With each chapter that is released for Lorcana, it not only expands the lore available to players, but also revives some classic characters or long forgotten characters. Whispers in the Well is doing both, but does it grant your wish or leave you stuck down there?

Each chapter has a theme, sometimes it is really easy to spot and other times, it is harder to see from the cards, but this one is very easy. A number of the cards have characters dressed out in detective style gear, with characters from Duck Tales and Zootopia ready to solve the noir mystery. Now while seeing Judy Hopps in detective gear is not a real stretch, Nick Wilde is more so, but then Clawhauser is just unexpected. Of course, as this is Lorcana there is a reason why the Duck Tales and Zootopia folks are dressed in themes, that is the discovery of the Whispers, the new card type for this chapter.

From a lore point of view, Whispers are glimmers that are not fully formed, which is evident with their ghostly look, but they are not spectres. In terms of gameplay, players can use these cards to get a boost from other cards in their deck. Each card has their own reasons for use and depending on the card underneath, some effects can change. If you are worried you won’t be able to tell the different between a whisper card and a standard card, all the whispers look like they are on paper, with tears around the edges. You can even get some foil variants of the new cards, giving you even more fun looks to them.

Speaking of new looks, The Black Cauldron and Gargoyles are both making their Lorcana debut, with the latter being the highlight for me. If you are not familiar with Gargoyles, it was an original Disney TV animation, which told the stories of beings that were cursed and turned to stone, and their stone forms were separated. When they were brought back together and the sun set, they would lose their petrified state, but it happened hundreds of years later. In the packs I was sent, I managed to get Goliath, Hudson, Brooklyn and Bronx cards, with their names taken from the new land they called home New York. There is a Goliath Enchanted card, one of the new full art cards that launched in Fabled, that I wish I had gotten, as it looks amazing.

The Black Cauldron is the movie that most people forget exists, as it came out and was a flop, giving Disney pause and after they took the time to ensure they had the right movie next time, they came out with The Little Mermaid. Here there are a good range of characters and items from the movie, including the titular cauldron. The best card that I managed to get is that of The Horned King, the big bad of the movie and here, the card lets players bring banished glimmers into play, which could make for some big changes to how players build a deck. I will admit that its been a long since I have seen either Gargoyles or The Black Cauldron, that when I saw the card for Gwythaint, I associated it with the former, instead of the latter.

But that is one of the reasons that I adore Lorcana, discovering long forgotten characters and fun takes on new ones. I mentioned before that Zootopia was dong the noir detective thing and it stands to reason that some folks would fall into a stereotype, with Gazelle being the femme fatale. Getting cards from Hercules, with Zeus, Hades, Hermes and more was also welcome, because when was the last time you saw Hermes get any attention from Disney.

As with all of the series, the art draws me in and in Whispers in the Well, there were four cards that I fell in love with. The cards below are those four cards and each has a simple reason for being my favourites, they show the characters doing what we expect them to. For Zeus by Carlos Luzzi, he is throwing his thunderbolts, something we see him do in the movie, but this time without the commentary. For The Horseman Strikes! by Jaime Puga, it gives me a reason to have a little fear of the Headless Horseman, a character that I honestly associated with Mickey's Boo to You Parade at the Magic Kingdom park. There the character just rides through the street, but here with the flaming pumpkin shattered on the ground, he feels like a threat.

Goliath by Max Grecke shows off the power and demeanour of the character, standing firm in front of anyone that threatens his family, so much so that I can hear Keith David telling me no. The last card is Nick Wilde by Marta Andreeva, which shows off Nick being one sneaky fox and sure by the end of the first film he is a good guy, but he is still a fox.

With almost 2,500 card in Lorcana and countless characters, movies or shows not in there yet, there is a lot of room to grow. This latest chapter is one I can see impacting the game in much great detail than the dual-ink cards from the Archazia’s Island, if only because they will allow players to create a lot of deck options. The addition of Gargoyles and The Black Cauldron are amazing and I can’t wait to see the Lorcana take on Darkwing Duck and Lilo & Stich in the next chapter. If you have been worried about jumping into the game, this is such a fun landing point, because there are some great cards, each with fun ways to play with them, so deal yourself in, you won’t regret it.