Whenever there is a set launched for Disney's Lorcana, there are starter decks filled to the brim with cards of all kinds and ink costs. Deciding which starter decks you'd like to purchase can be difficult, especially if you aren't planning to eventually collect them all.

Simba, Mickey Mouse and Robin Hood from Disney Lorcana.
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But knowing what's included in each deck can make that choice clear. Plus, it can give you some insight against an opponent who is using one of the starter decks as a base for what they bring to the table against you. So, if you're looking for every card included in the Lorcana starter decks, you'll find them all below.

Updated September 25, 2025: by Jerel Levy: Disney Lorcana set nine, also known as Fabled, introduces a lot of new things to the game. Not only are there two new rarity options, but Fabled also brings reprinted cards from he first four Lorcana sets, thanks to rotation finally being introduced to the game. With Iconic and Epic rarities revealed, rarity shifts for older cards being reprinted, and even more starter decks, we've updated this guide to reflect the current Lorcana state.

Set One Amber And Amethyst Starter Deck

The First Chapter

mickey mouse - sorcerer full card lorcana.

Just like with every starter deck, there are 60 cards included in the Amethyst and Amber starter deck. This matches the deck size used in any game of Lorcana, making sure that you don't need to purchase any other cards. Unless, of course, you want to.

Hades, Lord of the Underworld card from Disney Lorcana.

In this deck, you'll find powerful magic users who take center stage in the Amethyst portion of the deck. In the Amber part of the starter deck, you'll find a total of five song cards, one of the things that Amber is most known for. Other common themes with the Amber cards are healing and getting characters into your hand quickly.

Moana of Motonui card from Disney Lorcana.

Set One Emerald And Ruby Starter Deck

The First Chapter

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The next combination in set one is Emerald and Ruby ink colors. This deck helps introduce players to Action cards, a staple of the Emerald suite, no matter which set you're looking at. It also features a lot of villains, making the card Vicious Betrayal even more powerful.

Cruella De Vil, Miserable As Usual card from Disney Lorcana.

It also includes Mother Knows Best, getting players used to the idea that they can bring back banished characters. This complements the ability of one of the faces of this deck. Cruella De Vil, Miserable as Usual allows you to return a character back to a player's hand, showing off that once a character is on the field, they can be bounced back to their owner, forcing them to pay more ink to bring them back or get rid of them.

Disney Lorcana Lefou Instigator card on blurred background.

Set One Sapphire And SteelStarter Deck

The First Chapter

Aurora Dreaming Guardian card from Disney Lorcana.

The name of Sapphire's game is Item cards. It has a total of seven Items, showing off that some items, like Coconut Basket are excellent for staying on the field, giving you benefits every round you keep them there or activate them. Meanwhile, other Items, like Frying Pan, are meant to be banished in order to give you buffs or weaken your opponent.

Disney Lorcana: Mickey Mouse, Detective card on blurred background.

Then Steel shows off both Bodyguard and Challenger cards. These are abilities that aren't unique to a specific character, but that any character can have. These mechanics can help you shift the power dynamic by either forcing your opponent into challenging a certain character or by giving your character more of an upper hand when they're the one on the attack.

Image of the Grab Your Sword card in Lorcana, with art by Peter Brockhammer.
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Set Two Amber And Sapphire Starter Deck

Rise Of The Floodborn

Disney Lorcana: The Queen, Commanding Presence card.

The movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is featured heavily, not just through the face of the Amber side of the deck being The Queen. But it's filled up with the Dwarfs themselves, as well as a Snow White variant, Lost In The Forest.

Disney Lorcana gaston intellectual powerhouse by matthew robert davies.

This showcased synergy between characters, including abilities or gameplay that could only be used if other qualifying characters were on the field, like Bashful not being able to quest unless there were other Dwarfs in play.

Disney Lorcana Item Pawpsicle.

Then, to no surprise, Sapphire continues to showcase Items and features Belle, Inventive Engineer who makes it even easier to bring an Item onto the field by making it cost one less ink if you play it after Belle quests. And seven Items in this deck can make use of that ability, all of them being from the Sapphire suite.

Set Two Amethyst And Steel Starter Deck

Rise Of The Floodborn

Disney Lorcana Merlin, Shapeshifter by Matthew Robert Davies.

Merlin and Madam Mim run away with the Amethyst portion of this starter deck. Similarly to the Seven Dwarfs, Madam Mim and Merlin show off how powerful certain character card combinations can be.

