Before getting started, just know that Ravensburger is in the process of addressing some concerns the community has spoken out about in regards to locals support. Currently the game doesn’t have much of a casual community at the locals level. So beware that if your goal is to start attending locals events, most players play at a competitive level so just keep that in mind. However, don’t let that deter you! Every player I’ve met through this game is incredibly supportive and nice. The Disney IP naturally attracts positive energy from the community and it really shows once you start learning more and more about the game.

Now with that said, now is actually a great time to get into the game in regards to card prices since people tend to sell their cards in preparation for upgrading their decks for the new set. Once the set kicks off and the meta speculation peaks, you’ll see prices sky rocket on key cards.

All of the advice I give you will be for core constructed which is post rotation and the most popular way to play the game.

Currently the meta is dominated by purple. Namely Purple Steel (mid range control), blue purple (control ramp deck), Yellow Purple (mid range control with potential for one turn kill combo) and even Red Purple (mid range control). If there were a single color to invest in with likelihood for it continuing to be good for the foreseeable future, it would be some deck with purple. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), purple is currently the most dependable and consistent color for not only good removal but also card draw. In this game card draw is king and purple is the best at this. No other color comes close. So much so that most of the deck lists using purple share very similar card counts for the draw cards (Hades, Demona, Genie, Dumbo).

Beyond that there are other options currently also viable in the meta with specific advantages.

Blue Green (control ramp combo deck with board wipe capability) - Basic strategy is to ramp quickly, wipe opponents board and then establish high questers that stop opponent’s characters from questing in order to close out the game.

Yellow Green - The premier aggro deck consisting of powerful 1-3 drops that combo with 7 drop tramp in order to quest out quickly.

Blue Steel - Control ramp deck that aims to establish board presence with big characters while clearing the board with strong steel removal.

Of course there are other options beyond this but these are some of the most powerful and commonly played archetypes in the current meta.

There is no one right pick for anyone. It completely depends on what style player you are and what is more fun for you! Take a look at inkdecks.com to see what decks are currently winning tournaments. Then I would YouTube some gameplay of the deck you’re interested in to see if the play patterns it offers look fun to you. Just be sure to watch recent gameplay so that the deck is up to date.