Welcome back, Infiniteers! In this episode, Vanellope and Dash play an epic card game, where Dash becomes overly competitive. Enjoy!

Disney Infinity: Toy Box Adventures

Episode 6: Card Wars

Inside Vanellope's treehouse in the Hub, the President of Sugar Rush is eating two sandwiches and drinking juice from a cup. She then falls asleep. How did she get a treehouse, you ask? After moving to Slaughter Race, she needed a new place to stay in case she needed a break from racing. King Louie was kind enough to have a treehouse built for her. Dash, visiting for the weekend, enters with an exaggerated sigh. In his hands is a blue box. His sighing woke Vanellope.

"Hey, Dash. What's wrong? You look dumpy. How come?" Vanellope asks. "Is it because of that box?" Dash responds by walking away towards the window. Vanellope glitches to him. "Is something sad in there?"

"No. It's nothing." Dash responds nonchalantly.

"There're tons of boxes with nothing inside, but also, you can put something inside the box, and then it won't be empty. Does that make you feel better?"

"Ha-ha. You're a real charmer, Vanellope." Dash chuckles. "No… It's… well… Judy doesn't want to play the game Card Wars with me. She says "I don't play card games."

"What kind of game is Card Wars?"

"It's a fantasy card game that's super complicated and awesome, but—well… No, it's kind of stupid. Never mind."

"How come you never talked about it before? It sounds cool!"

"Really? Well… I thought you'd say it was for nerds who do not know how life is outside of the nerd universe."

"It is. But I still totally want to play it. So no more moping, okay?"

Dash smiles. "Thanks, Vanellope."

They go over to a table and clear it for their game. Dash brings the board and some cups and Vanellope brings snacks and a 2-liter bottle of soda. As they set up, Dash's sister Violet walks by.

"Oh, hey, Violet. You want in on this?" Dash offered.

"I'd like that, but I don't play such games… with Dash." Violet turned down the offer coldly.

"What does she mean by that?" Vanellope asks as Violet turns invisible.

"Ah, don't worry about it. Let's play the game." Vanellope eats a couple of chips and Dash sets up the board.

"So what kind of stakes are we playing for?"

"Hmm… How about… the loser is a dweeb and the winner is a cool guy?"

"I like those stakes."

Dash pours soda into the cups in front of him. He then starts adding extra ingredients to the tan cup. "Coffee grounds, bug butter, grape jelly, kimchi, and… this stuff." He adds the named ingredients, along with a pink fluid that reads "HAM CHUNK JUICE".

"Hey! You're ruining that pop with weird taste!" Vanellope notices.

With a black marker, Dash writes DWEEB on the tan cup and COOL GUY on the white one. "We drink when the game is over."

"Oh, gross." She slightly gagged.

"Now let me explain the rules of this game."

2 HOURS LATER…

"That about wraps up the basics! So once our kingdom is set up…" Dash floops his land cards. "…the game will start. FOR THE GLORY!" He sees Vanellope wake up with a yawn. "Hey, were you asleep?! I'll have to explain it all over again!"

"Doesn't matter. Let's just play."

"But if you don't know the rules, then you're going to lose in the first few rounds - like Disgust always does! And then you'll hate the game, and then you'll hate me, and then… and then…"

Vanellope scoffs. "You think you're going to win? I'm about to crush you! Party-dance-style, dweeb!"

"Haha! That's what I want to hear! Game on!"

"So… how do I get my land on the map again?"

"Oh… you, uh, floop your land cards."

"Like this?" She floops the cards and her land and buildings appear.

"Just like that," Dash responds.

Vanellope holds up her cards. "Uh…"

"You may want to keep those guys hidden. You wouldn't want me to get an early advantage, would you?"

"Oh!" Vanellope exclaims as she holds her cards closer to her face. "Hmmm…"

"Okay, I'll start us off. I floop the Tower of the All-Seer!"

A tower appears and the light it shoots out reveals the cards in Vanellope's hand.

Vanellope gasps. "Hey!"

"Pfft, your cards look pretty weak. Hmm. I'll take the BrainStorm, though."

Dash claims the card. "Huh?"

"Okay, now it's the battle phase. I'm attacking your schoolhouse with my Husker Knights." He activates the Husker Knights. "And I'll follow that by casting Brain Storm!" A brain-shaped rain cloud appears. "So Nellie, how will you defend?" The cloud and knights start advancing.