Merlin, Goat can gain you lore not just every time you play him, but also when he leaves the field. Then, Madam Mim can bounce him safely back into your hand, setting up a vicious cycle that, if it isn't stopped, can give you a huge lore lead.

Disney Lorcana Tiana, Celebrating Princess Card.

For Steel, Tiana, Celebrating Princess showcases that if you keep your hand empty, you can actually gain benefits.

Lilo Galactic Hero Lorcana Card.

While a bit contradictory with the Amethyst portion of the deck, which has you constantly sending characters back to your hand, if you keep bringing them to the field, your opponent may be put in a difficult situation, unable to use Actions if you play your hand right.

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Set Three Amber And Emerald Starter Deck

Into The Inklands

A screenshot of the Disney Lorcana card Peter Pan, Lost Boy Leader with a distorted background.

Locations, locations, locations. Into The Inklands introduced Locations across all of the gem-colored suites. For Amber, this is Never Land, Mermaid Lagoon and for the Emerald side of the deck it's De Vil Manor, Cruella's Estate.

Pongo Determined Father Hidden Mickeys from Disney Lorcana

Both of these Locations don't have a unique ability, but they ease the player into using them by being cheap, ink cost-wise, while also gaining you one lore at the start of your turn, so long as the locations stay on the field.

Pluto - Determined Defender Lorcana Card.

Set Three Ruby And Sapphire Starter Deck

Into The Inklands

Moana - Born Leader

While the Amber and Emerald starter deck gets you used to using Locations, the Ruby part of this deck has a card, Voyage, that makes it easy to move characters to these places once they've been set up. Then, thanks to Moana, Born Leader, the deck also shows you the value of having the majority of your characters at a Location.

Scrooge McDuck, Richest Duck In The World disney lorcana card.

Sapphire continues the trend from Rise Of The Floodborn of showing how powerful synergy between characters can be with Huey, Dewy, and Louie, particularly with Huey's ability, Three Nephews, which allows you to draw three cards if one of each of the Nephews is on the field.

Disney Lorcana Item Vault Door card.
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Set Four Amber And Amethyst Starter Deck

Ursula's Return

Bruno Madrigal, Out of the Shadows

The family members of Encanto dominate the Amber and Amethyst starter deck. Both suites are made up of most of the family members, all of them working together to give you a strong, set four, deck.

Mirabel Madrigal, Gift of the Family card in Disney Lorcana.

Though most of their abilities can also be very effective on their own, such as Julieta Madrigal, who can not only heal your characters, but allows you to draw cards if you do use her ability to do that.

Look At This Family disney lorcana card.

They are featured in the Amber Sing Together card, which is a mechanic that was introduced in set four. Look At This Family is a cost seven card that allows multiple characters to come together to sing it. This helps you get characters of your choice into your hand. This is excellent for when you are looking for a key character but they haven't shown up on their own yet.

Set Four Sapphire And Steel Starter Deck

Ursula's Return

Disney Lorcana anna true-hearted standard card art on a blurred background.

Franchise-wise, Hercules, Mulan, and Sleeping Beauty are the big representatives in this starter deck. And, despite Sapphire always being known for Items, that changes in this deck, showing off Songs instead, as well as the Location Thebes, The Big Olive.

Disney Lorcana Li Shang Archery Instructor card.

This Location rewards you for getting into fights while your characters are there, gaining you lore when your characters staying at the location are successful in banishing opposing characters.

Disney Lorcana Prince Phillip, Gallant Defender card.

Dig A Little Deeper is the Sapphire Sing Together card, letting you look at a massive seven cards at the top of your deck before choosing two to place into your hand. The other two songs, Seldom All They Seem and One Last Hope, cost less to play, making it less of a drain if you decide to pay ink instead of having your characters sing them.

Hercules and Anna from Disney Lorcana.
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Set Five Amethyst And Ruby Starter Deck

Shimmering Skies

The Lorcana card Elsa the Fifth Spirit by Lisanne Koeteeuw.

The Amethyst and Ruby starter deck for Shimmering Skies is mainly about two franchises: Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph. With that, we see some different variants of Anna and the inclusion of a lot of the racers featured in Sugar Rush, the game within the first Wreck-It Ralph movie.

Anna, Mystical Majesty

Mickey and Friends also dance and food fight their way into this deck, making up for eight of the Ruby cards included in the starter deck.

