the Gameplay of Lorcana

Sections of a Card

Inkwell Icon (ie: showing card is inkable)
Cost (ie: 4)
- Every card has a cost, meaning you need to spend a certain amount of ink to play that card. This cost is in the top left corner of the card and can sometimes be reduced using specific cards or those with keyword shift and same name.
Card Art (ie: smiling Ariel with both hair and dress flowing in the breeze)

Card Name (ie: ARIEL)
- Main identifier of the card.
Card Version (ie: On Human Legs)
- Sub identifier for the card.
Ink Icon (ie: amber)
- This icon helps identify the card's ink color. Decks can be made using one or two different ink colors. Lorcana ink colors include amber, amethyst, emerald, ruby, sapphire, and steel.
Strength (ie: 3)
- A character's strength
Willpower (ie: 4)
- A character's willpower is their level of defense during challenges.
Classification (ie: Storyborn, Hero, Princess)
- The classification bar is located under the ink banner and lists one to five classifications that are associated with this character card.
  - Origins: storyborn, dreamborn or floodborn
  - Alignment: hero, villain, ally, mentor
  - Species/Occupation: alien, broom, captain, deity, detective, etc

Keyword
- Keywords identify abilities that are common between multiple cards.
  - Amber keywords: bodyguard, singer, support
  - Amethyst keywords: challenger, evasive, rush
  - Emerald keywords: evasive, rush, ward
  - Ruby keywords: evasive, reckless, rush
  - Sapphire keywords: support, ward
  - Steel keywords: bodyguard, challenger, rush
  - All 6 colors offer the ability to "shift," which allows the player to pay the resources stated to play a higher cost character on another character with the same name.
Ability
- Characters can have 0 - 3 abilities.
  - "Vanilla" is slang for a character without abilities.
  - For a great list of cards and their abilities, check out the Mushu Report - Ability List.
Lore (ie: 2 lore)
- In Lorcana, lore are fragments of stories that have been scattered in the great flood that need to be recovered and kept for safekeeping.
Flavor text (ie: "...")
- For a full list, once again I suggest the Mushu Report - Flavor Text List.

Card Footer

Illustrator (ie: Matthew Robert Davies)
- Illustrators are the talent behind the final card art.
Card Number (ie: 1/204)
- The set number identifies where the card fits into the set of 204 cards.
- The language identifier then follows, with EN the code for English.
- Finally, there is the set indicator. In this example, the "1" denotes this card is from set 1 or "The First Chapter"
  - 1 denotes "The First Chapter"
  - 2 denotes "Rise of the Floodborn"
  - 3 denotes "Into the Inklands"
  - 4 denotes "Ursula's Return"
  - 5 denotes "Shimmering Skies"
  - 6 denotes "Azurite Sea"
  - 7 denotes "Archazia's Island"
  - 8 denotes "Reign of Jafar"
  - 9 denotes "Fabled"
  - 10 denotes "Whispers in the Well"
  - 11 denotes "Winterspell"
  - 12 denotes "Wilds Unknown"
  - 13 denotes "Attack of the Vine"
- Rarity Symbol
  - This rarity symbol notes how often this specific card occurs and typically reflects on the card's interest or value. Great resource: https://www.wikihow.com/Lorcana-Rarity-Symbols
    - Common: gray circle
    - Uncommon: white book
    - Rare: bronze triangle
    - Super rare: silver square
    - Legendary: gold pentagon
    - Epic: fan/shell shape with rainbow foil finish
    - Enchanted: rainbow hexagon

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