Reading a card
The GUNDAM CARD GAME prints more card images than it prints card numbers. That is because of parallel prints: a reprinting of an existing card that keeps its number and adds a suffix, usually with different art or a different finish. This page counts that whole group.
Quick answer
Across its 25 products the GUNDAM CARD GAME prints 864 parallel prints against 1,148 base cards, and those prints cover 552 of the base cards. Every one of the 25 products carries at least some parallel prints, and the count falls away sharply after the _p1 printing.
How many there are
Across the 25 products there are 864 parallel prints, against 1,148 base cards. Every one of the 25 products carries at least some, and they cover 552 of the 1,148 base cards in the game.
By product
| Product | Base cards | Parallel prints |
|---|---|---|
| Promotion card | 68 | 206 |
| LIMITED BOX Ver.β | 0 | 83 |
| Freedom Ascension [GD05] | 140 | 57 |
| Steel Requiem [GD03] | 150 | 52 |
| Phantom Aria [GD04] | 144 | 50 |
| Deck Build Box Freedom Ascension [SC01] | 3 | 48 |
| Dual Impact [GD02] | 141 | 46 |
| Newtype Rising [GD01] | 139 | 40 |
| Destiny Ignition [ST09] | 13 | 26 |
| Other Product Card | 40 | 24 |
| Iron Bloom [ST05] | 15 | 17 |
| Clan Unity [ST06] | 15 | 17 |
| Celestial Drive [ST07] | 15 | 17 |
| Flash of Radiance [ST08] | 15 | 17 |
| All 25 products | 1,148 | 864 |
The suffixes
The suffix runs from _p1 upward, and the count falls away sharply as it goes:
| Suffix | Prints |
|---|---|
| _p1 | 553 |
| _p2 | 176 |
| _p3 | 64 |
| _p4 | 29 |
| _p5 | 19 |
| _p6 | 12 |
| _p7 | 8 |
| _p8 | 3 |
Base cards and parallel prints
The distinction matters when you are counting a collection. One base card is one card number; the parallel prints of it are further card images that share that number. On this site every count of the game means base cards — 1,148 in total — and parallel prints are reported separately, the way they are on this page. That keeps the totals on every other page comparable.
Products made only of parallel prints
A couple of the promotional products contain no base cards at all: their card entries are entirely parallel prints of cards printed elsewhere. LIMITED BOX Ver.β has 0 base cards and 83 parallel prints. We list the product so the game is complete, and state the zero rather than counting the parallels as new cards.
Frequently asked questions
What is a parallel print in the GUNDAM CARD GAME?
A reprinting of an existing card that keeps the same card number and adds a suffix, usually with different art or a different finish. There are 864 of them across the game.
How many GUNDAM CARD GAME cards are there in total?
We count 1,148 base cards. That figure counts each card number once, so the 864 parallel prints are reported separately rather than added in.
Do parallel prints change what a card is worth?
We publish no value for Gundam cards, so we are the wrong source for that. What we can say is that a parallel print shares its number with the base card, so it is the same card in the database with a different printing.
Which product has the most parallel prints?
Promotion card, with 206. It is one of the products built almost entirely out of parallel prints.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- GUNDAM CARD GAME official card database (Bandai) — card entries for the whole game, including printed name, number, rarity, level, cost, colour, type, AP, HP, zone, traits, link, source series and effect text. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- Bandai — GUNDAM CARD GAME product pages, for the set names, codes and release information used here.
Card data is quoted from the official card database at the date cited and is subject to change. This page is identification and set data, not valuation: we publish no price for Gundam cards, because there is no sales source we can stand behind for the game.