Wreck-It Ralph, Demolition Dude

Of course, however, the highlights are Elsa, The Fifth Spirit and Wreck-It Ralph, Demolition Dude, both of which are featured on the cover of the deck. Ralph will gain you lore as he remains on the field damaged. Meanwhile, Elsa has three abilities that make her a scary and impressive force on the field, particularly when she enters play, as she can challenge immediately and exert an opponent in order to do just that.

Set FiveEmerald And Steel Starter Deck

Shimmering Skies

Kronk, Head of Security Disney Lorcana card on a blurred background.

Not to be too surface level when describing this deck, but Scar and Kronk both feature on the outside packaging, and, as you can imagine, that means there are quite a lot of The Lion King and The Emperor's New Groove cards in this set five deck.

Disney Lorcana Scar, Vengeful Lion Card.

Scar, Vengeful Lion will help with card draw, as every time you challenge an already damaged character, you can take the top card of your deck and tuck it safely into your hand. Card draw is one of the most useful things as the more cards in hand, the better decisions you can make and, of course, the sooner your most powerful cards are in your possession.

Robin Hood, Timely Contestant Lorcana card.

Then, with Kronk, Head Of Security, you can play characters that cost five or less for free. The catch is Kronk will have needed to defeat a character in a challenge. It's a very strong ability and, if you can keep Kronk healthy and protected, can help you fill your side of the board with characters.

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Set Six Amber And Ruby Starter Deck

Azurite Sea

Jim Hawkins, Honorable Pirate

Pirate fans are eating well with the introductions of the Azurite Sea starter decks. In the first of the two set six decks, we see the combination of Ruby and Amber and many classic characters reimagined as swashbuckling, sword-slinging pirates.

Tigger, In The Crow's Nest

The homies from the Hundred Acre Woods join the fray with adorable takes on what Pooh and the other would look like as pirates. We also see the Darling children adopting the pirate life for themselves while still in Neverland. Using these cards with other characters labeled as pirates can create quite the strong deck to face down.

Moana, Kakamora Leader Lorcana Card.

Mr. Smee could make for an excellent companion for cards like Jim Hawkins, Honorable Pirate if you decided to try out an Amber/Steel deck. Or Wendy Darling, Courageous Captain for a Ruby/Steel deck. If you do decide to go that route, pirates won't be in short supply as quite a few, including some Captain Hook cards, have been introduced through the Steel ink color.

Set Six Emerald And Sapphire Starter Deck

Azurite Sea

Go Go Tomago, Darting Dynamo Lorcana Card.

Big Hero Six plays a big role in this starter deck as the whole crew has at least one card variant tucked away in this Emerald/Sapphire deck. The theme isn't so pirate-centric with this one, instead having a lot of heroes taking on that traditional role, or the role of being an explorer.

Gadget Hackwrench, Brilliant Bosun Lorcana Card.

We also get a glimpse at the Megabot item that allows you to banish items or damaged characters. But they aren't the only bots that make a splash in this set. Although not included in these starter decks, another item you'll want to check out is the Microbots.

Megabot Lorcana Card.

Microbots are a Sapphire item, and similar to when the 101 Dalmations were introduced, you can have as many Microbots in your deck as you want. They reduce the strength of a character by one for each Micrbot you have in play. So slotting at least a few of these cards into your Emerald/Sapphire deck could be an unpleasant surprise for your opponent.

Jim hawkins and Moana surround the Azurite Sea logo with Baymax flying by in side by side images from Disney Lorcana.
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Set Seven Amethyst And Steel Starter Deck

Archazia's Island

Jafar, Newly Crowned

Be weary, those who pick up the set seven starter decks. Previous sets have introduced new mechanics, such as Locations in Into The Inklands. Well, Archazia's Island brings dual-ink colors to Lorcana.

Fa Zhou, War Hero

With it being a new mechanic, you won't see dozens of dual-ink cards, but there are five of them you have access to in the Amethyst and Steel starter deck. They center around Jafar, Newly Crowned, however, don't be distracted purely by him. Giant Cobra, Ghostly Serphant and Restoring The Crown are a deadly combo to use against your opponent.

Magical Maneuvers

The new ability, Vanish, keeps the Giant Cobra protected from actions, or at least ensures mutal destruction. Depending on the action, the threat alone might keep your character safe while you build up the ink you need for Restoring The Crown. This card, even without the Cobra, can allow you to turn the tide of battle or completely dominate the other player(s).