"Uh, are my Space Dog and Ancient Wizard strong enough to defeat your Husker Knights?" Vanellope asks.

Dash laughs. "Of course not. Their power levels are far too low."

"Hmm. Then I floop the Pig."

"What?!" Dash laughs louder.

"What's so funny?"

"Okay… okay, first of all, you don't floop a creature to make it fight. You activate a creature." Dash reminds her.

Vanellope looks at the Pig card. "Hmm. No. Says here I can floop the pig. See?"

Vanellope floops the Pig onto the battlefield. It runs past the knights and storm and starts eating Dash's cornfields. He gasps in shock. "No… He's eating all my cornfields! My Husker Knights draw their energy from corn!" The knights collapse in a heap.

"And, since I'm not officially attacking, your BrainStorm only does damage… to your own kingdom's troops."

The Brain Storm strikes the pile of knights. Dash lets out a big gasp. "You just wiped out my entire attack!"

"Well, what do you expect if all your power units get their strength from corn?" Vanellope smirked. "Pigs eat corn, dude. No offense, but cornfields stink."

"CORNFIELDS ARE AWESOME! What makes you think you know so much about Card Wars?!" Dash snapped.

"It's just simple logic!" Vanellope responded.

Dash sighs. "…Your turn."

"Hmm…"

"You're supposed to discard a card and pick up a new one from the deck first."

"Oh. Right."

"Look at you. You're a babe in the woods. Your beginner's luck ends this round!"

"Hmm. How's this for beginner's luck?" Vanellope discards a card and picks up another. She activates it and another card. A tower and cave appear on the battlefield.

"Merlin's Tower?! And the Lion's Den?!"

"Now to begin my battle phase. I activate my Ancient Wizard… to begin studying." The Ancient Wizard enters the schoolhouse to study. "And I'll also move my Pig to the Lion's Den for his nap."

"So… that's it? You're not attacking or anything?" Dash questions.

"I'm saving my attack for another turn."

"HA! Then the seas have aligned and the five winds waft the scent of victory to my palace doors!" Dash exclaims. "I cast Nightmare Mist and activate my Legion of Phantoms to scare your Pig to death!" Phantoms appear in the mist and start dancing,

"My Pig's in the Lion's Den, remember? " Vanellope reminds the young Super.

"Um… I cast Teleport—to force your Pig to the empty field so I can attack him!"

"Uh… wouldn't Teleport only work on your own creatures?"

"Oh, you're right. I'm going to slay that Pig, one way or another!"

"How will you do that? You don't have any creatures in your arsenal that can get near him!" Dash growls angrily. "You may as well admit defeat, Dash. I'm the cool guy."

"Hmm." Dash starts thinking and gasps with an idea. "So, you say you're the cool guy, huh? Well, it's about time I turn up the heat, in more ways than one!" Dash chuckles maliciously as he floops the Volcano card. "I floop the Volcano!"

"What?! Won't that move destroy your kingdom too?!"

"Hmm… Maybe." Dash replies as the Volcano explodes. "Whoa!"

"Aah!" The Volcano destroys everything with its lava. "Not my Pig!" The Phantoms scream as they are burned alive.

Dash chuckles deviously. "The Pig is dead. Now I reconstitute my cornfields with the power of the Reclaim Landscape spell!" His field is restored and his knights return. "My Husker Knights revive! And I still have my battle phase! Hiding deep in the Useless Swamp… the Wood Guardian, Groot!"

"I AM GROOT!" Groot appears.

"Uh-oh!"

"Uh-oh is right. Cornfields give Groot triple attack." Groot grows larger and stronger.

"Gulp…"

"I told you cornfields are awesome! Your Ancient Wizard and Space Dog won't survive this time!" Dash's Husker Knights and Groot advance into attack range.

"Actually, my Ancient Wizard's been studying the Resurrection ability."

"So what?"

"So, my Ancient Wizard can resurrect a fallen ally." The Ancient Wizard uses his spell to revive the Pig. "Sorry, Dash, but I floop the Pig."

"NOOOOO!" Vanellope's Pig eats Dash's corn. The Husker Knights collapse again. Merlin's Tower starts sending energy waves.

"Check it out! My Tower's doing something!" The Tower's waves hit Groot, making him appear on Vanellope's side as it turns blue.

"I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT!"

"YOU GANKED MY GROOT! AAAAGH!" Dash runs from the table and angrily mutters incomprehensible words at his reflection in the window.

"Uh… maybe we should take a break?" Vanellope asks.

