A Disney Lorcana guide for absolute beginners

polygon.com:

Disney Lorcana, the brand-new trading card game by Ravensburger, is meant to be enjoyed by everyone — from hardcore collectors to absolute newbies. But the game draws on the rich traditions of the TCG genre, which were established some 30 years ago by games like Magic: The Gathering and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In this guide, we will try to get you up to speed as quickly as possible on how these kinds of games work. We’ll cover the rules of Lorcana, how to get into collecting, and — most importantly — how to play the game with your local community of fans. Let’s get started.

Disney Lorcana is a trading card game, also known as a TCG. In its most basic mode of play it’s a two-player dueling game where the best of three rounds wins. Each round is a race to 20 points, called lore, with each player hoping to reach that total before their opponent.

The game is sold primarily in two different ways, either as 60-card starter decks or as 12-card booster packs. To begin your journey you’ll want a starter deck, which you can find for sale at your friendly local game store, Best Buy, or the Shop Disney website for $16.99.

Prices taken at time of publishing.

Starter decks are preconstructed, meaning that they contain a curated selection of cards that all work together and contribute toward a shared strategy. Booster packs are assembled semi-randomly, drawing from the entire 200-plus set of cards that the game launches with. Boosters are a great way to find new cards so you can upgrade or alter a given deck, but they’re not necessary if you’re just getting started.

Inside every starter deck for Disney Lorcana is a cardboard insert with a series of tokens on them, marked -1 and -3. You’ll need those each time you play to record