Dragon Ball trading cards are not one game. They are two, both published by Bandai, and the single most useful thing to know before you buy anything is which of the two a card belongs to. The older game launched in July 2017 with the booster Galactic Battle. The newer one launched in February 2024 with Awakened Pulse.
In August 2023 Bandai said what would happen to the name: the new title would be FUSION WORLD, and the existing game would be renamed MASTERS and continue. Both are still in print. Neither uses the other’s cards — a Fusion World deck and a Masters deck cannot be shuffled together, and a card from one is not legal in the other. That single fact is the one people get wrong most often, because both games print a Goku on a card of the same size.
What the two games have in common
- The card size. 63 × 88 mm — the same standard as Pokémon, One Piece, Gundam and Naruto. One sleeve and one holder cover every game on the shelf.
- One Leader, one deck. You build around a single Leader card that sits outside the deck, is available from turn one, and decides what the rest of the deck is allowed to be.
- Eight Life. At setup you take the top eight cards of your deck and place them face down as your life. The game ends when your life runs out or your deck runs out.
- Five colours. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Black. A deck may only contain cards that share a colour with its Leader. Masters additionally prints multicolour cards.
- A four-copy limit. Up to four cards with the same card name in Masters, the same card number in Fusion World.
- Twelve cards a pack, twenty-four packs a box. 288 cards to a box, in both games.
Where they part
Fusion World was built as the easier on-ramp: three card types instead of four, a deck of 50 to 60 cards instead of a fixed fifty, and a digital client alongside the physical game. Masters kept the deeper system — Unison cards, a much larger pool, and a rarity ladder that ends at a tier Fusion World does not print at all.
The split is set out properly in Masters and Fusion World.
How much of it we track
The Dragon Ball index covers 101 products and 9,828 cards across both games, with every set and card listed by number. Prices on this site come from our own pull of PriceCharting, and a card is only given a value when a graded sale exists to support it.
Next: how to read a Dragon Ball card number, and what the rarity letters mean.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dragon Ball one card game or two?
Two. The older game launched in July 2017 with Galactic Battle and was renamed MASTERS in August 2023. The newer one, FUSION WORLD, launched in February 2024 with Awakened Pulse. Both are still in print.
What do the two games have in common?
The card size (63 × 88 mm), one Leader per deck, eight Life at setup, five colours, a four-copy limit, and the same pack and box structure — 12 cards a pack, 24 packs a box, 288 cards a box.
Can a Masters deck and a Fusion World deck be mixed?
No. A card from one is not legal in the other, and the decks cannot be shuffled together. Both games print a Goku on a card of the same size, which is why this is the fact people get wrong most often.
How much of the game does this site track?
The catalogue behind the Dragon Ball index tracks 9,828 card printings across 101 sets, of which 2,047 currently carry a PSA 10 value. Prices are pulled from PriceCharting and always carry the date they were retrieved.
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.