Dragon Ball CCG News: Release Information



An all new Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game is coming from BANDAI on July 18, 2008.

The new Dragon Ball CCG pits your favorite characters against each other with the ability to use various Technique cards. You can also play Event cards that allow you to affect various game mechanics such as card draw, battle, etc. Players will also be able to collect Dragon Balls and if you collect all 7 Dragon Balls you can use the special Wish card that can change things to your advantage. The special Wish cards will be sold in starter decks.

The new Dragon Ball CCG will initially be sold with 30-card starter decks and 10-card booster packs. There will be 2 different starter decks (Set A and Set B) which each include 1 of 4 exclusive Wish cards not found 3 of 6 exclusive cards not found in the booster packs. Set A decks will include special Wish cards 1 or 2. Set B decks will include special Wish cards 3 or 4. Booster packs will include 6 common, 2 uncommon, 1 rare, and one parallel holographic card. 1:8 packs will replace the parallel foil card with a special Super Rare gold foil card.

The new game will include characters and storylines from all three Dragon Ball Sagas: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. However, the first set of 100+ cards will only include the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z sagas. The set will include artwork that has never been released before in the United States.

Bandai plans to promote the new launch at hobby retailers with a hobby exclusive Dragon Ball CCG promotion for players to learn how to play. Each retailer who signs up for the promotion will receive free starter decks and promo cards to give to new players who purchase Dragon Ball CCG product. Current plans are to have 7 different promo cards (1 for each week) to collect in Dragon Ball CCG tournaments.

Later, Bandai also plans to support the Dragon Ball CCG with Organized Play which will include weekly store tournaments with exclusive prizes such as promo cards, game mats, binders and deck boxes.

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