The first cards for Lorcana, Disney’s answer to Magic: The Gathering, are spectacular

polygon.com:

The first cards for Disney Lorcana, the ambitious new trading card game from Ravensburger, arrived today at the D23 convention in Anaheim, California. They include seven characters from across Disney’s nearly 100-year history of pop culture dominance — as well as one card of Mickey Mouse himself exclusive to the convention.

We also now know official name for the first set of cards, due out in the fall of 2023: Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter. Designers tell Polygon that players will take on the role of illumineers, bringing to life glimmers of classic Disney characters to do battle on the table. Each of the seven debut cards include the name of the character, its cost to bring into play, and its statistics for both offense and defense. In addition, each card also includes a special power or mechanic, as well as a bit of italicized flavor text drawn from Disney lore. A mysterious icon on the bottom right of each card seems to indicate its relative power or value. Its usage will be made clear once the game’s rules are known.

Disney Lorcana is a bold move for Ravensburger, a 139-year-old game publisher whose first title, A Trip Around the World, was published in 1884. The company is perhaps best known for Disney Villainous, a family-friendly strategy board game developed by Prospero Hall (now part of Funko Games). It includes nearly 30 villains from all across the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars universes.

Ravensburger North America CEO and global head of games Filip Francke spoke about 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