FAQ - Disney Lorcana

Q: If #/243/# quests, can I choose which princesses I ready? If I had Princesses already readied or I ready them with other effects later in the turn, can they quest that turn?

A: If you choose to use Moana’s We Can Fix It ability to ready your other Princess characters, you must ready all of them. If you quest with #/243/#, no other Princesses can quest for the rest of your turn, regardless of whether you chose to ready them with her ability or they are readied later in the turn.

Q: Say I have #/253/# in play and a cost 3 character in my hand. If I use #/264/# so I can pay 1 less to play that character, can I then exert them to draw a card?

A: It’s not the cost of the character you play that’s reduced by #/264/#; it’s the amount you have to pay. The new character’s cost would still be 3, so they wouldn’t qualify to be a fan of Stitch.

Q: Say I have an Elsa in play and I choose a ready character for #/272/# ability Loving Heart. If that chosen character is exerted later in the turn, will they stay exerted during the start of the next turn?

A: Yes, the chosen character will stay exerted by Anna’s effect.

Q: If I control #/274/# and one of my Floodborn characters who used their Shift ability to be played on top of another card is banished in a challenge, do all cards in the stack go back to my hand?

A: No. Because the stack of cards all go to your discard pile first and become separate cards, you could only return the top card of the stack to your hand.

Q: If I use #/279/# ability Deep Freeze to exert 2 characters, can those characters be readied with an ability or effect such as #/369/# on their next turn?

A: Characters exerted with the ability Deep Freeze can be readied by #/369/# and similar abilities.

Q: Are abilities on characters that occur when they’re banished in a challenge considered to happen during the challenge?

A: Abilities on characters that occur when they are banished in a challenge happen during that challenge.

Example: #/288/# has an ability that reads, “When this character is banished in a challenge, you may return this card to your hand,” and #/312/# has an ability that reads, “When this character is challenged and banished, banish the challenging character.” If a player challenges and banishes Cheshire Cat with Marshmallow, the Cheshire Cat’s ability would banish Marshmallow during the challenge, allowing the challenging player to return Marshmallow to their hand.

Challenger is additive, meaning you add up all numerical instances of it for a combined +N gain.

Example: If you have two of #/296/# in play, each of them gives your Peter Pan characters Challenger +1, giving him a total of Challenger +2.

Q: When I use #/380/#’s Read a Book ability, can I place any card into my inkwell or does it need to have the inkwell icon?

A: Belle’s Read A Book ability only allows you to put another card into your inkwell; it doesn’t override any other rules of the normal process of adding a card to your inkwell. The card must have the inkwell icon and you must show it to all players before putting it in your inkwell.

Q: What happens if a card tells me to perform an action and I can’t do everything it tells me to do?

A: If a card says to perform an action, do as much as you can to fulfill the requirements. This does NOT apply to actions that are part of a cost.

Example: #/399/# says “Look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Put one into your hand and the other on the bottom of the deck.” If you only have one card left in your deck, you look at that card and then put it in your hand.

Q: If I banish a shifted Floodborn card in a challenge while I have a card that lets me gain 1 lore when I banish a character, how much lore do I gain?

A: No matter how many cards are in a shifted character’s stack, they still count as a single character. Only the top card of a shifted character’s stack is considered banished for the purpose of effects like this.

Example: If you banish a shifted character with #/428/#, you still gain only 1 lore from his ability I Know What I Have to Do.

Q: If my #/853/# is chosen by my opponent's #/350/#'s Fan the Flames ability and becomes ready while I have 2 or more other characters, do I gain 2 lore?

A: No, you do not. #/853/#'s We'll Always Be Together ability only triggers if it is readied by your own card effect or by the "Ready" step at the start of your own turn.

Q: If 2 characters are banished at the same time, how much damage can I remove from #/865/#?

A: You may trigger #/865/#'s Lay it on the Line abitility for every character that is banished, even if those characters are banished at the same time. For example if two characters are banished as a result of one challenge (both the challenging and challenged character) then you may trigger #/865/#'s ability two times and remove up to 4 damage from him.

Q: My #/868/# is banished during my opponent's turn and I trigger his The Sun Will Set ability. The card on the top of my deck is a character that costs 2 or less. If I play that character using Mufasa's ability, can I draw a card using the Adoring Fans ability of my #/253/#?

A: No, you cannot. The character played by Mufasa's ability must enter play exerted and therefore cannot be exerted by the ability of #/253/#. Note that in the above scenario if the character revealed by #/868/# is a #/350/# you may choose to trigger Lefou's Fan the Flames ability and ready himself. If you do so then you may, after using Lefou's ability, trigger the ability of your own #/253/#.

