Digimon Card Game

The Digimon Card Game (デジモンカードゲーム Dejimon Kādo Gēmu) is a trading card game produced by Bandai, based on the Digimon franchise. It was introduced in 2020, and is currently ongoing.

Digimon Card Game cards' back design.

Overview

Terminology

Field

A diagram of elements on the Field.

The Field 「フィールド」 is the play area in which the card game takes place. The playing field is divided into your area 「自陣」 and the opponent's area 「敵陣」.
The Field consists of the following elements:

• Security 「セキュリティ」 (Dub: Security Stack):
  The Security is a defensive wall that protects the player; the number of cards in the Security decreases each time the player is attacked. If the player is attacked while they have 0 cards in their Security, they lose the game.
• Memory Gauge 「メモリーゲージ」:
  The Memory Gauge is used for the payment of Cost, and is shared between both players.
• Deck 「デッキ」 (Dub: Deck Zone):
  Where the deck is placed. A Deck is made up of exactly 50 cards, consisting of Digimon Cards, Tamer Cards, and/or Option Cards. Up to 4 cards with the same Card Number can be included in the same Deck.
• Trash 「トラッシュ」:
  A discard pile, where discarded cards are placed face-up.
• Digitama Deck 「デジタマデッキ」 (Dub: Digi-Egg Deck Zone):
  Where the Digitama Deck is placed. A Digitama Deck is made up of 0~5 Digitama Cards, and is not mandatory for gameplay. Up to 4 cards with the same Card Number can be included in the same Digitama Deck.
• Raising Area 「育成エリア」 (Dub: Breeding Area):
  Digimon hatched from the Digitama Deck are placed in this area. Digimon placed in the Raising Area cannot activate any effects, but are also not affected by the effects of other cards unless the effect in question specifically targets Digimon placed in the Raising Area.
• Battle Area 「バトルエリア」:
  Digimon and Tamer Cards can be placed into the Battle Area, where they are put into play and considered "Digimon" and "Tamers" respectively.

Digimon Cards and Digitama Cards

Example Digimon Card:
EX3-060 Ex-Tyranomon.

Digimon Cards 「デジモンカード」 and Digitama Cards 「デジタマカード」 are cards depicting Digimon that are used in-game to battle.

• Play Cost 「登場コスト」:
  The Cost required to play a Digimon, allowing it to enter the Battle Area from the hand.
• Digimon Power (DP) 「デジモンパワー」:
  The Digimon's attack power. During Battle, victory is determined by which side has higher DP. While a Digimon's DP does not decrease when it is attacked, there are effects that can reduce a Digimon's DP. During the game, if a Digimon's DP is reduced to 0 by any sort of effect, that Digimon is destroyed and sent to the discard pile (DP will not become negative).
• Evolution Requirements 「進化条件」 (Dub: Digivolution Requirements):
  States the [Color] and [Level] of Digimon that are able to evolve into this Digimon, as well as the Cost required for evolution.
• Effects 「効果」:
  Any special effects this Digimon possesses.
• Level (Lv.):
  A value identifying the Digimon's current stage of evolution progression, given as a number between 3 and 7 (for Digimon Cards) or 2 (for Digitama Cards). Digimon will evolve into a Digimon one level higher than itself during Evolution.
• Card Name 「カード名」
• Card Number 「カードナンバー」
• Rarity 「レアリティ」
• Characteristics 「特徴」 (Dub: Traits)
  A set of properties that describe the Digimon, usually Form, Attribute, and Type at minimum. Some card effects target specific Characteristics.

• Evolution Base Effect 「進化元効果」 (Dub: Inherited Effect):
  An effect that can be used after this Digimon has evolved into a higher Level Digimon.

Example Tamer Card:
EX2-062 Akiyama Ryo.

Tamer Cards

Tamer Cards 「テイマーカード」 are cards depicting human characters, used to support Digimon Cards in battle.

• Play Cost 「登場コスト」:
  The Cost required to play a Tamer, allowing it to enter the Battle Area from the hand.
• Effects 「効果」:
  Any special effects this Tamer possesses.
• Card Name 「カード名」
• Card Number 「カードナンバー」
• Rarity 「レアリティ」
• Security Effect 「セキュリティ効果」:
  An effect that is triggered when this card is flipped face-up while in Security.

Example Option Card:
BT4-101 I'll Pull You Down to the Bottom of the Ocean!!.

Option Cards

Option Cards 「オプションカード」 are support cards with various effects.

• Usage Cost 「使用コスト」:
  The Cost required for this Option Card to be used.
• Effects 「効果」:
  The effects that result from using this Option Card.
• Card Number 「カードナンバー」
• Rarity 「レアリティ」
• Security Effect 「セキュリティ効果」:
  An effect that is triggered when this card is flipped over while in Security.

Glossary

Card Types

• Digimon Card 「デジモンカード」:
  Cards depicting Digimon.
• Digitama Card 「デジタマカード」 (Dub: Digi-Egg Card):
  Cards depicting Baby level Digimon. Digitama Cards have a different card back from regular cards, and are used only in the Digitama Deck.
• Option Card 「オプションカード」:
  Use-and-throw cards whose effects are mainly triggered when they are played from the player's hand.
• Tamer Card 「テイマーカード」:
  Cards depicting Tamers. While they cannot attack, they are able to bestow effects onto the player's or opponent's Digimon. They cannot be attacked by the opponent's Digimon.
• Digimon 「デジモン」:
  A Digimon Card is treated as a "Digimon" when it is played from the player's hand or deck and placed into the Battle Area, or when it is deployed from the Raising Area.
• Tamer 「テイマー」:
  A Tamer Card is treated as a "Tamer" when it is played from the player's hand or deck and placed into the Battle Area.

Activation Timings

• When Played 「登場時」:
  When the Digimon directly enters the Battle Area from the player's hand. Evolution and moving a Digimon from the Raising Area do not count as [When Played].
• When Evolving 「進化時」:
  When the Digimon on the Field undergoes evolution. Evolution that takes place in the Raising Area will not trigger effects that activate [When Evolving].
• When Attacking 「アタック時」:
  When the Digimon performs an attack. Effects triggered [When Attacking] are carried out before the battle with the opponent Digimon begins, or the Check on the opponent's Security is performed.
• After Attacking 「アタック終了時」:
  When the Digimon with the [After Attacking] effect finishes its attack. If the Digimon with this effect disappears while the attack is still in progress, such as when the Digimon loses the battle, the activation timing does not occur.
• When Destroyed 「消滅時」:
  When the Digimon is destroyed, whether by losing a battle, or by the effects of a card.
• Your Turn 「自分のターン」:
  The entire period from the beginning of your turn to the end of your turn.
• Both Players' Turns 「お互いのターン」:
  An effect with this activation timing continues to remain in effect during the span of both your turn and the opponent's turn.
• Opponent's Turn 「相手のターン」:
  The entire period from the beginning of the opponent's turn to the end of the opponent's turn.
• Beginning of Your Turn 「自分のターン開始時」:
  An effect with this activation timing is triggered the moment your turn begins.
• Security 「セキュリティ」:
  When the card is flipped face-up during a Security Check. When a card that has an effect with this activation timing is flipped face-up while in Security, the effect is triggered without payment of Cost.
• Main 「メイン」:
  Effects with this activation timing can be activated during your Main Phase. They are activated when an Option card with such an effect is played, or when a Digimon or Tamer has such an effect, and you choose to trigger the effect anytime during the Main Phase.

Card State

• Rest 「レスト」 (Dub: Suspend):
  The action of tapping a Digimon or Tamer, turning a card to the horizontal position in order to perform an attack or use a Main effect.
• Rest Position 「レスト状態」 (Dub: Suspended State):
  The state of a Digimon or Tamer that has been placed horizontally after being Rested.
• Turn Active 「アクティブ」 (Dub: Unsuspend):
  The action of untapping a Digimon or Tamer in the Rest position, turning the card to the vertical position and allowing it to act again.
• Active Position 「アクティブ状態」 (Dub: Unsuspended State):
  The state of a Digimon or Tamer that has been placed in the vertical position, denoting that it has not attacked or acted yet.
• Evolution Base 「進化元」 (Dub: Digivolution card(s)):
  A card is situated below a Digimon that has evolved from it. If the card has an Evolution Base Effect, it is now able to activate its Evolution Base Effect.
• Destroyed 「消滅」 (Dub: Deleted):
  A Digimon that is sent to the Trash due to either having lost a battle, or receiving an effect that causes destruction.
• Security Digimon 「セキュリティデジモン」:
  When a Digimon card is flipped face-up during a Security Check, that card becomes a Security Digimon. Security Digimon differ from regular Digimon in that Security Digimon are not affected by effects that target Digimon, and Security Digimon cannot activate any of their own effects aside from their Security Effects.

