Disney Lorcana

How to Read a Disney Lorcana Card

The top of a Lorcana card tells you what it costs and whether it can become ink. The middle tells you how it plays. The small print along the bottom tells you exactly which card it is, which is what you need to price it, sell it or add it to a collection. Here's every part.

The top: cost and the inkwell

The cost, top left, is how much ink you spend to play the card. Ink comes from your inkwell: once per turn you may put a card from your hand into it facedown, and each card there pays for one point of cost.

Only inkable cards can go into the inkwell. They show it with a decorative border around the cost; a card without that border can be played but never inked. Deckbuilders weigh this carefully, since a hand of uninkable cards can leave you short of ink.

Inks

Every card belongs to one of six inks, shown by its ink symbol and the color of its frame: Amber, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire and Steel. A deck can use at most two. Some newer cards are dual-ink, belonging to two inks at once, and count as both.

The middle: name, version and classifications

Below the art is the card's name. A character also carries a version under it, because the same character is printed many times: Mickey Mouse - Brave Little Tailor and Mickey Mouse - True Friend are different cards with different costs, stats and abilities. The name and version together are how players refer to a character.

Under that are the character's classifications, such as Storyborn, Dreamborn or Floodborn and Hero, Villain or Princess. Some card text refers to them. Floodborn characters usually have Shift, which lets you play them on top of a character with the same name for their Shift cost.

Strength, willpower and lore

Characters print three numbers that come up in almost every game:

StatWhat it does
StrengthThe damage the character deals when it challenges or is challenged.
WillpowerHow much damage it can take. A character with damage equal to its willpower is banished.
LoreHow much lore you gain when it quests. The first player to 20 lore wins.

To quest or challenge, a character exerts (turns sideways), and a character played this turn has to wait until your next turn to do either unless its text says otherwise. The rules text in the box below the classifications explains any keywords and abilities, and italic flavor text, where there is any, has no effect on play.

Characters, actions, items and locations

Not every card is a character. Actions take effect and are then discarded. Songs are actions too, and their reminder text lets you exert a character with a high enough cost to sing the song for free instead of paying its ink. Items stay in play and usually have an ability you can use. Locations are printed landscape: your characters move to one by paying its move cost, a location with a lore value gains you that lore at the start of your turn, and it has willpower, so opponents can challenge it.

The bottom: the collector line

The small print along the bottom edge is what identifies the card. The same character can appear on many cards, and an Enchanted card shares its name and version with a regular one, but this line is printed on one card only. It reads something like 205/204 • EN • 1:

PartExampleWhat it tells you
Collector number205The card's number within its set.
Set size/204The number of regular cards in the set: 204 in most sets. A number over it is usually an Enchanted, Epic or Iconic card.
LanguageENThe language of the printing.
Set number1Which set it's from: 1 is The First Chapter, 2 Rise of the Floodborn, and so on.
IllustratorArtist's nameWho illustrated the card, printed along the bottom as well.

Promos print their own line instead, with a promo set code in place of the set size, like 25/P1 for card 25 of the first promo set.

The main sets so far, in order: The First Chapter (1), Rise of the Floodborn (2), Into the Inklands (3), Ursula's Return (4), Shimmering Skies (5), Azurite Sea (6), Archazia's Island (7), Reign of Jafar (8), Fabled (9), Whispers in the Well (10), Winterspell (11), Wilds Unknown (12) and Attack of the Vine! (13). Hyperia City (14) is due on October 16, 2026.

This line is exactly what TurnZero HQ's scanner reads: the collector number and set first, the name and version only to break a tie. How the Lorcana scanner works →

Rarities

Each card carries a rarity symbol along the bottom that says how often it turns up in packs. A main set's regular cards, usually numbered 1 to 204, are split across the first five rarities; the special rarities are numbered after them.

RarityWhere it fits
CommonThe most plentiful cards in a set.
UncommonFewer per pack than commons.
RareThe rarer regular cards.
Super RareScarcer than rares.
LegendaryThe rarest of a set's regular cards.
EnchantedAlternate-art foil versions of existing cards, numbered past the set (205 and up). Printed only in foil.
Epic and IconicSpecial rarities added in newer sets, also numbered past the set.
PromoCards from promo sets and events, with their own numbering.

Rarity is not the same thing as the foil finish. Regular cards of any rarity can also be found in foil, and the same card number can be worth very different amounts depending on which version you have. Normal vs. foil vs. Enchanted →

Frequently Asked Questions

What does inkable mean on a Lorcana card?

An inkable card can be put into your inkwell facedown, once per turn, to become ink you spend on costs. Inkable cards mark this with a decorative border around the cost; a card without it can only be played, never inked. TurnZero HQ's card page says Inkable or Not inkable for every card.

What does the number at the bottom of a Lorcana card mean?

It's the collector line. "205/204 • EN • 1" means card 205 of a 204-card set, printed in English, from set 1 (The First Chapter). A number higher than the total usually marks an Enchanted, Epic or Iconic card printed beyond the main set. Promos print their own line, like "25/P1" for card 25 of the first promo set.

What are the six Lorcana inks?

Amber, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire and Steel. A deck can use at most two inks, and some newer cards are dual-ink, belonging to two inks at once.

What are the Lorcana rarities?

Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare and Legendary make up a main set's regular cards. Enchanted cards are alternate-art foil versions numbered past the set, and newer sets add Epic and Iconic cards the same way. Promo cards have their own numbering.

Which Lorcana sets are legal in Core Constructed?

Core Constructed uses only the most recent sets, and older ones rotate out. As of September 2026, sets 9 (Fabled) through 13 (Attack of the Vine!) are Core-legal and sets 1 through 8 are not. Infinity Constructed allows cards from every set, apart from its own banned list. TurnZero HQ shows both legalities on each card's page.

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