The day that legions of Card Wars fans have been waiting for has arrived. A new set of decks for you to play! While these two new decks play well together, they are also totally competitive against the previous Finn, Jake, BMO, and Lady Rainicorn decks. But today is all about the battle of the Princesses.

First up, Princess Bubblegum has the honor of debuting the NiceLands Landscapes. NiceLands cards are themed around healing and dealing damage to Creatures, sometimes even dealing damage to your own Creatures!



Why would you deal damage to your own Creature? Take a look at this:

You’ll want to manipulate the damage on your Creatures turn after turn to keep them right at that sweet spot. Since Creatures tend to take damage pretty fast, there are also several ways to heal your Creatures in the deck, like:

Note that you don’t have to heal your Creatures for all 3 damage. If your sweet spot is 4 damage, heal just enough from your Creature to get it to 4 damage, then attack and relish in the horrified look on your opponent’s face.

So as you can see, the NiceLands deck is all about damage. Healing, dealing, and trying to manipulate the damage on your Creatures. When it all comes together, it’s a beautiful thing. Like a Princess.

Fortunately, Lumpy Space Princess has just as many cool tricks up her sleeve, if she had sleeves. Her deck is a mix of Blue Plains and Useless Swamps. One of the main tricks in her deck is that her Creatures like being replaced. If you’re an experienced Card Wars player, you already know that sometimes you want to get rid of Creature in play before it attacks and dies during your own turn. Or perhaps you need a tougher Creature to get through your opponent’s defenses. Replacing a Creature (see 2nd to last paragraph on page 4 of the rulebook) can sometimes save the day! When LSP does it, she gets a cool reward, such as:



Replacing Creatures is also a good way to get extra cards into your discard pile, which every Useless Swamp deck wants to do. Take a look at this beast:

Oh, and in case you were worried that the Fatapillar wouldn’t survive too long:

And naturally the deck has lots of other ways to get cards into your discard pile rather quickly. There are several cards that use discarding cards from your hand as a cost. Usually you can only use the ability once per turn. But sometimes you can discard more than just one. Here’s the best example:

As you can see, the synergy between Blue Plains and Useless Swamps in this deck is pretty spot on. Blue Plains draws cards better than any other Landscape type, and Useless Swamps can get those cards in your discard pile super-fast. It’s a pretty smooth combo for such a Lumpy Space Princess.