Disney Lorcana Set 11: Winterspell

Similar to previous set, Winterspell also has booster packs.

Each pack consist of

• 6 commons (1 of each colour)
• 3 uncommons
• 2 rares and above (chance of super rare, legendary)
• 1 foil card (chance of iconic, enchanted or epic)

1 booster box will have 24 booster packs, 1 case having 4 booster boxes.

The 3 designs for each boosters are: Tinkerbell, Darkwing Duck and Angel!

Booster packs are sold at SGD8 MSRP

Also in this set is an Illumineer’s Trove

The trove contains

• Eight Winterspell booster packs
• 6 six-sided dice that looks like Ice
• 1 Lore Counter featuring Stitch and Angel throwing Snowballs
• 6 Foiled Dividers (1 for each ink colour, Amber Grandmother Wilow, Amethyst Pocahontas, Emerald Todd, Ruby Goofy, Sapphire Darkwing Duck and Steel Stitch)
• 1 Storage Box

I always will strongly recommend a trove as it is the same MSRP as getting 8 booster packs! You also get dice, lore counter, dividers and a storage box for your cards! The dividers and lore counter are also foil for this set!

The Trove is priced at SGD64 MSRP.

Also in the set are 2 Playmat: Ariel Sonic Warrior and Dragon Fire. Playmat are standard size 24 x 14 inch. Each is priced at SGD 32 MSRP

1 drop for the stats is decent, no Rush effect and a 4 Willpower body wouldn’t really fare well if it doesn’t do anything else.

An excellent early game card, 1 drop Lilo can be a shift target and with Stitch on play, she can easily quest for 2 lore!

A perfect combo with Lilos! So many options to play Lilo and you can just put Pudge into play for free! Act as a 2 drop for singing purpose and Stats wise is decent for a free character!

Pumbaa is very expensive for his effect, I mean the stats and lore are fine, just too expensive for a discard effect and he is uninkable.

Tiana could work in a Princess deck for the 2 lore and 3 Strength Support.

Nakoma is a decent card with solid stats, feels a bit too normal for an Amber deck. Skippable in my opinion.

A great Amber card for some Mid Range deck! Allows you to draw a card every time he quests and the stats and lore is great for his cost too.

Whenever you need a way to cheat in extra lore, Pocahontas is the option. 1 copy and can close the game without notice!

Amazing Bodyguard! 2 Drop with 1 Strength 4 Willpower puts him in a good early game Bodyguard position and can throw back some damage when being challenged is always nice.

I think for 5 cost to return back a Detective feels very limited, the stats is not that fantastic too and he is uninkable…

Chief is a good Bodyguard but for Amber, 4 drop might be a bit too costly, he cannot challenge but can be tough to challenge into. Not unplayable but can work in some decks that need better Bodyguards.

A great card that can continuosly reduce opponent’s strength so it’s easier to challenge or for other card effects! The -4 Strength is really huge and her stats is not weak as well.

A fantastic ramp card for Amber! Simply play her and every turn just pay 1 less for a character! Cost efficient and allow you to play a 4 drop in turn 3! No reason not to run her in an Amber deck going forward!

Cobra can block challenges over time but being Uninkable and 5 cost he isn’t very aggressive for a Rush deck. Is doesn’t help if you are going second and you are trying to control a Rush deck.

For 2 cost to get 2 lore is not too bad, you can quest or sing with him and he gives you extra lore, can come in handy but you cannot challenge with anyone, so might not see much in play.

A good effect to take out a non-character card from your opponent’s hand, the good thing is that you get to pick the card! Stats and lore wise is decent, and being uninkable keeps him from being Meta though.

Lilo is great, she allows you to use your discard pile as another resource! Shifting her isn’t hard as you have a lot of Amber Lilos for your option!

3 drop to draw a card isn’t too bad, can combo with Stitch and other Aliens and he himself is an Alien. Good to get extra cards for an Amber deck.

Jumba can potentially be played out early if you can flood the board early. A potential 8 cost guy to help you to sing some great song or can just heal your characters as he keeps on questing.

