Case Files · The First Chapter
Status: Draft — rough publish for review
The First Chapter: Aurora – Dreaming Guardian (139/204)
Sapphire Floodborn Super Rare — Ward for the whole court (Enchanted 213 exists)
139/204 · identifiers redacted for publishShe sleeps; the board gets Ward. Shift 3 onto an Aurora, then PROTECTIVE EMBRACE hands your other characters Ward so opponents can’t choose them except to challenge. Sapphire Super Rare 139/204. Nicholas Kole. Flavor: “As the princess slumbered, her power awoke.” Science concurs: the slumber is load-bearing rules text.
Five PSA 10 First Chapter slabs sit in the carousel under this title — enough copies that the archive treats her as a repeatable chase rather than a one-off miracle. Still: verify the face. The same version also prints as Enchanted 213/204 (Clio Wolfensberger alt art). Borderless rainbow is not the same drawer as Super Rare 139/204.
Distribution remains ordinary set release: packs after August 18, 2023 (LGS), broader retail September 1. No D23 Expo stamp on either retail rarity.
How it got into collections
Retail The First Chapter English product — not a convention stamp card:
- Available in The First Chapter packs / sealed product after August 18, 2023 (LGS / organized launch), with broader retail following September 1, 2023
- Rarity within the 204-card English main set: Super Rare (
139/204) - Non-foil and cold foil finishes exist for main-set cards; foil alone does not equal Enchanted or Expo
- Provenance is pack history, carefully kept
Archive note: 5 PSA 10 First Chapter slabs appear in the collection carousel under this title. Hero photograph uses a sanitized PSA Gem Mint 10 slab front (identifiers redacted). Never publish cert numbers or barcodes.
Specimen dossier
- Catalog ID
139/204(The First Chapter English retail)- Set of origin
- Disney Lorcana — The First Chapter (set 1), English
- Publisher
- Ravensburger / Disney Lorcana TCG
- Release window
- August 18, 2023 onward (retail product)
- Illustrator
- Nicholas Kole
- Franchise source
- Sleeping Beauty
- Rarity
- Super Rare
- Finish
- Non-foil and cold foil in set (Enchanted separate if noted below)
- Flavor text
- As the princess slumbered, her power awoke.
- Enchanted twin (in-set chase)
213/204· Enchanted rarity · illustrator Clio Wolfensberger · borderless Inkwash foil — same rules face, different rarity/number. Verify before labeling a carousel slab as Enchanted.
Card anatomy
| Field | Observation |
|---|---|
| Type | Character |
| Ink | Sapphire |
| Cost | 5 (inkwell-eligible) |
| Strength / Willpower / Lore | 3 / 5 / 2 |
| Classifications | Floodborn · Hero · Princess |
| Abilities | Shift 3 (You may pay 3 ink to play this on top of one of your characters named Aurora.) · PROTECTIVE EMBRACE Your other characters gain Ward. (Opponents can't choose them except to challenge.) |
Authentication notes
- Exact identity: Disney Lorcana The First Chapter English retail (set 1) — do not caption as D23 Expo or Gen Con unless cross-linking a documented twin
- Collector number
139/204and Super Rare rarity mark - Sapphire ink · cost 5 · Character
- Classifications: Floodborn · Hero · Princess
- Illustrator credit: Nicholas Kole
- If claiming Enchanted: collector number
213/204, Enchanted symbol, borderless treatment
Base rarity vs. Enchanted twin
| Attribute | Main set (this file’s default) | Enchanted chase |
|---|---|---|
| Collector number | 139/204 | 213/204 |
| Rarity mark | Super Rare | Enchanted |
| Art treatment | Standard frame | Borderless alt art / Inkwash foil |
| Rules face | Identical gameplay | Identical gameplay |
| Availability | Packs (foil & non-foil) | Packs (secret rarity) |
Authentication checklist: read the collector number first · confirm rarity symbol · confirm border treatment · do not invent Expo/Gen Con provenance for either twin.