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Amethyst Ink in Disney Lorcana: How It Plays and Key Cards
Amethyst is Disney Lorcana's purple ink: sorcerers, magic and card draw. It draws more cards than any other ink, exerts opposing characters so its characters can challenge them, and has the most Rush and Challenger characters. This page covers how it plays and the cards that show it, as of November 2026.
Amethyst is the purple ink, one of Disney Lorcana's six. Card draw and tempo. Amethyst draws more cards than any other ink, exerts opposing characters, and has the most Rush and Challenger.
Ravensburger's word for its characters is "wondrous." As of November 2026, 209 of the 1,229 cards legal in Core Constructed are Amethyst.
How Amethyst Plays
Amethyst wins by having more options than the opponent. It has the most cards that draw in Core, 42 of its 209, from Dumbo - Ninth Wonder of the Universe, who draws a card and gains 1 lore whenever you exert him and pay 1 ink, to Hades - Looking for a Deal, who makes the opponent choose: you draw 2 cards, or their chosen character goes to the bottom of their deck.
Its answers bend the rules rather than banish. Amethyst has the most cards that exert opposing characters, and only an exerted character can be challenged, so Demona - Scourge of the Wyvern Clan exerting every opposing character opens the whole board to your challengers. Elsa - Spirit of Winter goes further: the two characters she exerts can't ready at the start of their next turn, so they can't quest either. Other Amethyst cards return characters to hand or move damage counters around.
When it does fight, it fights on its own terms. Amethyst has the most Rush characters, which can challenge the turn they are played, and the most Challenger, which adds strength while challenging. Its 20 Evasive characters can only be challenged by other Evasive characters, so its questers are often out of reach.
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Strengths
- The most card draw of the six inks, so it rarely runs out of things to do.
- Exerting opposing characters opens them to challenges, and some exert effects also stop them readying to quest.
- The most Rush and Challenger characters, so a character can challenge the turn you play it.
Weaknesses
- Almost no cards that banish or deal damage outright; it removes characters by challenging or bouncing them, often after exerting them.
- The lowest average lore per character (1.4, tied with Ruby), so it needs its draw to keep up in the race.
- The fewest inkable cards after Ruby, which can make early inking choices awkward.
Amethyst by the Numbers
Counted by TurnZero HQ from the 1,229 cards in Fabled (set 9) through Hyperia City (set 14), the sets legal in Core Constructed as of November 2026. Each full name counts once, so an Enchanted version or a reprint isn't counted twice, and a dual-ink card counts for both of its inks. The last column compares Amethyst with the other five.
Keywords Amethyst uses most
Shift is left out because every ink has plenty of it. A card that only gives a keyword to other characters isn't counted.
The classifications Amethyst has an unusually large share of: Sorcerer (39), Gargoyle (7) and Seven Dwarfs (7). The Lorcana keywords guide explains each keyword.
What Amethyst Cards Do
How many Amethyst cards have rules text that does each of these at all, whoever it targets. It shows what the ink leans on, not how strong its cards are: a card that draws one card and a card that draws three count the same.
Cards That Show What Amethyst Does
Each is Amethyst only and legal in Core Constructed as of November 2026. They show the ink's plan, not a decklist or this month's best cards.
Dumbo - Ninth Wonder of the Universe
Fabled #45
Card draw
Demona - Scourge of the Wyvern Clan
Whispers in the Well #55
Exerts the board
Hades - Looking for a Deal
Whispers in the Well #56
Draw or removal
Elsa - Spirit of Winter
Fabled #43
Exert and lock
Sven - Leaping Reindeer
Winterspell #60
Rush and Challenger
Cheshire Cat - Inexplicable
Whispers in the Well #60
Moves damage
- Dumbo - Ninth Wonder of the Universe: Evasive. Exert him and pay 1 ink to draw a card and gain 1 lore, and your other Evasive characters gain the same ability.
- Demona - Scourge of the Wyvern Clan: Exerts all opposing characters when played, then each player with fewer than 3 cards in hand draws up to 3.
- Hades - Looking for a Deal: Choose an opposing character: you draw 2 cards unless its player puts it on the bottom of their deck.