A great card in a Rush deck, you can potentially get another character out after she is played! You can choose the character from her effect and the stats is nice too.

Reuben is a good way to reduce character’s cost, you can tap him on turn 3 and play a 5 cost on turn 3! Can come in handy!

Pocahontas is decent, can fit in some Aggro decks where you just need to Shift her and then no one can challenge! Inkable and provides 2 lore as well. Can play a deck around her.

2 drop to reduce 2 Strength is fine, I just feel an ongoing effect or a song would be better.

Bambi is a decent draw engine for your deck. He can boost and then whenever he exerts, you can draw that many cards if the revealed cards are characters. Quite decent for the trigger effect and not subject to once per turn nor questing.

Potential 1 drop Singer so she can sing 3 cost song on turn 2! Regardless, she is a permanent singer 3 too.

Widow Tweed can help you retrieve back a Todd, you will probably need to do some Circle of Life combo to play her efficiently. She is uninkable too and 6 drop for an Amber feels expensive and the only Todd we have now is Emerald, which you have so much more better options.

3 drop for 3 lore is fine, can potentially be 2 cost and can continuously pressure your opponent.

This card is nonsense…. Just kidding! A good card for Amber Sapphire to help you to ramp up to 8 cost and clear the board with an action! This is also the only Board Wipe solo effect in core constructed, can definitely play around it!

A good action to help reduce cost for your next card! So you can make a Singer 3 sing this and play a 5 cost character on turn 3! The great thing is you also get to draw a card for this!

Blocking challenges is fine, can complement with your Rush deck and use characters with 1 lore to sing this to further protect your board.

I think for an Amber card to get extra card isn’t too bad, can keep your engine going. You can play this first and start questing and draw a card first and see how your next card goes.

A great action to not only heal but draw cards! Very versatile, can be used after a challenge to maximize the effect and drawing is always welcome in the game!

Not challenging in the entire game is really hard, even hyper aggro decks need to challenge once a while to keep the board favourable. All the Compass does is to get a 3 cost character or Pocahontas to hand, which isn’t the best use of a 3 cost…

A decent card to gain lore, but feels like you would want to invest in a character instead as they are more versatile.

A decent play to make someone gain Evasive, can use it to combo with Dumbo or just makes them harder to challenge.

4 drop as a draw engine, but I think the cost for the boost is a bit much and you might lose her before she gets to trigger her ability. A bit expensive and vulnerable for a draw engine.

Great 4 drop to bounce a 2 or 1 drop character! You can slow down rush cards or bounce back your own guys to reuse them! Stats wise is pretty solid too.

I think as long as Elsa Fifth spirit is in play, I don’t see much use in anyone else for exerting, she doesn’t have Evasive nor Rush too.

1 drop damage transfer can come in handy, can cause some issue for your opponent.

3 drop for the stats is pretty solid, can take down some beefy folks for you.

3 cost card and have a great stats and 2 lore, worth consideration in some Mid Range deck.

Fantastic Rush card! She can easily quest for 3 lore as long as another 2 lore character is exerted! The stats is very powerful for 2 cost character as well, can challenge others or make challenge trades unfavourable for your opponent!

3 cost for Rush is fine but only 2 Strength might not make much impact, most Rush cards are 3 Willpower and above and some mid range cards can be higher, so this is really not that efficient.

5 cost for Rush and 5/5 is decent, but he is uninkable so you might have to keep him in hand for awhile. You can also move 2 cards from yours or your opponent’s discard which can be favourable in some games. Not Evasive so I won’t rate it as high.

I don’t think your opponent will have enough Exerted characters for you to play Eeyore at anything less than 4 cost. You can only block 1 from readying next turn anyway in a 1 on 1 format. I think quite hard to set this up for any efficient play.

1 drop for 2 lore can be super aggressive and has Evasive as well! All you need to do is discard a card every turn to keep it in play!

6 cost or 4 cost Shift just to transfer 1 damage feels inefficient, I rather you invest in other characters. Stats wise is nice but the play effect feels underwhelmed.

