Kamen Rider Trading Card Game

Kamen Rider Trading Cards (仮面ライダーカード) are official Japanese collectible and game cards featuring transforming heroes, secondary Riders, villains, monsters, vehicles, weapons, finishing moves, and memorable scenes from across the long-running Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. Rather than belonging to one universal TCG, the category includes several separate Bandai product systems, led by the arcade-based Kamen Rider Battle: Ganba Legends, which launched in Japan on March 23, 2023. Ganba Legends allows players to scan Rider and Support Cards, assemble a four-Rider team, and battle through a touch-operated digital arcade game.

Japanese Kamen Rider cards are also available through retail Ganba Legends booster packs, Scratch Carddass products, Battle Spirits collaboration sets, Ride Chemy Cards, promotional campaigns, magazines, toy bundles, and older arcade series such as Ganbaride and Ganbarizing. These products are designed for different purposes and are not automatically compatible with one another. Prices may vary depending on product type, rarity, manufacturer, and release status.

Popular Kamen Rider trading card types

Explore the main Japanese Kamen Rider card formats available for arcade players, TCG players, sealed-product collectors, and fans collecting particular Riders or television eras:

• Ganba Legends Arcade Cards: Physical cards designed for use with Bandai’s Kamen Rider Battle: Ganba Legends arcade cabinets. Players scan their cards to create a team and participate in four-versus-four digital battles.
• Ganba Legends Rider Cards: The principal playable character cards featuring individual Kamen Riders and forms. Rider Cards can have Attacker, Defender, or Finisher roles, along with statistics, abilities, finishing moves, and series information.
• Ganba Legends Support Cards: Cards that assist the Rider team through additional effects. Support categories include Machines, Items, Events, and Enemies, depending on the card wave and gameplay system.
• Japanese Booster Packs: Retail packs containing randomized Kamen Rider cards. Ganba Legends booster products commonly include three cards per pack and may contain cards unavailable from normal arcade-machine distribution.
• Japanese Booster Boxes: Sealed boxes containing multiple retail packs from one Ganba Legends or Battle Spirits release. Boxes are useful for collecting one series, but they do not guarantee every card or a particular high-rarity version.
• Starter Card Packs: Fixed products containing enough basic Rider and Support Cards to begin using Ganba Legends. Some starter products also include a Rider License Card used to save arcade play data.
• Rider License Cards: Data-saving cards for Ganba Legends. They can store play progress, synchronization levels, titles, rewards, and other digital information connected to the arcade system.
• Scratch Carddass Cards: Collectible Carddass packs containing regular Kamen Rider cards and one scratch card. Eligible scratch results can be connected to official prize campaigns, subject to the campaign period and conditions.
• Battle Spirits Kamen Rider Cards: Kamen Rider collaboration cards created for Bandai’s Battle Spirits TCG. These use Battle Spirits rules, deck construction, cores, and rarity classifications rather than the Ganba Legends arcade system.
• Battle Spirits Constructed Decks: Ready-to-play Kamen Rider decks containing a fixed card list and gameplay supplies. They are designed for the Japanese Battle Spirits TCG and cannot be scanned as Ganba Legends cards.
• Ride Chemy Cards: Toy-linked collectible cards introduced through Kamen Rider Gotchard. They feature Chemies, Riders, and Legend Riders and interact with compatible transformation toys such as the GotcharDriver and related devices.
• Promotional Cards: Cards distributed through arcade campaigns, tournaments, magazines, toy purchases, food products, retail promotions, movie events, exhibitions, and other official programs.
• Parallel Cards: Alternate versions of an existing card using different artwork, foil processing, backgrounds, poses, or visual designs. A parallel card may retain the same gameplay role while offering stronger collector appeal.
• Single Cards: Individual Rider, Support, promo, parallel, or Battle Spirits cards that allow collectors to target a favorite character without opening additional packs.
• Card Binders & Accessories: Official binders, sleeves, storage boxes, card cases, and protective holders made for displaying and preserving Japanese Kamen Rider cards.

