Darkwing Duck joins Disney Lorcana's Attack of the Vine expansion

Darkwing Duck is one of the headline Team cards in Disney Lorcana: Attack of the Vine, and that pushes the July 24, 2026 set release squarely into Disney Afternoon territory. Ravensburger says prereleases will begin July 17 in game stores and select Disney Parks and stores, then the expansion will go live everywhere a week later.

Attack of the Vine is built as the capstone to a year-long storyline around the runaway Vine, which has soaked up magical ink and now threatens the realm. On the product page, Ravensburger says the Vine is trapping glimmers and creating Vinelings, while the set’s art leans into cinematic summer-blockbuster poster styling. The two Iconics are Lilo & Stitch - Fun-Loving Friends and Belle & Beast - Certain as the Sun, a reminder that the set is mixing nostalgia, premium chase cards and a very specific summer release identity.

Darkwing’s presence fits that plan better than a one-off cameo would. Ravensburger had already flagged him for Winterspell, which prereleased February 13, 2026 and went wide February 20, 2026, and the official Lorcana site places him in a Sapphire/Steel lane built around gadgets and keeping St. Canard clear of villains. In other words, this is not just a random alt-art pull for Disney Afternoon completionists; it is the kind of character the game is now willing to build around twice in the same release year.

The new Team classification makes that even clearer. Attack of the Vine introduces a new Team classification and new Shift abilities, and Ravensburger says Team lets any character with the same name as one of the team members serve as the shift base. The company is pitching the mechanic as something that will matter in both Infinity format and Core Constructed play. IGN’s six-card team-up reveal included Darkwing Duck & Launchpad alongside Woody & Buzz Lightyear, Pocahontas & Meeko, Sulley & Boo, Peter Pan & Tinker Bell and Mickey & Minnie Mouse, which gives the set a blunt message: Lorcana wants these pairings to be deck shells, not just collector bait.

That is the real tell with Attack of the Vine. The set still has Pixar glimmers from Up, Monsters, Inc. and Turning Red, but Darkwing Duck is the card that shows Ravensburger is comfortable turning Disney Afternoon into a recurring pillar, not a one-and-done nostalgia nod. When a franchise mascot shows up in Winterspell, returns in a major summer set and slots into a new Team system, the duck in the cape stops feeling like fan service and starts looking like a direction.