Card Characteristics: All Cards

• Color 「色」:
  The color category to which the card belongs: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, White, Purple, or Black. A minority of cards have multiple colors.
• Play Cost 「登場コスト」:
  The Cost required to play a Digimon or Tamer, allowing them to enter the Battle Area from the hand.
• Rarity 「レアリティ」:
  The rarity of the card.
• Effects 「効果」:
  Effects found on Digimon, Tamers, and Option Cards. Evolution Base Effects are not considered "Effects".
• Security Effect 「セキュリティ効果」:
  An effect that is triggered when a card is flipped face-up during a Security Check.
• Once per Turn 「ターンに1回」:
  Denotes that this effect can only take effect once per turn. Such effects can only be triggered once, even if the conditions to trigger the effect are fulfilled multiple times within the same turn.
• Twice per Turn 「ターンに2回」:
  Denotes that this effect can only take effect twice per turn.

Card Characteristics: Digimon Cards

• Type 「タイプ」:
  A characteristic that generally denotes a Digimon's Type; some Digimon also have additional Types that mark them as members of particular Digimon groups.
• Attribute 「属性」:
  A characteristic that generally denotes a Digimon's Attribute.
• Form 「形態」:
  A characteristic that generally denotes a Digimon's Evolution Stage by name. Each Evolution Stage Form, aside from Hybrid, correlates with one numerical Level.

Actions

• Attack 「アタック」:
  The action of using your Digimon to attack either the opponent player, or one of the opponent's Digimon currently in Rest position.
• Block 「ブロック」:
  The action of using the <<Blocker>> effect to take the attack of an opponent Digimon that was intended for another target.
• Battle 「バトル」:
  A "Battle" refers to the match that takes place between 2 Digimon or between a Digimon and a Security Digimon, when a Digimon performs an attack. During a battle, the DP of both Digimon are compared to determine the winner of the battle.
• Play 「登場」:
  The action of placing a Digimon or Tamer from your hand into the Battle Area by paying their Play Cost.
• Hatching 「孵化」:
  The action of flipping 1 card from your Digitama deck face-up, and placing it into your Raising Area during your Raising Phase.
• Evolution 「進化」 (Dub: Digivolution):
  The action of turning a Digimon into another Digimon of a Level higher by 1. During evolution, a Digimon card is placed atop a Digimon that meets its Evolution Requirements, and the Evolution Cost is paid. When evolution takes place, the player draws 1 card from their deck as an Evolution Bonus.
• Discard 「破棄」:
  The action of discarding a card.
• Pass 「パス」:
  The action of declaring and voluntarily passing your turn to the opponent during your Main Phase. When a Pass is performed, regardless of the Counter's current position on the Memory Gauge, it is moved to the [3] position on the opponent's Memory Gauge.
• Check 「チェック」:
  The action of flipping a Security card face-up when an attack is performed on a player.

Keyword Effects

• <<Blocker>> 「<<ブロッカー>>」:
  When the opponent Digimon performs an attack, if this Digimon is in the Active position, you may Rest this Digimon and change the target of the attack to this Digimon.
  This effect can be activated when the opponent's Digimon performs an attack. The target of that attack then becomes the Digimon that used <<Blocker>>, instead of the original target.
• <<Security Attack +x>> 「<<セキュリティアタック+ｘ>> or <<Sアタック+ｘ>>」:
  The number of Security cards this Digimon Checks increases by X.
  This effect increases by X the number of Security cards checked when performing an attack on the opponent player. If the number of Security cards to be Checked becomes 2 or more as a result of this effect, perform the Checks one at a time. If the attacking Digimon is destroyed or returned to the hand during a Check, the attack ends at that point.
• <<Security Attack -x>> 「<<セキュリティアタック-ｘ>> or <<Sアタック-ｘ>>」:
  The number of Security cards this Digimon Checks decreases by X.
  This effect decreases by X the number of Security cards checked when performing an attack on the opponent player. If the number of Security cards to be Checked becomes 0 as a result of this effect (it will not turn negative), you will be unable to Check the opponent's Security, and in the event that the opponent has 0 cards remaining in their Security, you will not win the game even by attacking the player.
• <<Recovery +x (Deck)>> 「<<リカバリー+ｘ《デッキ》>>」:
  Take X cards from the top of your deck and place them onto Security.
  When this effect is triggered, take X cards from the top of your deck and place them onto your Security without looking at their contents. This effect allows for the recovery of Security cards; there is no upper limit to the number of cards that can be placed in Security.
• <<Pierce>> 「<<貫通>>」:
  When this Digimon attacks and initiates a battle, if the opponent Digimon is the only Digimon destroyed in that battle, this Digimon Checks Security.
  When this effect is triggered, when attacking, if the opponent Digimon is the only Digimon destroyed in the battle between it and the attacking Digimon, the attacking Digimon proceeds to Check the opponent's Security cards. This effect is triggered even when the attacking Digimon is blocked; however, it will not be triggered in a battle with a Security Digimon.
• <<Draw x>> 「<<ｘドロー>>」:
  Draw X cards from your deck.
  When this effect is triggered, draw X cards from your deck and add them to your hand. There is no upper limit to the number of cards you can hold in your hand.
• <<Jamming>> 「<<ジャミング>>」:
  This Digimon cannot be destroyed in a battle with a Security Digimon.
  A Digimon with this effect will not be destroyed even when it loses a battle against a Security Digimon. If you are still able to perform another Security Check due to the effect of <<Security Attack +X>>, this Digimon can continue performing the next Check.
• <<Absorb Evolution -x>> 「<<吸収進化-ｘ>>」 (Dub: Digisorption):
  When you play this card from your hand to evolve your Digimon, you may Rest 1 of your Digimon; if you do, reduce the Evolution Cost to be paid by X.
• <<Reboot>> 「<<再起動>>」:
  Turn this Digimon Active during the opponent's Active Phase.
• <<Revert x>> 「<<退化ｘ>>」 (Dub: De-Digivolve):
  Discard up to X cards from the top of the opponent Digimon's card stack. You may not discard any further once there are no more Evolution Bases remaining, or the Digimon becomes Lv.3.
• <<Retaliation>> 「<<道連れ>>」:
  If this Digimon is the only Digimon destroyed in a battle, the opponent Digimon that battled it is also destroyed.
• <<Digiburst x>> 「<<デジバーストｘ>>」 (Dub: Digi-Burst):
  Choose X of this Digimon's Evolution Bases and discard them. If you do, activate the following effect.
• <<Rush>> 「<<速攻>>」:
  This Digimon can attack on the turn it is played.
• <<Blitz>> 「<<進撃>>」:
  This Digimon may attack even if the Memory is 1 or higher on the opponent's side.
• <<Delay>> 「<<ディレイ>>」:
  Discard this card from your Battle Area; if you do, activate the following effect. This effect cannot be activated on the turn this card was placed.
• <<Decoy (x)>> 「<<デコイ《ｘ》>>」:
  When one of your other (X) Digimon with would be destroyed by an opponent's effect, you may destroy this Digimon to prevent that from being destroyed.
• <<Armor Purge>> 「<<アーマー解除>>」:
  When this card would be destroyed, you may trash the top card of this Digimon's Evolution Base to prevent this Digimon from being destroyed.
• <<Save>> 「<<セーブ>>」:
  You may place this card under one of your Tamers.
• <<Material Save x>> 「<<マテリアルセーブｘ>>」:
  When this Digimon would be destroyed, you may place X cards in this Digimon's DigiXros requirements from this Digimon's Evolution Base under 1 of your Tamers.
• <<Evade>> 「<<回避>>」:
  When this Digimon would be destroyed, you may Rest it to prevent that from being destroyed.
• <<Dash>> 「<<突進>>」 (Dub: Raid):
  When this Digimon attacks, you may change the target of the attack to 1 of the opponent's Active Digimon with the highest DP.
• <<Alliance>> 「<<連携>>」:
  When this Digimon attacks, by Resting 1 of your other Digimon, add the Rested Digimon's DP to this Digimon and it gains <<Security Attack +1>> for the attack.
• <<Barrier>> 「<<防壁>>」:
  When this Digimon would be destroyed in battle, by trashing the top card of your Security stack, prevent that from being destroyed.
• <<Blast Evolution>> 「<<ブラスト進化>>」:
  Your Digimon may evolve to this card without paying its Cost.
• <<Overflow -x>> 「<<オーバーフロー-ｘ>>」:
  When this card is sent from the Battle Area or under your cards to another place, Memory decreases by X.
  This effect decreases by X Memory when a card which has this effect remove to outside of Battle Area, except it is placed to the bottom of Tamer card or another Digimon card.
• <<Mind Link>> 「<<マインドリンク>>」:
  Place this Tamer as the bottom Evolution Base of a target Digimon with no Tamer in its Evolution Bases.
• <<Indomitable>> 「<<不屈>>」 (Dub: Fortitude):
  When this Digimon with Evolution Bases is destroyed, play this card without paying the cost.
• <<Partition (Jogress requirement)>> 「<<パーティション>>」:
  When this Digimon that has 1 of each specified card in its Evolution Bases would leave the Battle Area other than by your own effects or by battle, you may play 1 of each card without paying their costs.
• <<Collision>> 「<<衝突 >>」:
  During this Digimon's attack, all of your opponent's Digimon gain <<Blocker>> and your opponent blocks if possible.
• <<Scapegoat>> 「<<スケープゴート>>」:
  When this Digimon would be destroyed other than by your effects, by destroying 1 of your other Digimon, prevent that from being destroyed.
• <<Blast Jogress (Jogress requirement)>> 「<<ブラストジョグレス>>」:
  1 of your specified Digimon and 1 of the specified card in the hand may perform Jogress Evolution into this card.
• <<Vortex>> 「<<ヴォルテクス>>」:
  At the end of your turn, this Digimon may attack an opponent's Digimon. This Digimon may attack with this effect on the turn it was played.
• <<Overclock (x)>> 「<<オーバークロック《ｘ》>>」:
  At the end of your turn, by destroying 1 of your Tokens or 1 of your other (X) Digimon, this Digimon attacks a player without Resting.
• <<Ice Suit>> 「<<氷装>>」 (Dub: Ice Clad):
  This Digimon compares the number of Evolution Bases instead of DP in battles with non-Security Digimon.
• <<Decode (x)>> 「<<デコード《ｘ》>>」:
  When this Digimon would leave the Battle Area other than in battle, you may play 1 (X) Digimon card from this Digimon's Evolution Bases without paying the cost.
• <<Fragment (x)>> 「<<フラグメント《ｘ》>>」:
  When this Digimon would be destroyed, by trashing any (X) of its Evolution Bases, it is not destroyed.

