Bringing together the greatest heroes and villains from Disney’s expansive history,Lorcanalets you pit these characters against each other. Each character has one or more characteristics applied to them, giving them the potential to synergize together and a way to identify what type of character they are.
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Among the many characteristics in the game, few may be as iconic as Pirates. These buccaneers of the high seas navigate the battlefield to help take down your foes. There are seven cards in the First Chapter of Lorcana with the pirate characteristic, so let’s take a look at how they compare.
7Mr. Smee, Loyal First Mate
Poor Mr. Smee, the perpetual punching bag of his villainous Captain Hook. Even in Lorcana he’s not very good, unfortunately. A three-ink 2/5 that can quest for one lore, Mr. Smee doesn’t even have any abilities on him.
Mr. Smee has a higher willpower on him, a solid five, does make him fairly resilient which is nice. Being able to use him in your inkwell is nice too, making him a fine card to fill out the extra slots of your deck in a pinch.
6Starkey, Hook’s Henchman
A beefy challenger, Starkey Hook’s Henchman does everything you want a henchmen to do, rough up your enemies while also being efficient at their work. As a five-ink 5/4, Starkey does a great job at challenging your opponent’s characters, taking down plenty of characters or at least taking a huge chunk of their Willpower out.
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If you have a Captain character in play, another characteristic in Lorcana, Starkey can quest for one extra lore, which is a solid amount for a basic character.
5Captain Hook, Forceful Duelist
The first Captain Hook on this list is a common one, but still a solid addition to any Pirate deck. For just one ink you can play Hook, a 1/2 character is relatively weak, but he comes with a powerful ability.
When this Captain Hook challenges a character, it gains +2 Strength, effectively making it a 3/2. Early in the game, when your opponent might only have a few weak characters, Hook can pick them off one or more of them before your opponent can get going.
4Captain Hook, Ruthless Pirate
The rare version of Captain Hook is much more expensive than his common counterpart, requiring seven ink to cast. The Ruthless Pirateversion of Captain Hook has Rush, a unique keyword that means that he can challenge another character the turn he comes out.
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Any time you exert Hook, whether it be to challenge a character or to quest, all your opposing characters with evasive gain reckless, meaning they can’t quest this turn and have to challenge your characters if they can.
3Captain Hook, Captain Of The Jolly Roger
A slightly more reasonably cost Captain Hook, the Captain of the Jolly Roger is a four-ink 3/4 that synergizes withthe action card, Fire the Cannons!When this Captain Hook comes into play you get to return a card named Fire the Cannons! from your discard pile to your hand.
Fire the Cannons! deals two damage to any character for just one ink, giving you an extra use out of your damage-dealing spells. In a deck devoted to burning your opponent’s characters out, Captain Hook can provide tons of extra value to your cards.
2John Silver, Alien Pirate
The legendary pirate John Silver, Alien Pirate is a powerful Emerald character, both disrupting your opponents when he comes into play andproviding a powerful challengerand quester depending on what you need.
When John Silver comes into play or when he quests, Silver’s Pick Your Fights ability triggers, letting you pick one of your opponent’s characters and giving it reckless on their next turn. That character can no longer quest and must challenge one of your exerted characters if they can.
Since questing with Silver exerts him, you can set up the board so your opponent’s weakest characters have to attack Silver, helping you pick off annoying characters.
1Captain Hook, Thinking A Happy Thought
An incredibly aggressive character, Captain Hook Thinking a Happy Thought comes down early thanks to his shift ability and can start taking out your opponent’s characters one after another. While he normally costs five ink, you may play him on top of another Captain Hook character you control for just three, making the Captain Hook Forceful Duelist an auto-include with this card.
As a three-ink 2/5, this Captain Hook gets +3 strength when it attacks, letting you take down tons of early-game characters your opponents might try to set up as a defense.
Even better, Hook’s Stolen Dust ability makes it so characters with a cost of three or fewer can’t challenge him, forcing your opponent to use their more expensive characters if they want to take him down.