Q: I quest with my #/870/# and use her Honor to the Ancestors ability. The card on the top of my deck is a copy of #/366/# and I chose not to play that card. What happens to the card in this case?

A: The card is return to the top of your deck. Even if the card is a song card as long as you choose not to play it then the card is returned to the top of your deck, face down.

Q: I quest with my #/882/#. If my opponent currently does not have any characters can I still use The Queen's Who is the Fairest? ability? Also, if my opponent does have a character but all characters they have are characters with ward, can I use her Who is the Fairest? ability?

A: When using The Queen's Who is the Fairest? ability you must be able to chose an opponent's character to get -4 . This means that if your opponent does not have a character or if all characters they have are characters that have Ward you cannot use this ability. You cannot increase the of a character if you cannot reduce the strength of an opposing character as well.

Q: Can I choose not to reduce the of any characters when I play #/872/#?

A: Yes, you can. In this case you would only draw a card and then the action would finish resolving.

Q: I currently have 10 characters and play a copie of #/885/#. In this case can I play a character from my hand that costs 5 ink for free using the ability of #/885/#?

A: Due to the effect of Lorcana TCG App you pay 10 less ink to play the next character you play. If that character costs equal to or less than 10 then you play it for free (you do not exert any ink to play it). Note that even in the above instance you may only reduce the cost of a single character. Even if you have 10 characters in play when you play #/885/# you may not play 2 5 cost characters for free, just 1 character that costs 10 or less free or a character that costs more than 10 for 10 less than their printed cost.

Q: Can I use A Silly Song ability of #/877/# even if I have not played a sing this turn?

A: Yes, you can. In this instance you would exert #/877/# for the cost of the ability but since you have not played a song during this turn you do not gain a Lore.

Q: If I use Gruesome and Grim ability of #/904/# and play a character from my hand, if that character is later returned to my ahnd by the effect of #/886/# do I still banish that character at the end of the turn?

A: No, you do not.

Q: Can I exert a character I just played and an opposing character with #/887/#?

A: No, you cannot. In order to pay the cost of the #/887/#'s ability you must exert one of your ready characters that has been in play for at least 1 whole turn.

Q: If my opponent plays #/969/# and she enters play with 3 damage counters on her can I ready my #/921/# with his Second Wind ability?

A: No, you cannot. Mother Gothel's ability does not deal damage to her, it just places damage counters on her

Q: If I chose not to draw with #/930/#'s Allow Me ability, canmy opponent still use it to draw a card?

A: Yes, they can. Each player individually decides whether or not they want to use the ability to draw a card at the start of your turn.

Q: If my opponent plays a #/940/# and I have 2 cards in my hand, 1 of which is an action, can I choose to discard 2 cards?

A: Yes, you can. When deciding how many cards you want to discard for #/940/#'s Mouse Catcher ability you can choose 1 card if the card you are discarding is an action card but you can choose 2 cards regardless of what card type they are.

Q: If I have a #/945/# in play and play a #/262/#, causing my opponent to discard 2 cards. Can I choose to draw only 1 card with Prince John's I Sentence You ability?

A: No, you cannot. When choosing to draw with Prince John's I Sentence You ability, you must draw equal to the number discarded. So in this example you would either draw 2 cards if you used the I Sentence You ability or 0 if you choose not to use it.

Q: I play #/924/# and choose to return a #/392/# to my hand. Can I play that same #/392/# from my hand using the ability of #/924/#?

A: Yes, you can. When cards are returned to the hand, they are no longer treated as being the same card and therefore that #/392/# would count as "another" character with the same cost as the character returned to your hand.

Q: Can I play #/938/# if there are no characters in play?

A: Yes. In this instance you do as much as you can of the card's effect, so you will only draw a card.

Q: When I play #/963/# and use her Power to Rule at Last ability my opponent has a Lilo-Making a Wish and a #/945/# in play. When choosing which character to banish with the Power ot Rule at Last ability what character can be chosen?

A: Even though Lady Tremaine is your character, your opponent chooses which character to banish with her effect. This means that despite Prince John's Ward, he can be chosen to be banished by the effect and therefore your opponent can choose either of their characters to banish for the Power to Rule at Last ability.

Q: I control a #/967/# that has been in play for an entire turn. I play two actions and due to her Undersea Adventure ability, she gains +2 lore. If I shift a second copy of #/967/# onto the first copy, how much lore would that new copy have?

A: 3 lore. It has 1 lore base and has gained 2 lore from the ability of the first copy of #/967/#'s Undersea Adventure ability. The lore gained from that ability remains even if the character shifts. The ability of the second copy does not add to it's total lore because it was not in play when you played your second action so its ability does not trigger.

