Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn Review!

The second set of Lorcana, Rise of the Floodborn, was released on December 1st of last year by Ravensburger. In the world of Lorcana, the player is in the Great Illuminary. The player uses an inkcaster sending out a glimmer, a copy of Disney character, from a lorebook. There are three types of characters, the Storyborn who are like the familiar animated characters. A great example is Mickey Mouse: True Friend! Then, there is the Dreamborn, who have a new look and full potential of the character. For example, Lilo: Galactic Hero! Lastly, there are the Floodborn, a magical flood mixed the ink and changed the characters into strange twists like Gaston: Intellectual Powehouse!  

The story on the disneylorcana.com, “A Mysterious Locked Lorebook”, a video with animated-style art, tells the story. An Illumineer, Martin, finds a strange book that he is able to open, but the dark force is unleashed. In “The Roar of Rushing Ink”, a sudden wave of ink surges through the Hall of Lorcana! It transforms Storyborn and Dreamborn into a new form! The flood washes into the Inklands. The first set, The First Chapter, had a mix of types including Floodborn. New cards feature The Great Mouse Detective (1986) based on Basil of Baker Street (1958) by Eve Titus, featured is Basil: Great Mouse Detective, Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) including Raya: Warrior of Kumandra, and Zootopia (2016) with Judy Hopps: Optimistic Officer. 

More detailed cards for Cinderella, Mulan, The Princess and the Frog, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Sword in the Stone (a favorite!) and Winnie the Pooh. There are plenty of cards from other films that will delight Disney fans. Some notable cards include Arthur: Wizard’s Apprentice his Student ability quests to return a character to your hand for 2 Lore. It may eliminate damage from a character that might be needed or one with an ability that activates when played. Mechanics include “Shift” which can play a strong character with high cost over a card with the same name at a lower cost. This moves over the same conditions to the new card. “Resist” which protects characters from damage. Cinderella: Stouthearted has Shift 5 (she costs 7) with Resist +2. 

Her ability, The Singing Sword allows her to challenge characters when you play a song. Cinderella as a princess knight is very cool. The puzzle inserts this time make up Minnie Mouse: Wide-Eyed Diver with concept art by Adam Fenton. She is a Ruby card with Evasive and her Undersea Adventure ability; a second action gets Minnie +2 Lore! The Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Collector’s Edition has six foil cards from both sets with art by Disney animators! This includes Genie: Powers Unleashed by Eric Goldberg, lead animator for Genie, Mickey Mouse: Friendly Face with Mark Henn’s art, he animated Mickey in Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983), Elsa: Gloves Off with art by Brittney Lee, she designed Elsa’s hair and dress from Frozen.  

Stitch: Abomination by Alex Kuperschmidt, he was the supervising animator for Stitch, Maleficent: Uninvited has the artwork of Lorelay Bove, visual development artist, and lastly, Maui: Demigod by Bill Schwab, art director of Moana (2016). An incredible collection of Disney art. Plus the set has four boosters packs. There is not a great assortment of cards like the first set, but there are still must have cards!  I still haven’t seen Lorcana at regular stores and game stores. The new set is Into the Inklands which will introduce Location cards! The set promises to bring in Treasure Planet as well as the Disney Afternoon shows; DuckTales and TaleSpin. Hopefully, Chip `n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Adventures of the Gummi Bears will appear in Lorcana! It will release to hobby stores on February 23rd. Other retailers will have Into the Inklands on March 8th. New mechanics, movies, and great art make Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn one of the best collectible card games out there! 

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