Dash growls lowly. "Your turn."

"Huh?!"

Dash threateningly grabs her by her teal hoodie. "YOU PLAY! YOU PLAY!" He lets go.

"Oh, sweet mother of monkey milk!" Vanellope said to herself before remembering Violet's earlier words.

"I don't play such games… with Dash."

"Time out! I need to use the little President's room!" She runs away quickly. In the hallway, she quietly calls out to Violet. "Violet! Violet!" A force field randomly appears and Violet turns visible.

"Oh, it's just you, V. For a second, I thought you were a villain." Violet lets her down.

"Vi! Your bro's acting completely bonkers!"

"Oh, no! Please tell me you're not winning a game of Card Wars."

"Yes!" Vanellope admits.

"I was afraid of this! Whenever Dash loses at that game, he gets majorly depressed! The last time I beat him, he stopped talking to me for two weeks!"

"What?! I only played so he wouldn't be bummed!"

"V, listen to me. The only way to make Dash happy is if you take a dive."

"How will I do that? I'm a Card Wars super Amadeus!"

"I'm sure you'll think of something. Now go!" Violet pushes Vanellope back to the table.

"Geez, V, what took you so long?" Dash questioned.

"Heh-heh… I must've had a tummy ache." Vanellope sheepishly lied.

"Right. It's your turn, by the way."

"Okay, if I'm to lose this game, I'll have to lose with some style." Vanellope's thoughts echo in her head and she takes a deep breath. "Get ready, Dash. I'm about to unleash my ultimate attack!"

"Go right ahead. I still have my Wandering Bald Man." Dash challenged and his remaining creature gets stuck in Dash's mud landscape. "Uh-oh."

"If I'm to let Dash reconstitute his cornfields, I'll need to remove my Pig somehow." She analyzes the field and sees the mud landscape. "I have an idea. Okay, I'll activate the Pig—to move in and attack your Wandering Bald Man."

"Well, that's stupid. You could've attacked with Groot and ended the game right there."

"As if! You've underestimated me and my Pig all day!"

The Pig goes to the Wandering Bald Man and attacks it.

"Come on, Pig. Let this work."

The Wandering Bald Man slaps the Pig, but the Pig defeats him. In slow motion, Dash discards a card.

"No…"

"I…"

The Pig tries to return to his owner's side, but gets stuck in the mud and turns neon yellow.

"OHHH-HO-HO! Oh, yeah! Pigs can't leave mud landscapes once they enter them! Hahaha! The Pig is mine!" Dash cheers. Vanellope smiles to herself, proud that her plan worked. "First, I play Reclaim Landscape, and then I cast Summon Archer Hawkeye!"

Hawkeye appears and destroys Vanellope's buildings with his arrows.

"Whoa."

"Now for the big finish. I cast the Soul Stone." He plays the card as the orange Infinity Stone saps the souls of Vanellope's creatures. The Immortal Maize Walker is orange-red again, the Ancient Wizard is now orange, and the Space Dog is now lime green.

"My guys!" All three of Vanellope's creatures go to Dash's side of the board.

"You have no more creatures left to defend with. That's game, girl! The five winds blow through cornfields once again! For the glory of Dashania!"

"Heh. You got me. I admit defeat."

"You got that right! Get ready to drink up!" He hands her the DWEEB cup. "It looks like you're the dweeb and I'm the cool guy!" He drinks from the COOL GUY cup. Vanellope sniffs the DWEEB cup and retched. "What's wrong? Too gross for you?"

"No, no. I know what has to be done." She takes a sip and smile. "Hey… this is good! I like it!"

"WHAT?!" Dash gasps.

"Care for a taste?" She hands him the DWEEB cup. He takes a sip and immediately spits it out. He gags in disgust.

"AW, THAT'S GROSS!" Dash gagged.

Vanellope laughs. "In your face, dweeb!"

She goes over to Dash and sips the cup again. He sips it again, too. They share a laugh. They continue to sip the DWEEB cup. As they do so, Violet enters and sees them. She crosses her arms and shakes her head at them with a smile.

-Cast-

Finn – Vanellope von Schweetz

Jake – Dash

BMO – Violet

Ancient Wizard – Merlin

Cool Dog – Cosmo the Space Dog

Pig – Archie the Scare Pig

Archer Dan - Hawkeye

I based this one on the Adventure Time episode of the same name. I hope you enjoyed this one. Happy Holidays!