Ink

Ink
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Ink is the resource in Disney Lorcana which players can use to pay for the Cost to play a card or use certain abilities.

Each turn, a card with the Inkwell cost icon can be placed from a player's hand facedown into their Inkwell, which can then be used to pay for the cost of cards and abilities.

All cards have an Ink cost that can be paid with the Ink in a player's Inkwell. To play a card or use a card Ability which requires Ink, the player must Exert the required amount of Ink in their Inkwell to pay for the cost of playing the card or using the ability.

Ink Types

During Spiel Essen 2022, Ravensburger announced that there would be six official Ink colors. The six Ink colors are as follows.

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  Amber

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  Amethyst

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  Emerald

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  Ruby

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  Sapphire

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  Steel

Most cards belongs to 1 of the six Ink colors. Dual Ink cards exist but are a rare occurrence first added since Archazia's Island.

Ink are indicated on cards in 2 areas: As a banner under the Card name, Strength and Willpower information and as an icon to the left of the Card Type or Classification. Aside from the Ink icon shown to the left of the Card Type, the Ink of the card also affects the background color of the Card name, Strength and Willpower.

Decks can be constructed with a maximum of 2 different Ink colors. That allows for a maximum of 21 different combinations.

• 6 different "pure" decks with only 1 Ink color (E.g. Pure Amethyst deck)
• 15 different combinations of decks with 2 different Inks (E.g. Mixed deck of Amber & Sapphire)

Mixed Ink decks allow for the use of Dual Ink cards, although only of both ink colors selected. Therefore an Emerald/Ruby deck can only have Emerald/Ruby dual Ink cards aside from pure Ink cards.

Example

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  Example of an
  Amber character

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  Example of an
  Amethyst character

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  Example of an
  Emerald character

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  Example of a
  Ruby character

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  Example of a
  Sapphire character

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  Example of a
  Steel character

In the storyline

In the storyline, Ink is used to create Glimmers of iconic Disney characters and items. It is stored in the Inkcasting Stations of The Great Illuminary. A Flood of ink was responsible for creating Floodborn versions from pre-existing Glimmers and washing away artifacts stored in the Hall of Lorcana.