A Coco deck from Lorcana's own designers: Amber/Ruby songs, all 60 cards Core-legal
Ravensburger designer Brennan DeCandio has shared a Coco themed deck: Singers sing for free, Héctor digs for songs while filling the discard, and Pepita scores off a 10-card discard. Full list and two combos inside, with a one-tap link to the Deck Builder.
It's a designer's themed deck, not a tournament result: a good starting point if you want to play Coco.
The list
30 Amber and 30 Ruby; 40 characters, 17 songs, 3 items. Open it in the Deck Builder ›
Combo 1: Memory Loop
Remember Me
Hercules – Young Rescuer
Watch it play in the Combo Lab ›
How it works
- Have a character with cost 6 or more in play, such as Héctor Rivera – Worldwide Sensation (cost 6), and Hercules – Young Rescuer in your discard.
- Exert Héctor to sing Remember Me (Sing Together 6): for the rest of the turn you may play characters from your discard, and they enter play exerted.
- Pay 2 to play Hercules from your discard. HEROIC SACRIFICE: discard your hand, then return Remember Me from your discard to your hand.
ResultFor 2 : Hercules is back in play and Remember Me is back in your hand, ready to sing again next turn.
Why it’s strong2
- Remember Me normally costs 6; Sing Together makes it free, and you get it back to use again.
- The hand you discard all goes into your discard, pushing Pepita – Imelda's Right Hand toward 10 cards sooner.
Weak points3
- You discard your whole hand, so it's best when your hand is small.
- Hercules has to be in your discard first, and he can't go into your inkwell.
- Characters played from your discard enter exerted, so they can't quest or challenge this turn.
Going further1
- In the same turn you can still pay to play other characters from your discard, such as a banished Pepita – Imelda's Right Hand.
Combo 2: Everyone's a Singer
Ancestral Guitar
Ernesto de la Cruz – Ruthless Musician
Watch it play in the Combo Lab ›
How it works
- The turn before, play Ancestral Guitar (cost 2). MUSICAL LEGACY: draw a card.
- This turn, exert Ancestral Guitar and pay 1 (FROM THE HEART): a chosen opposing character gains Singer this turn.
- Pay 6 to play Ernesto de la Cruz – Ruthless Musician. WHATEVER IT TAKES: banish that opposing character with Singer.
ResultFor 7 : banish any one opposing character, and you have a 6/5 Ernesto with Singer 8 in play.
Why it’s strong2
- On his own, Ernesto can only banish characters with Singer; the Guitar lets him target any opposing character.
- Ancestral Guitar draws a card when played, and otherwise lets characters without Singer sing.
Weak points3
- It takes 7 in one turn.
- Both effects choose their target, so opposing characters with Ward can't be picked.
- Your deck is full of Singers, so your opponent's Ernesto can banish them just the same.
Going further1
- Ernesto has Singer 8, so next turn he can sing Red Moon Ritual (Sing Together 7) on his own and banish another character.
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