Gameplay

See also: the official rulebooks (Japanese/English).

After performing the Game Setup, each player will take turns performing actions, starting from the player who goes first. Each turn consists of four phases: Active Phase, Draw Phase, Raising Phase, and Main Phase, after which the turn ends.

Game Setup

Before the start of the game, each player will carry out the following steps. If there are any discrepancies or contradictions between the rules and card text, the card text takes priority.

1. Shuffle your Deck and place it in the [Deck] area.
2. Shuffle your Digitama Deck and place it in the [Digitama Deck] area.
3. Draw 5 cards from the top of your Deck and place them face-down in your [Security] without looking at their contents.
4. Decide who goes first and second through a game of rock-paper-scissors; the player who wins the game goes first.
5. Draw 5 cards from your Deck. In February 2022 a Mulligan rule was added. If a player is not happy with their opening hand, they can place it at the bottom of their deck and draw a new one. They can only do this once.
6. Place the Counter on the [0] position on the [Memory Gauge], and begin the game.

Active Phase

During the Active Phase 「アクティブフェイズ」 (Dub: Unsuspend Phase), the player untaps all of their cards currently in the Rest position 「レスト状態」, turning them Active.

Draw Phase

During the Draw Phase 「ドローフェイズ」, the player draws 1 card from their Deck. If during this Phase, the player's Deck is out of cards and the player is unable to draw a card, the player loses the game. The player who goes first does not draw a card during Draw Phase, only on their first turn.

Raising Phase

During the Raising Phase 「育成フェイズ」 (Dub: Breeding Phase), the player can choose to perform one of the following three acts only once: [Hatch a Digitama], [Deploy a Digimon from the Raising Area], or [Do nothing].

Hatch a Digitama

This act can only be performed if there are no Digimon in the player's Raising Area. The player flips 1 card from the top of their Digitama Deck face-up, and places it in their Raising Area.

Deploy a Digimon from the Raising Area

A Digimon in the Raising Area can be deployed to the Battle Area if it has evolved to Level 3 or higher; Level 2 or lower Digimon cannot be deployed to the Battle Area. However, deploying Digimon from the Raising Area does not count as "entry"; as such, it will not trigger effects that are triggered upon entry, and the Digimon deployed to the Battle Area can attack on the same turn they are deployed.

Do nothing

No actions are performed, and the player proceeds to the next Phase.

Main Phase

During the Main Phase 「メインフェイズ」, the player can choose to perform the following five acts in any order they wish, and as many times as they are able: [Digimon Entry], [Digimon Evolution], [Tamer Entry], [Use an Option Card], and [Attack]. The Main Phase, and subsequently the player's turn, automatically ends when the Cost paid for an action causes the Counter to move to position [1] or further on the opponent's side of the Memory Gauge. If the Counter is still on the player's side of the Memory Gauge, and the player has no more actions they wish to perform during this turn, they can declare to [Pass] their turn.

Digimon Entry

In this act, a Digimon Card is made to enter the Battle Area from the player's hand. The player places the Digimon Card they wish to enter from their hand onto the Battle Area in the Active position, and pays their Entry Cost to complete the entry. There is no limit on the number of Digimon that can be placed in the Battle Area, and Digimon cannot attack on the same turn they enter.

Digimon Evolution

In this act, the player evolves a Digimon in their Battle Area or Raising Area.

1. The player looks at the Evolution Requirements of the Digimon card in their hand; that card can be used to evolve a Digimon matching the required color and Level that the player currently has in play.
2. The player places that card onto a Digimon card in play that meets the Evolution Requirements, such that the bottom Digimon's Evolution Base Effect is visible.
3. The player pays the Evolution Cost, and the evolution is completed.
4. As an "evolution bonus", after performing an evolution, the player draws 1 card from their deck and adds it to their hand.

When a card is stacked atop another card during evolution, the cards below become "Evolution Bases", and their Evolution Base Effect become usable. A Digimon card and its Evolution Bases are all treated as a single Digimon; when a Digimon is destroyed, it is sent to the discard pile along with all of its Evolution Base cards.

Tamer Entry

In this act, a Tamer Card is made to enter the Battle Area from the player's hand. The player places the Tamer Card they wish to enter from their hand onto the Battle Area in the Active position, and pays their Entry Cost to complete the entry. There is no limit on the number of Tamers that can be placed in the Battle Area, and Tamers cannot attack or block.

Use an Option Card

In this act, players can activate the main effect on their Option Cards. In order to use an Option Card from their hand, the player must have a Digimon or Tamer of the same color as the Option Card already in play. By deploying an Option Card from their hand and paying the Usage Cost, players may trigger the card's main effect. After its effect is triggered, the Option Card is sent to the discard pile and placed in the Trash area. Security effects on Option cards cannot be triggered when the card is played from the player's hand.

Attack

In this act, players attack using the Digimon placed in their Battle Area.

1. The player chooses a Digimon in the Active position to use for the attack, places it in the Rest position, and announces the attack.
2. If there are any effects that are triggered "when attacking", they will take effect at this point of time.
3. The player chooses the target of the attack; attacks can either target one of the opponent player's Digimon placed in their Battle Area in the Rest position, or the opponent player themselves.

