How Disney Lorcana began

Ravensburger and Disney

Ravensburger, the German company best known for jigsaw puzzles and board games, made Disney Lorcana together with The Walt Disney Company. It was Ravensburger's first trading card game.

The head of Ravensburger North America, Filip Francke, called it "probably the largest investment that we have ever done into any type of project and initiative."

• Ryan MillerCo-designer and brand manager

  Credited as one of the game's two designers, and described as its brand manager.

• Steve WarnerCo-designer

  Credited with Ryan Miller as a designer of Disney Lorcana.

The First Chapter

Ravensburger announced the game in 2022, and promotional cards were handed out at Disney's D23 Expo that year; some of them later resold for between $1,000 and $3,000.

The first set, The First Chapter, reached hobby game stores on 18 August 2023 and large retailers on 1 September 2023. Fans at Gen Con queued for hours for starter decks and booster packs, and high-rarity cards were reselling for hundreds of dollars before the official launch.

1. 2022Disney Lorcana announced; promo cards given out at the D23 Expo
2. 18 Aug 2023The First Chapter in hobby stores (1 September at large retailers)
3. 17 Nov 2023Rise of the Floodborn introduces Resist
4. 23 Feb 2024Into the Inklands adds Locations, a new card type
5. 17 May 2024Ursula's Return brings new Shift costs and Sing Together
6. 7 Mar 2025Archazia's Island introduces dual-ink cards and Vanish
7. 29 Aug 2025Fabled adds the Epic and Iconic rarities; Core rotation begins
8. 7 Nov 2025Whispers in the Well introduces Boost

A chapter every few months

Sets arrive in hobby stores roughly a week or two before large retailers, about three or four times a year. Each set mixes characters from many Disney and Pixar stories with characters made for the game.

Rarities run Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare and Legendary, with Enchanted cards (full-art versions) above them. Fabled added Epic and Iconic.

• The First Chapter The first set, August 2023.
• Into the Inklands The first Locations.
• Archazia's Island The first dual-ink cards.
• Fabled Epic and Iconic rarities arrive.

Tournaments and formats

The Disney Lorcana Challenge circuit began in May 2024 with events in North America, Europe and Oceania. In its first season more than 17,000 players took part in nearly 150,000 games.

The first European Championship was held at Disneyland Paris in December 2024, the North American Championship at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim in January 2025, and the World Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando in June 2025, won by Dinh Khang Pham.

In May 2025 Ravensburger announced that the four Year 1 sets would rotate out of the Core Constructed format with the release of Fabled, and introduced Infinity Constructed, where every card ever printed stays legal.

Disney Lorcana today

The game won Best Ongoing Card Game at the 2023 Tabletop Awards. A free companion app tracks collections, builds decks and counts lore.

This site lists every set from The First Chapter to the newest, with every card, the Disney story it comes from and every printing.