Disney Lorcana Might Finally Get Me To Play A Card Game
TheGamer covers all things gaming far and wide, and even makes time for film and television. We cover so widely, in fact, that we even have a tabletop editor at the site. If anyone asks I'll deny it, but I quite like the guy. But here's the problem. He keeps trying to get me to play Magic: The Gathering. I don't want to play Magic: The Gathering. I don't want to have a deck full of Kyrysy Xkattoo and Pomegranate Aquarium Lands. I don't want to learn any of this. I'm enough of a nerd to play Dungeons & Dragons semi-regularly, but not enough to take it seriously. But now a solution has been provided: Disney Lorcana. This is (I'm oversimplifying, but sue me) a Magic: The Gathering rival starring classic Disney characters like Stitch, Captain Hook, and my special favourite, Elsa. This is what it takes to get me to buy in.
I have a strange relationship with the concept of IP. I resent that our culture is being reduced to "hey it's that guy from that thing!", and I loathe the live-action remakes of classic cartoons. They add nothing of value besides box office receipts. For all I've enjoyed MultiVersus, I still feel deeply critical about its existence, a feeling that will only grow as they add a wider range of Warner Bros. characters to the mix. The Matrix is one of my most cherished movies, and knowing how protective the Wachowski Sisters are of it, it hurts to think that Neo will soon be beating up Batman... but if that happens, I'll probably want to play as Neo immediately. I contain multitudes.
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What helps here is it doesn't feel like properties are being taken advantage of, nor are they selling their souls. It feels like a celebration of Disney's all-star roster, a
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