• When attacking the opponent's Digimon:
  A battle between the attacking Digimon and the target Digimon begins. The Digimon with higher DP wins the battle, and the losing Digimon is destroyed and sent to the Trash area. Should both Digimon have the same DP, the battle ends in a draw and both Digimon are destroyed.
• When attacking the opponent player:

1. If the opponent player has 1 or more cards remaining in their Security, the opponent flips the top card of their Security face-up. This action of flipping a Security card face-up when attacked is called a [Check].
2. If the card produced by a Check has a Security Effect, that Security Effect is triggered. Security Effects can be triggered without the need to pay any Cost, and are not affected by color restrictions in the case of Option Cards.
3. After the card's Security Effect has been triggered, or if the card produced by the Check does not have a Security Effect, the following occurs depending on the type of card produced by the Check:

• • Digimon Card:
    When a Digimon Card is produced by the Check, the Digimon becomes a [Security Digimon], and enters a battle with the attacking Digimon. The battle flow here is the same as the battle flow when attacking a Digimon in the Battle Area, and the Digimon with higher DP wins the battle. Security Digimon are not considered regular Digimon, and are not affected by effects that target Digimon; however, Security Digimon cannot trigger effects aside from their own Security Effect. If the attacking Digimon loses the battle, the attacking Digimon is destroyed and the battle ends. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, the Security Digimon is discarded after the battle ends.
  • Option Card or Tamer Card:
    The card is discarded. (However, if the card has a Security Effect that allows it to enter play or be added to the player's hand, it will not be discarded)

If an attack on the opponent player succeeds when the opponent player has 0 cards left in their Security, the attacking player wins the game.

• When Checking 2 or more Security cards in 1 attack: When multiple Security cards have to be Checked in one attack, such as in the case where the attacking Digimon has <<Security Attack +1>>, perform the Checks 1 card at a time. If the attacking Digimon is destroyed or returned to the attacking player's hand by the card produced by the first Check, the attack ends at that point.
• When the Security becomes 0:
  When the number of cards in the Security is reduced to 0, the attack ends, ignoring effects such as <<Security Attack +1>> that allow the Checking of additional Security cards. The game continues even when the Security reaches 0; when the player whose Security has reached 0 is attacked once more in that state, the attacking player wins the game.
• Blocking with <<Blocker>>:
  Some Digimon have the <<Blocker>> effect, which allows them to [Block] the opponent's attack, taking the attack in place of the original target. When a Block is carried out, the target of the opponent Digimon's attack becomes the Blocking Digimon, and the battle commences. Blocking can be used to defend against attacks that can potentially destroy Digimon or attack Security.

Pass

When the player has no more actions they wish to perform during this turn, they can declare to Pass their turn, passing the turn to the opponent. When a Pass is carried out, the Counter is moved to the [3] position on the opponent's side of the Memory Gauge, regardless of the Counter's current position.

Turn End

During a player's turn, if the Counter moves to position [1] and beyond on the opponent's side of the Memory Gauge after a Cost is paid, the player's turn automatically ends, and the opponent's turn begins after any effects that were in the process of being triggered have been completed. The position of the Counter on the Memory Gauge remains in the position it was in when the turn ended (excluding when a Pass had been carried out). E.g. If a Cost of 5 is paid while the Counter is in the [1] position, the Counter moves to the [4] position on the opponent's side, and the opponent begins their turn with the Counter in the [4] position.

Game End

A player wins the game by fulfilling one of the following conditions:

• Successfully performing an attack on the opponent player while the opponent player's Security is 0
• The opponent is unable to draw a card during their Draw Phase due to their Deck having 0 cards remaining

Card Sets

Start Decks

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
ST-1	| Start Deck: Gaia Red 「スタートデッキ ガイアレッド」 | Starter Deck: Gaia Red	16	April 24, 2020 February 2021 January 29, 2021	Primary theme(s): Red deck, featuring Yagami Taichi and Agumon/War Greymon from Digimon Adventure:	[1]
ST-2	| Start Deck: Cocytus Blue 「スタートデッキ コキュートスブルー」 | Starter Deck: Cocytus Blue	16	April 24, 2020 February 2021 January 29, 2021	Primary theme(s): Blue deck, featuring Ishida Yamato and Gabumon/Metal Garurumon from Digimon Adventure:	[2]
ST-3	| Start Deck: Heaven's Yellow 「スタートデッキ ヘブンズイエロー」 | Starter Deck: Heaven's Yellow	16	April 24, 2020 February 2021 January 29, 2021	Primary theme(s): Yellow deck, featuring Takaishi Takeru and Patamon/Holy Angemon from Digimon Adventure:	[3]
ST-4	| Start Deck: Giga Green 「スタートデッキ ギガグリーン」 | Starter Deck: Giga Green	16	November 27, 2020 June 4, 2021 June 4, 2021	Primary theme(s): Green deck, featuring Izumi Koshiro and Tentomon/Herakle Kabuterimon from Digimon Adventure:	[4]
ST-5	| Start Deck: Mugen Black 「スタートデッキ ムゲンブラック」 | Starter Deck: Machine Black	16	November 27, 2020 June 4, 2021 June 4, 2021	Primary theme(s): Black deck, featuring Yagami Taichi and Agumon/Blitz Greymon from Digimon Adventure:	[5]
ST-6	| Start Deck: Venom Violet 「スタートデッキ ヴェノムヴァイオレット」 | Starter Deck: Venomous Violet	16	November 27, 2020 June 4, 2021 June 4, 2021	Primary theme(s): Purple deck, featuring Ishida Yamato and Gabumon/Cres Garurumon from Digimon Adventure:	[6]
ST-7	| Start Deck: Dukemon 「スタートデッキ デュークモン」 | Starter Deck: Gallantmon	16	April 23, 2021 December 10, 2021 October 8, 2021	Primary theme(s): Red deck, featuring Dukemon and its evolution family	[7]
ST-8	| Start Deck: Ulforce V-dramon 「スタートデッキ アルフォースブイドラモン」 | Starter Deck: UlforceVeedramon	16	April 23, 2021 December 10, 2021 October 8, 2021	Primary theme(s): Blue deck, featuring Ulforce V-dramon and its evolution family	[8]
ST-9	| Start Deck: Ultimate Ancient Dragon 「スタートデッキ 究極の古代竜」 | Starter Deck: Ultimate Ancient Dragon	16	October 29, 2021 May 20, 2022 May 6, 2022	Primary theme(s): Blue and Green deck, featuring the V-mon and Wormmon evolution families and their Jogressed form, Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode	[9]
ST-10	| Start Deck: Tactician from Another World 「スタートデッキ 異世界の軍師」 | Starter Deck: Parallel World Tactician	16	October 29, 2021 May 20, 2022 May 6, 2022	Primary theme(s): Purple and Yellow deck, featuring Angewomon, Lady Devimon, and their Jogressed form Mastemon	[10]
ST-11	| Start Deck: Special Entry Set 「スタートデッキ スペシャルエントリーセット」	16	November 26, 2021 (See note) (See note)	Primary theme(s): Red deck consisting of reissued cards from earlier releases The first Special Entry Set, a cheaper entry-level starter deck.	[11]
ST-12	| Start Deck: JESmon 「スタートデッキ ジエスモン」 | Starter Deck: Jesmon	16	April 22, 2022 October 21, 2022 October 14, 2022	Primary theme(s): Primarily Red deck, featuring JESmon of the Royal Knights and its allies	[12]
ST-13	| Start Deck: Ragna Lordmon 「スタートデッキ ラグナロードモン」 | Starter Deck: RagnaLoardmon	16	April 22, 2022 October 21, 2022 October 14, 2022	Primary theme(s): Red and Black deck, featuring the Zubamon and Ludomon evolution families and their fused form, Ragna Lordmon	[13]
ST-14	| Advance Deck: Beelzebumon 「アドバンスデッキ ベルゼブモン」 | Advanced Deck: Beelzemon	16	December 9, 2022 March 24, 2023 March 24, 2023	Primary theme(s): Purple cards, featuring Beelzebumon The first Advance Deck, a deluxe Start Deck with extra pack-ins.	[14]
ST-15	| Start Deck: War Dragon of Courage 「スタートデッキ 勇気の戦竜」 | Starter Deck: Dragon of Courage	16	May 26, 2023 October 13, 2023	Primary theme(s): Black cards, featuring Yagami Taichi and Agumon/War Greymon from Digimon Adventure Introduces ACE cards to the game.	[15]
ST-16	| Start Deck: Metal Wolf of Friendship 「スタートデッキ 友情の鋼狼」 | Starter Deck: Wolf of Friendship	16	May 26, 2023 October 13, 2023	Primary theme(s): Purple cards, featuring Ishida Yamato and Gabumon/Metal Garurumon from Digimon Adventure Introduces ACE cards to the game.	[16]
ST-17	| Advance Deck: Double Typhoon 「アドバンスデッキ ダブルタイフーン」 | Advanced Deck: Double Typhoon	17	November 24, 2023 March 8, 2024 March 15, 2024	Primary theme(s): Green deck, featuring the Terriermon and Lopmon evolution families and related characters	[17]
ST-18	| Start Deck: Guardian Vortex 「スタートデッキ 旋風の守護者(ガーディアンヴォルテクス)」 | Starter Deck: Guardian Vortex | START DECK 旋风守护者	16	April 26, 2024 September 13, 2024 September 2024	Primary theme(s): Green cards, featuring Kazama Shoto and Pteromon/Zephagamon from Digimon Liberator	[18]
ST-19	| Start Deck: Fable Waltz 「スタートデッキ 童話の舞踏(フェイブルワルツ)」 | Starter Deck: Fable Waltz | START DECK 童话舞蹈家	16	April 26, 2024 September 13, 2024 September 2024	Primary theme(s): Yellow cards, featuring Kinosaki Arisa and Shoemon/Cendrillmon from Digimon Liberator
ST-20	| Start Deck: Protector of Light 「スタートデッキ ＰＲＯＴＥＣＴＯＲ(プロテクター)　ＯＦ(オブ)　ＬＩＧＨＴ(ライト)」 | Starter Deck: Protector of Light	15	April 19, 2025 April 18, 2025
ST-21	| Start Deck: Hero of Hope 「スタートデッキ ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)　ＯＦ(オブ)　ＨＯＰＥ(ホープ)」 | Starter Deck: Hero of Hope	15	April 19, 2025 April 18, 2025