Q: If I control a #/974/#, a #/282/# and have 1 card in my hand. If my #/282/# challenges my opponent's Stitch - New Dog and I use the Let the Games Begin ability of my #/974/#, how much damage does Stitch take from the challenge?

A: 2 damage. #/974/#' Let the Game Begin ability applies as soon as a challenge is declared, before the challenge itself has happened. This means tht when the challenge occurs, #/282/# will see that you have 2 cards in hand and will gain 2 strength total from his Hidden Wonders ability.

Q: Can I play #/961/# if I do not control a damaged character?

A: Yes, you can. In this case, you will only draw a card.

Q: When playing #/982/# if I choose a copy of #/1029/#, which has Resist 2, as my character to deal 2 damage to, can I still deal 2 damage to an opposing character as well?

A: Yes, you can. Even in this example, you can still deal 2 damage to an opposing character.

Q: Can I choose a character of mine with no damage counters on it for the You Know What Happens ability of #/957/#?

A: Yes, you can. In this instance, you would not draw any cards because there are no damage counters on the chosen character but you would still banish that character.

Remember that support is not an additive keyword.

Q: My #/990/# was chosen by the effect of #/340/# and is currently Reckless. If I have a copy of #/994/# in play and exert my Basil to gain 1 lore, can I use his Support ability?

A: No, you cannot. Gaining lore using #/994/#'s Wait a Minute ability does not count as questing so you cannot use Support when you use it.

Q: I control 3 damaged characters, one of which is #/1002/#, and I play #/257/#, how much lore do I gainn from the Ancient Insight ability of #/1002/#?

A: 6 lore. The Ancient Insight ability triggers once for each character healed, even if those characters were healed simultaneously.

Q: I control a #/1023/# and a #/1052/#. My opponent challenges my #/1052/# with a character with 4 . How much damage is placed on Beast?

A: 3 damage. #/1052/# reduces the amount of damage he would take by 1 due to his Resist 1, then after the amount of damage is determined Beast's Shield Another ability applies and replaces the placement of damage.

Q: I control 2 #/1023/# and a Simba character. If my SImba challenges my opponent character which has 4 , how do I place damage on my characters?

A: You would choose which of your #/1023/# to place 4 damage on. #/1023/#'s Shield Another ability is a replacement ability. This means that once one of your #/1023/#'s has received the damage that Simba would have taken, there is no longer any damage for the second to replace and therefore that second copy does not have any damage placed on it.

Q: My opponent controls an exerted copy of Simba and a copy of #/1023/#. If I challenge my opponent's Simba with my #/921/#, can I ready my #/921/# using his Second Wind ability?

A: You cannot. When using the Shield Another ability of #/1023/#, damage is never placed on the other character. Also Beast's ability does that damage is only placed placed on him. This means that even though you challenged an opposing character and damage was placed on an opposing character, no opposing characters were damaged so #/921/#'s Second Wind ability cannot trigger.

Q: I control a copy of #/1028/# that has been in play for a turn. If I play #/885/# and then Shift a #/1029/# onto my #/1028/#, can that #/1029/# challenge ready characters that turn?

A: No. #/1029/#'s ability is a trigger ability that happens when you play a song. If #/1029/# is not in play when you play a song card, she will not be able to challenge even if she is played later in the turn.

Q: Can I play #/1040/# if there are no characters in play?

A: Yes, you can. In this case, you only draw a card.

Q: If I have 10 character cards in my discard, can I use #/3394/#'s ability Come Along, Children to play #/3382/# from my discard?

A: No. #/3382/#'s ability The Power of Evil only affects how much ink you must pay to play him, not his cost. Even if you have 10 character cards in your discard, #/3382/# still has a cost of 10.

Q: I use #/3387/#'s ability Good As New and reveal 2 characters with cost 2 or less. Can I choose to add only 1 of the characters to my hand?

A: No. When choosing which cards to add to your hand with #/3387/#'s Good As New ability, you must add either all cost 2 or lower characters revealed or none of them.

Q: Can I choose not to remove any damage from #/3396/# at the start of my turn?

A: Yes. Although you can't choose not to use #/3396/#'s Guard Dog ability, you can use it to remove any amount of damage from #/3396/#, from 0 to 3.

Q: Can I use #/3397/#'s Good Dog ability to reduce the Shift cost of a character?

A: Yes. Note that if you Shift a character onto an exerted #/3397/#, the new character will enter play exerted.

Q: If my only character with Bodyguard is at #/3413/#, can my opponent challenge any of my characters?