Tinker Bell can gain Evasive fairly easily, and maybe 4 lore if can set up well, I think the first part is decent enough for her as a way to combo with Dumbo or hit some Evasive characters.

A great boost card that can potentially quest for a lot of lore! Just boost him every turn and see him closing the game early and your opponent will definitely targets him.

Anna should be shifted at 0 for the efficient play, you can use her to gain more lore using your discard pile. Need some set up but could work.

4 cost to trigger only if you have an Anna is a bit niche, you also can draw a maximum of 1 card from the second ability, which makes his play very inefficient in the long run, moreover, uninkable which means you will need to play around him…

A lower cost Anna for shift targets and can help move cards to trigger Shift Anna.

This is an underrated card, just quest with Marshmallow and your opponent will be in trouble, they can only ready 1 character and they will need to find a way to contest with him, else he will just block the other characters from readying!

7 cost vanilla is decent, but too late game play and doesn’t have much impact on board.

A good Underdog card that can be played early for the potential Rush effect. The stats if played at 1 cost is fantastic as well.

An alternative to Tic Toc from set 9, but has more lore and 6/5 instead of 4/6.

The Morva Witches can help you bounce back a card and gain a lore, but in the long game, they are a bit expensive for the ability. Not the best 5 drops out there.

A reprint from Set 2. Heihei is decent to bounce back to hand when challenged but doesn’t provide much value in terms of lore or stats for a 2 cost so might not see much in play.

1 drop stats is fine, but nothing explosive for a 1 drop in any Amethyst deck.

Excellent card that can Rush into a Dumbo, Genie, Elsa or whatever he feels like Rushing into! 5 Strength Rush is not something to overlook. Can be pressure onto your opponent to be careful of what they exert.

A decent song to allow you to get rid of a character or gain 3 lore, might work in a Rush deck to put pressure regardless of the options they chose!

If Boosting gets out of control, you can use this card to nerf them and draw a card from the effect, can come in handy.

1 drop to boost Strength is fine, but I still prefer Hypnotic Strength for the draw effect.

4 cost Song for a potential 2 cards draw and 1 if unlucky or even 4 if very lucky. Not too bad, can be used to boost your hand when needed to in the late game.

Making someone gain Evasive is fine to protect them, but only if you don’t challenge makes it hard to trigger, moreover, this is uninkable.

3 ink to cost this Item, 3 ink to use the effect to use a character to Rush into an opposing character, not too bad but hard to play around this, you might want to keep your characters alive instead.

1 drop to slow down an exert card is fine, and you can use it whenever you feel like it.

3 cost location to keep bouncing back to your hand seems okay, but the Willpower is low and the turn you play it, your opponent might challenge into it and you just wasted 3 ink for nothing. Hard to play around it.

Excellent Rush card! Just use all the Strength boosting effect and let Mulan quite for 6 lore!!!! There are so many effects out there and you can close the game before your opponent removes her.

The lowest cost Stitch for you to Shift onto, the ability is nice too, can block someone from questing and 2 Strength can come in handy!

4 drop for Ward is decent, but doesn’t have any impact and purely for lore gain can be a bit expensive. Not hard to get challenged into as well.

2 drop for the solid stats is good, can be useful in some mid range deck.

Yao is made more for a Rush deck since he is hard to be challenged on your opponent’s turn. I think 4 cost and uninkable is a bit slow for Rush.

7 cost is hard to reach, easier with ramp but no abilities and for the stats and lore alone is not exactly motivating to farm into him.

Ling is a good Rush card, provides 2 lore and has decent stats but what makes him great is the choice to use 1 ink to boost Strength for a character! You can use your leftover ink to boost a character as much!

You can use this card to force exert a character as long as they have a damage on them. Exerting from an Emerald card is rare, so this can be useful.

A good removal card, Chernabog can help you to remove a character but your opponent can play another character from discard for free, usually this is okay if they have no characters in discard or the characters in discard is way weaker than the one you removed! Stats and lore wise is great. Can be used as a potential removals.

