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With the launch of Fabled in Autumn 2025,Disney Lorcanaintroduced set rotation to its Core COnstructed format. A hallmark of plenty of other TCGs, it marked a huge shakeup for Lorcana and its meta, and many players may be unfamiliar with how it works.
ensure you don’t get caught out playing illegal cards in your deck by understanding which sets are legal, and when the next rotation is happening.
What Is Lorcana’s Set Rotation?
Set rotation is whenolder sets leave the Core Constructed format. Every Autumn, with the launch of thethird set of the calendar year,the four oldest sets are removed from the format, andare no longer legal to be played with. This means, every year, four sets of cards must beremoved from your decksto ensure they’re still in the current rotation.
There are a few reasonsset rotation is a thing inmany TCGs:
Playing With Older Cards
Fortunately, rotation doesn’t mean your older cards become worthless.
If a card has beenreprinted in a recent set, you can play any copy of it, including ones you pulled from older packs. For example,Stitch, Rock Starwas first printed in The First Chapter, before being reprinted in Fabled. While The First Chapter itself will have rotated out of Core Constructed, theStitch, Rock Star card can still be played.
The other way is by playing theInfinite format. Infinite is an eternal, non-rotating format, meaning you can playany cards ever printed for Lorcana, provided they haven’t been seperately banned. Infinite is ahigher-power formatas it allows strategies long since rotated out of Core Constructed, letting you still play with your favourite cards.
Every Set Rotating In Core Constructed
Every year sees thefour oldest sets rotate out. This means that a set can be legal in Core Constructed for between15 months and two years.
