Every Dragon Ball set has a top slot, and in both games the card that carries the set is a treatment rather than a rarity letter on its own. Here is what sits above the ordinary ladder in each game, and how to tell one from another.
Masters: God Rare
The God Rare is the highest tier Masters prints and the one Fusion World does not have. It is not a separate card — it is a parallel of a card that also exists near the top of that set’s ladder, given a heavy foil treatment and printed at the lowest rate in the product. Where a set prints a God Rare, it typically prints only two or three across the whole set, and they are attached to the set’s headline characters.
Because a God Rare parallels an existing card, the two share a card number and differ only in printing. When you compare two listings for the same number and one is many times the price of the other, this is usually why.
Masters: the rest of the premium tiers
- Secret Rare (SCR) — the tier just under God Rare, one to three per set, and the realistic top pull in a box.
- Special Leader Rare (SLR) — a premium printing of a Leader card. Leaders are the most visible card in any deck, so their premium versions carry demand from both players and collectors.
- Special Rare, signed (SPR_S) — an alternate-art Special Rare with a signature.
- Concept Rare (CR) — a small group per set whose card art is composed as a single unified illustration across the frame.
Fusion World: the Super Alternate Art Secret Rare
Fusion World’s ladder stops at Secret Rare, so its ceiling is a treatment of that Secret Rare. The game prints a normal Secret Rare and then one or more alternate-art versions of the same card, the scarcest of which is usually described as the Super Alternate Art. In our own pull, the highest-priced Fusion World printings are almost all versions of a Secret Rare or a Leader rather than a plain card number, which is the market agreeing with the design.
What actually sets the price
Two things together, and you need both. Supply is the treatment: how few of that printing exist. Demand is the character: whether it is a Goku, a Vegeta, a fusion, or a supporting character. A premium treatment on a headline character is a chase card. The identical treatment on a minor character is a nice pull that does not move much. A Common of even the biggest character stays a Common.
How to use this when buying
Read the card number first, then the mark that distinguishes the printing. If a listing tells you the rarity but not the treatment, you do not yet know what you are being offered. The code tells you the product line; the rarity letter tells you the tier; the treatment tells you the price.
The highest graded sales we have on record, by treatment and by card, are listed in the price article.
Frequently asked questions
How many God Rares does a Masters set print?
Typically two or three across a whole set, attached to the set’s headline characters, at the lowest rate in the product.
Why can the same card number be worth very different amounts?
Because a God Rare parallels a card that already exists lower in the set’s ladder. The two share a card number and differ only in printing, so it is the treatment the market prices, not the number.
What is the top card in Fusion World, which has no God Rare?
An alternate-art printing of a Secret Rare, usually described as the Super Alternate Art. That is the scarcest treatment that game prints.
Is it the rarity letter or the treatment that sets the price?
The treatment. The letter tells you the tier; the treatment tells you the price.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Bandai — Dragon Ball Super Card Game and Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World official product pages and rule manuals.
- PriceCharting — Dragon Ball console and individual card listings. PSA 10 values retrieved 2026-10-04.
- CardSpicy — the Dragon Ball card index, on how the pool and its priced cards are counted.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the date cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.