The first playing cards for Disney Lorcana, the formidable new buying and selling card sport from Ravensburger, arrived at present on the D23 conference in Anaheim, California. They embody seven characters from throughout Disney’s almost 100-year historical past of popular culture dominance — in addition to one card of Mickey Mouse himself unique to the conference.

We additionally now know official title for the primary set of playing cards, due out within the fall of 2023: Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter. Designers inform Polygon that gamers will tackle the position of illumineers, bringing to life glimmers of basic Disney characters to do battle on the desk. Each of the seven debut playing cards embody the title of the character, its value to deliver into play, and its statistics for each offense and protection. In addition, every card additionally features a particular energy or mechanic, in addition to a little bit of italicized taste textual content drawn from Disney lore. A mysterious icon on the underside proper of every card appears to point its relative energy or worth. Its utilization shall be made clear as soon as the sport’s guidelines are recognized.

Disney Lorcana is a daring transfer for Ravensburger, a 139-year-old sport writer whose first title, A Trip Around the World, was revealed in 1884. The firm is maybe greatest recognized for Disney Villainous, a family-friendly technique board sport developed by Prospero Hall (now a part of Funko Games). It consists of almost 30 villains from all throughout the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars universes.

Ravensburger North America CEO and world head of video games Filip Francke spoke concerning the big-picture implications of the partnership with the House of the Mouse.

“This [game] is probably the largest potential that Ravensburger has ever gone after,” Francke says, “and hence also probably the largest investment that we have ever done into any type of project and initiative.”

“We know that as you enter the TCG market, that you’re inviting the players for a many-year journey,” Francke continued. “We don’t take that lightly. This effort is a multi-year series [of releases]. It’s something that Disney has never really allowed any [collaborator] to do. So the trust that we built with Disney […] I think allowed us to come to a point where we both strategically, commercially had the trust to say, ‘Yeah, let’s dare to do this together.’”

The first seven playing cards function Cruella De Vil, Elsa, Captain Hook, Maleficent in dragon kind, Robin Hood, and Stitch.

A collector’s card — obtainable solely to D23 members who attend this yr’s conference — options Mickey Mouse himself, sporting the garb of the Brave Little Tailor, harkening again to the basic animated quick that debuted in 1938.

The artists concerned within the creation of the important thing artwork for these playing cards are consultant of the heavyweight illustration expertise Ravensburger is asking on to help the road. They embody Simangaliso Sibaya, Nicholas Kole, Luis Huerta, John Loren, and Marcel Berg.

Developers inform Polygon that the characters and talents on this particular D23 Expo Collector’s Set can even seem in Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter. The D23 Expo Collector’s Set playing cards will function a novel foil therapy. They can even be marked with the D23 Expo and 1^st Edition symbols. The set shall be on the market throughout the conference for $49.95. Only these current on the conference will be capable to obtain the Mickey Mouse card, which isn’t included within the D23 Expo Collector’s Set.