Summary
- The Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove is an impressive package that offers a variety of contents, including storage options and a player's guide.
- The Illumineer's Trove does not include a starter deck of curated cards but includes eight booster packs, game tokens, and a player's guide.
- With a retail price tag of $49.99, the Illumineer's Trove may be a more appealing purchase for families looking to buy the game due to its additional bonuses.
The Illumineer's Trove is the flagship product of the Disney Lorcana launch lineup, and the content that this set brings to the table makes for an impressive package. As a new collectible trading card game, Disney Lorcana offers a number of ways to buy cards and other accessories for the First Chapter of the game. With a variety of Disney animated characters to decorate and theme the products, there's plenty of material to comfortably fill out both the First Chapter and any of the expansions that are likely to arrive in the future.
The basic choice for getting into Disney Lorcana comes in the form of the game's starter decks, which contain all the necessary materials to sufficiently set a buyer up to play the game. Three different Disney Lorcana starter decks contain different sets of cards to fit specific playstyles or offer an easy way to stock up on favorite characters. Booster packs provide a method of expanding an arsenal in play with 12 random cards in each package, with a specific distribution of rarities to incentivize the hunt. The Gift Set is a way to stock up on booster packs and game tokens along with some specific foil cards.
Price & Contents Of The Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove
As the biggest package of the Disney Lorcana lineup, the Illumineer's Trove assembles a variety of contents inside a box that can be used for general Disney Lorcana storage. With deck boxes, booster packs, game tokens, and a player's guide inside, the Illumineer's Trove has just about everything necessary for the game. Interestingly, it doesn't include an actual starter deck of curated cards. The full contents of the Illumineer's Trove are as follows:
- 1 storage box
- 2 deck boxes
- 8 booster packs
- 15 game tokens
- 1 player's guide
Although booster packs can be bought separately and game tokens can be found in other Disney Lorcana products, the storage solutions and player's guide of Disney Lorcana TCG rules are both exclusive to the Illumineer's Trove. Neither of these are essential for playing the game, but they can make it easier to keep up with and fit the product more in line with traditional board games. Aside from representing the most impressive part of the First Chapter of Disney Lorcana, these aspects could also make it a more appealing purchase for families looking to buy the game.
The Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove won't come cheap, however, carrying a retail price tag of $49.99. This dwarfs the value of the second most expensive product in the lineup, the $29.99 Gift Set. Meanwhile, decks cost $16.99 and booster packs ring up at $5.99. Stacking up the price of booster packs makes up most of the value of the Illumineer's Trove, with 8 packs purchased individually coming to a total just under $48 before tax. Consequently, it makes more sense as a purchase than a wealth of standalone packs for anyone interested in the set's other bonuses.
Breaking Down The Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove Contents
The most significant feature of the Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove is the inclusion of eight booster packs, a whopping amount perfect for jump-starting any collection with a bang. With 12 cards in each pack, the Illumineer's Trove includes a total of 96 randomly selected cards. Following the same distribution as booster packs purchased individually, every pack contains six common cards, three uncommon cards, two rare, super rare, or legendary cards, and one foil card of random rarity. It's also possible for the foil card to end up being a Disney Lorcana Enchanted card, the highest rarity with a unique "inkwash" foil treatment.
The 15 game tokens included are significantly less collectible than the cards, acting as a way to track damage dealt and received during Disney Lorcana gameplay. Although the storage box, deck boxes, and player's guide are equally utilitarian, the boxes do feature character art from the cards that makes them more attractive than basic cardboard. The player's guide is more than just a manual of Disney Lorcana TCG rules, with a visual index of cards available in the First Chapter and tips on how to play and build decks. Although a look at all the Disney Lorcana card art can be accessed through the official app, this helps keep the screen away from the game table.
How The Illumineer's Trove Compares To Other Options
Although the Illumineer's Trove might seem like the best all-in-one package to jump into Disney Lorcana, the actual situation is a little more complicated. Disney Lorcana starter packs are still the most effective purchase for a new player, with the 60 curated cards acting as a complete, pre-assembled deck. Disney Lorcana decks can only be made up of two of the six ink colors included in the game, and although it doesn't matter which two are chosen, the 96 random cards in the Illumineer's Trove of different Disney Lorcana rarities and inks and are unlikely to include a full assortment of any given deck composition.
After purchasing a starter pack, however, the Illumineer's Trove can prove a valuable addition. With a better price to card ratio than the Gift Set, which features 50 random playable cards alongside a couple of oversized foils, the Illumineer's Trove is an all-in-one expansion package that can help build an arsenal for one or multiple players. It's a bigger commitment than buying a few booster packs and may not open up the same options for color pairings as buying more starter decks, but it's the fastest way to amass general resources and the most convenient method of storing them.
Arriving on the shelves of local game stores on August 18 and releasing through other avenues on September 1, Disney Lorcana is poised to be a major addition to the trading card game market. The Illumineer's Trove may not be for everyone, but it is a striking deluxe package for those feeling fully committed to the game. With a variety of cards, tokens, storage options, and a helpful player's guide, the Disney Lorcana Illumineer's Trove is the cream of the crop for the First Chapter of the new trading card game.
