Disney’s foray into the trading card game industry Disney Lorcana owes a lot Magic the Gathering and Pokémon trading card game. The word “Lorcana” is a combination of “lore” and “arcana,” suggesting that the set’s plot and characters will explore many mysteries. Expected to appear in autumn 2023, Lorcana aims to create a deck capable of defeating any opponent. Although information on Lorcana is still scarce, what is known corresponds to the most popular TCGs, Magic the Gathering and Pokemon.

Disney Lorcana already avoids Pokémon trading card game‘s biggest problem with fan prioritization and card availability. During D23 Expo 2022, seven limited-edition foil promos will be available for Lorcana were released. These cards included Cruella De Vil, Miserable As Usual, Robin Hood, Unrivaled Archer, Stitch, Rock Star, Maleficent, Monstrous Dragon, Elsa, Snow Queen, Captain Hook, Forceful Duelist , ” and “Mickey Mouse, brave little tailor”. The character names are reminiscent of creature and planeswalker cards Magic the Gathering. However, as the only cards so far have revealed Lorcana, fans expressed concerns that Disney would continue to release hard-to-get promos that would ultimately be prohibitively expensive to collect later. Unlike other big TCGs, such as PokemonDisney announced that there are currently no plans to continue this trend and instead is trying to focus on affordability for players and fans.

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From the release of Disney Lorcana to a new generation of Pokemon to each Magic the Gathering set release, 2023 is going to be a big year for trading card games. The promos released for Disney Lorcana leave many questions unanswered. For example, the promo cards have different colors: purple, blue, yellow, red, green, and gray. Two of the cards (Mickey Mouse, Brave Little Tailor, and Maleficent, Monstrous) are red, possibly meaning there could be a similar color system as MTG, while it may not be directly related to mana cost, it could still refer to some sort of synergy between specific colored cards. Another big question mark surrounds the diamonds on the right side of the cards; Most promos had one, two, or three diamonds, which must say something about the gameplay or character. Although the official gameplay rules have not been released for comparison, there are still many clear similarities between them Lorcana and other trading card games.

Magic: The Gathering & Pokémon seem to have inspired Disney Lorcana

As some players build one Pokémon trading card game deck by favorite PokemonIt’s likely, that Disney Lorcana Players will want to build decks around their favorite characters. It seems the fight is in Lorcana will resemble Pokemon‘s combat where the cards themselves fight each other, as evidenced by the captions for cards like Maleficent, which highlight: “dragon fire‘ as if it were a special ability, then says “Playing this character allows you to banish a selected opposing character.” Similar to Magic the Gatheringeach card also seems to have a card type, with differences like “dreamborn” or “story born” and “hero” or “villain‘ noted under the characters’ names. How deep Lorcana will resemble MTG or Pokémon trading card game remains to be seen, but the inspiration or crossover seems to be there.

Just like the best 30th anniversary MTG Promos for shared promos Lorcana are exciting celebrations of a new TCG. All of the similarities prove Disney did the right research to make a potentially huge impact on the TCG world. Disney Lorcana is certainly something to look forward to. Be inspired by MTG and Pokémon trading card game could either prove to be a huge hit or show seasoned card players a lack of unique vision, but it certainly has all the parts to become a strong addition to the tabletop genre.