Kamen Rider trading card featured series & sets

• Kamen Rider Battle: Ganba Legends: Bandai’s current Kamen Rider digital arcade card game launched on March 23, 2023. One standard play costs ¥100 and dispenses one physical card. The game features Riders from Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa productions.
• Ganba Legends Launch Series: The original arcade sequence included the first through fifth card waves, establishing the game’s Rider Cards, Support Cards, touch actions, Rider License data, team roles, and Legend Abilities.
• Synchro Myth Series — シンクロ神話: A six-chapter Ganba Legends era that expanded synchronization-based gameplay and introduced additional Riders, forms, abilities, campaigns, and parallel cards.
• Chromatic X Series — クロマティックX: The following six-wave arcade series introduced the Chromatic Boost system and continued adding Riders from both current television productions and earlier franchise titles.
• Versus Road Series — バーサスロード: The current Ganba Legends arcade era introduces Versus Abilities and Passive Abilities alongside returning Legend Abilities. Versus Road 3 began operation in Japan on July 23, 2026.
• Ganba Legends Versus Booster: Released on April 25, 2026, this retail booster contains three cards per pack, 15 packs per box, and 32 card types before accounting for visual variations. Selected cards also provide in-game scan bonuses.
• Ganbaride Chronicle: Released on June 20, 2025, this 30-card retail set recreates the visual identity of the earlier Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride arcade game while providing cards usable with Ganba Legends.
• Ganbaride Chronicle 2: Released on November 28, 2025, the second Chronicle set adds another 30 Ganbaride-style cards and continues the anniversary connection between the current and earlier arcade systems.
• Ganba Legends Chromatic Booster: A randomized retail release based on the Chromatic X period, offering exclusive Rider and Support Cards outside the regular arcade-machine card pool.
• Ganba Legends Synchro Deck Booster: A fixed or semi-constructed entry product containing game cards and a Rider License Card, designed to help players assemble a usable arcade team more easily.
• Scratch Carddass Kamen Rider Series Vol.1: Released as packaged cards on November 28, 2025. Each ¥220 pack contains collectible cards and one scratch card, while a 20-pack box includes a limited box-purchase card.
• Scratch Carddass Kamen Rider Series Vol.2: Released on March 20, 2026, the second wave continues the scratch campaign format and includes newly drawn illustrations on selected higher-rarity cards.
• Battle Spirits Collaboration Starter “Kamen Rider AGENT OF DREAM” [26RSD07]: Released on June 20, 2026, this constructed deck is based primarily on Kamen Rider Zeztz. It contains a 40-card deck, one bonus card, a play sheet, 30 cores, and one Soul Core.
• Battle Spirits Collaboration Booster “Kamen Rider: Front Line of Fate” [26RCB01]: Released on June 20, 2026, this six-card booster contains 78 standard card types plus Secret versions. It can be used to build a new Kamen Rider Battle Spirits deck or upgrade the AGENT OF DREAM starter.
• Ride Chemy Trading Cards: Released throughout the Kamen Rider Gotchard toy program, these cards feature Chemies, Rider forms, and Legend Riders. Premium and memorial products have continued to introduce updated or collector-focused card sets after the television broadcast.

Hot series tie-ins & promotional cards

Kamen Rider card products regularly connect the current television series with classic Riders, movies, anniversary projects, arcade events, transformation toys, and Bandai’s wider card-game portfolio:

