Let’s face it, these 2 cards really kinda deserved it.
To address the overwhelmingly Sapphire meta, Disney Lorcana has just announced their first ever banned cards for the core constructed format!!
Here is the announcement made by Disney Lorcana.
Today the Ravensburger Disney Lorcana TCG team announced removing two cards from eligibility, known as a ban, in the Core Constructed format. A ban is an important part of keeping a trading card game like Disney Lorcana thriving and fresh. The game design team chose to ban Hiram Flaversham – Toymaker and Fortisphere to ensure the greatest diversity of successful strategies was available to competitive players. The ban is in effect as of April 8th, 2025, meaning all Disney Lorcana events taking place after that date will no longer accept deck lists with those cards included. This marks the first time cards have been banned since Disney Lorcana TCG launched in Aug 2023.
Sapphire, and more specifically Sapphire Steel has taken over the meta as of late, getting top spots and taking up the bulk of top spots in tournaments especially with the many great cards Sapphire got in Archazia’s Island, most specifically Tamatoa – Happy As a Clam and Belle – Apprentice Inventor.
With these 2 cards banned, this should hopefully help out with fixing the meta for this set and make set championships and the upcoming World Championship a bit more interesting!
