The Lorcana Deckbuilding Ratios Cheat Sheet

Every deckbuilding article eventually comes down to a few numbers. Here they all are in one place — a reference you can check against any 60-card list. Treat these as starting points, not laws; great decks bend them on purpose.

The non-negotiables

Three rules are fixed by the game itself:

Rule	Value
Deck size	Exactly 60 cards
Ink colors	At most 2
Copies of any card	Maximum 4

Card type mix

A rough breakdown of how your 60 cards split by type. Characters do most of the work; the rest support them.

Card type	Typical share
Characters	~36–44 (most of the deck)
Actions / Songs	~6–12
Items	~2–6
Locations	~0–4

Ink curve targets

A balanced midrange curve, as a baseline:

Cost	Cards
1	6
2	12
3	12
4	10
5	8
6	6
7+	6

Shift it left for aggro, right for control.

Inkable count

You must be able to ink every turn. Aim for the reliable band:

Under 20   ░░░░░░░░░░  risky — expect missed inks
22–24      ██████████  the standard target
26+        ██████████  very smooth, maybe too smooth

Interaction by archetype

How much removal and card draw each archetype wants:

Archetype	Removal	Card draw
Aggro	2–4	0–2
Midrange	6–8	2–4
Control	8–12	6–8

The four questions to check any deck

Before you sleeve a list, run it past these:

Do I have a turn-2 play almost every game? (Curve + inkable count.)
Can I ink every turn? (At least ~22 inkable cards.)
Can I answer their threats? (Enough, and varied, removal.)
Can I actually close the game? (Real win conditions, not just survival.)

If you can answer "yes" to all four, you have a functional deck. Everything beyond that is tuning — and you can test every change for free in the goldfish simulator and draw calculator.