A: Yes. A challenging character must challenge an opposing character with Bodyguard if able, but the Night Out ability of #/3413/# makes characters there unable to be challenged. Therefore, challenging characters cann challenge any character they'd normally be able to.

Q: During my turn, I exerted my #/3421/# to quest with him. When I draw a card at the beginning of my next turn, do I gain 1 lore from #/3421/#'s ability Power Beyond Measure?

A: No. The first thing players do at the beginning of their turn is ready their exerted cards. By the time you draw a card at the start of your turn, #/3421/# will be ready and you won't be able to use his Power Beyond Measure ability until he's exerted again.

Q: What cards are shuffled back into the deck by the Clean This, Clean That ability of #/3424/#?

A: A Broom card is any card that has "Broom" in its classifications.

Q: I have a #/3544/# and a #/1015/# in play. When I quest with #/3428/#, how much lore do I gain?

A: When you quest with #/3428/#, her All Mine ability has you pick one of your items and gain lore equal to its cost. Because #/3428/# has 0 , you don't gain any lore from her quest itself, only from her ability. So in this example you can choose to gain either 1 or 7 lore.

Q: When I user #/3438/#'s ability You're Too Late, can I choose a ready character?

A: Yes. Note that #/3438/#'s ability You're Too Late doesn't exert the character. It only prevents them from readying if they're exerted.

Q: My opponent has only a #/993/# in play, who has Ward. Can I still play #/3441/# and give my character Challenger +2 even though I can't choose an opposing character?

A: Yes. When there are no eligible opposing characters to choose for the first part of #/3441/#, that part of its effect simply finishes without exerting a character. However, the second part of its effect still happens, so you still choose a character of yours to get Challenger + 2 until the end of the turn.

Q: When naming a card for the Incredible Energy ability of #/3444/#, what information do I need to say about the card?

A: When naming a card for the Incredible Energy ability of #/3444/#, you don't need to declare the version name, even if the named card is a character or location.

Q: I have a #/3461/# at #/3446/#, which has 2 . If I move #/3461/# to #/3479/#, which has 1 , and then move him back to #/3446/#, can I use his I Came to Listen to the Stories ability to gain 2 lore?

A: No. You must use #/3461/#'s ability I Came to Listen to the Stories the first time he moves to a location each turn. If he hasn't moved on your turn and you move him to #/3479/#, you gain 1 lore. You can't use his I Came to Listen to the Stories ability again that turn.

Q: When can I play the additional song using #/3470/#'s ability What a Deal?

A: When using the What a Deal ability of #/3470/#, you must play the song immediately after you played it the first time. You can't wait until later in the turn.

Q: My #/3470/# sings #/3442/#. I choose to place 4 cards on top of my deck and 1 card on the bottom. If I use her What a Deal ability to play #/3442/# again and choose to put 1 more card on the bottom of my deck, where does my copy of #/3442/# go in relation to the other cards I placed on the bottom of my deck?

A: #/3442/# will be the bottom-most card of your deck, regardless of how many cards you put on the bottom of your deck each time you played it. The card played a second time with #/3470/#'s ability What a Deal is placed on the bottom of your deck after its effect has finished.

Q: If I play a location using #/3488/#'s ability This Is It!, can I move him to that location using his Take the Helm ability?

A: Yes. Note that you can do this as soon as either one (or both) comes into play.

Q: I used the Support ability of one of my questing characters to increase the of my Felicia - Always Hungry to 6 . Can I play #/3507/# and banish Felicia to banish an opposing character with 5 [strenght/] or less?

A: Yes. The character you choose to banish with #/3507/#'s effect must have less than the character you banished with #/3507/# had at the point they were banished. In this example, you could choose any opposing character with 5 or less.

Q: My opponent plays #/401/# and chooses my #/3522/# to put into my inkwell. Do I gain lore from her ability Do You Know Who You Are?

A: No. You can only use #/3522/#'s Do You Know Who You Are? ability if she's in play when a card is put into your inkwell. When a character in play is put into a player's inkwell, the character first leaves play and then is put into the inkwell. This means #/3522/# isn't in play to see a card being put into your inkwell, so you can't use her ability. Note that this is still the case if #/3522/# was shifter and there's sa card underneath her.

Q: I have 7 cards in my hand and #/3570/# in play. I play #/433/#, which makes me discard all my cards at the same time. How much damage will I be able to deal with the #/3570/#'s ability Taxes Should Hurt?

A: 7 damage. You can use #/3570/#'s ability Taxes Should Hurt once for each card you discard, even if you discard them at the same time. If you discard 7 cards due to the effect of #/433/#, you may use Taxes Should Hurt up to 7 times.