Set Seven Ruby And Sapphire Starter Deck

Archazia's Island

Belle - Mechanic Extraordinaire Disney Lorcana Archazia's Island card art.

It's no surprise if you've seen the packaging for this starter deck that it revolves around the Beauty And The Beast characters greatly, particularly Belle, Mechanic Extraordinaire. But she is far from the only good card in this deck.

Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Crystallized Mercenary Lorcana card.

Players have found success with Cogsworth, of all characters, as he is usually used to challenge and banish characters thanks to his increase in strength if you have an item in your discard pile. He synergizes well with the song card All Is Found, as you can choose two of your cards to, well, discard.

All Is Found Lorcana card.

This helps with quickly ramping up the number of cards in your inkwell, making it easier to play the high cost characters like Belle, Mechanic Extraordinaire, who can also be a shift target, as well as Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Crystallized Mercenary, who is not only a key damage dealer, but also pretty darn good at questing.

Beast and Belle from Disney Lorcana.
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Set 8 AmberAnd Amethyst Starter Deck

Reign Of Jafar

Tiana, Natural Talent Disney Lorcana card.

The Madrigal family and The Princess and the Frog characters got some splendid coverage in the Reign of Jafar Amber and Amethyst starter deck. This starter deck began to blur the lines of Singers and Song cards, giving Amethyst some options for when Songs are used to help synergize with the action.

This Is My Family, Disney Lorcana card.

Cards like Tiana, Natural Talent, and Pepa Madrigal, Sensitive Sister, combined with new songs like Trials and Tribulations on the Amber side, were great incentives to try for the color notorious for its Singers. They help you gain lore and deal with threats against you.

Bruno Madrigal, Singing Seer Disney Lorcana card.

Coupled with Amethyst cards like Dolores Madrigal, Within Earshot, and new songs like This Is My Family and Fantastical And Magical, it presented a new format for Singers in Amethyst to try.

Set 8 Ruby And Steel Starter Deck

Reign Of Jafar

Mushu, Your Worst Nightmare Disney Lorcana card.

Mulan is all over this starter set, with the long-awaited Mushu coming into Reign of Jafar and making quite the stir. Some powerful item combinations make their way into the game, as do some great action cards such as Light the Fuse. Used wisely, you can deal decent damage and control the board with the right timing.

Beyond The Horizon Disney Lorcana card.

You can give your characters Evasive and Challenger to deal with threats and strengthen your own card in play. Beyond the Horizon allows you to choose who can discard their hand and draw three cards, a nice new solution for Steel players looking for some form of helpful card draw.

Light The Fuse Disney Lorcana action card.

Mushu, Your Worst Nightmare, giving one of your characters Rush, Reckless, and Evasive means you're able to send a tank in to wreak havoc and send your opponents' characters to the discard.

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Set 9 Emerald And Ruby Starter Deck

Fabled

Powerline, World's Greatest Rockstar Disney Lorcana card.

Fabled brings rotation into Lorcana, cycling out the first four decks introduced into the game. With The First Chapter, Rise of the Floodborn, Into the Inklands, and Ursula's Return out of the picture, several cards that were staples in the game that didn't receive a reprint are no longer viable unless you're playing in the Infinity format.

This specific starter deck helps Ruby get into the singing action with powerful cards like Powerline.

This mean starter decks in Fabled both have several reprinted cards. They''re mostly useful for people looking to get into the game that may have missed most of the cards available from setes on through four.

Max Goof, Rebellious Teen Disney Lorcana Emerald card.

That makes these starter decks and what they provide quite unique. Introducing new cards and reprints of older cards to get you started in what Fabled has to offer. There are some interesting staples here, with a lot more options from Fabled than the Amber and Sapphire deck, especially the options from A Goofy Movie.

Roxanne, Powerline Fan Disney Lorcana card.
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Set 9 Amber AndSapphire Starter Deck

Fabled

Aurora, Holding Court Disney Lorcana card.

The Amber and Sapphire deck is interesting, as most of the Amber cards in the starter deck are reprints to ensure that you can replace cards usually settled in Amber decks. Cards like Julieta Madrigal and Excellent Cook are there to give you the card draw of Rapunzel, with Nani, Protective Sister,as your Bodyguard.

Mulan, Considerate Diplomat Disney Lorcana card.

The real standout is Aurora, Holding Court, the card taking over Amber decks and allowing some great Princess and Queen options in the early game to help build the Princess deck meta.

Alice, Accidentally Adrift Disney Lorcana card.
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