Amber
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Amber is one of the six official Ink colors as revealed by Ravensburger during Spiel Essen 2022.[1]
Each card belongs to 1 of the six available ink colors. Deck building restrictions in Core Constructed format allow up to 2 different ink colors in a deck in no particular proportion. Other Formats allow for any combination of colors.
Amber Ink has been described by the Lorcana team as "Purposeful Amber glimmers protect their friends at all costs.",[2] which seems to hint that Amber Ink will play defensively and focus on protecting other Glimmers.
"Amber glimmers are purposeful. Patient and dedicated, they’re able to pursue causes and ambitions with single-minded persistence. They often work within communities, either from above as a leader or from within as a healer, bodyguard, or just a loyal follower."[3]
Ravensburger Creative Director Shane Hartley shared more characteristics for Amber Glimmers, stating that "Amber Glimmers are purposeful, patient and dedicated. They often work within their community, so the icon was inspired by knots and weaving to illustrate the strength found by working together. The whole is greater than the individual."[4]
Mechanics
Bodyguard
Amber glimmers have access to the Bodyguard keyword, as seen on Goofy - Musketeer, Maximus - Palace Horse, and Simba - Protective Cub. It shares this keyword with Steel.
Card Draw
Amber glimmers do have access to small amounts of card draw if tied to another Amber mechanic, as seen on Rapunzel - Gifted with Healing, Stitch - Carefree Surfer, Stitch - Rock Star, and Ursula's Shell Necklace. The amount of card draw seems to be more than Sapphire's card draw, but less than Amethyst's or Steel's.
Characters
Amber glimmers are friendly to character cards. For example, they can recover character cards from the discard pile, as seen on Hades - Lord of the Underworld or Part of Your World. They can search their deck for a character card, such as on Be Our Guest. They can reduce the cost of character cards with Just in Time or Lantern.
They also can care about the number of characters in play, such as on Stitch - Carefree Surfer. The card LeFou - Bumbler also cares if a specific character is in play or not.
Stitch - Rock Star also cares about characters of a certain cost.
Discard
Amber glimmers can force their opponents to discard cards, as shown on You Have Forgotten Me. It shares this ability with Emerald.
Healing
Amber glimmers have the ability to heal damage, as shown on cards like Cinderella - Gentle and Kind, Goofy - Musketeer, Rapunzel - Gifted with Healing, Timon - Grub Rustler, Hakuna Matata, Healing Glow, and Dinglehopper. It shares this ability with Sapphire, although Sapphire's healing is less frequent and less powerful.
Lore Increase
Amber glimmers can increase their own lore, as shown on Hades - King of Olympus. Unlike Ruby and Sapphire, an Amber glimmer only increases its own lore, not those of others. Steel also has this limitation.
Musketeers
Amber glimmers care about the Musketeer classification, as seen on Goofy - Musketeer. It shares this ability with Steel.
Princesses
Amber glimmers care about the Princess classification, as seen on Cinderella - Gentle and Kind and Moana - Of Motunui.
Ready
Amber glimmers can ready their exerted characters, as shown on Moana - Of Motunui. This comes with the downside of being unable to quest. It gets this ability less frequently than Ruby.
Revenge Banish
If an Amber glimmer is banished in a challenge, they may banish the opposing character. This is seen on Prince Phillip - Dragonslayer. Unlike Emerald, an Amber glimmer only has this ability when initiating the challenge themselves.
Shift
As Shift appears on all Floodborn cards, this includes Amber glimmers such as Hades - King of Olympus and Stitch - Rock Star.
Singing / Songs
Amber glimmers have access to the Singer keyword, as shown in cards like Ariel - Spectacular Singer and Cinderella - Gentle and Kind, and Sebastian - Court Composer.
They also can search the deck for songs, as seen on Ariel - Spectacular Singer. And can gain bonuses for playing songs, such as on Ursula's Shell Necklace.
Despite this, the card Ariel - On Human Legs is unable to sing, despite being an Amber glimmer.
Strength Reduction
Amber glimmers can reduce opposing characters' strength, as seen on Maximus - Relentless Pursuer and Control Your Temper!. It weakens the strength less than Sapphire does.
Support
Amber glimmers have access to the Support keyword, seen on cards like HeiHei - Boat Snack and Maximus - Palace Horse. Unlike Sapphire, Amber can only have the keyword itself, and not grant it to others.
Villains
Amber glimmers care about the Villain classification, as seen on Hades - King of Olympus.
Example
References
- ↑ "Disney Lorcana Reveals New Details". ComicBook.
- ↑ "Amber Glimmer". Lorcana Twitter.
- ↑ "Amber Ink". Lorcana Website.
- ↑ "WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF DISNEY LORCANA'S ART DESIGN". Nerdist.
| Card Layout | ||
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| Card | Card Front (Regular • Foil) • Card Back (Regular • Gold) | |
| Card Types | Action • Character • Item • Location | |
| Ink Colors | Amber • Amethyst • Emerald • Ruby • Sapphire • Steel | |
| Card Properties | All Card Types | Card name • Cost • Inkwell |
| Characters | Version • Classification • Strength • Willpower • Lore Value | |
| Locations | Version • Move Cost • Willpower • Lore Value | |
| Text Box | Ability (Keyword) • Flavor text (Rules of Villainy) | |
| Rarity | Common • Uncommon • Rare • Super Rare • Legendary • Enchanted • Special Rarities (Promo • Mark • Disney 100) | |
| Other Texts | Illustrator • Collector Number • Copyright | |