How to spot a fake Lorcana booster card

Fakes exist, and Dumbo - Ninth Wonder of the Universe sells for $57.58 on legitimate platforms. When the same card lists for twelve dollars somewhere else, somebody made a calculation.

Here is what you can actually check yourself, without damaging the card or owning specialist equipment.

Start with the price

If a listing is dramatically below what the card trades for elsewhere, that gap is the whole story. The checks below are useful, but a price that makes no sense is the fastest signal you have. Genuine copies of Demona - Scourge of the Wyvern Clan trade around $42.66.

Angel - Experiment 624 sits near $41.33. Hades - Looking for a Deal near $32.78. If someone is selling those at a fraction of those prices, the burden of proof is on the listing, not on you.

The collector number check

Every Lorcana card carries a collector number printed at the bottom. Chase rarities, meaning Enchanteds, Epics, and Iconics, occupy a specific band within each set. Counterfeiters often copy the artwork carefully and get the number wrong. That mismatch is something you can catch.

Here is where each set's chase numbers actually fall:

Sets 1 and 2: Enchanted 205-216. Sets 3, 4, and 5: Enchanted 205-222. Sets 6 through 8: Enchanted 205-222. Set 9 onward things shift: set 9 adds Epic 205-222, Enchanted 223-240, and Iconic 241-242. Sets 10, 11, and 12 follow the same layout. Set 13 runs Epic 208-225, Enchanted 226-243, and Iconic 244-245.

So in set 13, an Enchanted card numbered 150 is impossible. There is no genuine printing with that number in that rarity for that set.

One important limit on this check: for chase rarities, a number outside the band is a clear red flag. For base rarities like Legendaries and Commons, the case for running the same test is weak.

Base-rarity cards are numbered throughout the set and their numbers prove nothing about authenticity. A real Angel - Experiment 624 is a Legendary numbered 191. A number inside what looks like a "base range" does not make a Legendary card fake.

What this article cannot do

We have no photograph of your card. We have no physical access to it. Card stock, print rosette patterns, edge layers, the way a foil catches light, and how the card handles when you flex it are all real tells that experienced collectors use.

None of those are things we can verify in text, and we are not going to describe them from general knowledge and call it expertise. If you want physical inspection guidance, find a collector community with hands-on experience and photographs, not a written checklist.

What we can tell you is this: the checks above are the ones that require nothing but the card in your hand and this page open beside it.

The harder fakes

Some counterfeits do pass a quick look. Print quality has improved. The number band check catches careless fakes. A matching number in the right band does not guarantee a genuine card.

It only removes one red flag. For high-value purchases, a price that reflects genuine market value and a seller with verifiable history matters more than any single test you can run in isolation.

A price that makes no sense is the fastest signal you have.

Circle of Life trades around $23.76. Pocahontas - Peacekeeper near $29.43. If those are available at a fraction of that, the right move is to walk away from the listing, not to run more checks hoping they clear it.

Before you pay for anything with a chase collector number, pull up that set's band from the table above and confirm the number falls where it should. Then check the price against a legitimate platform. If both pass, you have done what you can do from here. If either fails, close the tab.

Prices update daily. Price any list as you build it in the deck builder, which reads the same feed as this page, and every card above links to its own page in the card library.

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