How to Read a Disney Lorcana Card

A Disney Lorcana card packs a lot of information into a small space. Once you know where to look, you can read any card — its cost, what it does, and how rare it is — at a glance. Here's every element, top to bottom.

Top-left: the ink cost

The number in the top-left corner is the ink cost — how much ink you spend to play the card. The symbol around that number also tells you whether the card can be put into your inkwell as ink: inkable cards have a decorative border around the cost, non-inkable cards don't. (You can only turn inkable cards into ink, so it matters when you're deciding what to "ink" each turn.)

The name and version

Most characters have a two-part name: the name and a version subtitle — e.g. Mickey Mouse — Brave Little Tailor. The two parts together make the card unique, and they matter for Shift (you can only Shift onto a character with the same name). Different versions of the same character are different cards to collect.

The ink colour

Every card belongs to one of the six inks (its colour):

• Amber, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Steel.

The ink frames the card and, for deck-building, limits which cards you can mix (decks use up to two inks). For pure collecting, ink is a clean way to organise and a "rainbow" to complete.

The card type

Below the art you'll see the card's type:

• Character — the heart of the game; quests and challenges, and has stats.
• Action — a one-time effect. Songs are a special kind of Action that characters can sing (see Singer in the keyword guide).
• Item — a permanent that stays in play and provides an ongoing effect.
• Location — a permanent with its own Willpower and Lore that characters can move to.

Characters also list subtypes (like Storyborn / Dreamborn / Floodborn and classifications such as Hero, Villain, Ally, Princess) — some cards care about these.

Character stats: Strength, Willpower, Lore

Character cards show three numbers:

• Strength (※) — how much damage it deals when challenging.
• Willpower — how much damage it can take before it's banished.
• Lore (◊) — how much lore it earns when it quests. Lore is how you win: the first player to 20 lore wins the game. High-lore characters are your engine; you weigh questing for lore against challenging to remove threats.

The text box: keywords and rules

The text box holds the card's abilities. Bold keywords (Bodyguard, Ward, Evasive, Shift, Singer…) are shorthand for longer rules — our keyword abilities guide explains each. Below the rules, flavour text in italics is just story colour — it has no game effect.

The bottom line: rarity, number, set

Along the bottom you'll find:

• The rarity symbol — Common up to Legendary, plus the ultra-rare Enchanted treatment (see the rarities guide).
• The collector number (e.g. 10/204) — the card's slot and the set's total.
• The set, the artist, and the language.

Next steps

1. New to the game? Start with how to start collecting Disney Lorcana.
2. Learn the keyword abilities and the rarities.
3. Browse the sets and track the cards you own as you go.

Once you can read a card top to bottom, every set, trade and pull makes immediate sense — and you'll know exactly what you're looking at.