Lorcana Deck Guide: Emerald-Ruby Songs

Hey everyone!

The last few weeks have been dedicated to following competitive events around the world, the tier-decks, and what are the most efficient strategies, focused on winning.

But Lorcana is definitely much more than just the big events! So, this week, let's relax and enjoy a fun, theme deck that might even surprise you and get some great results!

Let's check out this Emerald-Ruby Songs deck!

Our deck today will be in Emerald and Ruby colors, and will focus on Song type cards and, of course, characters that have synergy with those songs.

The main synergies will come from the characters from A Goofy Movie, and especially those of the great rock star: Powerline!

These cards, from the Fabled set, brought to the Ruby ink a synergy with songs that's somewhat unusual, but also very innovative! And so, we'll combine these characters with powerful songs found in Emerald, in addition to other small synergies, and with that we'll have a very fun deck to play:

Let's understand a little more about how to play with this deck and the role of each card!

General Strategy

Our deck today isn't an aggressive one – that is, it doesn't necessarily seek to end the game very quickly. The idea is to use characters with Singer to create, turn by turn, a certain ink advantage, and also to be able to play a song and, preferably, another character - tempo advantage. With the game's rhythm in your favor, you'll start to use the characters – especially those that generate more than 1 Lore – to win before the opponent can regain control.

The deck's ink curve can be misleading, since it does have a higher concentration of cards in the first 3 inks, but a good portion of the more expensive cards can be played for free, as we'll see later!

The Singers - Ink Advantage

Of course, we need to highlight our main attractions: the singers! These characters are very important so you can go for the powerful songs the deck has access to as quickly as possible.

It's worth to mention specifically Powerline - World's Greatest Rock Star, which, as the name suggests, is the main star of the deck: not only does it allow you to continuously gain an ink advantage, since it can sing any song from the deck, but it also generates a card advantage, since it can play another song among the top 4 of your deck!

Let's get to know the songs that our characters will help us play:

We have a total of eighteen songs, which is almost a third of the deck – which means it's pretty likely that Powerline can find one among the top four when the time comes.

Of the eighteen, fourteen provide some form of board control. The only one that doesn't affect the board at all is A Pirate's Life, but it also has an important role to help bring the Lore race to your advantage.

Heffalumps and Be King Undisputed are the lowest cost songs, and therefore great for early Singers.

Stopped Chaos, it's worth remembering, can be used on both your opponent's and your own characters! This allows you to reuse some effects, such as drawing cards or discarding an opponent's hand, as we'll see later. It's also possible to use it to reset damage counters on one of your characters – especially important against an opponent using Go Go Tomago - Darting Dynamo. But really, most of the time you'll use it to remove two of your opponent's characters and then take control of the board.

Finally, Trust In Me ends up being one of the most flexible, as it can both affect the board, disrupting the opponent's calculations on the next turn, and also affect resources for the opponent's subsequent turns.

Synergies

These characters simply mesh well with the deck's strategy and enhance the plan – whether it's generating lore with Roxanne, or controlling the early board with Powerline.

Flynn Rider - Spectral Scoundrel is a card with the new Boost mechanic, and it has a very interesting synergy with Stopped Chaos in Its Tracks: if you choose Flynn, having already used the boost previously, both him and the card underneath will be returned to your hand! It's a play that may not occur frequently, but it can make a difference, so keep an eye out for it!

Consistency and Disruption

To give consistency to a deck, nothing better than drawing cards! Therefore, the deck has several card draw options, and especially draw and discard options – that is, resource exchange, but not necessarily card advantage.

Bobby, Yzma, Mr. Snoops, and Clarabelle are perfect for playing on a continuous ink curve, from 1 to 3, thus sculpting a good hand that adequately responds to what the opponent is playing.

Another important function, especially for Bobby and Yzma, since they have a lower ink cost, is to filter the hand of non-inkable cards, which can hinder the deck's development.

Basically, the main goal is to get the powerful Powerline - World's Greatest Rock Star into play, preferably on turn 4, thanks to Shift. Therefore, all 14 card draw options will help you find Powerline more frequently.

Finally, a good and efficient disruption spell in Emerald: Ursula - Deceiver! Although it has a low cost, it should be saved for the right moment – ​​usually to protect your board and, especially, your Powerline from removal spells from your opponent. And of course, in a game where your opponent doesn't use songs, you can simply filter it with Bobby or Yzma.

And that was our deck for today!

Ruby-Emerald Songs might not be a high-tier deck today, but you never know what new cards might come in the future, and with that, the strategy could gain more strength even in competitive play!

Also, something important for new players, a good portion of the deck consists of cards from sets 9 and 10, and therefore won't be very affected on next year's rotation, when sets 5 to 8 will no longer be valid in Core Constructed.

In any case, at least up to the date of this article's completion, the deck itself doesn't seem to have any particularly expensive cards, which also makes it a great budget option, especially for people who want to get to know the game and build something more fun without so much financial strain.

I hope you enjoyed it! As always, leave any feedback in the comments so we can always improve the articles!

Cheers, and until next time!