1st Place Amber/Steel “Steelsong” Deck List and Strategy

Want to know how to play the incredibly powerful Disney Lorcana TCG Amber/Steel Steelsong deck?

Amber/Steel won the biggest tournament to date of the Into the Inklands format of Lorcana TCG. It remains today (and ever since The First Chapter) one of the strongest archetypes in the game.

Or perhaps you’re simply looking for a good Amber/Steel Flute deck list to get started on your own?

Whatever the reason, in this guide, we’re going to be giving you an in depth look at one of the strongest decks in the Disney Lorcana TCG meta right now.

*Updated March 5, 2024 to Into the Inklands.

Amber/Steel “Steelsong” Deck List – Disney Lorcana TCG

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3 Rapunzel - Gifted with Healing
2 And Then Along Came Zeus
2 Stitch - Carefree Surfer
4 A Whole New World
3 The Bare Necessities
4 Ariel - Spectacular Singer
3 Stitch - Rock Star
3 Grab Your Sword
3 Lantern
4 Robin Hood - Beloved Outlaw
4 Stitch - New Dog
4 Cinderella - Ballroom Sensation
3 Strength of a Raging Fire
3 Tinker Bell - Giant Fairy
4 Robin Hood - Champion of Sherwood
4 Beast - Tragic Hero
1 Cinderella - Knight in Training
3 Cinderella - Stouthearted
3 Let the Storm Rage On

Amber/Steel Deck – Basic Strategy

Amber/Steel is a highly aggressive deck that looks to destroy your opponent’s field while quickly accelerating lore before your opponent can build up significant resources or high power characters.

Cinderella is a powerful early game singer

To start with, Cinderella is the single strongest character to play on turn one. She’s helpful at every level of the game, enabling you to sing powerful songs early on, draw additional cards turn two, and eventually able to tackle powerful, readied opponents and quest for three lore in her Shifted Floodborn version.

But it’s one-cost Cinderella’s singing skills make her incredibly deadly in this deck. As early as turn two she can be used to play the cost three songs that makeup the backbone of this deck.

Use her to sing the powerful Let the Storm Rage On song card that lets you dish out damage while also drawing a card. Additionally, she can also sing the Strength of a Raging Fire card which can be used to tackle stronger foes (if you have plenty of characters in play). Both are excellent options for keeping your opponent’s board clear while you look to gain the advantage.

Robin Hood is your secret weapon

Robin Hood – Champion of Sherwood is one of the best cards in Into the Inklands, and virtually ever Steel deck now uses him. His Shift 3 keyword ability means he can be played as early as turn three, and he’s got several powerful abilities, letting you gain lore when he banishes characters, and letting you draw a card when he’s banished.

Play one-cost Robin Hood turn one and quickly Shift him into his much stronger version.

Another advantage of shifting into five-cost Robin Hood on turn three is that as early as that you can sing powerful song cards like Grab Your Sword, A Whole New World or And Along Came Zeus. To help you pull these powerful songs from your deck, you have Ariel. Her “Musical Debut” ability lets you search the top cards of your deck for a song card and add that card to your hand.

Arial — Ariel – Spectacular Singer

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Ariel is no slouch on her own, either. She may only be a three-cost character, but she has the helpful Singer 5 ability, enabling her to sing cards that otherwise she normally wouldn’t be able to.

Play characters cheaply with Lantern

Which deck is better? Flute or Lantern? That’s the question many Amber/Steel enthusiasts argue about at length. We’re giving the advantage right now to the Lantern build, thanks to its handy knack to get your characters out much earlier and cheaper than otherwise possible.

Steelsong draw support is legendary

One of Amber/Steel’s biggest advantages back in The First Chapter was how many powerful draw cards it had. It’s draw power today is even stronger, with additional cards added to its arsenal like Tragic Beast, enabling you to draw extra cards each turn.

One of the best things about these draw support characters, however, is that they do more than just enable you to draw cards. Stitch – Rock Star, for example is one of your strongest questers, with an impressive three lore value that gets even more impressive if you manage to Shift him for just four Ink (or less if you combine him with Lantern).

Stitch – Rock Star helps make up the backbone of this deck’s phenomenal draw support. Of course, this deck also runs plenty of characters under a cost of two, and one of the best combos you can take advantage of is to use Stitch’s Adoring Fans ability in tandem with Cinderella’s Have Courage to draw even more cards.

The strongest draw card in the game

Speaking of draw support, Amber/Steel benefits (like all Steel decks) from access to the single strongest draw support card in the game: A Whole New World.

Many consider A Whole New World to not only be the single strongest draw support card in the game but also the single most key card of the Amber/Steel deck. However, you need to be careful in how you use it. The best scenario is to use it when you have the advantage and can also sing it with one of your characters. If you sing it with a full Inkwell, you can then use your new resources before you opponent can, stacking up your board with powerful characters or dishing out damage with songs.

Additional draw support

Just in case you thought that was plenty of draw support as it was, this deck also runs several copies of Rapunzel – Gifted with Healing to draw cards for each damage healed and the seven-cost Stitch Surfer, letting you draw two cards when it’s played.

Amber/Steel Biggest Weaknesses

Of course, being a top tier deck, Amber/Steel doesn’t have a ton of weaknesses, and Rise of the Floodborn’s cards have helped it, not hindered it. Still, it does have a few weaknesses.

It doesn’t have many cards that straight up banish your opponents, relying more on dealing damage. This can be less than ideal than some decks, and be a struggle in protracted battles.
No evasive characters making you reliant on your damage dealing cards to take out evasive characters.
Most characters in this deck build don’t have a ton of lore value, putting pressure on your need to dominate the board.
No way to gain lore outside of exerting your characters (for example no Merlin – Goat or passive lore from locations.

All said, Amber/Steel is an incredibly strong deck in the current Lorcana meta, and will likely be a popular combo for some time to come.

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