Ravensburger has changed how it sells Disney Lorcana to new players: the two starter decks that came with each set have given way to a 2-Player Starter Set, and most older starter decks are no longer legal in the main tournament format. For a first game at home, every Starter Deck below is a complete two-ink deck.
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Every deck we compare is on the Lorcana starter decks shelf, and the whole game is in our Lorcana section.
What Lorcana is and how to play
Disney Lorcana is a trading card game from Ravensburger in which players use Disney characters to quest for lore. Ravensburger's tournament rules say "Constructed decks must contain at least 60 cards" and "must not contain cards from more than two ink colors", with a limit of four copies of a card. Every Starter Deck below is a two-ink deck built to those rules.
The official how to play page teaches the rules in short videos.
Gateway: learning with two players
Gateway is Ravensburger's introductory box for two new players. Ravensburger's own Gateway page lists only where to buy it; the contents below come from Mushu Report, a fan site, and shop listings: two 30-card starter decks, four 18-card reward packs, a game board, damage counters and a guidebook, with cards from the first four sets. The reward packs turn the two small decks into full ones as you learn.
Older starter decks still on sale: are they worth it?
Earlier Lorcana sets each came with two starter decks, and we still list many of them. Whether one is worth buying depends on where you will play.
Lorcana's main tournament format, Core Constructed, rotates. Ravensburger's Attack of the Vine! press release says that from 17 July 2026 only cards from Fabled, Whispers in the Well, Winterspell, Wilds Unknown and Attack of the Vine! are legal in Core Constructed. Infinity Constructed keeps every card legal. Ravensburger's rotation guide for new players explains how it works.
So:
- Whispers in the Well starter decks (2025) are from a set still legal in Core Constructed. They are the older decks to pick if you want to play at a store.
- Starter decks from Reign of Jafar and earlier are complete decks for playing at home and in Infinity Constructed. Their cards are no longer legal in Core Constructed unless a later set reprinted them.
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
The 2-Player Starter Set
Ravensburger's December 2025 product announcement introduced the 2-Player Starter Set alongside Wilds Unknown, with "Two 60-card decks: Amber-Emerald and Amethyst-Ruby", and says: "If you are new to Disney Lorcana, 2-player starter sets are the place to begin." We do not list it yet; it will appear here once a shop we track stocks it and we have checked the listing.
Illumineer's Trove vs booster box
To add cards to a deck, you buy booster packs of 12 cards. An Illumineer's Trove packs eight of them with a card storage box, six dividers, six damage-counter dice and a lore counter (Ravensburger: Ursula's Return). The extras make it a good second purchase for a new player. A booster box holds more packs and nothing else, so it suits someone who already has dice and storage.
Disney Lorcana
The full shelves: Illumineer's Troves and booster boxes.
Illumineer's Quest: play together against the game
The Illumineer's Quest boxes are co-operative. Ravensburger describes Palace Heist as a "co-op experience-in-a-box in which up to four players team up against Jafar" (Ravensburger), and the Attack of the Vine! page lists The Great Hunny Rescue as a "co-op adventure".
Disney Lorcana
Disney Lorcana
Sets in order
Every Lorcana set we track is on the Lorcana sets page, with its booster box priced at the shops we track. Upcoming sets are on the card release calendar.
Sleeves and a deck box
Standard-size card sleeves (Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon), 100 per pack · AT-11002
Dragon Shield
Sidewinder 133+ deck box, holds 133 single-sleeved cards · UGD011678
Ultimate Guard
Sidewinder 100+ two-colour deck box, holds 100 double-sleeved cards
Ultimate Guard
More on the card sleeves and deck boxes shelves.
We compare sealed product only, never single cards. This guide was last checked against Ravensburger's announcements on 3 November 2026.