Dinky allows you to indirectly damage an opposing character and in early game makes it hard for your opponent to make favourable trades. 2 lore as well so can have a bit of aggression in him.

For Stegmutt to be played early, you need to have items in your discard. You can also cycle 3 items into your deck to deal 3 damage. If you can pay him as low as 4 cost, you have a big body at your disposal!

2 cost Evasive and hard to get banish by early game removal is a way to sneak in some lore and also aid with some Evasive combos.

3 drop and potentially can get Evasive is decent. 2 lore makes him an option for rush and the Evasive can come in handy to make it hard to challenge into.

5 cost to deal only 2 damage is not very significant. Uninkable makes it awkward, not terrible since he at least provides 3 lore.

Goofy can get crazy, just Boost him several times and when he is banished, your opponent will need to control his or her hand well because Goofy might end up discarding them all! Pressuring character once the Boost goes out of control.

Shift copper helps you to boost your Evasive folks and can close the game early! Can be a sleeper card and no one will catch it.

Getting a peak at your opponent’s hand is useful to plan ahead and it’s also the cheapest shift target for Copper!

Vixey can be played out early with Tod in play. If played at 2 cost, then for 2 lore and the stats with Evasive is worth it.

A good 1 drop stats and the cheapest target to Shift onto as well.

An option for a Boost support, you can boost a character and draw a card with it when you play Minnie. She has Ward as well with 2 lore so not a bad card in general!

White Rabbit if played at 1 cost is amazing with Evasive and 2/2 stats! Even at 2 cost is not bad as well.

Tod continues the Evasive rush combo as he can gain 3 lore when questing or 2 lore and also make someone Evasive!

Mickey is very expensive for his play effect. I think discarding is nice and when he leaves play also is threatening, but 6 cost uninkable is a bit tricky and might not fare well against a rush deck.

Shift Tod can do some crazy combo. Just increase his lore then quest with him and play an action and ready him, then he can quest again!

Donald is another support for Boost characters. When he is in play, each Boost you give to the characters is now 2 cards, so potentially double Boost so double effect! What is great is when characters are banished, you can draw cards equal to the cards underneath them! This count Shifts too!

A reprint from set 3. A good way for your 2 cost character to sing this and boost your cards in hand.

2 drop action to force your opponent to discard a card, if you have an Evasive, a free lore as well. I think can be used in an aggressive deck with some form of hand control so your opponent doesn’t catch up to you.

I think Location are not that scary, so committing 4 cost to banish all of them might not get you the value all the time. The drawing effect is nice, but again this card is to counter Location which as of Set 11, it’s not out of control just yet.

4 cost song to draw a card and also boost the lore of a character and giving them Evasive might be the way to close the game! You can also use it to banish a character, so nothing bad overall and versatile in general!

This item is brutal, it pumps up the Strength of your character and the Resist 1 is really annoying for your opponent, it makes a character with 1/3 or even 1/2 feels threatening and can cause a lot of unfavourable challenge trades!

2 cost item to filter cards in hand is fine but the second effect might not do much to deal only 1 damage.

3 cost Item to potentially upgrade a character. You can use 1 ink to banish a X cost and then play a X+2 cost character for free, possible to set up some crazy combo that cheats the normal inking system.

4 cost item to deal 1 damage to damaged character is fine, but the second effect might not come in handy if Locations are not in every deck. Expensive for the first effect alone.

A great location for a Rush deck, simply put an Evasive character inside and this location is harder to challenge into! Provides 2 lore and makes it harder to get banished!

A potential Board Wipe character. Just banish him and he can wipe out a few characters, including yours. You can use the Boost to increase his Strength or other effects. You can also just quite 3 lore with him and make it hard for your opponent to banish him, since he act as a board wipe.

One of the best boost cards in Ruby! Simply Boost him and he gets stronger each time! So your opponent will eventually find it hard to banish him entirely. You can also bounce this card back to your hand when he is boosted a few times for the extra cards!

A good 1 drop Donald for shift targets, I believe this is the cheapest Donald to shift onto.

3 drop for the crazy stats can come in handy.

