If you've been playing Magic: The Gathering for the past few years, you already know what a prerelease kit is. The Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game just released its very first prerelease kits with its twelfth set, Wilds Unknown. For a game that launched in 2023, it's a sign that the TCG is growing up, and these kits were the perfect way to refresh excitement in the local game store experience.
For our family, my daughter Lily has been playing Disney Lorcana TCG since she was six and a half — she's nine now and starting to enjoy limited formats. My wife Karoline plays once in a blue moon because the game still feels a little overwhelming to her. And my youngest Annie, who is six, mostly just loves opening packs and picking out her favorite cards, which is a perfectly valid way to enjoy Disney Lorcana. When our local game store, Black Castle Gamez, put together a prerelease party for Wilds Unknown, we were excited to help co-host it.
What's in the Kit?
At $39.99, the Wilds Unknown prerelease kit comes with:
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6 booster packs of Wilds Unknown
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1 of six foil promo cards (Ariel, Maleficent, Cruella, Queen of Hearts, Cinderella, or Pocahontas)
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4 dice with the Disney Lorcana Illuminary icon
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1 of 3 collectible postcards
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1 cardboard deck box
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1 rules sheet
The packaging itself is worth mentioning. When you crack the seal, the outer sleeve peels away and folds open like a gift box, the Disney Lorcana Illuminary icon front and center. Lily, who loves pointing out the art design, was immediately drawn to it. Ravensburger clearly put thought into this unboxing experience.
The foil promo is the first thing you see before you even pull out the packs. I watched a girl at our event pull hers out, eyes go wide, and shout "I got an iconic!" She hadn't (Iconic cards are the rarest pulls in the game, showing up roughly once every 1,500 to 1,700 packs), but getting a beautiful stamped, foil card the moment you open the box hits differently than pulling one buried in pack four. It lands the same way whether you've been playing for years or just sat down for the first time.
Two Formats, One Kit
MTG players will feel right at home with Sealed: open your six packs, build a 40-card deck from what you pulled, and play rounds against other people doing the same. Nobody walks in with an unfair deck since everyone's building from random packs. If you're trying Disney Lorcana TCG for the first time from another TCG, Sealed is genuinely one of the best entry points — the card pool is small enough to evaluate quickly, and the format rewards reading the board rather than knowing the meta cold.
Disney Lorcana has really embraced Pack Rush (similar to MTG Pack Wars), and that's helped make the game more accessible to families and kids. Instead of building a deck upfront, you open two packs blind and start with 5 cards and 2 ink (mana), and you’re only playing to 15 lore instead of 20. It's chaotic, fast, and surprisingly strategic in its own way; it completely removes the barrier to building a deck. For our event at Black Castle Gamez, we made Pack Rush the primary format to create a welcoming, laid-back environment where anyone could jump in. It worked! Karoline paired up with Lily at a table with another mom and her son and played multiplayer Pack Rush. This doesn't happen at most TCG prereleases.
The Moments That Make It Worth It
One kid at our event opened two Enchanted cards across her six packs. Enchanteds are the Disney Lorcana equivalent of a foil mythic with alternate art. Historically, they show up roughly once every 96 packs, though Wilds Unknown seems to be running noticeably hotter than that. Getting two from her six packs made the entire room pause. I didn't believe it when she said she pulled a second one. It made everyone tear into their own packs a little faster.
Lily ended up winning a store raffle and got a second prerelease kit. Later, when she and I finally sat down to play some Pack Rush together, she pulled an Iconic Buzz Lightyear out of her very last pack. She was ecstatic, and I shouted, "She got a Buzz!!!" and the whole room cheered.
That's one thing about Wilds Unknown specifically: this set introduced Toy Story and other Pixar franchises to Disney Lorcana for the first time. Even if Disney princesses aren’t your thing, Pixar brings in adored franchises like Toy Story and The Incredibles. It might be the best set since The First Chapter, the game's first set, and the prerelease experience is a great way to get into it without committing to a constructed deck. With a prerelease kit, you're getting six packs plus the promo, dice, postcard, and deck box. The event is what makes it feel like something.
If you're looking to gear up for your next Disney Lorcana event, Nerd Gear Gaming has a couple of accessories worth grabbing. Their Playmat Sanctuary is a great way to store and protect your Disney Lorcana playmats as your collection grows. And if you're planning to play Sealed, where you'll build a 40-card deck and sleeve up before your rounds, their Rock Guard sleeves come in a solid range of colors; Lily loves the teal and I picked silver. You can get a 5% discount using our code ‘Lorcana’ at checkout.
If you want to find a store near you that might still be running prerelease events with remaining kits, use the Ravensburger Play Hub store locator to reach out to your local game store directly.
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