Quick answer
CardSpicy takes the rarity ladder from the publisher rather than from a price guide, so this is Disney Lorcana as Ravensburger and Disney describe it. There are eight rarity levels. Five of them — common, uncommon, rare, super rare and legendary — are the structure every set is designed around. Three of them — epic, enchanted and iconic — are premium treatments printed above the core levels, and the newest two arrived with the Fabled set.
Eight levels, one symbol each, and a distinction that matters more than the names: the bottom five are what a set is built from, the top three are what a set is chased for.
The five core rarities
Every Lorcana card carries a rarity, marked by a small symbol near the collector number at the bottom of the card. The core five are the levels a booster’s contents are distributed across.
| Rarity | Symbol | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Common | Grey circle | The most numerous level. Commons make up the bulk of a pack and the bulk of most decks. |
| Uncommon | White open book | More numerous than rare but less than common. Where a great many playable supporting cards sit. |
| Rare | Bronze triangle | The level that a lot of a set’s playable staples are printed at. |
| Super Rare | Silver diamond | A step up in scarcity, and the level where a set’s defining strategy cards often sit. |
| Legendary | Gold pentagon | The top of the core structure. Usually the set’s marquee characters and its heaviest effects. |
Two of these have picked up physical markers in recent sets. Legendary characters are now embossed with an extra layer of gloss, and the Legendary symbol itself is stamped in gold foil with holographic ink symbols rather than printed in ordinary ink. That change came in with Fabled, and it means a newer Legendary can often be recognised before the symbol is read at all.
The three premium rarities
The premium levels are also printed on cards that already exist at a core rarity, so the distinction is one of treatment as much as of scarcity. All three use foil treatments that the core levels do not.
| Rarity | Symbol | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Epic | Rainbow fan | A borderless printing with glossy rainbow foiling across the whole card. The illustration is the same as the standard version of that card, and epics appear in the slot a booster’s foil would otherwise occupy. |
| Enchanted | Rainbow hexagon | An alternate illustration, borderless, with its own full-card foil treatment. The collector number runs past the set total, so an enchanted printing of a card in a 204-card set is numbered above 204. |
| Iconic | Rainbow octagon with a white centre | The scarcest level in the game. Full-card artwork that runs behind the text, a star-pattern foil, and three-dimensional hot-stamped accents. An iconic card has no frame — only the symbol remains. |
Since Fabled, the epic and enchanted symbols are stamped onto the card in a rainbow metallic foil rather than printed, the same change that was made to Legendary symbols.
Iconic is the level where the publisher’s own announcements are the most useful, because each set names its iconics when it is announced. Wilds Unknown named Merida and Buzz Lightyear, and Hyperia City named a Mickey Mouse and a Cinderella printing. The count is small — a set’s iconics can be listed in a sentence.
A fourth level that is not a rarity
There is one more treatment worth separating out, because it looks like a rarity and is not one. From the 2027 set Into the Inkdark, Ravensburger is introducing Illustrious cards: the first serialized cards in the game. Each carries bespoke artwork by a named artist with a prominent credit on the card, they are found only in the collector boosters introduced with that set, and each is printed in a very small run — the publisher’s announcement puts it at 23 copies per card, with six such cards per set.
A serialized card is a printing rather than a separate rarity tier, and the card underneath keeps whatever rarity it was printed at.
Rarity is not the same as power
One thing worth stating plainly: the ladder describes how hard a card is to find, not how strong it is. Plenty of commons and uncommons are played competitively, and not every legendary is a deck staple. Reading the rarity as a strength ranking is the most common mistake made with the set.
It also is not a price ranking, and CardSpicy does not treat it as one. Rarity sets how many copies of a card exist relative to the rest of its set; it says nothing about what any of them is worth.
What this page does not claim
- It does not give pull rates. A pack reliably contains a foil and a number of commons and uncommons, but the odds above that shift from set to set, and most published figures are community estimates rather than official odds.
- It does not state how many copies of any card were printed. Ravensburger does not publish print runs, with the single exception of the serialized Illustrious cards.
- It does not fix the list of rarities permanently. Epic and Iconic were both added in 2025, so the ladder above is the current one rather than a closed set.
Frequently asked questions
How many rarities does Lorcana have?
Eight: common, uncommon, rare, super rare and legendary as the core levels, plus epic, enchanted and iconic as premium treatments printed above them.
Which Lorcana rarity is the rarest?
Iconic. It is the scarcest level in the game, and only a small number of iconic cards are printed in each set.
What symbol marks an Enchanted card?
A rainbow hexagon. Enchanted cards also carry an alternate illustration, a borderless frame and their own foil treatment, and their collector number runs past the set total.
Is an Epic card more powerful than a Legendary one?
No. Epic is a printing treatment, not a power level, and an epic card uses the same illustration as the standard version of that card. Rarity describes how hard a card is to find rather than how strong it is.
What is an Illustrious card?
A serialized Lorcana card, introduced with the 2027 set Into the Inkdark. Each carries bespoke artwork by a named artist, is found only in that set’s collector boosters, and is printed in a very small numbered run.
Sources
Sources and scope
- Disney’s own Lorcana pages on disneylorcana.com and the Disney Parks Blog — the full list of rarity levels from Common to Iconic, and the description of epic, enchanted and iconic as foil-treated levels above the core ones.
- Ravensburger’s announcements for recent sets — the introduction of the epic and iconic rarities with Fabled, the gold-foil stamping of legendary symbols and the embossed gloss on legendary characters, and the naming of each set’s iconic cards, including Merida and Buzz Lightyear for Wilds Unknown and the Hyperia City pair.
- Ravensburger’s press material for Into the Inkdark, the first 2027 set — the introduction of collector boosters and of Illustrious cards as the first serialized Disney Lorcana cards, with bespoke artist-credited artwork, six such cards per set and 23 copies printed of each.
- Scope note: only details published by the publisher or by Disney are stated as confirmed. Pull rates are deliberately not given, because most published figures are community estimates rather than official odds. No prices are given.
Rarities, symbols and treatments are set by the publisher and have changed between sets. Check Ravensburger’s own product pages for the set you are buying.
Related reading
- Disney Lorcana cards
- Inks and card types
- Disney Lorcana in mainland China
- Disney Lorcana Hyperia City
- Other card games
- The Card Protection Guide
- Card sleeve thickness, explained
- Card accessories
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).