Case Files · The First Chapter
Status: Draft — rough publish for review
The First Chapter: Robin Hood – Unrivaled Archer (157/204)
Sapphire Super Rare — Feed the Poor without the Expo folio
157/204 · identifiers redacted for publishIt is dangerously easy to file every Unrivaled Archer under Anaheim and call it provenance. Resist that. The bow is shared. John Loren’s aim is shared. Sapphire ink, cost 6, 4/4/2, Storyborn Hero, FEED THE POOR, GOOD SHOT — shared. What is not shared is the stamp archaeology.
This case file is for The First Chapter English retail printing: Super Rare collector number 157/204. Pack product. The Robin who arrives after wide release with a rarity symbol where Expo once put a logo.
Not the D23 Expo 2022 Collector’s Set companion (6/P1, D23 Expo + “1st” stamps, portfolio foil). Same character version. Different museum tag. The inventory carousel’s First Chapter slabs belong here — not in the Expo drawer.
How it got into collections
- Available in The First Chapter product after August 18, 2023
- Super Rare rarity within the 204-card English set
- Non-foil and cold foil finishes exist in-set
- No booth portfolio required; no daily Expo allotment
Provenance is pack history. The Expo twin remains a separate case file for a reason.
Specimen dossier
- Catalog ID
157/204(The First Chapter retail)- Set of origin
- Disney Lorcana — The First Chapter (set 1), English
- Publisher
- Ravensburger / Disney Lorcana TCG
- Release window
- August 18, 2023 onward (LGS / organized launch), with broader retail following September 1, 2023
- Illustrator
- John Loren
- Franchise source
- Robin Hood
- Rarity
- Super Rare
- Finish
- Non-foil and cold foil in set
- Flavor text
- Present — “We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those who can afford it.”
Archive note: Multiple PSA 10 First Chapter retail copies appear in the collection carousel. Hero photograph uses a sanitized PSA Gem Mint 10 slab front (identifiers redacted). Never publish cert numbers or barcodes.
Card anatomy
| Field | Observation |
|---|---|
| Type | Character |
| Ink | Sapphire |
| Cost | 6 (inkwell-eligible) |
| Strength / Willpower / Lore | 4 / 4 / 2 |
| Classifications | Storyborn · Hero |
| Abilities | FEED THE POOR When you play this character, if an opponent has more cards in their hand than you, draw a card. · GOOD SHOT During your turn, this character gains Evasive. (They can challenge characters with Evasive.) |
Card advantage dressed as charity; evasion dressed as marksmanship — but only on your turn. Retail wording prefers “gains Evasive”; the Expo face often reads “has Evasive.” Same arrow. Slightly different grammar. Science takes notes.
Retail vs. D23 Expo twin (diagnostic traits)
| Attribute | The First Chapter retail (this file) | D23 Expo 2022 Promo |
|---|---|---|
| Set code | 157/204 | 6/P1 (D23 Expo printing) |
| Rarity / marks | Super Rare | Promo; D23 Expo logo + “1st” stamp |
| Finish | Non-foil and cold foil in set | Foil (Expo portfolio treatment) |
| Availability | Packs / product after August 18, 2023 | Paid Collector’s Set only (~900 portfolios) |
| Good Shot wording | Often “gains Evasive” | Expo often “has Evasive” |
| Flavor divider | Retail book-line convention for quotes | Early Expo pen-line treatment possible |
Authentication checklist (loupe optional, honesty required):
- Collector number
157/204 - Super Rare mark — no D23 Expo logo, no “1st” seal
- John Loren / Unrivaled Archer version
- Sapphire · Storyborn · Hero · 6 · 4/4/2 · Feed the Poor · Good Shot
- Flavor text present (borrow, not rob)
- Finish may be non-foil or cold foil — foil alone does not make it Expo
Miss the Expo stamps on purpose and you may still have a perfectly respectable — and correctly identified — Super Rare. Find D23 / “1st” marks and you have wandered into the Expo case file.