Greatly appreciated! I’m always interested in any competitive deck that is budget. I don’t want to spend 200-500 on a deck that is going to change in 3 months, and I love with this game that there are so many powerful cards that are super cheap. Greatly appreciate all the competitive budget content!
I played this deck extensively and i find it just really balanced. With Pinocchio, crab merlin, smash, etc you really have an answer to all the meta cards, including locations. And i just love the Simba card, it feels like a more exotic cheap version of Tinkerbell with some card draw, it's really cool. i replace one simba with Stouthearted Cinderella but i get Cinderella is less bugdet friendly. Thanks for the content!
I had queens castles laying about so I swapped out the Donald and it is working wonderfully! Putting down the castle turn 5 or 6 and moving your characters makes your opponent waste all their resources stopping the castle or risk falling behind on card advantage into the late the game which was usually enough for an opponent to concede.
I like the budget deck videos. My local meta includes lots of low investment Disney enthusiast players so this kind of deck building is a great help. Might be nice to also include a quick section in the end on how you could upgrade. It's likely people will have gotten a random 1 or 2 of the 'expensive' cards like Jafar and queens castle from opening packs.
Thank you - love budget deck break downs and demos. Excellent. I was getting destroyed at my lgs. I starting making budget decks now Im finishing in top 3 and aim taking down $500 deck with my $50 deck!
Thank you!! Helped me modify my steel amethyst a bit. I’m more of a budget player and from my games didn’t feel I needed locations if I can at least answer them so I haven’t really bothered with them in my current list
Nice deck i will totally build it. I would like to see a red/steel Budget Pirate/Location deck, if possible with a shere kahn/Challenge theme in it. Great Work. ;)
For future content idea.. I can already tell the meta is getting very lopsided with Ursula Emerald Steelwheel- please do a video of strategies against this, with the most viable decks like Amber steelsong, of course Ruby amethyst locations, and maybe blue steel. Let’s keep variety alive in the Meta! Thanks quantum
@@QuantumMercury yeah. I’m wondering if I should abandon Amber/ruby and go for Amber/steel instead. I have one physical perdita card so would definitely be running a budget version lol. Really appreciate your work on these videos. This is my first TCG and am learning so much from your strategies
Hi! First of all thanks for the video 😊 Would you play Arthur in te deck or you consider it weak because of the popularity of cards like Smash? I'm playing a fast lore budget deck with the 3 quest Pinoccios and the Arthurs and you gave me the idea of mixing it with a more control strategy incorporing the exert Pinoccios, Hooks and Smees... What do you think? Greetings from Spain 🤗
Arthur is just very slow in the meta now, and with Steel everywhere, it's very prone to removal before you proc the effect. Still a great card, but it has its limits because of the meta. If you are going for an aggro strategy I would stick with that, I would not try to mix aggro and control, your deck focus will be split and do neither thing well enough.
Nice budget deck. Would you consider adding a few copies of “Rise of the titans” against location? Or do think the lineup of existing challengers is enough? Also would you consider adding locations to this deck like The Forbidden Mountain?
I'm so excited to try this deck out! Do you have any suggestions as well for upgrading this deck if you had a slightly bigger budget, so you can upgrade it over time as you collect/trade stronger cards? I was wondering if it might work to swap out Simba - Fighting Prince for Tinker Bell - Giant Fairy? Would love to hear any suggestions! Thanks again for the great video 👍
Its a good deck but im a little sad not alot of set 3 is in this deck. Rafiki is good smee is nice, but thats pretty much it for representation. Yes 7 drop Simba is there but how often do you play him, easily replaced with a different card you have available, for me its floodborn Hercules. Im looking forward to building and playing this but it feels like a set 2 deck with slight enhancements
A lot of the set 3 cards are still expensive. The cheaper cards (commons/uncommons) are not needed beyond what was included already. The supers are still underwhelming right now on both colours except for this Simba.
@@QuantumMercury got it. I replaced 7 drop Simba with 2 Pyros I pulled and dropped 3 benja for 2 Uninkable Ursala to prevent opponent from readying specific characters
It can, because of your removal options. Emerald Steel heavily relies on the Ursula 3 drop and Robin hood shift to gain early advantages. If your draw engine can outdraw their Buckey discard until your Swords, you can win.
Emerald Steel is very much meta, it's the most common deck you see online and there is a full best of 3 in this video. I can't post an hour long video with every match, but more videos on this deck can be done if people show interest in this.
