Why We're Leaning Into Lorcana While Everyone Else Cools Off

We're a Disney family, so Lorcana was always going to be our kind of thing. Lately we've been seeing a lot of chatter that the game is cooling off, past its peak, maybe even fading. And instead of scaring us away, that's actually made us want to lean in. While the hype is quiet, we're planning to grab up a little more Lorcana than usual, betting that a card game full of Disney characters, still putting out sets, is going to be just fine in the long run. Here's the honest thinking behind it.

What "cooling off" actually means

First, a reality check, because we didn't want to make this call on vibes. Lorcana blew up in 2023, the kind of launch where everything sold out in seconds. That pace was never going to hold, and the numbers settled back down in 2025. That's what people are pointing at when they say it's dying. But settling down from an all-time-high frenzy is not the same thing as going away. The maker, Ravensburger, has publicly called Lorcana a "long-term pillar" of its business, and they're still rolling out sets on a steady schedule, with a winter set, a Toy Story and Pixar set, and the current Attack of the Vine all this year. A game that's quitting doesn't keep a full release calendar. "Cool" is not "dead," and honestly, for us, cool is kind of the point.

Why the quiet is a good time to buy in

Here's what a cooler market means for a family like ours. There's less of a frenzy, which means less scalping and a lot less pressure to overpay or rush. The everyday product, the starter decks and regular packs, is more findable and more reasonable than trying to buy Pokémon right now, which has been its own ordeal. We can walk into it at our own pace and our own budget and actually build something, instead of fighting bots at midnight for a restock. If you're going to start collecting a game, doing it when the room is calm is a lot more fun than doing it at the peak of the panic.

Heck, right now while it's affordable, we're even taking advantage of card shops offering bulk, grabbing boxes full of bulk to start some of the sets that interest us most in the series, like Wilds Unknown. We're even committing to making a binder area for our Lorcana sets once we get more of them going on our end, so stay tuned!

The bet part, honestly

Then there's the hopeful part, the actual bet. We think a game built on some of the most recognizable characters in the world, backed by a company that keeps investing in it, has a real shot at heating back up down the road. If it does, we'll be glad we grabbed things while they were quiet. We want to be on the right side of that, if it comes. But we're saying "if" on purpose. We could be wrong, plenty of things stay cool forever, and we are not betting the house here.

This is a pack-here-and-there bet, not a second mortgage.

And to be straight with you, the newest chase cards aren't actually cheap right now. One rare Buzz Lightyear has reportedly climbed past $3,000, so this isn't a "scoop up treasure for pennies" story. It's that the everyday stuff is affordable and low-drama, and we like our odds on the game overall.

What we're actually doing

So in practice, nothing dramatic. We're not chasing that $3,000 Buzz Lightyear or trying to corner a market. We're just grabbing a few more packs than usual, grabbing some bulk when we see it, and leaning into the sets with the characters our kids actually love to build a Lorcana collection we'd be happy to have, whether it booms or not. That last part matters most. The best version of this bet is the one where, even if the boom never comes, we still had a great time collecting Disney cards as a family. If the upside shows up later, that's gravy.

So we're genuinely curious how you're playing it. Are you loading up on Lorcana while it's quiet, holding off, or already out? And if we go a little deeper, which set would you build around? Come tell us over on YouTube, or find us on X @Adventure_Coll. We'd love to hear whether we're being smart or just optimistic.