6 drop Rush can catch a lot of people off guard. The 8 Strength can swing and banish almost anyone!

If you can play Mulan at 2 cost, she is super worth for the 4/3 and 2 lore.

4 drop for Rush can cause some issues for your opponent, what is nice is that he at least have 2 lore to quest on the next turn. Playable in the least.

2 drop Fa Zhou with 2 damage counter can be the source of damage for your damage transfer deck, or for damage removal effects that gain more effects. Can quest for 2 too.

A great early game card if you can play him in turn 1 at 1 cost! 4/2 is not a weak feat and he can control the Aggro board early. Inkable so nothing bad!

3 cost Gargoyle with solid stats, she blocks any Strength reducer effects so your card’s Raw stats stays there!

2 drop Evasive is nice, but I don’t like her being uninkable, feels like you can pay a little more for a better Evasive character.

Agnarr gets a better stats only if a Queen is in play, however, for a potential 5/4 I think you can play other better characters instead.

Solid stats for 2 drop and can be the smaller Negaduck to shift onto.

Good stats if shifted at 3 cost. Can start challenging and stealing lore every turn.

Hercules is a great early game card, you can play him out first then later on boost him so he gets very beefy for challenge.

Beast can catch your opponent offguard, you can first put him into a location so he stays alive after Rushing in!

4 cost 5/5 Evasive is solid and can be considered in some combo or mid range decks.

Goofy for 5 cost to ready a character isn’t too bad, just that it is very expensive to do so, you might as well play Lilo from Set 8 to ready a character but potentially play her for free.

Goofy is fine for 3 cost, he act as a Banish effect, as a time bomb that explodes anytime. He can quest for 2 lore too if you don’t feel like taking him out!

I think Olaf can be played as low as 4 cost if your deck is action heavy. The play effect is a bit meh to make your opponent lose 2 lore. Inkable at least and if you feel like playing him, maybe 1 copy to try.

Shift Elsa can exert a character upon play, and when you play a location, so you can start controlling the board! She can quest for potentially 4 lore as well, so overall nothing bad!

Scrooge is a good way to steal lore from your opponent, you get a card for your efforts too. If you happen to drain your opponent’s lore to 0, you can gain 1 more lore so not too bad.

3 cost Elsa is a Location support, you can play her and then another location for 2 less so you pretty much have a location plus 3 cost character with 2 lore on board for board presence.

4 cost Solid stats at 7/7! You can only challenge or quest with him only if he has a card underneath on the turn, which you can combo with others easily so not too much of an issue. You can use him for exerting abilities like singing though so nothing bad!

4 cost action to make your opponent reduce lore is fine, you get a card draw as well, just that you have a lot of condition to trigger to maximize the value.

Force of a Great Typhoon can boost a character’s Strength so much that it’s overkill! You can use it on Super Rare Mulan. Good thing is that this is a song!

Use this when a character is banished (yours or your opponent’s!) And just draw 2 cards to replenish your hand! You can sing it too and then use your ink to play more stuff.

Use this only if your deck is location heavy as you might just throw away good cards into your discard pile. Perhaps you can sing this out and then play a location for lower cost and then use the ink to do something else.

Another great action from Ruby. Sing as well and can Banish a lot of targets! 2 Strength is quite commonly found even in Control decks and you can use Strength modifiers to make this card even more valuable!

A good item to banish a character then boost another character! You can sacrifice a low cost character then boost someone else, and can work in some combo where the Boost cost is expensive!

3 cost Item and then use 2 ink to play the top card of your deck else discard it, I think not too bad if you are top decking most of the time, so might as well take a chance, but you shouldn’t be building around this card.

A good location that can be almost as good as McDuck Manor in the past! Just Boost it and it can get very sturdy and provides lots of Lore!

This is a late game card, you can put this card into play and then start sending characters inside and then on the next turn, banish this to draw that many cards. You do need to combo with location reducer, if not it’s hard to get the draw engine. 8 Willpower might not be easy to crack the location.

