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The Inkwell Gamers
by theinkwellgamers
We are a husband and wife duo bringing you a competitive-minded Disney Lorcana variety podcast! We’ll discuss anything from new set releases and deck building, to art and lore. Check us out on other platforms for even more content beyond this podcast. *hint hint* - Gameplay, unboxings, and much more!
Episodes
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Shimmering Skies Set Review - Amethyst
50 EPISODES!! WOOHOO!! We're back and continuing with another set review episode... this time covering Amethyst! This color did not have very many vanilla cards for this set, which means we had a lot to talk about today! We hope you all enjoy this episode!
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Shimmering Skies Set Review - Amber
Another set is now released so you know what that means....another set REVIEW! We're kicking things off with Amber for this week so give it a listen and let us know what you think!
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Recapping GenCon & DLC Bologna
Ahh GenCon....the 1 year anniversary since the early release of Lorcana. We go back to where it all began except this time...we don't sleep on the floor in line waiting for product! Instead, we participated in three events and each won a convention exclusive mat and had a lot of fun while we did…
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The End of Set Champs & Set 4 SD Review (Amethyst/Amber)
Join us as we recap our last weekend competing in the Set Champs for Ursula's Return! We also complete our last starter deck review using the Amber/Amethyst Madrigal deck. Did we like playing with this one and why or why not? Also, *spoiler alert* Dalton makes a completely new decklist for how he...
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Set Champ Recap & Set 4 Starter Deck Review/Upgrade (Sapphire/Steel)
Get ready for a 2-for-1 episode!! Join us as we recap our first weekend of set champ tournaments, as well as our first of two starter deck reviews for Ursula's Return. For this week, we covered the Sapphire-Steel SD. Then, Dalton also takes the hero package and upgrades it to how he would play…
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Here Lies Bucky.... The death of the squirrel and prepping for tourneys without PB
Welcome back! Let's catch up! We have a lot of exciting things to address with y'all! We talk about the recent changes to Bucky and our thoughts on that, as well as how to prep for competitive events now that we can't grind games on Pixelborn anymore. Also, we catch you up on what we're currently...
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Steel
Well friends, we finally reached the end of our set review of Ursula's Return. We are finishing this out with our last ink color: Steel. We have a lot to discuss in this one, from the S's all the way down to the D's! We hope you enjoy this episode and hearing how we analyzed these cards.
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Sapphire
Join us as we continue our Set 4 review of Ursula's Return, focusing on all of the sapphire (non-vanilla) cards for this episode. There are some cards that we think are definite front runners for this ink, and there are some we suspect might be getting slept on.....so give a listen to find out...
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Ruby
We are now back and picking up where we left off in our Set 4 review of Ursula's Return, continuing with Dalton's favorite ink color....Ruby! There were a pretty good amount of decent cards that came from this color, so give it a listen and see which ones we think are the best!
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Chicago DLC Recap!
Hey, hey! We're back! After a crazy few weeks, we have finally recovered from both the Atlanta and Chicago DLCs and are here to continue telling our story from them! In this episode, we recap how the Chicago DLC went for both of us, as well as how it compared to Atlanta. This time, Dana actually...
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Atlanta DLC Recap!
We are officially home from the very FIRST North American DLC in Atlanta. Woo, what a weekend! Join us as we recount our experience participating in such a historical event and hear Dalton's experience first-hand as he talks about the experience of making it to Day 2. We also talk about some…
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Emerald
Ayyy we're back at it again with another set review for Ursula's Return! Today we're covering Dana's favorite ink color...Emerald! This one actually has some pretty sick cards, and the enchanted we opened is even from this group as well! Check it out and let us know what you think!
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Amethyst
Welcome back to our set review of Ursula's Return where we are continuing with all the non-vanilla Amethyst cards! Tune in to see what we think is the best card released for this ink color!
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Ursula's Return Set Review - Amber
Happy Set Release Day! We are kicking off the weekend for the release of Ursula's Return by bringing back our in-depth ink-by-ink set review....starting with Amber! This time, we are excluding the vanilla cards (because, well, they're vanilla!) but everything else is fair game. We hope you enjoy...
