Buying
Quick answer
CardSpicy indexes the GUNDAM CARD GAME card by card, which puts us in a useful position to answer the question every new collector eventually asks: sealed product or single cards? The answer depends on which of two things you are trying to do — build a deck, or finish a list — and the game’s product structure makes that choice clearer than most card games do.
What sealed gives you
A booster pack holds 12 cards and carries an official suggested retail price of $4.99. The six main boosters between them hold 714 of the 1,148 cards we index; the extra booster, Eternal Nexus [EB01], adds 91 more from a single licensed game rather than from the anime.
| Product | Code | Cards in the set | Colours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eternal Nexus | EB01 | 91 | Blue / Green / White |
| Newtype Rising | GD01 | 139 | Blue / Green / Red / White |
| Dual Impact | GD02 | 141 | Blue / Green / Purple / Red / White |
| Steel Requiem | GD03 | 150 | Blue / Green / Purple / Red / White |
| Phantom Aria | GD04 | 144 | Blue / Green / Purple / Red / White |
| Freedom Ascension | GD05 | 140 | Blue / Green / Purple / Red / White |
What sealed cannot give you is a specific card. A pack prints a selection; a set lists every card in it. If what you want is one named card, opening packs is a guess with a fixed cost per guess.
What singles give you
Every Gundam card carries a number, of the form GD01-001, and that number is its identity. Buying singles means buying by that number, which is why the checklist pages here list every card in number order with its printed stats and effect text. If a card has more than one version, the checklist lists the versions too, so you can be sure which one you are buying.
Why the product line shapes this
Two structural facts push Gundam buyers toward singles more than in some card games. The first is that the product line is tiered by purpose rather than by size: starter decks are complete decks, booster packs are the collectible pool, and the Deck Build Box exists specifically to hand you playable reprints rather than random ones. The second is that supply has been tight — early sets and even starter decks have been difficult to find at times, which is a widely reported condition of this line rather than a claim about any one store. Between the two, buying the exact cards you want is often the shorter road.
What we can and cannot tell you about price
We can tell you the official suggested retail price of sealed product, because Bandai publishes it. We cannot tell you what any card is worth, and we do not: there is no sales source for this line that we can stand behind, so the Gundam section quotes no values at all. That is a deliberate limit, not an oversight. What we can do instead is show you exactly what is in each product, so the decision is about contents rather than about a number we cannot verify.
Frequently asked questions
Is it cheaper to buy a booster box or single cards?
It depends what you want. A box is the efficient way to build a broad collection from one set; singles are the efficient way to obtain one specific card. If your goal is one named card, sealed product is a series of guesses with a fixed cost each.
How many cards are in a Gundam booster pack?
Twelve, at an official suggested retail price of $4.99 per pack. Each set prints a fixed list of card types, and the checklist page for that product lists every one of them.
What is the Deck Build Box for?
It is a third route between sealed and singles. It hands you playable reprints grouped by colour alongside booster packs, so a new player can assemble a working deck without hunting down dozens of individual cards.
Does this site sell Gundam cards?
The Gundam section is an index: card data, product structure and set checklists. We publish no Gundam prices and no valuation, for the reasons set out on the missing price guide page.
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 set names, codes and release information used here.
- Bandai — booster pack contents and official suggested retail pricing for GUNDAM CARD GAME sealed products.
- Retailer and press reporting on GUNDAM CARD GAME supply — secondary reporting, used only for the general observation that early product has at times been hard to find.
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.
Related reading
- Gundam Cards — the full index
- Every GUNDAM CARD GAME booster pack, one by one
- Every GUNDAM CARD GAME starter deck, ST01 to ST14
- Why there is no Gundam price guide
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).
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