of the Hunny platform portion adding staple amethyst oregon sapphire characters for imaginable added benefits.

Even though this acceptable is themed astir The Vine, it’s chiefly the Floodborn classification that gets a boost this set.“

Now adjacent though this acceptable is themed astir The Vine, a unsafe entity introduced successful the Disney Lorcana lore, and the caller classification Vineling, it’s chiefly the Floodborn classification that gets a boost this acceptable with cards similar Scar and Mrs. Incredible, who are created by The Vine. Vineling Scar gives your Floodborn characters a accidental to summation other lore erstwhile challenging. Since challenging besides puts the aforesaid characters successful harm’s way, Vineling Scar’s secondary quality of drafting a paper each clip your Floodborn quality is banished connected your opponent’s crook becomes a double-edged sword for your opponent. Now your hostile has to measurement the pros and cons of banishing 1 of your attacking characters due to the fact that it means committing 1 of their characters oregon resources and giving an other gully versus keeping them live and trying to get up different way. It’s a batch of imaginable mathematics to bash successful the moment. As for Vineling Mrs. Incredible, she tin marque displacement costs little for each Floodborn quality that quests that turn. So if you’re moving Elsa, Peter Pan, oregon Tinkerbell successful your amethyst deck, there’s imaginable discounts for the 8-cost Elsa Spirit of Winter oregon adjacent the caller squad Peter Pan & Tinkerbell Fast Friends. There’s a batch of choices to messiness astir with these large paper drops of definite classifications. It’ll marque sealed oregon draught events consciousness similar constructed, if players are fortunate enough.

With the caller halfway constructed rotation dropping arsenic Attack of the Vine! launches, determination volition beryllium a large shakeup successful the meta. The apical 3 decks from the caller Indianapolis Challenge, for example, are already greatly affected with the rotation. It’s hard to ideate immoderate of the older decks being salvaged by thing arsenic almighty arsenic the caller dual ink squad cards. With that said, it is bully to spot a alteration of gait towards newer classifications similar Toys oregon adjacent Supers. Especially considering they’re getting further enactment with salient cards similar Woody & Buzz Lighteryear Best Buddies and Darkwing Duck & Launchpad St. Canard’s Finest. Speaking of the Darkwing Duck & Launchpad squad up, point decks mightiness inactive springiness folks a tally for their money, having done good truthful far. Granted, the point decks performing precocious person been successful ruby/sapphire, but possibly we’ll spot a modulation to sapphire/steel with the rotation. Another absorbing paper is The Horned King Merciless Master with the quality to play characters from your discard pile. Any pseudo summation to the manus size is ever appreciated, and tin beryllium utile similar bringing backmost characters with Bodyguard each turn. It’ll instrumentality a batch of testing, truthful it’ll beryllium breathtaking to spot which decks marque apical chopped successful the coming months.

Attack of the Vine! brings a batch of caller cards and adjustments for Lorcana players to chew connected arsenic we spot a large displacement successful the meta. Even though determination aren’t caller keywords per se, this caller acceptable is simply a meaty update. Between the dual colour team-ups and the large enactment for classifications similar Hunny and Floodborn, it’ll beryllium absorbing to spot if players effort to salvage older tried and existent decks oregon wholly rebuild decks astir these almighty dual ink cards. The continued summation of Pixar favorites, and caller beauteous afloat creation cards volition marque immoderate Disney instrumentality bash a double-take. It’s an breathtaking clip for some competitory players and collectors, and I look guardant to seeing however the competitory play shakes retired arsenic folks excavation heavy connected their platform brews. For much Disney Lorcana, cheque retired our exclusive reveals for this acceptable and the hands-on impressions of the past set, Wilds Unknown.

Mike Mamon is simply a Syndication & Digital Specialist astatine IGN, devil effect user, and Warrior of Light! Let's chat anime oregon TCGs connected Bluesky @xpmnms.bsky.social