A great low cost location for a challenge deck, you can play it and then put characters inside and as long as they are challenging while here you can gain lore!

Roo can aid your Boost characters, just exert him with is ability and he jumps straight below the card, can build some good combo.

Kanga is a decent character for 2 lore and potential 3, however, I think she is outclassed by other 5 cost characters with better abilities and lore.

The lowest cost Piglet for Shift target, can be considered.

Mickey at 6 cost with no abilities feels very empty, I mean no impact or support abilities doesn’t suit Sapphire.

Minnie for 3 drop can be considered in an Ally deck for the lore and Support.

1 drop for Alert is fine, but I think 2 Strength might not make much impact given the Meta Evasive folks are 3 Willpower and above.

Honker gives Darkwing Duck Resist but feels like you can use better 1 drop to support Darkwing Duck.

3 drop for the lore is worth considering for some Rush deck.

4 Strength with Ward feels like challenging him is one of the few ways to take him out, still doesn’t provide much for a space in my deck.

A decent way to ramp, can be your turn 3 ramp then boost him and just ramp up or use your remaining ink to ramp with another card.

Shift Piglet can come in handy, the healing is passive every turn so you can make challenges favourable.

With Sapphire deck, you can play this out easily. She is considered as a 12 cost so you can sing some ridiculous expensive songs with her. Maybe 1 copy in your deck max for the spiciness.

Gosalyn can help to search an item, I would prefer scrooge from set 7 though since you can play that card for free and the stats is better.

A good way to play Items for free! Just keep 2 items in your discard, 1 for the trigger, 1 to play for free! At long an expensive item is played out, you already benefitted from the effect!

A decent Item support to take back some Items in your discard, however I think the stats is quite weak and no other abilities for 4 drop is a bit meh.

Scrooge can combo with some Boost characters where upon play you can play a card underneath all your characters. You also give them Ward so can set up some crazy combo with him.

Underdog for the 2 lore and Ward is a nice way to almost guaranteed the 2 lore when she quest next turn.

Fantastic card for any Sapphire deck! Useful in any types of build! You can boost him and each time he quest you can a card. The stats is great too so your opponent is not going to have an easy time getting the value from banishing him through challenges!

Moana is a game changer! After being played you can now use your discard as a form of resource to ink cards! So your cards in hand can be used for their effect and abilities instead! Princess too and provides lots of value overtime!

Tama Toa plays along Boost characters, he has Ward so no easy way to remove him. He can get some extra lore boost when you keep squeezing cards underneath another character or location!

Morty can aid in a Boost deck where each time you Boost a character, you also indirectly boost him, so he can have a lot of lore over time!

Belle is a game changer! Once she is in play, your characters that are banished goes to your inkwell so it’s indirectly a super ramp card! Even removing her is a form of ramp since her ability triggers for herself too! Princess and 2 lore as well, perfect Sapphire card!

Mickey is great when he has a lot of cards underneath him, best played along with another Boost character so that when he is banished in a challenge the card underneath him goes to another Boost character of yours!

Scrooge can help reduce strength but outclassed by Sapphire Coil from set 7. One can argue this is from a character, but the -1 is way slower too.

5 drop to filter cards feels inefficient since you cannot draw it, I still prefer Pete’s effect more.

If you ever need a super ramp, you can Boost some early game card then use this to ramp up and start playing high cost character. Not easy to set up but can be rewarding if it works.

A reprint from set 1. Fantastic removal card! Just pay 5 cost for it or sing it out to remove a character!

A reprint from set 3. A decent way to reduce strength and draw cards, but consistent effect are much better and this is not a song.

A good item counter or anti-Bodyguard card, can keep 1 card in your Sapphire deck just in case or use it to ramp with your 1 cost item.

1 drop or potentially 0 cost if Darkwing Duck is around. You can use the item to give Ward to someone so not too bad.

1 drop to give someone Support and can be used every turn is a good effect overall.

A good ramp card and good way to support Darkwing Duck. You can use the effect to heal Darkwing Duck. You can keep maybe 2 copies max for the ramp, since the healing part might not come in handy sometimes.