Disney Lorcana Monthly News Roundup for June 2023

With the release of Disney Lorcana quickly approaching, it appears every week we’re receiving news. So, let’s take a look at all of the information we’ve received about the game throughout the month of June.

Card Spoilers

Timon – Grub Rustler
Cost: 1
Color: Amber
Type: Character
Strength: 1 / Willpower: 2 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Ally
TASTES LIKE CHICKEN: When you play this character, you may remove up to 1 damage from chosen character

Iago – Loud- Mouthed Parrot
Cost: 3
Color: Emerald
Type: Character
Strength: 1 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Ally
YOU GOT A PROBLEM?: Chosen character gains Reckless during their next turn.

Genie – On the Job
Cost: 3
Color: Emerald
Type: Character
Strength: 3 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 2
Storyborn / Ally
Evasive
DISAPPEAR: When you play this character, you may return chosen character to their player’s hand.

Archimedes – Highly Educated Owl
Cost: 1
Color: Amethyst
Type: Character
Strength: 2 / Willpower: 2 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Ally

Rafiki – Mysterious Sage
Cost: 3
Color: Amethyst
Type: Character
Strength: 3 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 1
Dreamborn / Mentor / Sorcerer
Rush

Beast – Wolfsbane
Cost: 5
Color: Emerald
Type: Character
Strength: 4 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 2
Dreamborn / Hero / Prince
Rush
Roar: When you play this character, exert all opposing damaged characters

Goofy – Musketeer
Cost: 5
Color: Amber
Type: Character
Strength: 3 / Willpower: 6 / Lore: 1
Dreamborn / Hero / Musketeer
Bodyguard
AND TWO FOR ALL: When you play this character, you may remove up to 2 damage counters from each of your Musketeer characters.

Sven – Official Ice Deliverer
Cost: 6
Color: Amethyst
Type: Character
Strength: 5 / Willpower: 7 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Ally

Rapunzel – Letting Down Her Hair
Cost: 6
Color: Ruby
Type: Character
Strength: 5 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 2
Dreamborn / Hero / Princess
TANGLE: When you play this character, each opponent loses 1 lore.

Stitch – Carefree Surfer
Cost: 7
Color: Amber
Type: Character
Strength: 4 / Willpower: 7 / Lore: 2
Dreamborn / Hero / Alien
OHANA: When you play this character, if you have 2 or more other characters in play, you may draw 2 cards.

Maui – Demigod
Cost: 8
Color: Steel
Type: Character
Strength: 8 / Willpower: 8 / Lore: 3
Storyborn / Hero / Deity

Ariel – Whoseit Collector
Cost: 4
Color: Sapphire
Type: Character
Strength: 3 / Willpower: 3 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Hero / Princess
LOOK AT THIS STUFF: Whenever you play an item, you may ready this character

Simba – Future King
Cost: 1
Color: Steel
Type: Character
Strength: 1 / Willpower: 2 / Lore: 1
Storyborn / Hero / Prince
GUESS WHAT?: When you play this character, you may draw a card, then choose and discard a card.

Zeus – God of Lightning
Cost: 4
Color: Amethyst
Type: Character
Strength: 0 / Willpower: 4 / Lore: 2
Storyborn / Deity
Rush
Challenger +4

Peter Pan – Never Landing
Cost: 3
Color: Emerald
Type: Character
Strength: 3 / Willpower: 2 / Lore: 1
Dreamborn / Hero
Evasive

Upper Deck Lawsuit

Earlier in the month, card game company Upper Deck filed a lawsuit against Ravensburger. Upper Deck is citing that Ryan Miller, former Upper Deck contractor, and current Ravensburger Lorcana designer, “for stealing and copying Upper Deck’s original game which Ravensburger repackaged and marketed as ‘Lorcana.”

Upper Deck plans to file the lawsuit in San Diego against Miller for “breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud” and also against Ravensburger for “unfair business practices.” In addition, the filing states that Ravensburger “acted in concert with Miller during much of the time relevant to this Complaint, resulting in a breach of Miller’s California contracts.”

Ravensburger responded nearly two days after the news broke, saying “We at Ravensburger stand behind the integrity of our team and the originality of our products. The baseless claims filed this week are entirely without merit, and we look forward to proving this in due time. In the meantime, our focus continues to be on developing and launching a fantastic game in August.”

We will continue to report on this story as it develops.

Lorcana Disney Parks Release Date Announced

While it has been previously announced that Lorcana will be available for purchase on shopDisney starting September 1, 2023, it was unknown when cards would be hitting the shelves at the Disney theme parks. According to Nerdist, Lorcana will be available to purchase in the parks beginning August 18, 2023, the same day that specialty stores will begin selling as well.

Potential Lorcana Comic Book Release

In a tweet from Christian Hoffer, an employee of Comicbook.com, a very mysterious image was posted with the Lorcana logo next to the Comic Book logo. Fans immediately began to speculate and wonder what this could possibly mean, with the leading theory being a Lorcana-themed comic book. In the ruleset for Lorcana, it reads, “Disney Lorcana is an exciting new collectible trading card game featuring glimmers of Disney characters who appear in both familiar and reimagined forms.” Perhaps a comic book would be a great way to see how these reimagined forms appeared?

Of course, this is all speculation, and we’ll have to see how the story develops over time.

Overall

June was an incredibly busy month for Lorcana news, and we can only expect that to ramp up as we inch closer to Gen Con and the official release of Disney Lorcana. We will continue to follow all ongoing news stories and post updates as we receive them.

Which of the newest cards released was your favorite? Make sure to let us know in the comments.

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