Booster Series

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
BT-01	| Booster: New Evolution 「ブースター ＮＥＷ(ニュー)　ＥＶＯＬＵＴＩＯＮ(エヴォリューション)」	115	May 15, 2020 (See note) (See note)		[19]
BT-02	| Booster: Ultimate Power 「ブースター ＵＬＴＩＭＡＴＥ(アルティメット)　ＰＯＷＥＲ(パワー)」	112	July 22, 2020 (See note) (See note)		[20]
BT-03	| Booster: Union Impact 「ブースター ユニオンインパクト」	112	October 30, 2020 (See note) (See note)		[21]
BT-04	| Booster: Great Legend 「ブースター グレイトレジェンド」 | Booster: Great Legend	115	December 18, 2020 June 4, 2021 June 4, 2021	Primary theme(s): Greymon-species Digimon and other related Digimon	[22]
BT-05	| Booster: Battle of Omega 「ブースター バトルオブオメガ」 | Booster: Battle of Omni	112	February 26, 2021 July 23, 2021 July 23, 2021	Primary theme(s): Omegamon and related Digimon	[23]
BT-06	| Booster: Double Diamond 「ブースター ダブルダイヤモンド」 | Booster: Double Diamond	113	May 28, 2021 November 26, 2021 October 8, 2021	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna	[24]
BT-07	| Booster: Next Adventure 「ブースター ネクストアドベンチャー」 | Booster: Next Adventure	112	August 27, 2021 March 4, 2022 March 4, 2022	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Frontier Introduces certain abilities that enable Tamer cards to evolve into Digimon	[25]
BT-08	| Booster: New Hero 「ブースター ニューヒーロー」 | Booster: New Awakening	112	November 26, 2021 May 27, 2022 May 13, 2022	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure 02 Introduces multi-color cards	[26]
BT-09	| Booster: X Record 「ブースター Ｘ(エックス)レコード」 | Booster: X Record	112	February 25, 2022 July 29, 2022 July 29, 2022	Primary theme(s): X-Antibody Digimon; characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure tri.	[27]
BT-10	| Booster: Xros Encounter 「ブースター クロスエンカウンター」 | Booster: Xros Encounter	113	May 27, 2022 October 21, 2022 October 14, 2022	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Xros Wars Introduces the DigiXros mechanic	[28]
BT-11	| Booster: Dimensional Phase 「ブースター ディメンショナルフェイズ」 | Booster: Dimensional Phase	115	September 30, 2022 February 17, 2023 February 17, 2023	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Xros Wars, as well as characters and Digimon from various Digimon World games	[29]
BT-12	| Booster: Across Time 「ブースター アクロス・タイム」 | Booster: Across Time	112	November 25, 2022 April 28, 2023 May 19, 2023	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, including the five crossover "legendary heroes"	[30]
BT-13	| Booster: VS Royal Knights 「ブースター ＶＳ(バーサス)ロイヤルナイツ」 | Booster: Versus Royal Knights	112	February 24, 2023 July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023	Primary theme(s): The Royal Knights; characters and Digimon from Digimon Savers	[31]
BT-14	| Booster: Blast Ace 「ブースター ＢＬＡＳＴ(ブラスト)　ＡＣＥ(エース)」 | Booster: Blast Ace	104	June 30, 2023 November 17, 2023 November 17, 2023	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Seekers	[32]
BT-15	| Booster: Exceed Apocalypse 「ブースター エクシード・アポカリプス」 | Booster: Exceed Apocalypse	110	September 29, 2023 (See note) (See note)	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Seekers	[33]
BT-16	| Booster: Beginning Observer 「ブースター ＢＥＧＩＮＮＩＮＧ(ビギニング)　ＯＢＳＥＲＶＥＲ(オブザーバー)」 | Booster: Beginning Observer	107	December 22, 2023 May 24, 2024 June 3, 2024	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning and Digimon Seekers	[34]
BT-17	| Booster: Secret Crisis 「ブースター シークレットクライシス」 | Booster: Secret Crisis	106	March 29, 2024 August 9, 2024 August 9, 2024	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from various Digimon movies (X-evolution, Adventure 3D, Savers 3D, tri., and TB are excluded) and Digimon Seekers	[35]
BT-18	| Booster: Element Successor 「ブースター エレメントサクセサー」	107	June 28, 2024 (See note) (See note)	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Frontier and Digimon Liberator	[36]
BT-19	| Booster: Xros Evolution 「ブースター クロスエボリューション」	107	September 27, 2024 (See note) (See note)	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from the Digimon Xros Wars manga, Digimon Tamers, and Digimon Liberator	[37]
BT-20	| Booster: Over the X 「ブースター ＯＶＥＲ(オーバー)　ＴＨＥ(ザ)　Ｘ(エックス)」	109	January 31, 2025 (See note) (See note)	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Seekers, Digimon Chronicle, Digimon Liberator, and Digimon Accel
BT-21	| Booster: World Convergence 「ブースター ＷＯＲＬＤ(ワールド)　ＣＯＮＶＥＲＧＥＮＣＥ(コンバージェンス) 」 | Booster: World Convergence	113	April 19, 2025 April 25, 2025	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from various Digimon TV animes (including, for the first time, Digimon Universe Appli Monsters and Appmon species) and Digimon Liberator
BT-22	TBA	TBA	July 2025 July 2025
BT-23	TBA	TBA	October 2025 October 2025
BT-24	TBA	TBA	January 2026 January 2026

