Disney Lorcana Card Bans Will Only Happen For This Reason, Says Designer

05.04.2024 - 17:23 / screenrant.com / Disney Lorcana / Carrie Lambertsen / Will

Now that the official comprehensive rules for competitive play have been released, Screen Rant had a chance to ask the team at Ravensburger a couple of questions. The card game, featuring unique «glimmers» of familiar characters from across the universe of properties, may still be in its infancy, but a large player base has been already forming. first started releasing cards for play in the summer of 2023, and is just beginning its competitive circuit, dubbed the.

With the game expanding into official competitive circuit and tournament play, is expected to deal with the same kind of unavoidable problems that other trading card games have, chiefly the need to ban cards from competitive play in the interest of fairness or balance. co-designer, Steve Warner, responded to 's query regarding how much they expect card banning to become part of the game's philosophy and how they will approach these decisions:

At the moment there are no banned cards, but if we do choose to ban a card in the future, the most important factor will be whether or not the game is fun with a particular card or condition. That tends to happen with cards that players have no recourse to play against or around; we're always looking for those sorts of things. — Steve Warner, Co-Designer

Currently, there are only three sets available for, and with that few cards to choose from, there are not many cards that have a case for being labeled as truly game-breaking. While players have certainly found ways to make powerful decks — with some popular meta decks becoming mainstays in tournaments — the community generally finds ways to combat these and develop counter-strategies, without the need for any cards to be banned from play yet.

The future of and its competitive events is still evolving, as new cards are being added and the entire community continues to learn the game. Based on Warner's response, 's team will be keeping a close eye on card power and ubiquity in these events and can make adjustments as needed to keep the game fun for all.

Screen Rant also asked Richelle Brady, the Global Community Manager for a few questions regarding how the TCG feels about community-inspired game modes within the official rules:

We think it's great when players create their own modes or formats that they find engaging, and we encourage the community to do that. However, the comprehensive rules are meant to be the official way of playing the game. Like any other TCG, making unofficial game modes official would need to be in response to an undeniable impact made by community driven formats. — Richelle Brady, Global TCG Community Manager

This likely means that the unofficial game modes players have been creating will not be added to official