@@QuantumMercury emerald/steel is definitely meta just not discard. Emerald/steel OTK and variants are meta, purple/amethyst aggro, Jafar Amethyst/Steel, Ursula amethyst/emerald bounce. These are the metas. You can even say Amber/steel 3.0 is meta
Man is grinding out here while he's sick. Preciate the content, but hopefully you don't feel obligated. We're gonna keep watching even if you take a few days off. You, Zefa, and Bannibal are easily the three best content creators for lorcana.
To clarify, I wasn’t still sick on Saturday* I was on the mend since Friday but the lost voice is part of the recovery -_-
Greatly appreciated! I’m always interested in any competitive deck that is budget. I don’t want to spend 200-500 on a deck that is going to change in 3 months, and I love with this game that there are so many powerful cards that are super cheap. Greatly appreciate all the competitive budget content!
I played this deck extensively and i find it just really balanced. With Pinocchio, crab merlin, smash, etc you really have an answer to all the meta cards, including locations. And i just love the Simba card, it feels like a more exotic cheap version of Tinkerbell with some card draw, it's really cool. i replace one simba with Stouthearted Cinderella but i get Cinderella is less bugdet friendly. Thanks for the content!
Yeah, there are lots of upgrades you can make, but then it gets very expensive!
I had queens castles laying about so I swapped out the Donald and it is working wonderfully! Putting down the castle turn 5 or 6 and moving your characters makes your opponent waste all their resources stopping the castle or risk falling behind on card advantage into the late the game which was usually enough for an opponent to concede.
Thank you so much for going above and beyond! Feeling the love and I'm definitely going to build this deck! Feel better!
Thank you!
I like the budget deck videos. My local meta includes lots of low investment Disney enthusiast players so this kind of deck building is a great help. Might be nice to also include a quick section in the end on how you could upgrade. It's likely people will have gotten a random 1 or 2 of the 'expensive' cards like Jafar and queens castle from opening packs.
Noted, I think I mention that when Queen's Castle gets cheaper, you should include it as the upgrade for this deck.
Thank you - love budget deck break downs and demos. Excellent. I was getting destroyed at my lgs. I starting making budget decks now Im finishing in top 3 and aim taking down $500 deck with my $50 deck!
That's awesome!
Thank you!! Helped me modify my steel amethyst a bit. I’m more of a budget player and from my games didn’t feel I needed locations if I can at least answer them so I haven’t really bothered with them in my current list
Glad I could help!
Nice deck i will totally build it. I would like to see a red/steel Budget Pirate/Location deck, if possible with a shere kahn/Challenge theme in it. Great Work. ;)
Thanks! I think it's hard for Red/Steel to stay competitive, but we can try.
Thanks for the great deck list and content as always. Get some rest! Hope you feel better soon!
I appreciate it!
Love your videos man you stick to the important things! Get well soon
Thanks!
Thanks for all your hardwork! So much fun to watch!
Thank you for the feedback!
For future content idea.. I can already tell the meta is getting very lopsided with Ursula Emerald Steelwheel- please do a video of strategies against this, with the most viable decks like Amber steelsong, of course Ruby amethyst locations, and maybe blue steel. Let’s keep variety alive in the Meta! Thanks quantum
I will be posting the meta report soon that saw Amber Steel Song and Sapphire Steel taking top 2 in the 178 player tournament.
If you are talking requests, I would love to see a ducktales deck. Either Blue/Red or Blue/Purple. Keep up the great videos
Yes, but not really for theme decks, more for relevant strategies (doesn't always have to be super competitive).
Where did you go to test the deck for matches like in the video?
Hi! taking this deck to my locals as I've just started. Why don't you have 1 or 2 spellbooks? thanks!
Very nice build. I want to see a Steel Amber aggro build. I’ve brewing a lot and I love getting comparisons
Yeah, I have a version of it on my phone, just haven't had time to play matches with it yet.
Would love to see ideas for a budget Amber ruby deck as I really enjoy that combo!
Hopefully I can make a list. I was trying to put together something with Predita, but with Steel, and it looked decent (but I haven't tested yet).
@@QuantumMercury yeah. I’m wondering if I should abandon Amber/ruby and go for Amber/steel instead. I have one physical perdita card so would definitely be running a budget version lol. Really appreciate your work on these videos. This is my first TCG and am learning so much from your strategies
Hi! First of all thanks for the video 😊 Would you play Arthur in te deck or you consider it weak because of the popularity of cards like Smash? I'm playing a fast lore budget deck with the 3 quest Pinoccios and the Arthurs and you gave me the idea of mixing it with a more control strategy incorporing the exert Pinoccios, Hooks and Smees... What do you think? Greetings from Spain 🤗
Arthur is just very slow in the meta now, and with Steel everywhere, it's very prone to removal before you proc the effect. Still a great card, but it has its limits because of the meta. If you are going for an aggro strategy I would stick with that, I would not try to mix aggro and control, your deck focus will be split and do neither thing well enough.