Theme Booster Series / Extra Booster Series

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
EX-01	| Theme Booster: Classic Collection 「テーマブースター クラシックコレクション」 | Theme Booster: Classic Collection	73	July 30, 2021 January 21, 2022 December 10, 2021	Primary theme(s): Cards using Bandai stock art from the 1990s/early 2000s, including Parallel Cards that homage the Digital Monster Card Game	[38]
EX-02	| Theme Booster: Digital Hazard 「テーマブースター デジタルハザード」 | Theme Booster: Digital Hazard	74	December 24, 2021 June 24, 2022 June 24, 2022	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Tamers, in commemoration of the series' 20th anniversary	[39]
EX-03	| Theme Booster: Dragon's Roar 「テーマブースター ドラゴンズロア」 | Theme Booster: Draconic Roar	74	July 29, 2022 November 11, 2022 November 11, 2022	Primary theme(s): Digimon from the Pendulum Progress 1.0: Dragon's Roar; the Four Great Dragons; other draconic Digimon; characters and Digimon from Digimon Linkz	[40]
EX-04	| Theme Booster: Alternative Being 「テーマブースター オルタナティブビーイング」 | Theme Booster: Alternative Being	74	December 23, 2022 June 23, 2023 June 23, 2023	Primary theme(s): Subspecies, variations, and alternate evolution lines for familiar Digimon species	[41]
EX-05	| Theme Booster: Animal Colosseum 「テーマブースター アニマルコロシアム」 | Theme Booster: Animal Colosseum	74	August 25, 2023 January 19, 2024 January 19, 2024	Primary theme(s): Digimon from the Pendulum Progress 3.0: Animal Colosseum; other bestial Digimon; characters and Digimon from Digimon Story: Sunburst and Moonlight	[42]
EX-06	| Theme Booster: Infernal Ascension 「テーマブースター インファナル・アセンション」 | Theme Booster: Infernal Ascension	79	February 23, 2024 28 June, 2024 28 June, 2024	Primary theme(s): Conflict between angelic and demonic Digimon; the Three Archangels; the Seven Great Demon Lords; Legend-Arms Digimon; Digimon from the Pendulum Progress 2.0: Armageddon Army; other angelic and demonic Digimon	[43]
EX-07	| Extra Booster: Digimon Liberator 「エクストラブースター デジモンリベレイター」 | Extra Booster: Digimon Liberator | 额外补充包 数码宝贝界放者	78	May 31, 2024 September 13, 2024 September 13, 2024 September 2024	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Liberator, Digimon Pendulum COLOR 1 Nature Spirits, and the Three Musketeers	[44]
EX-08	| Extra Booster: Chain of Liberation 「エクストラブースター ＣＨＡＩＮ(チェーン)　ＯＦ(オブ)　ＬＩＢＥＲＡＴＩＯＮ(リベレーション)」 | Extra Booster: Chains of Liberation | 额外补充包 CHAIN OF LIBERATION	78	November 29, 2024 January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025 January 2025	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Liberator, Digimon Pendulum COLOR 2 Deep Savers, Digimon Pendulum COLOR 3 Nightmare Soldiers, and Ultimate level X-Antibody Digimon	[45]
EX-09	TBA	TBA	June 2025 June 2025
EX-10	TBA	TBA	September 2025 September 2025
EX-11	TBA	TBA	February 2026 February 2026

Reboot Booster Series

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
RB-01	| Reboot Booster: Rising Wind 「リブートブースター ライジングウインド」 | Resurgence Booster	122 123	January 27, 2023 September 2023 September 2023	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Ghost Game; reissued cards from earlier releases	[46]

Limited Card Series

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
LM-01	| Limited Card Pack: Digimon Ghost Game 「リミテッドカードパック デジモンゴーストゲーム」 | LIMITED BOOSTER	30	July 22, 2023 (See note) (See note) December 2023	Primary theme(s): Characters and Digimon from Digimon Ghost Game, with anime-style art	[47]
LM-02	| Limited Card Pack: Death-X-mon 「リミテッドカードパック デクスモン」	33	November 12, 2023 (See note) (See note)		[48]
LM-03	| Limited Card Set 2024 「リミテッドカードセット2024」	12	March 2, 2024 (See note) (See note)		[49]
LM-04	| Limited Card Pack: Torrid Weiss 「リミテッドカードパック トリッドヴァイス」	33	August 11, 2024 (See note) (See note)		[50]

Promotional

Main article: Digimon Card Game Promo

Other

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
PB-01	| Tamer's Evolution Box | Tamer's Evolution Box	8	January 2021 February 2021		[51]
PB-02	| Tamer Goods Set 「テイマーグッズセット」 | Tamer's Set	0	April 2021 May 2021		[52]
PB-03	| Playmat: War Greymon 「プレイマット ウォーグレイモン」 | Official WarGreymon Playmat	0	June 2021 September 2021		[53]
PB-04	| Tamer Goods Set 2 「テイマーグッズセット2」 | Tamer's Set Vol.2	0	September 2021 December 2021		[54]
PB-05	| Tamer Goods Set 3 「テイマーグッズセット3」 | Tamer's Set Vol.3	0	November 2021 April 2022		[55]
PB-06	| Tamer's Evolution Box 2 | Tamer's Evolution Box2	8	January 2022 May 2022		[56]
PB-07	| Tamer Goods Set EX 「テイマーグッズセットEX」 | Tamer's Set EX	0	March 2022 June 2022		[57]
PB-08	| Playmat: Digimon Tamers 「プレイマット デジモンテイマーズ」 | Playmat and Card Set 1 Digimon Tamers	0	March 2022 (See note)		[58]
PB-09	| Playmat: Memorial Collection 01 「プレイマット メモリアルコレクション01」 | Playmat and Card Set 2 Floral Fun	0	June 2022 (See note)		[59]
PB-10	| Tamer Goods Set 4 「テイマーグッズセット4」 | Tamer's Set Vol.4	0	June 2022 September 2022		[60]
PB-11	| Tamer Goods Set 5 「テイマーグッズセット5」 | Tamer's Set Vol.5	0	September 2022 December 2022		[61]
N/A	| Memorial Collection 25th Anniversary 「メモリアルコレクション 25th Anniversary」 | 25th Special Memorial Pack	12	November 2022 October 2022		[62]
PB-12	| Digimon Frontier 20th Memorial Set 「デジモンフロンティア20th メモリアルセット」	8	December 2022 (See note)		[63]
PB-13	| Royal Knights Binder Set 「ロイヤルナイツ バインダーセット」 | Royal Knights Binder Set	8	February 2023 June 2022		[64]
PB-14	| Tamer Goods Set EX2 「テイマーグッズセットEX2」 | Tamer Goods Set Angewomon & LadyDevimon	2	April 2023		[65]
PB-15	| 3rd Anniversary Set	9	June 2023		[66]
PB-16	| Tamer Goods Set EX3 「テイマーグッズセットEX3」 | Tamer Goods Set Diaboromon	3	November 2023		[67]
N/A	| Premium Binder Set 2023 「プレミアムバインダーセット2023」 | Premium Binder Set	4	February 2024		[68]
PB-17	| Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning Set 「デジモンアドベンチャー02 THE BEGINNING セット」 | Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning Set	15	March 2024		[69]
PB-18	| Premium Heroines Set 「プレミアムヒロインズセット」 | Premium Heroines Set	13	August 2024		[70]
N/A	| Memorial Legend Collection 「メモリアルレジェンドコレクション」	7	August 2024		[71]
N/A	| Digimon Liberator D-STORAGE Set 「デジモンリベレイター D-STORAGE セット」	6	November 2024		[72]
PB-19	| Omegamon Binder Set 「オメガモン バインダーセット」 | Omnimon Binder Set	9	January 2025		[73]
PB-20	| DIGIMON ANIMATION SERIES 25th set	10	March 2025		[74]

Localization

English

An English-language edition of the Digimon Card Game has been marketed in the Americas, Europe and Oceania since 2021, following a commemorative limited pre-sale launch on November 27, 2020.

Differences

Unlike past card games (such as the Digital Monster Card Game), no changes have been made to the game's rules or mechanics, or to its design aesthetic, and the Japanese and English editions remain fully compatible with each other.

Sistermon Noir

The only significant change made in the English localization process is that all of Sistermon Noir and Sistermon Noir (Awaken)'s cards are edited to replace these Digimon with, respectively, Sistermon Ciel and Sistermon Ciel (Awaken). This change is made out of Bandai's concerns about religious sensitivities in North America, with respect to the former two Digimon and their resemblance to traditional Catholic nuns.

Except for the different Card Name and change of Attribute from Virus (Noir) to Data (Ciel), both versions of each card have identical stats, properties and effects. In order to accommodate for this replacement in international tournament play, Bandai has established a ruling that Japanese Sistermon Noir cards and their English Sistermon Ciel counterparts are to be treated as one and the same, and as having all of the properties (including Card Name) of their counterpart in the other edition of the game.

Example: BT6-084 (Japanese version) Sistermon Noir	Example: BT6-084 (English version) Sistermon Ciel

Other Japanese-edition cards whose art also features appearances by Sistermon Noir, such as BT6-011 Bao Huckmon, are also sometimes edited to remove Sistermon Noir from the artwork.

Classic Collection

The English edition also changes the designs and layouts of the Parallel Cards in EX-01 Classic Collection to maintain the cards' theme of throwing back to an earlier Digimon trading card game for the foreign audience. Whereas the Japanese Parallel cards mimic the style and layout of the Digital Monster Card Game, the English cards instead mimic its American adaptation, the Digi-Battle Card Game. Changes in the service of this adaptation include:

• Changing the card's frame to that of the Digi-Battle Card Game, which itself came from the background style used on contemporary American Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 merchandising
• Adding a "Digivolve Cost" header box to the Evolution Requirements box, although the main body text still retains a redundant "Digivolves from:" introduction like the Japanese version
• Adding a black shape (circle for Red/A, square for Green/B, triangle for Yellow/C) to the faux-Battle Type background of the Play Cost
• Adding a second instance of the Card Name along the edge of the card, in the same style as on Digi-Battle Card Game cards
• Removing the flavor text blurbs since, unlike the Digital Monster Card Game, the Digi-Battle Card Game did not have those

Example: EX1-029 (Japanese version) Holy Angemon	Example: EX1-029 (English version) MagnaAngemon

However, some cards from outside the Classic Collection which use the same Digital Monster Card Game theming (e.g. the Parallel BT3-111 Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode box topper from EX-03 Draconic Roar (Dragon's Roar)) were not subject to these changes and retain the same design in the English edition.

