Disney Lorcana banned card list 2025
The first official ban list for Disney Lorcana is live, and it has taken until April for Disney to make its first bit of adjustment to the meta. The first ban list includes two cards that have now been removed from the Core Constructed format. Disney has also partially explained the rationale behind the decisions, and what it could mean for the existing meta. All banned cards in Disney Lorcana Disney Lorcana has been out since August 2023, and this is the first time we have witnessed a ban. Here are the cards that are now banned from Core Constructed. Hiram Flaversham Fortisphere The latter is an item card, but there's a similarity between both: their in-game interactions deal with banishing other cards. https://twitter.com/DisneyLorcana/status/1909653001016353082 How will card bans work in Disney Lorcana? The existence of a ban list basically means players can't use decks with the cards. This affects those who take part in competitive events like Disney Lorcana Challenges and other tournaments that use decks based on the Core Constructed format. A ban doesn't mean the cards have been completely removed from the game. You can also use decks with these cards in casual play and against friends and family. Any casual tournaments organized for fun can also include them, as long as the decks aren't based on the Core Constructed format. Disney has yet to give an explainer for their decision, but it should be available soon on the official Discord. You can join it by clicking on this link. Elaine Chase, Chief Marketing Officer for TCGs at Ravensburger, gave the following explanation. No card is ever designed with the intention of it not being played in competition. But in order to keep the meta-game healthy and challenging without it feeling stale or repetitive seeing the same strategies again and again, the TCG design team at Ravensburger made the difficult decision for the good of the game. We know bans are the last line of defense and we will only pull that lever when it will increase excitement for competitive play." The ban on the cards are active as of writing, and this is incidentally the first time there has been an outright ban. So far, few cards have been made part of Erratas, which ignores the text written on them originally. Instead, the cards use a text listed on the official rules source. Erratas were introduced originally to balance the game's meta, but things are now heating up with out-right bans. The post Disney Lorcana banned card list 2025 appeared first on Destructoid.

The first official ban list for Disney Lorcana is live, and it has taken until April for Disney to make its first bit of adjustment to the meta.
The first ban list includes two cards that have now been removed from the Core Constructed format. Disney has also partially explained the rationale behind the decisions, and what it could mean for the existing meta.
All banned cards in Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana has been out since August 2023, and this is the first time we have witnessed a ban. Here are the cards that are now banned from Core Constructed.
- Hiram Flaversham
- Fortisphere
The latter is an item card, but there's a similarity between both: their in-game interactions deal with banishing other cards.
How will card bans work in Disney Lorcana?
The existence of a ban list basically means players can't use decks with the cards. This affects those who take part in competitive events like Disney Lorcana Challenges and other tournaments that use decks based on the Core Constructed format.
A ban doesn't mean the cards have been completely removed from the game. You can also use decks with these cards in casual play and against friends and family. Any casual tournaments organized for fun can also include them, as long as the decks aren't based on the Core Constructed format.
Disney has yet to give an explainer for their decision, but it should be available soon on the official Discord. You can join it by clicking on this link. Elaine Chase, Chief Marketing Officer for TCGs at Ravensburger, gave the following explanation.
No card is ever designed with the intention of it not being played in competition. But in order to keep the meta-game healthy and challenging without it feeling stale or repetitive seeing the same strategies again and again, the TCG design team at Ravensburger made the difficult decision for the good of the game. We know bans are the last line of defense and we will only pull that lever when it will increase excitement for competitive play."
The ban on the cards are active as of writing, and this is incidentally the first time there has been an outright ban. So far, few cards have been made part of Erratas, which ignores the text written on them originally. Instead, the cards use a text listed on the official rules source.
Erratas were introduced originally to balance the game's meta, but things are now heating up with out-right bans.
The post Disney Lorcana banned card list 2025 appeared first on Destructoid.