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Store Championships: Week 2
Now that all of the set championships have been wrapped up and completed, we come back to discuss how this past weekend went as well as our overall impression of the marathon that was the past two weeks. Did Dalton finally get a first place finish? How did Dana perform? We cover all that and…
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Store Championships: Week 1
Hope you all had a great first week of the store championship events! In this week’s episode, we discuss how we both did and what changes we might make to our decks to prepare for week 2!
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The Largest Pack Tourney Yet & Store Championships Prep
Welcome to another episode of the Inkwell Gamers Podcast! We're recapping how Dana & Dalton both did this past weekend in the Pack's Tournament that was the largest one to date. We cover what we played, what we saw, and how we think our decks performed. Then, we jump into getting ready for a...
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Chattin' Lorcana with Brennan DeCandio
This week we have the honor of having one of the best Lorcana players on for a special interview.... Brennan DeCandio will be joining us to talk all things TCG and Lorcana. We ask him about his deck building process, tournament prep, and all things in between. We hope you enjoy this week's…
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Atlanta and More Tournament Talk!
Join us this week as we talk about the ticket sales for the newly announced Disney Lorcana Challenge event in Atlanta, as well as how our most recent tournament went! We both tried out newer decks and dissected how we feel they performed in all of our matches. We hope you enjoy this episode as…
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Lorecast News and Top 8'ing a Big Tourney!
In this week's episode, we discuss ALLLLL the amazing announcements from the first ever Lorecast that was on Wednesday....but first, we talk about how Dalton finished Top 8 in The Pack's most recent tournament! What did he see? What did he beat and what did he lose to? Did anything surprise him?...
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Let's talk META!
Welcome to the 30th episode of the Inkwell Gamers Podcast! We're celebrating today's episode by talking about the current meta scene. We're extremely excited to finally see a variety of decks being used competitively, and are actually taking a deeper look at NINE different decklists with you all!...
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Into the Inklands Emerald/Amber Starter Deck & Upgrades
Welcome back to another episode! Today we're going over the other starter deck from Into the Inklands - Emerald/Amber. As always, we give our opinion on how we thought it played out as-is, then give you all two different ways to upgrade this deck. If you happen to try either upgrade out on your...
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Into the Inklands Ruby/Sapphire Starter Deck & Upgrades
We are officially one week into Set 3's release! Dana and Dalton are first taking on the ruby/sapphire deck and giving their analysis for how they think it played out (especially those new locations!). Ready to upgrade those starter decks already?? We also give you two different ways to make this…
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Into the Inklands is...FINALLY HERE!!!!
Happy Release Day, everyone! We're switching things up with our set review of grading the new cards, so come check it out and let us know how we did!
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Locations, Locations, Locations!
EDIT: When this episode was recorded, we were misinformed about how gaining lore worked with locations and misspoke during the episode. Please note that lore is not gained whenever characters move to a location, unless their card specifically states so. We're finally talking about the biggest...
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Building an Unconventional Deck!!
Today we're challenging the status quo and building an unconventional deck right on the fly with you all! We're using a color combo that isn't typically seen, but we're going to try our best to figure out the best archetype and gameplan for it! Stay tuned for a complimentary video where we'll be...
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Let's Get Hype for Competitive Play!!
This week we talk about some pretty big announcements recently made regarding Lorcana TCG Gateway, a competitive tournament layout, and much more! Now that official competitive play has been announced, are we going to see card rotation or bans? If so, what cards could we see getting banned and…
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Has Dalton Finally Cracked the Code to the Items Deck?!
Thanks for hanging out with us for another episode of the Inkwell Gamers Podcast! Today we talk about two large tournaments from this past weekend, which includes an emergence of decks that aren't all Ruby-Amethyst or Steel-Song (whaaaaattt?!). We also talk about how Dana is salty that Dalton…
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Our Chapter 2 Decks and Metagame Talks!
In today's episode, Dana and Dalton talk about their favorite decks since Rise of the Floodborn has come out. They also discuss the upcoming SCG Con Cincy, the current metagame, and whether we'll see viable monochrome decks?! Dalton's Decks: Ruby/Amethyst -...
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Steel
Welcome back to another episode! We are finally wrapping up our ROTF set review with all of the Steel cards, which includes what we think is the best card of Chapter 2!
