A Fabled Card Reveal

Thanks to our friends at Ravensburger, we have news for all fans of Disney Lorcana. Join us as we welcome back a particularly catchy song that caught so many characters already—and will continue to do so!

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Be king undisputed
Respected, saluted
And seen for the wonder I am
Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared
Be prepared

With the release of Fabled, Ravensburger is resetting Disney Lorcana. The company isn't just introducing a rotation during the game's third year but also new tournament software and some changes to the Organized Play programs. After a nine-month dry spell, there finally are premium-level events for everyone again.

The rotation brings back a lot of cards from Lorcana's first year for the first time. The first four sets won't be legal in the new "Core Constructed" format then. But they still contain iconic and really well-designed cards, which Ravensburger will bring back as reprints so that existing tried and tested decks do not become completely useless.

For me as a dedicated Ruby-Amethyst player, the rotation announcement has obviously brought up concerns about the future of this popular, solid, and successful ink combination. Amethyst's card draw combined with Ruby's effective spot and mass removal remains a recipe for success. So, along with the question whether or would come back, I was also interested in the fate of , , , , and Be King Undisputed.

Well—at least we can present the latter here as an upcoming reprint in Fabled:

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Not much needs to be said about the card itself. As a reprint, its functionality and mechanics should be sufficiently established. What stands out and matches what previous reprints showed: Ravensburger is adjusting the rarities of some of these old cards. I suspect this is not so much to align the rarity with the strength of the respective cards but rather to be able to bring back enough Rares, Super Rares and Legendaries from year one without having to tinker with the ratio of rarities within a set. In this case the card becomes even more accessible, and shifting removal from the Rare to the Uncommon slot should be a blessing for the Sealed format with Set 9 as well.

Even though I listed Be King Undisputed last among removal cards above, it often makes it into the standard lists of Ruby-Amethyst. Especially in the days of Discard, sufficient removal was key to win games against Diablo, Bucky and the countless Floodborn characters.

I fondly remember one of my matches against the Emerald-Steel deck at the Disney Lorcana Challenge in Bochum. Late in the second game, with Maui on the field, I played his , cleared the opponent's Diablo, and all within a single turn took two Buckys off the table with a shifted singing Be King Undisputed. Once I had everything under control, my win in the second game secured a draw—even if it was to remain the only one against this discard deck that day.

Now, Be King Undisputed won't hardly be enough to sustain Ruby-Amethyst as a competitive ink combination in its old form. However, the same should apply to all long-standing decks whose base consists of half or more cards from the first four sets. Ultimately, it's a good thing too, as a rotation is supposed to shake up the meta and to keep the game interesting and fresh.

We're excited to see who will become the new king then, however disputed, and look forward to the upcoming events. Of course, up next on our calendar are the prereleases for Fabled on August 29. We hope to see you there!