Lorcana features plenty of characters from their many movies and series with a playstyle similar to TCGs like Magic: The Gathering. The First Chapter is the first set that includes many amazing cards that can further support their line of starter decks.

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Instead of colors, the archetypes in Lorcana are referred to as inks. Just like most card games, Lorcana's inks have an identity of their own. Emerald cards tend to be more control-oriented to avoid combat and force your opponent to play at a slower pace, which can help against decks that want to play aggressively and wear you out.

10 Cruella De Vil, Miserable As Usual

Cruella De Vil has a great stat line for only costing two ink to play. When you read her effect, she becomes an even better card. Cruella is a great card to get easy Quest points. If your opponent wants to challenge this character, after your Cruella gets banished you can choose a character of theirs to return to their hand.

Cruella becomes an easy way to get a one-for-one, but if your opponent misplays and plays a character before dealing with Cruella, you can return the fresh character back, wasting their turn.

9 Flynn Rider, Charming Rogue

Emerald tends to be closer to a more control-oriented deck than the rest. What's more control-oriented than ripping cards out of your opponent's hand? Flynn Rider forces your opponent to discard a card whenever he is challenged.

While Flynn doesn't have that much Strength and Willpower, his lore value can prove to be annoying if he is not dealt with early. You're honestly better off losing the card than constantly letting your opponent quest for two every turn with the Charming Rogue.

8 Genie, On The Job

It would be a crime if one of the most beloved Disney characters did not get a good card in Lorcana. Genie, On The Job luckily is one of the best in Emerald. For six ink, you can play Genie and immediately when he is played, you can return a chosen character to their player's hand.

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You can use this ability to clear a path for Genie to freely quest next turn, or you can return one of your exerted characters that you think might be in danger of being challenged next turn. Genie also has Evasive, making him extra deadly. Sadly, he cannot be turned into ink, making him a little bricky at times.

7 Hans, Scheming Prince

Every Ink needs a strong vanilla card that can hit hard. Hans, Scheming Prince is one of the best in that category. It almost feels like Hans is not a vanilla card due to how much the card can actually do. Hans is a four-drop, three Strength, three Willpower card, that quests for three, and can be turned into ink.

Sometimes you just need a giant beatstick to close out the game, and if Emerald is your jam, take Hans with you.

6 Mother Gothel, Selfish Manipulator

One of the biggest things you can do as a control player is simply play a card that tells your opponent "no." Mother Gothel is that card.

While she comes at a hefty cost of six ink, while Mother Gothel is exerted, your opponent's characters cannot quest. You know, the thing you're supposed to do to win? Yeah, mom said no.

You'll want Mother Gothel to be exerted at all times anyway, but her two lore value definitely help her case as well.

5 The Beast Is Mine!

This card is one of the most versatile action cards in the game. For only three ink, The Beast Is Mine! will give a chosen character the Reckless keyword, meaning they have to challenge next turn if they are able and they cannot Quest.

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This can be used to stun your opponent's characters with high lore value by not exerting any of your characters or exerting only something that will return it to the hand like Cruella De Vil or Flynn Rider.

4 Tinker Bell, Most Helpful

Evasive characters are a great way to freely earn lore, but Tinker Bell, Most Helpful, you can give the keyword to characters that you need to defend that don't already have it. Giving the keyword to other characters is one of the best ways to protect your characters with high Quest counts or simply characters that need to stick around for a while like Mother Gothel.

Having a board full of Evasive characters means you can easily rack up your Quests without a worry that your characters will be challenged by your opponent.

3 Aladdin, Prince Ali

Unlike Magic: The Gathering, you cannot choose to block with characters in Lorcana, the character that your opponent chooses as a target for his challenge will be the card that will battle. That is unless you have a card like Aladdin, Prince Ali.

For two inks, Aladdin carries the Ward keyword, similar to the Aura keyword in games like Shadowverse: Evolve, that prevents your opponent from choosing Aladdin as a target for any effects except challenging. With Ward, you can protect Aladdin and then Shift into some of the other more powerful Aladdin cards at a reduced cost.

2 Beast - Wolfsbane

Emerald has many aspects of control gameplay in The First Chapter. Whether you prefer board control or stall, Emerald has plenty of cards to experiment with. If you prefer to control boards by constantly challenging other characters, then Beast will be your new favorite card.

Beast comes equipped with Rush, meaning he can challenge on the turn he is played, making him a deadly attacker. But what if there are no targets for his challenge? His Roar ability will exert all of your opposing characters that have been damaged, giving plenty of targets for Beast to destroy.

1 Cheshire Cat, Not All There

Just like Cruella De Vil, Cheshire Cat, Not All There can remove a character once he is banished. On paper, Cruella De Vil seems a bit better since she can return any character to the hand, while Cheshire Cat is restricted to banishing only the character that banished him, but both cards fill an important role in the deck.

Whatever situation you find yourself in, either Chesire Cat or Cruella De Vill will be amazing removal options for any of your Emerald decks.

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