• Current Reiwa Rider Cards: Recent Ganba Legends waves prominently feature Riders and forms from Kamen Rider Zeztz, while earlier cards support Kamen Rider Gavv, Kamen Rider Gotchard, Kamen Rider Geats, and other Reiwa productions.
• Showa Rider Cards: Kamen Rider 1, Kamen Rider 2, V3, X, Amazon, Stronger, Black, Black RX, and other classic heroes appear throughout Carddass and Ganba Legends releases.
• Heisei Rider Cards: Cards cover the Heisei era from Kuuga and Agito through Zi-O, including popular Riders such as Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Decade, W, OOO, Fourze, Gaim, Drive, Ex-Aid, and Build.
• Ganbaride Revival Cards: Ganbaride Chronicle products recreate designs associated with Bandai’s earlier arcade system, appealing to collectors who played Kamen Rider card games before Ganba Legends.
• Ganbarizing Legacy Cards: Older Ganbarizing cards document a separate arcade era and remain popular with franchise collectors, although they should not automatically be assumed to work in the current Ganba Legends cabinet.
• Kamen Rider Outsiders Cards: Selected arcade waves and promotional releases include characters and forms connected to the streaming series Kamen Rider Outsiders.
• Shin Kamen Rider Cards: Cards and promotional products based on the 2023 film use its redesigned Riders, Cyclone motorcycles, villains, and film imagery.
• Ride Chemy Toy Tie-Ins: Cards may be packaged with transformation belts, weapons, Premium Bandai items, food products, magazines, and campaign products connected to Kamen Rider Gotchard.
• Battle Spirits Kamen Rider Collaborations: Battle Spirits has released multiple Kamen Rider collaboration boosters over the years. The 2026 Standard-format products introduce a new constructed deck and booster line with their own competitive environment.
• Arcade Tournament Cards: Ganba Legends tournaments may distribute participation cards, winner cards, promotional items, or other rewards that are unavailable through standard retail packs.
• Point and Battle Pass Campaigns: Ganba Legends players can earn digital rewards and selected physical promotional cards through point exchanges, daily challenges, Battle Pass programs, and arcade campaigns.
• Magazine Promo Cards: Japanese children’s and hobby magazines may include exclusive Ganba Legends, Ride Chemy, or Battle Spirits cards as physical supplements.
• Retail Distribution Campaigns: Toy stores and participating retailers sometimes distribute free Rider cards with qualifying purchases, spoken-password promotions, demonstrations, or franchise launch events.
• Food and Candy Cards: Sausages, gummies, wafers, and other Bandai-linked products may include Kamen Rider collectible cards or Ganba Legends-compatible promotional cards.
• Premium Bandai Sets: Anniversary and collector products may bundle new cards with sleeves, binders, storage products, playmats, or other exclusive accessories.

Collectors should verify the exact card system before purchasing. A Ganba Legends card, Ganbarizing card, Ride Chemy Card, Scratch Carddass card, and Battle Spirits card may feature the same Rider but use different card backs, dimensions, numbers, functions, and compatibility.

Kamen Rider trading card prices and rarity guide

There is no universal price or rarity system for all Kamen Rider cards because the collection includes several separate Bandai product lines:

• Ganba Legends Arcade Play: A standard arcade play costs ¥100 and dispenses one physical Ganba Legends card.
• Ganba Legends Retail Booster Packs: Products such as Ganbaride Chronicle, Chromatic Booster, and Versus Booster have generally been released at an official suggested retail price of ¥440 per three-card pack.
• Ganba Legends Booster Boxes: A box generally contains 15 packs and has an official suggested retail price of ¥6,600.
• Scratch Carddass Pack Version: Vol.1 and Vol.2 packaged products have an official suggested retail price of ¥220 per pack. A full 20-pack box has a total suggested retail value of ¥4,400.
• Scratch Carddass Vending Version: The vending-machine format is officially priced at ¥200 per purchase.
• Battle Spirits “Front Line of Fate” Booster: One six-card pack has an official suggested retail price of ¥363.
• Battle Spirits “AGENT OF DREAM” Starter: The constructed deck has an official suggested retail price of ¥1,980.
• Premium Ganba Legends Sets: Limited Premium Bandai products may cost more because they combine exclusive cards with sleeves, binders, playmats, or anniversary accessories.

Ganba Legends currently uses the following card categories and rarity labels:

• N — Normal: Standard cards frequently distributed through the arcade or retail card pool.
• R — Rare: Cards with a lower appearance frequency and more prominent Riders, abilities, or finishing moves.
• SR — Super Rare: Higher-rarity cards with enhanced processing, stronger gameplay appeal, or more elaborate visual presentation.
• LR — Legend Rare: One of the main high-rarity classifications in Ganba Legends, generally used for important Riders and forms with premium finishes.
• LLR: A higher Legend-level classification appearing in selected modern Ganba Legends waves.
• CP — Campaign: Cards produced for a particular campaign, theme, or featured card group within an arcade wave.
• PR — Promotion: Cards distributed outside normal arcade pulls through events, magazines, purchases, tournaments, and other promotions.
• Parallel Cards: Alternate-art or alternate-design versions of standard cards. The official card database lists normal and parallel versions separately.

Ganba Legends Rider Cards are also organized by gameplay roles such as Attacker, Defender, and Finisher. Support Cards may be classified as Machines, Items, Events, or Enemies. These card types describe gameplay function rather than rarity.

