With Ravensburger already making plans to feature its new legacy format, Infinity Constructed, in the upcoming Disney Lorcana Challenges (DLCs), they have confirmed that both Hiram Flaversham - Toymaker and Fortisphere will be available to use.
The Announcement
In a recent Twitch stream over at the official Disney Lorcana channel, both Richelle Brady and Greg Tito of the Ravensburger crew confirmed that the Infinity Constructed format will have a fresh ban list at launch.
Following this, both answered the question on a lot of players’ minds. Both Hiram Flaversham - Toymaker and Fortisphere, which were banned from Core Constructed last April (2025), will be available for use in Infinity Constructed.
At least, this will be the case for the time being. Richelle and Greg were both forthcoming with the fact that the ban list for Infinity Constructed will be dependent on how the format develops.
On a side note, both Richelle and Greg have firmly drawn a line in the sand that Bucky - Squirrel Squeak Tutor will not be reverted to its original card text for Infinity Constructed.
They mentioned during the stream that an errata-ed card is a different thing entirely from using cards no longer in rotation for Core Constructed.
Hiram Flaversham & Fortisphere
Outside of a fresh ban list, Ravensburger has yet to give us any clue as to how decks will be built or played in this legacy format.
Back during the cycle of Archazia’s Island, Hiram Flaversham - Toymaker was a constant source of irritation for anyone facing a Sapphire deck.
Sapphire decks had access to in-house card advantage powerhouses like Pawpsicle and Belle - Apprentice Inventor.
The moment Toymaker hit the field and was allowed to dry, the game state would instantly shift in favor of the Sapphire deck. This was regardless of Sapphire’s partner ink color.
As for Steel’s Fortisphere, it wasn’t necessarily a toxic card on its own, but Fortisphere did break a precedent about card draw from Steel cards; if you wanted to draw, it usually didn’t come cheap.
A lot of staple cards that Steel decks currently use for their draw engine are Doc - Bold Knight or Mulan - Disguised Soldier. Both of these cards require a player to discard cards and are more in line with card cycling rather than actual card draw.
Even Steel’s arguably best card draw tool, A Whole New World, required an entire hand discard before drawing back up to seven cards. These little caveats for Steel’s in-house tools would give a player pause before being used.
Unfortunately for Fortisphere, it paired too well with Sapphire and Hiram Flaversham. So Fortisphere eventually suffered from what many perceived as collateral damage with its emergency ban.
We don’t know how the return of such powerhouse cards will interact with current deck recipes.
We may see a return of old decks to the forefront of Infinity Constructed's meta. Alternatively, we may see the environment of Infinity Constructed become an arms race as new decks try to supplant the old in dominance.
Other Developments for Disney Lorcana
While the juiciest news was the return of Hiram Flaversham - Toymaker and Fortisphere, the Twitch stream did touch upon some other aspects of Disney Lorcana.
Unfortunately, the Ravensburger representatives danced around topics while only giving the briefest of glimpses into the future. This is most likely due to the corporate side of the hobby dictating what can or cannot be given out to the public.
So far, what was truly confirmed was that there will be no additional DLCs for Season 2 and that the main event player cap is still set to 2,048.
What was initially announced during the world championship was all the DLCs planned for Disney Lorcana’s second year of competitive tournaments, much to the chagrin of some community members.
The subject of the upcoming DLCs is a current sore spot for a lot of players.
The community consensus has been pretty negative about how Ravensburger has scaled back operations for these prestigious events. That and their choice of venues for said events.
This second season for Disney Lorcana’s competitive scene may be the most important one for its overall longevity.
Riot Games, the minds behind League of Legends, will be releasing their own attempt into the world of Trading Card Games (TCGs) with Riftbound this coming October.
With how cutthroat the world of TCGs is in general, players are starting to voice questions about Ravensburger’s plans for the future of Disney Lorcana.