Disney LorcanaGames of charming transaction cards, banned its first card from competing. Sapphire Decks will be a bit less powerful without Hiram Flaversham, Toymaker and Fortishere items, no longer legal to play in the core formats. Of course, they will still be available for other formats and in normal games. The notice was given on Tuesday in a post on the game’s official website. Polygon sat down with the game design manager and the main game designer Steve Warner last week to summarize the change.
Warner emphasized that these ban commands are a sign of LorcanaThe maturity of. With about 1,400 cards issued for the game since its launch in 2022, some less than expected interactions will be expected. In the case of Hiram, he allowed players to draw too many cards into their hands before being removed. The winning ratio on the strategic floors is simply too high – especially when used in combination with Fortisphere.
One important thing for us is that we create interesting cards, Mr. Warner Warner said. Occasionally we may have problems in which some cards have increased and a bit too strong, but it is much better than ‘everything is too safe and not running.’ Therefore, there is a stable balance that we have to maintain.
Health of Disney LorcanaThe Metagame has always been the top mind for Warner and his group at Ravensburger, and while Hiram has been in the wild for a long time while only with the most recent release, Archazia IslandWhere things started to have a bit of imbalance. Warner said his group, like Roz from Monster, Inc.Always watch. Therefore, the goal is accurate when making decisions like this, not reactionary.
We consider the tournament reports; We consider data from events; from players; We talk to the stores; We have competitive players [that we work with]; We have social players that all have friends and are part of the community, Mr. Warner Warner said. That gives us a lot of knowledge about what is going on, what really bothered the player and what causes conflict. […] We see and we talk and we consider and we want to consider our choices.
Meanwhile, dedicated players can also wonder why Pawpsicle, another card has become a pillar in the powerful sapphire floors, forgave the forbidden hammer this time. Warner said that the team thought that the elimination of Hiram and Fortisphere should eliminate those powerful floors, while allowing the use of sapphire floors, other color combinations and other game strategies.
Especially in Archazia IslandWarner Warner said, it was Sapphire-Ruby [combinations] That really wants those items. Therefore, we feel like leaving the surrounding Pawpsicle allows that that still happens a bit more organic.
Disney LorcanaNext card set, Jafar’s dynastyLaunched on June 6.