- Elsa - Spirit of Winter: Exerts up to 2 chosen characters when played, and they can't ready at the start of their next turn.
- Sven - Leaping Reindeer: Rush, Challenger +3 and Evasive on a 4-cost character, so he can challenge for 5 the turn he arrives.
- Cheshire Cat - Inexplicable: Boost 2, and each card put under him moves up to 2 damage counters from any character to an opposing one.
Amethyst Ink Pairs
A Core Constructed or Infinity deck uses at most two inks, so almost every Amethyst deck is one of these five pairs. Each page covers how the pair plays, its key cards and its starter decks.
Amethyst dual-ink cards
A dual-ink card counts as both of its inks, so it only fits a deck built from exactly that pair. As of November 2026, the Core-legal ones are from Attack of the Vine! (set 13), and 6 of them include Amethyst.
Pocahontas & Meeko - Adventurous Friends
Attack of the Vine! #27
Amber & Amethyst
Aladdin & Genie - Mischievous Pals
Attack of the Vine! #59
Amethyst & Emerald
Peter Pan & Tinker Bell - Fast Friends
Attack of the Vine! #60
Amethyst & Ruby
Winnie the Pooh & Piglet - Hunny Mages
Attack of the Vine! #62
Amethyst & Sapphire
Christopher Robin - Hunny Sage
Attack of the Vine! #61
Amethyst & Sapphire
Maleficent & Diablo - Evil Incarnate
Attack of the Vine! #63
Amethyst & Steel
Where to Start With Amethyst
A starter deck is the simplest way to try an Amethyst deck: it arrives as a legal two-ink deck you can upgrade. Ravensburger has made 7 with Amethyst; each has an upgrade guide on TurnZero HQ.
- The First Chapter Amber & Amethyst Starter Deck (Amber and Amethyst, Infinity only)
- Rise of the Floodborn Amethyst & Steel Starter Deck (Amethyst and Steel, Infinity only)
- Ursula's Return Amber & Amethyst Starter Deck (Amber and Amethyst, Infinity only)
- Shimmering Skies Amethyst & Ruby Starter Deck (Amethyst and Ruby, Infinity only)
- Archazia's Island Amethyst & Steel Starter Deck (Amethyst and Steel, Infinity only)
- Reign of Jafar Amber & Amethyst Starter Deck (Amber and Amethyst, Infinity only)
- 2-Player Starter Set: Amethyst & Ruby Deck (Amethyst and Ruby, Core legal)
To build your own, the Lorcana deck-building guide walks through the 60-card minimum, copies and inks, and TurnZero HQ's Deck Lab checks your list against Core Constructed or Infinity as you build.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What color is Amethyst in Lorcana?
Amethyst is purple. Its symbol under a card's cost is purple and the frame is tinted to match, so players often call an Amethyst deck a purple deck.
What is Amethyst good at in Lorcana?
Drawing cards and controlling tempo. In the Core sets as of November 2026, Amethyst has the most cards that draw (42), the most that exert opposing characters (13), and the most Rush (12) and Challenger (10) characters. It has almost no cards that banish or deal damage directly.
Why is Amethyst called the magic ink?
Ravensburger describes Amethyst as wondrous: sorcerers, sages and animated objects. It has 39 of the 59 Sorcerer characters in the Core sets, and its effects tend to bend the rules (exerting, bouncing, moving damage) rather than hit things.
How many Amethyst cards are legal in Core Constructed?
209 as of November 2026, counting each full name once across Fabled (set 9) through Hyperia City (set 14): 158 characters, 16 actions, 13 songs, 16 items and 6 locations. 6 of them are dual-ink cards from Attack of the Vine!.
What ink goes best with Amethyst in Lorcana?
It depends on what you want the deck to do, and the strongest pair changes with each set. Amethyst can pair with any of the other five inks: Amber (songs, card draw and evasive questers), Emerald (evasion and card advantage), Ruby (rush and evasive aggression), Sapphire (control, card draw and ramp) and Steel (challengers and removal). Each pair has its own page on TurnZero HQ.
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