Disney Lorcana set rotation explained — what's legal in Core Constructed

01 Set legality at a glance

This panel reads the live set list from our card feed, so it stays accurate as the catalog grows. Color-coded by Core Constructed status — everything off the rotated and rotating lists is still fully legal.

02 What "rotation" actually means

Disney Lorcana isn't one format — it's several, and rotation only touches one of them. Here's the practical breakdown:

• Core Constructed — the main sanctioned constructed format. This is the one that rotates. Each summer, when the next major set releases, the oldest blocks fall out and the format resets around a tighter, newer card pool.
• Infinity Constructed — every set ever printed is allowed, governed by its own banned list. A First Chapter card you opened in 2023 still plays here.
• Limited (sealed and draft) — you build from the packs you crack at the event. Any set the organizer puts on the table is fair game.
• Casual / at-home play — no list, no cycle, no rules beyond what your table agrees to.

03 Already rotated out of Core Constructed

The first rotation took effect when Fabled released on September 5, 2025. Four launch-era sets exited Core Constructed at once:

• The First Chapter (August 2023, 204 cards) — the launch set that started everything.
• Rise of the Floodborn — the second wave.
• Into the Inklands — the third wave.
• Ursula's Return — the fourth wave.

None of these are gone from the game. They're still legal in Infinity Constructed, in any Limited event that uses them, and in every casual format. They just can't be your deck at a Core Constructed event.

04 Rotating out next — summer 2026

The next rotation lines up with the release of Attack of the Vine, currently slated for around July 24, 2026. Four more sets are scheduled to leave Core Constructed on that release:

• Shimmering Skies
• Azurite Sea
• Archazia's Island
• Reign of Jafar

05 Every set we track

Tap any set for its daily price guide. Numbers refresh daily from our market snapshot.

06 How rotation tends to move prices

Rotation isn't a price cliff, but it does reshape demand. A few patterns we've watched on the Market dashboard:

• Pure competitive staples cool off when their set rotates — the cards that were expensive because of the format lose their main buyer.
• Collector cards hold or grow. Enchanteds, Iconics, and headline first printings are bought by people who don't care about format legality, so rotation barely touches them.
• Sealed product from rotated sets firms up as print runs end and supply quietly disappears from store shelves.
• The "rotating out next" window is often the cheapest moment to pick up a set's staples if you also play Infinity or casual.

07 See also

• Deck Lab — build a Core-Constructed-legal deck from the current pool.
• Rarities explained — Enchanted, Iconic, and the rest of the ladder.
• All Disney Lorcana guides — the full library.
• Market dashboard — daily prices and movers, set by set.