Release Changes

Unlike other localizations of the game, English set releases usually do not include an identifying suffix in their set numbers to distinguish them from the Japanese set releases. On the rare occasions that they do, such as the PB-12E 2nd Anniversary Set, the suffix is "E."

On occasion, cards from a given Japanese set have been repackaged for the English edition of the Digimon Card Game into different sets and/or released under different circumstances.

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
BT01-03	| Release Special Booster Ver.1.0	187	February 12, 2021 January 29, 2021	Repackaging of half of the cards from each of BT-01 New Evolution, BT-02 Ultimate Power, and BT-03 Union Impact, which did not receive individual English-edition releases.	[75]
BT01-03	| Release Special Booster Ver.1.5	187	March 12, 2021 March 12, 2021	Repackaging of half of the cards from each of BT-01 New Evolution, BT-02 Ultimate Power, and BT-03 Union Impact, which did not receive individual English-edition releases.	[76]
PB-08	| Playmat and Card Set 1 -Digimon Tamers-	8	June 2022	Repackaging of the Japanese Playmat: Digimon Tamers, which also includes reprint promotional cards originating from the Japanese Memorial Collection 02: BT2-009, ST7-09, BT5-036, BT5-044, BT3-046, BT3-057, BT2-068, and BT1-035	[77]
PD-01	| Premium Deck Set	3	September 30, 2022	Bundle of: ST-12 Starter Deck: Jesmon (JESmon) ST-13 Starter Deck: RagnaLoardmon (Ragna Lordmon) 2x Lucky Packs 2x promotional cards (of 3 kinds) 2x Memory Gauges 2x sleeve designs (60 each) depicting Digital Monster devices	[78]
PB-09	| Playmat and Card Set 2 -Floral Fun-	8	September 2022	Repackaging of the Japanese Playmat: Memorial Collection 01, which also includes alternate-art card reprints originating from the Japanese Memorial Collection 01: ST4-03, ST3-04, P-004, ST1-02, ST4-04, BT1-010, BT2-036, and BT1-029	[79]
ST-11	| Special Entry Pack	17	October 21, 2022 October 14, 2022	Repackaging of the contents of the Japanese ST-11 Start Deck Special Entry Set, distributed as an extra box topper in BT-10 Xros Encounter instead of as an individual set release. Two cards are enclosed in each individual ST-11 pack: 1x guaranteed copy of P-065 Gammamon 1x random card drawn from the sixteen other cards from the Special Entry Set	[80]
PB-12E	| 2nd Anniversary Set	22	March 2023	Repackaging of the card storage box and the eight cards from PB-12 Digimon Frontier 20th Memorial Set with several unique items: 1x playmat 2x sleeve designs (60 each) depicting Digital Monster devices 14x alternate-art card reprints: BT1-025, BT1-060, BT3-031, BT3-075, BT3-091, BT1-084, BT1-107, BT3-105, P-001, P-002, P-003, P-004, P-005, and P-006	[81]
BT-15	| Booster: Exceed Apocalypse	130	February 16, 2024 February 16, 2024	The 20 LM cards from LM-01 are included alongside the 110 cards from BT-15 for a total of 130 cards	[82]
BT18-19	| Release Special Booster Ver.2.0	150	November 1, 2024 November 1, 2024	Repackaging of BT-18: Element Successor and half of the cards from BT-19, which did not receive individual English-edition releases.	[83]
	| Digimon Card Game Special Limited Set	36	December 13, 2024 December 13, 2024	Repackaging of LM-02, LM-03, and LM-04	[84]
BT19-20	| Release Special Booster Ver.2.5	150	February 2025 February 2025	Repackaging of BT-20 and the other half of the cards from BT-19, which did not receive individual English-edition releases.

Simplified Chinese

Bandai and Shanghai Windo Entertainment have marketed a Simplified Chinese edition of the Digimon Card Game in the People's Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong, where the Japanese edition is marketed instead) since April 2022.

Release Changes

Chinese set releases are distinguished from those of other regions with an identifying "C" in their set number.

To date, the Chinese booster set range also differs drastically from the other editions, as each is a compilation of cards from multiple Japanese booster sets.

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
STC-01	| START DECK RED	16	April 2022	Chinese edition of ST-1 Gaia Red.	[85]
STC-02	| START DECK BLUE	16	April 2022	Chinese edition of ST-2 Cocytus Blue.	[86]
STC-03	| START DECK YELLOW	16	April 2022	Chinese edition of ST-3 Heaven's Yellow.	[87]
STC-04	| START DECK GREEN	16	August 2022	Chinese edition of ST-4 Giga Green.	[88]
STC-05	| START DECK BLACK	16	August 2022	Chinese edition of ST-5 Mugen Black.	[89]
STC-06	| START DECK PURPLE	16	August 2022	Chinese edition of ST-6 Venom Violet.	[90]
STC-07	| Start Deck Dukemon “START DECK 公爵兽”	16	October 2022	Chinese edition of ST-7 Start Deck Dukemon.	[91]
STC-02	| Start Deck Ulforce V-dramon “START DECK 究极V龙兽”	16	October 2022	Chinese edition of ST-8 Start Deck Ulforce V-dramon.	[92]
STC-09	| Start Deck Ultimate Ancient Dragon “START DECK 究极的古代龙”	16	January 2023	Chinese edition of ST-9 Start Deck Ultimate Ancient Dragon.	[93]
STC-10	| Start Deck Tactician from Another World “START DECK 异世界的军师”	16	January 2023	Chinese edition of ST-10 Start Deck Tactician from Another World.	[94]
STC-12	| Start Deck JESmon “START DECK 杰斯兽”	16	April 2023	Chinese edition of ST-12 Start Deck JESmon.	[95]
STC-13	| Start Deck Ragna Lordmon “START DECK 诸神之主兽”	16	April 2023	Chinese edition of ST-13 Start Deck Ragna Lordmon.	[96]
STC-14	| Start Deck Beelzebumon “基本卡组 别西卜兽”	16	July 2023	Chinese edition of ST-14 Advance Deck Beelzebumon.	[97]
STC-15	| Start Deck War Dragon of Courage “基本卡组 勇气的战龙”	16	December 2023	Chinese edition of ST-15 Start Deck War Dragon of Courage.	[98]
STC-16	| Start Deck Metal Wolf of Friendship “基本卡组 友情的钢狼”	16	December 2023	Chinese edition of ST-16 Start Deck Metal Wolf of Friendship.	[99]
STC-17	| Start Deck Terriermon & Lopmon “基本卡组 梗犬兽&垂耳兔兽”	17	March 2024	Chinese edition of ST-17 Advance Deck Double Typhoon.	[100]
STC-18	| Start Deck Guardian Vortex “START DECK 旋风守护者”	16	September 2024	Chinese edition of ST-18 Start Deck Guardian Vortex.	[101]
STC-19	| Start Deck Fable Waltz “START DECK 童话舞蹈家”	16	September 2024	Chinese edition of ST-19 Start Deck Fable Waltz.	[102]
BTC-01	| ULTIMATE EVOLUTION	227	April 2022	Repackaging of all cards from BT-01 New Evolution and BT-02 Ultimate Power.	[103]
BTC-02	| DIGITAL IMPACT	226	August 2022	Repackaging of a selection of cards from BT-03 Union Impact, BT-04 Great Legend, and BT-05 Battle of Omega.	[104]
BTC-03	| DIAMOND LEGEND	226	December 2022	Repackaging of a selection of cards from BT-03 Union Impact, BT-04 Great Legend, BT-05 Battle of Omega, and BT-06 Double Diamond.	[105]
BTC-04	| NEXT HERO	232	February 2023	Repackaging of all cards from BT-07 Next Adventure and BT-08 New Hero.	[106]
BTC-05	| XROS RECORD	225	May 2023	Repackaging of all cards from BT-09 X Record and BT-10 Xros Encounter.	[107]
BTC-06	| ACROSS DIMENSION	227	August 2023	Repackaging of all cards from BT-11 Dimension Phase and BT-12 Across Time.	[108]
BTC-07	| GREAT WARRIOR	222	October 2023	Repackaging of all cards from BT-13 VS Royal Knights, RB-01 Rising Wind, and EX-04 Alternative Being.	[109]
BTC-08	| BEYOND ACE	104	December 2023	Chinese edition of BT-14 Blast Ace.	[110]
BTC-09	| EXCEED APOCALYPSE	110	February 2024	Chinese edition of BT-15 Exceed Apocalypse.	[111]
BTC-10	| BEGINNING OBSERVER	107	May 2024	Chinese edition of BT-16 Beginning Observer.	[112]
BTC-11	| SECRET CRISIS	106	August 2024	Chinese edition of BT-17 Secret Crisis.	[113]
EXC-01	| EXTRA BOOSTER	147	March 2023	Repackaging of all cards from EX-01 Classic Collection and EX-02 Digital Hazard.	[114]
EXC-02	| EXTRA BOOSTER 2 Draconic Roar	74	June 2023	Chinese edition of EX-03 Dragon's Roar.	[115]
EXC-03	| EXTRA BOOSTER 3 BEAST NOVA	74	January 2024	Chinese edition of EX-05 Animal Colosseum.	[116]
EXC-04	| EXTRA BOOSTER 4 Infernal Ascension	79	June 2024	Chinese edition of EX-06 Infernal Ascension.	[117]

