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Compared to names like Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!,Disney Lorcanais a newer TCG with fewer cards under its belt. That means that, on the whole, it’s managed to avoid large balance problems even as it releases new sets.
However, there have been times where designer Ravensburger has had to step in and make some changes for the health of the game. This includes both erratas and full bannings, and knowing which cards are affected by either will avoid any embarrassing situations at your next event.
What Are Erratas?
Erratas are a softer way of balancing a card than banning it. With erratas, thetext written on the card is disregarded, and text from an official rules source is used in its place. This means cards can be updated over time, though it does have the downside ofcards no longer doing exactly what they read.
Most errata’d cards came in the second print run ofThe First Chapter, where early cards were accidentally first printed with incorrect rules text. These were a correction to the intended mechanics, rather than outright changing what the card does for balance purposes.
The bigger errata came with Shimmering Skies, whenBucky, Squirrel Squeak Tutorreceived an erratato increase its cost, remove ward, and require you to shift Floodborns into play to trigger it, to reduce its prevalence in Discard decks. The result was Buckyvery rarely sees play now.
Every Errata’d Card In Lorcana
This list excludes any changes to flavour text, and only includes cards thatcould play differentlyif only the text on the card was considered.
Bucky, Squirrel Squeak Leader
Original Text
Two ink Storyborn Ally - 1/1 - 1 Lore Value - Uncommon
Ward(Oppenents can’t choose this character except to challenge.)
Squeak -Whenever you play a Floodborn character, each opponent chooses and discards a card.
Errata Text
Three ink Storyborn Ally - 1/1 - 1 Lore Value - Uncommon
Squeak -Whenever you play a Floodborn character, if you usedShiftto play them, each opponent chooses and discards a card.
One ink action
Return a character or item with cost 2 or less to their player’s hand.
Return chosen character or item with cost 2 or less to their player’s hand.
Chief Tui, Respected Leader
7 ink Storyborn Mentor King - 3/6 - 3 Lore Value - Uncommon
Support(Whenever this character quests, you may add their Strength to chosen character’s Strength this turn.)
Support(Whenever this character quests, you may add their Strength to another chosen character’s Strength this turn.)
HeiHei, Boat Snack
1 ink Storyborn Ally - 1/2 - 1 Lore Value - Common
Merlin, Self-Appointed Mentor
4 ink Dreamborn Mentor Sorcerer - 3/4 - 1 Lore Value - Common
Philoctetes, Trainer of Heroes
2 ink Storyborn Mentor - 3/1 - 1 Lore Value - Common
What Are Bannings?
Bannings are the more extreme action taken to correct the meta of Lorcana. Any card that has been bannedcan’t be played, effectively stripping them from the game.
You can still play these cards casually, and in limited games of the sets they’re in. They are only banned in Constructed, the primary way of playing in stores and at events.
Bannings are incredibly rare, with the first not coming until almosttwo years into Lorcana. The first banned cards wereHiram Flaversham, ToymakerandFortisphere, in an attempt to cut down on the strength of Item decks at competitive levels.
Cards that are banned may always beunbannedas new potential answers to problem cards are printed, however this has not yet happened.
Every Card Banned In Lorcana
None of the cards below can be used inyour Constructed deck. They can still be used incasual play, draft, and sealed formats.
Name And Description
Hiram Flaversham, Toymaker
Four ink Storyborn Inventor - 1/6 - 1 Lore Value - Rare
Artificer -When you play this character and whenever he quests, you may banish one of your items to draw 2 cards.
Fortisphere
One ink item - Common
Resourceful -When you play this item, you may draw a card.
Extract of Steel -One ink, Banish this item - Chosen character of yours gainsBodyguarduntil the start of your next turn.(An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.)
