Disney Lorcana · Set 2 Starter Deck
Rise of the Floodborn Amber & Sapphire: Upgrade Guide
The Queen and Gaston lead a Snow White deck: the Seven Dwarfs, item support from Belle, and a lot of small value effects.
At a glance
Amber & Sapphire · Seven Dwarfs and items
How it plays out of the box
This deck plays a lot of small characters that help each other. The Dwarfs make one another cheaper and stronger, Belle and the items add small amounts of value, and The Queen protects your board by shrinking whatever wants to challenge it.
The plan is spread across many cards, so there are turns where nothing lines up. It has very few ways to remove an opposing character, and the Shift characters on the box need their base versions in play first.
The cards on the box
The Queen - Commanding Presence
Rise of the Floodborn #26
Shift 2. When she quests, one opposing character gets -4 strength and one character gets +4.
Gaston - Intellectual Powerhouse
Rise of the Floodborn #147
Shift 4. Quests for 3, and digs 3 cards deep for one when played.
Other cards to know
The rating: power 2, difficulty 3
Lots of small synergies that rarely line up, and almost no removal.
Both numbers are TurnZero HQ's own editorial read, not an official Ravensburger rating. Power compares the deck out of the box against the other starter decks, not against a tuned tournament list. Difficulty is how much the deck asks of the person playing it.
What to cut first
Cut the items that only draw or heal once, then the Dwarfs you have only one copy of. A tribal deck needs four of its best pieces, not one of each.
A Lorcana deck needs at least 60 cards, no more than 4 copies of a card with the same full name, and at most two inks, so every card you add means one you take out. The deck building rules →
Upgrade direction 1: Heal for lore
Amber and Sapphire now have a real engine for healing: characters that gain lore or ink whenever you remove damage. Sturdy characters soak a challenge, you heal them, and the healing pays you.
It's slower than a pure questing deck, so it needs Bodyguards to keep the opponent from just ignoring your board.
Grand Pabbie - Oldest and Wisest
Fabled #150
Gain 2 lore whenever you remove damage from one of your characters.
Julieta Madrigal - Excellent Cook
Fabled #18
Removes up to 2 damage when played, and draws a card if she did.
The Madrigal Family - Every Generation
Attack of the Vine! #30
Ramps your inkwell once a turn when you remove damage.
Coconut Basket
Fabled #169
Removes up to 2 damage whenever you play a character.
Upgrade direction 2: Princesses and Queens
The Queen is a Queen, and Amber and Sapphire have the best Princess support. Cheap Princesses make the next one cheaper, and Mulan finds more of them.
Aurora - Holding Court
Fabled #6
Makes your next Princess or Queen cheaper whenever she quests.
Mulan - Considerate Diplomat
Fabled #142
Looks at the top 4 cards for a Princess whenever she quests.
Akood et Emuti
Winterspell #29
A free song for a cost-3 character that discounts your next character and draws a card.
Let It Go
Winterspell #163
The removal this deck lacks: put a character into its owner's inkwell.
Core or Infinity
As of October 2026, this deck is not legal in Core Constructed as sold, because Core uses sets 9 (Fabled) onward. A card counts as Core-legal when any printing with its full name is, so the cards from this box that were reprinted in Fabled or later can still be played there. The whole deck is legal in Infinity Constructed, which allows every set, and at any kitchen table.
Every upgrade pick on this page is from set 9 or later, so all of them are Core-legal. Core Constructed vs. Infinity →
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Rise of the Floodborn Amber and Sapphire deck worth buying?
As a way to own The Queen and Gaston in foil, yes. As a deck to play, it's one of the weaker starters, and it improves most once it has removal like Let It Go.
Can I build a Seven Dwarfs deck in Core?
Not from the box's cards, which are from set 2. A Core version follows the heal-for-lore or Princess direction above with newer cards.
Build the upgraded deck in TurnZero HQ.
Add the deck to the Deck Lab, make your swaps, and it checks the list against Core Constructed or Infinity as you go. Publish it to share the link. Free to start.
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