@@QuantumMercury yeah totally agree with you, thank you so much for the recommendation! ☺️
Great video! Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice budget deck. Would you consider adding a few copies of “Rise of the titans” against location? Or do think the lineup of existing challengers is enough? Also would you consider adding locations to this deck like The Forbidden Mountain?
Yes, I will be talking about Rise in my meta report today! It's a card that is gaining popularity.
@@QuantumMercury can't find that meta report video, could you share the link please?
I'm so excited to try this deck out! Do you have any suggestions as well for upgrading this deck if you had a slightly bigger budget, so you can upgrade it over time as you collect/trade stronger cards?
I was wondering if it might work to swap out Simba - Fighting Prince for Tinker Bell - Giant Fairy? Would love to hear any suggestions! Thanks again for the great video 👍
New Robin Hoods are very strong as is the Queen Castle. Robin Hood will be very expensive though (currently $160 for a playset in CDN $).
Good shout. Thank you!!@@QuantumMercury
What would you swap to include new Robin Hood cards? thanks for this videos!!@@QuantumMercury
Fantastic deck. Would love to see how an Am/Em deck would look like this and how it upgrades.
Hope you feel betyer
I tried Amber Emerald at the start of the Pixelborn update and went 2-2, struggled with early developed boards :(
@@QuantumMercury silly me, I should have said Amethyst/Emerald. Sorry for the confusion!
love the dedicattion ,keep up the good work
Thank you!
Yeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!! Thank you! I love you!
You're welcome!!
@QuantumMercury Just maybe wait to recover. I don't want hurting yourself on my account. Though again thank you. I love to see how your mind works.
Its a good deck but im a little sad not alot of set 3 is in this deck. Rafiki is good smee is nice, but thats pretty much it for representation. Yes 7 drop Simba is there but how often do you play him, easily replaced with a different card you have available, for me its floodborn Hercules.
Im looking forward to building and playing this but it feels like a set 2 deck with slight enhancements
A lot of the set 3 cards are still expensive. The cheaper cards (commons/uncommons) are not needed beyond what was included already. The supers are still underwhelming right now on both colours except for this Simba.
@@QuantumMercury got it. I replaced 7 drop Simba with 2 Pyros I pulled and dropped 3 benja for 2 Uninkable Ursala to prevent opponent from readying specific characters
Gonna try this deck instantly 👍🏻
Best of luck and have fun!
Sick voice quantum: “Daddy?”
My voice got deeper :O
Quantum thanks for the video. If you could add $10 in card value to this deck, what would you change?
Add the Queen Castle location and cut Donald (4 drop for 4 drop).
This deck wouldn’t even compete with a good emerald steel deck sadly, but for locals it might work especially if product is hard to acquire
It can, because of your removal options. Emerald Steel heavily relies on the Ursula 3 drop and Robin hood shift to gain early advantages. If your draw engine can outdraw their Buckey discard until your Swords, you can win.
What do you think of the new Kida instead of smee?
It's good, but Smee is more offensive pressure for both challenging and lore gain.
Quick question does this deck do good against locations ?
Yes, as explained, you use the challengers through Crab to boost ATK to take them out.
I mean rhe budget deck is cool but would have love to seen how it fares against meta decks. Something rhis video did not show
Emerald Steel is very much meta, it's the most common deck you see online and there is a full best of 3 in this video. I can't post an hour long video with every match, but more videos on this deck can be done if people show interest in this.
@@QuantumMercury emerald/steel is definitely meta just not discard. Emerald/steel OTK and variants are meta, purple/amethyst aggro, Jafar Amethyst/Steel, Ursula amethyst/emerald bounce. These are the metas. You can even say Amber/steel 3.0 is meta
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Man is grinding out here while he's sick. Preciate the content, but hopefully you don't feel obligated. We're gonna keep watching even if you take a few days off. You, Zefa, and Bannibal are easily the three best content creators for lorcana.
Thanks for the kind words!
What do you think of teching in 2 copied of Rise of the Titans.
Do you think it disrupts the tempo of how the other cards play?
Yes, I will be talking about Rise in my meta report today! It's a card that is gaining popularity. I think it's very good.