Reign of Jafar Game Dev Digest

If you’re someone who is looking to break out of their shell, you’d be interested to take a look at Rhino - Power Hamster to…well… stay in your shell. Shift him into play early to take full advantage of his Epic Ball of Awesome ability that supplements his hardy 4 strength and 3 willpower. You can also play him alongside fellow dog Patch - Intimidating Pup to continuously quash your opponent’s strength and make for favorable trades and safe questing. Or keep him in tip top shape by questing with the new Gene - Niceland Resident to heal 2 damage each time he does, and nobody will burst your bubble.

If you know anything about villains, you know they have a grand plan. And if you know anything else, it’s that those plans always fall apart, one way or another. Yzma - On Edge can help you visit that same embarrassment on your opponent. If you’ve already played Pull the Lever! to draw yourself 2 cards or force your opponents to discard 1, playing Yzma will let you look for the follow up… Wrong Lever! By playing this card on its own you can return an opponent’s character to their hand, but if you return Pull the Lever! to the bottom of your deck, that same character will go aaaaalll the way to the bottom of their player’s deck too. Now that’s why you have that lever!

Do you like when your games are filled with scrappy glimmers challenging back and forth? Or maybe you’re an Ilumineer that likes to combo off for huge amounts of lore all at once? Queen of Hearts - Haughty Monarch proposes a simple solution: Do both! She encourages spreading damage across the board for her Count Off! ability to give her a maximum of 6 lore! Try to challenge often, and use cards like Mosquito Bite and the new Dormouse - Easily Agitated to sprinkle a little damage here and there on at least 5 different characters. Once everyone’s looking rough, you’ll be sitting pretty with Queen of Hearts!

Jafar has created an intimidating bastion of traps and mirages to defend himself and the Hexwell Crown. But heroes like Go Go Tomago - Cutting Edge are here with new gadgets to match! Being evasive on her new Zero Resistance hoverboard is just the start of it, because if you use shift to play her, she can also send a character to the inkwell. Play her over her Darting Dynamo version from Azurite Sea after your opponent plays an evasive answer. Or play her on top of the new Go Go Tomago - Mechanical Engineer to place a card from the top of your deck into your inkwell too. You can’t outrun or outmaneuver this genius!

Sacrebleu! Lumiere is Fired Up and burning everything in his path. Pair with Belle’s Favorite Book to turn any item into kindling, or melt down the Medal of Heroes to give him even more lore! How much lore can you gain in one turn? Well, that’s for you to figure out! Oh, and did we mention he’s evasive? And that his shift base, Lumiere – Nimble Candelabra, is also evasive if you have an item in your discard? With power like that, your opponent’s won’t look at candles the same way ever again!