Korean

Bandai and Daewon Media have marketed a Korean edition of the Digimon Card Game in South Korea since February 2023.

Release Changes

Korean set releases are distinguished from those of other regions with an identifying "K" in their set number.

Similar to the English edition, the Korean edition features some releases which repackage cards from multiple Japanese sets into one.

Set No.	Set Name	No. of cards	Release Date	Notes	Link
STK-01	| Starter Deck Gaia Red “스타트 덱 가이아 레드”	16	February 2023	Korean edition of ST-1 Gaia Red.	[118]
STK-02	| Starter Deck Cocytus Blue “스타트 덱 코큐토스 블루”	16	February 2023	Korean edition of ST-2 Cocytus Blue.	[119]
STK-03	| Starter Deck Heaven Yellow “스타트 덱 헤븐즈 옐로”	16	February 2023	Korean edition of ST-3 Heaven's Yellow.	[120]
STK-04	| Starter Deck Giga Green “스타트 덱 가이아 레드”	16	June 2023	Korean edition of ST-4 Giga Green.	[121]
STK-05	| Starter Deck Mugen Black “스타트 덱 파워 블랙”	16	June 2023	Korean edition of ST-5 Mugen Black.	[122]
STK-06	| Starter Deck Venom Violet “스타트 덱 베놈 바이올렛”	16	June 2023	Korean edition of ST-6 Venom Violet.	[123]
STK-07	| Starter Deck Dukemon “스타트 덱 듀크몬”	16	September 2023	Korean edition of ST-7 Dukemon.	[124]
STK-08	| Starter Deck Ulforce V-Dramon “스타트 덱 알포스브이드라몬”	16	September 2023	Korean edition of ST-8 Ulforce V-Dramon.	[125]
STK-09	| Starter Deck Ultimate Ancient Dragon “스타트 덱 궁극의 고대용”	16	January 2024	Korean edition of ST-9 Ultimate Ancient Dragon.	[126]
STK-10	| Starter Deck Tactician from Another World “스타트 덱 이세계의 군사”	16	January 2024	Korean edition of ST-10 Tactician from Another World.	[127]
STK-12	| Starter Deck JESmon “스타트 덱 제스몬”	16	May 2024	Korean edition of ST-12 JESmon.	[128]
STK-13	| Starter Deck Ragna Lordmon “스타트 덱 라그나로드몬”	16	May 2024	Korean edition of ST-13 Ragna Lordmon.	[129]
STK-14	| Advance Deck Beelzebumon “어드밴스 덱 베르제브몬”	16	September 2024	Korean edition of ST-14 Beelzebumon.	[130]
BTK-1.0	| SPECIAL BOOSTER VER 1.0 “스페셜 부스터 버전 1.0 ”	187	March 2023	Repackaging of a selection of cards from BT-01 New Evolution, BT-02 Ultimate Power and BT-03 Union Impact.	[131]
BTK-1.5	| SPECIAL BOOSTER VER 1.5 “스페셜 부스터 버전 1.5 ”	152	May 2023	Repackaging of a selection of cards from BT-01 New Evolution, BT-02 Ultimate Power and BT-03 Union Impact.	[132]
BTK-04	| Booster Great Legend “부스터 팩 그레이트 레전드”	115	July 2023	Korean edition of BT-04 Great Legend.	[133]
BTK-05	| Booster Battle of Omega “부스터 팩 배틀 오브 오메가”	112	August 2023	Korean edition of BT-05 Battle of Omega.	[134]
BTK-06	| Booster Double Diamond “부스터 팩 더블 다이아몬드”	113	October 2023	Korean edition of BT-06 Double Diamond.	[135]
BTK-07	| Booster Next Adventure “부스터 팩 넥스트 어드벤처”	120	December 2023	Korean edition of BT-07 Next Adventure.	[136]
BTK-08	| Booster New Hero “부스터 팩 뉴 히어로”	112	February 2024	Korean edition of BT-08 New Hero.	[137]
BTK-09	| Booster X Record “부스터 팩 X레코드”	112	April 2024	Korean edition of BT-09 X Record.	[138]
BTK-10	| Booster Xros Encounter “부스터 팩 크로스 인카운터”	113	June 2024	Korean edition of BT-10 Xros Encounter.	[139]
BTK-11	| Booster Dimensional Phase “부스터 팩 디멘셔널 페이즈”	115	August 2024	Korean edition of BT-11 Dimensional Phase.	[140]
BTK-12	| Booster Across Time “부스터 팩 어크로스 타임”	112	September 2024	Korean edition of BT-12 Across Time.	[141]
EXK-01	| Theme Booster Classic Collection “테마 부스터 클래식 컬렉션”	73	November 2023	Korean edition of EX-01 Classic Collection.	[142]
EXK-02	| Theme Booster Digital Hazard “테마 부스터 디지털 해저드”	74	March 2024	Korean edition of EX-02 Digital Hazard.	[143]
EXK-03	| Theme Booster Dragon's Roar “테마 부스터 드래곤즈 로어”	74	July 2024	Korean edition of EX-03 Dragon's Roar.	[144]
EXK-04	| Theme Booster Alternative Being “테마 부스터 얼터너티브 비잉”	74	October 2024	Korean edition of EX-04 Alternative Being.	[145]

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BT-05	ST-7, ST-8	BT-06	EX-01	BT-07	ST-9, ST-10
ST-11	BT-08	EX-02	BT-09	ST-12, ST-13	BT-10
EX-03	BT-11	BT-12	ST-14	EX-04	RB-01
BT-13	ST-15, ST-16	BT-14	EX-05	BT-15	ST-17
BT-16	EX-06	BT-17	ST-18, ST-19	EX-07	BT-18
PB-06 Tamer's Evolution Box 2	PB-08 Playmat: Digimon Tamers	PB-10 Tamer Goods Set 4	2021 World Championship	2021 Final Championships	2021 Final Championships
2021 Final Championships	2021 Final Championships	2021 Final Championships	Bandai Card Games Fest 23-24 World Tour	DC-1 Grand Prix 2024

PB-04 Tamer Goods Set 2	PB-12 Digimon Frontier 20th Memorial Set	PB-13 Royal Knights Binder Set	Digimon Card Game 3rd Anniversary Key Visual illustration by sasasi	PB-15 Digimon Card Game 3rd Anniversary Set	PB-15 Digimon Card Game 3rd Anniversary Set
June-August 2024 Regionals	September - November 2024 Regionals	DC-1 Grand Prix 2024	Digimon Card Game 5th Anniversary Key Visual

Additional Information

References	Notes

External Links

Japanese edition Digimon Card Game official website (Japanese) Digimon Card Game official website (English) Digimon Card Game official website (Traditional Chinese)

English edition Digimon Card Game official website (English)

Simplified Chinese edition Digimon Card Game official website (Simplified Chinese)

Korean edition Digimon Card Game official website (Korean)

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