Battle Spirits Kamen Rider products use a separate rarity system:

• C — Common: Basic Spirits, Nexus, Magic, or deck-support cards.
• R — Rare: Cards with lower pull frequency and more specialized effects.
• M — Master Rare: Higher-rarity cards used for important characters or strategies.
• X — X Rare: Premium standard rarities representing powerful Riders, forms, or signature cards.
• Secret Cards: Alternate premium versions inserted separately from the 78-card standard checklist in “Front Line of Fate.”
• OVER SECRET: A particularly scarce collector treatment announced for selected cards in the 2026 Kamen Rider collaboration booster.

Scratch Carddass uses its own standard, high-rarity, box-bonus, and campaign-card structure. Selected high-rarity cards use original illustrations created for the Scratch Carddass line, while the scratch result determines campaign eligibility rather than the gameplay strength of the collectible card.

Individual card prices may be influenced by the featured Rider, form, rarity, artwork, parallel status, arcade performance, promotional distribution, print quantity, card condition, nostalgia, current television exposure, grading, and market demand. A powerful arcade or TCG card is not guaranteed to retain a high resale value. Prices may vary depending on product type, rarity, manufacturer, and release status.

Japanese vs English Kamen Rider trading cards

Kamen Rider cards sold in Japan are not generally mirrored by one complete English-language product line. The major current formats—Ganba Legends, Scratch Carddass, Japanese Battle Spirits collaborations, and Ride Chemy Cards—are created primarily for the Japanese market.

• Ganba Legends Japanese Cards: These cards use Japanese character names, abilities, statistics, series information, and arcade-machine compatibility.
• No Official English Ganba Legends Edition: An English-language card release or international Ganba Legends arcade network has not been announced as an equivalent to the Japanese system.
• Japan-Based Arcade Requirement: Physical Ganba Legends cards can be collected anywhere, but their full gameplay functions require access to a compatible Ganba Legends arcade cabinet.
• Japanese Scratch Carddass: Scratch instructions, campaign terms, prize conditions, deadlines, and product packaging are printed for the Japanese market.
• Japanese Battle Spirits Cards: Kamen Rider collaboration cards belong to the Japanese Battle Spirits TCG and use Japanese card text and Japanese organized-play rules.
• Different from Battle Spirits Saga: Battle Spirits Saga is a separate English-language regional product. Japanese Kamen Rider Battle Spirits cards should not be assumed to be legal or directly interchangeable in Battle Spirits Saga events.
• Ride Chemy Card Compatibility: Ride Chemy Cards use physical codes designed for compatible Japanese Kamen Rider toys. International collectors should verify whether their transformation device supports the same cards and functions.
• Original Japanese Names: Japanese cards preserve the original names of Riders, forms, attacks, transformation items, and television productions.
• Japan-Market Promotions: Japanese magazines, arcade tournaments, Bandai campaigns, toy stores, movie events, food products, and Premium Bandai releases may distribute cards unavailable through ordinary international retail channels.
• Overseas Kamen Rider Cards: English-language listings may refer to non-game collectible cards, fan translations, proxy cards, or cards from another licensed system rather than an English Ganba Legends release.
• Reading Requirements: International players may need an official card database, translated guide, or reference sheet to understand Japanese card effects and campaign instructions.
• Collector Recommendation: Japanese cards are the strongest choice for fans seeking the current official product lines, original packaging, domestic promos, arcade cards, toy-linked cards, and the broadest Rider selection.

Collectors who value original Japanese card designs, broad coverage from Showa through Reiwa, Japan-exclusive campaigns, arcade compatibility, and domestic product packaging may prefer Japanese Kamen Rider cards. Buyers interested in gameplay should first choose the correct system—Ganba Legends, Battle Spirits, or toy-linked Ride Chemy Cards—because cards from these lines cannot be combined into one shared deck or game.

Japan Figure offers a curated selection of authentic Japanese Kamen Rider trading cards sourced directly from Japan. Explore Ganba Legends booster boxes, arcade cards, Scratch Carddass packs, Battle Spirits decks and boosters, Ride Chemy Cards, promotional releases, rare parallels, singles, binders, and official card accessories featuring iconic Riders from across the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. Shop Japanese Kamen Rider cards at Japan Figure and build a collection around your favorite heroes, forms, villains, and series.