Which means Locations can be challenged immediately and dont need to be exerted They gain lore passively at the start of the next turn after they are played Characters can only leave locations to move to another OR If the location is banished/removed, the character stays on the board and isnt in the location anymore Lorcana Rules Summarized The main rules of the game are: Each player starts with seven cards and can choose to put some back and draw that many more Each player draws one card per turn , but not the first player on their first turn You can only play cards on your turn unless noted Once per turn, you can turn one of the cards in your hand into ink , which is the resource used to play cards Only cards with the inkwell symbol around their cost can be inked These ink cards go into your inkwell by being put face down in front of you To play a character you pay the ink cost in the top left Characters cant quest, challenge, sing, or use exert abilities on their first turn To gather Lore you exert a character card to have them quest and they gain the amount of Lore shown on the bottom right of the card The icon is for strength , and the icon is called willpower To challenge an opponents character, you exert one of your characters You can only challenge an opponents characters when they are exerted You both do damage to each other based on the strength of each character You add tokens to represent damage , and when the damage reaches the willpower number of the card, they are banished Locations come onto the board sideways and can be moved to or challenged straight away Locations gain lore at the start of your turn in the set step, they dont quest Move characters to locations by paying the move cost for each character moved Characters can always move to your locations if you can pay ignoring ready/exerted/dry One location per character but no limit to characters in a location You cant move characters out of locations, but can move between them if you pay each time You play items to the board for their ink cost and can use them immediately if you can pay extra costs on the card
Gadget Hackwrench will let you play Inventor Characters for one less Ink if you have three or more Items in play
Its also useful as a way to get extra mana for interaction to protect your Commander once its in play
Similarly, Bronze Guardian and Angel of the Ruins have other roles in the deck, but they still pack up punch when we need them to hit
ProxyMTG even says not to expect perfect matching to authentic cards across every run