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Sapphire
Hey Illumineers! Welcome back to another episode of the Inkwell Gamers Podcast! We're continuing our set review of ROTF with all of the sapphire cards today. We definitely were on the same wavelength for many......and some not so much. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Ruby
We are officially halfway through our set review of Rise of the Floodborn, and today we covered all of the Ruby cards! We discussed a lot of very strong ones......and a lot of not so strong ones. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Emerald
Continue to follow along with us on our Rise of the Floodborn set review! Today we are covering Dana's favorite ink.....Emerald!
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Amethyst
We are continuing our set review of all of the Rise of the Floodborn cards! Today we are covering those in Amethyst....please give a listen and let us know what you think!
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Rise of the Floodborn Set Review - Amber
We're back at it again doing a full grading review of all the cards from Rise of the Floodborn! Starting with.....Amber! Check out some spicy takes and let us know who you agree with!
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Our Disney Trip, Tourney Talk, and Some D100 Fun
We have a lot of fun stuff to talk about in today’s episode including a recap of our Disney Trip, a tournament we competed in, and a little D100 homage with grading some of the classics!
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”Who’s the Beatdown”......in Lorcana?
In today's episode, we talk about one of the most popular TCG articles ever written. Listen as we try our hand at translating this concept into Lorcana! Original "Who's the Beatdown?" Article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/whos-the-beatdown/ Our Discord: https://discord.gg/GyYRP5H8
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Rise of the Floodborn Spoilers!
Come hang out with us as we talk about some of the cards spoiled from Rise of the Floodborn! We bring ones we think are good, ones we think are bad (but interesting!), and ones that Dana feels are part of the storyline's canon thus far. Which ones stood out to you the most? Let us know in the...
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Talkin’ About Tournaments!
Dana and Dalton talk about the two 1k tournaments they have both participated in recently, as well as the largest Lorcana tournament to-date that happened this past weekend in Miami! We also answer some tournament-related questions, so give us a listen to follow along! Dana's Tourney 1 Deck -...
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Sapphire Steel Starter Deck Review & Upgrades
Join us for our last starter deck review and upgrades episode of Chapter 1! Dalton makes another case trying to push that (bad) item ramp deck, and we answer a listener question from our Discord. Also, listen for how you can enter to win a FREE starter deck! We hope you like this episode as much…
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Emerald-Ruby Starter Deck Overview, Upgrades....and so much more!
Woah, we’ve now hit a double digit episode?! We’re celebrating by talking about the journey so far, our experience at league, and threw in more details about our starter deck giveaway (yes, you heard that right, we are giving away starter decks!) But mainly we go over the Emerald-Ruby Starter…
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Amber-Amethyst Starter Deck Overview & Upgrades!
We have a fun episode lined up for today! We go over the Amber-Amethyst Starter Deck and give you two ways to upgrade it: both as a budget deck and a non-budget deck. Then, we give a third deck that is a complete rebuild of this color combo for a pretty powerful and sweet archetype. Ps. We also...
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Deck Building Principles
Welcome to Episode 8 of the Inkwell Gamers Podcast! We're switching it up today by doing an interview-style episode. Join us as Dana asks Dalton all of the important questions you need to know for the deck building process. Where to start? What things to take into consideration? We answer all of...
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Steel
Join us for the last episode of our Chapter 1 Set Review going over the ink color of Steel!
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Sapphire
Join us as we grade all the cards in each of the colors for Chapter 1....continuing with Sapphire!
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Ruby
Join us as we grade all the cards in each of the colors for Chapter 1....continuing with Ruby!
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Emerald
Join us as we grade all the cards in each of the colors for Chapter 1....continuing with Emerald!
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Amethyst
Join us as we grade all the cards in each of the colors for Chapter 1....continuing with Amethyst!
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Chapter 1 Set Review - Amber
Join us as we grade all the cards in each of the colors for Chapter 1....starting with Amber!
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....and who ARE the Inkwell Gamers?
Welcome to the first ever episode of the Inkwell Gamers podcast! Meet Dalton and Dana, learn of their history with TCGs and Disney, hear their experience at GenCon, and learn what's to come of the next several episodes. Are you new to the game and need a crash course of terms and mechanics? We…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are a husband and wife duo bringing you a competitive-minded Disney Lorcana variety podcast! We’ll discuss anything from new set releases and deck building, to art and lore. Check us out on other platforms for even more content beyond this podcast. *hint hint* - Gameplay, unboxings, and much more!
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