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CardSpicy’s Digimon hub covers the colours, the card types and how Digivolution works across 12 sections, and points to 24 further Digimon pages.
7 Digimon colours
Digimon is the fifth card game we index. Its deck is built around colour, and its board is built around a stack: what sits underneath a Digimon is what its effects read from. Below are the seven colours the game is divided into, with what each one is for.
The game is published by Bandai and its current design launched in 2020, replacing an earlier Digimon card game from 1999. It shares a publisher with One Piece and Gundam, and it is built the same way — a colour identity per deck, an official card database, and a set numbering scheme printed on the card.
The colour a card belongs to is not decoration. It decides what a deck can play, the way a Leader colour does in One Piece, so the seven colours below are effectively seven deck identities rather than seven flavours of the same thing.
What the grid shows
Every tile carries the name of a colour and what that colour is for. A card’s colour is printed on it, and a deck is built from the colours its cards allow.
- One tile per entry each tile carries what the category is and where it sits in the game
Card shown: WarGreymon · BT14-101RedAggression and direct damage.2Blue
Card shown: MetalGarurumon · BT15-101BlueDeck manipulation and control.3Yellow
Card shown: Angemon · BT14-102YellowRecovery and security manipulation.4Green
Card shown: Imperialdramon Dragon Mode · BT3-111GreenDigivolution speed and swarm.5Black
Card shown: BlackWarGreymon · BT2-112BlackBlockers and defensive bodies.6Purple
Card shown: Beelzemon · BT2-111PurpleDiscard piles and the trash as a resource.7White
Card shown: Omnimon · BT13-112WhiteUtility and cards without a colour.The card types
Every Digimon card is one of four types. Which type it is decides where it goes, and the board is laid out in those zones rather than in one shared pile.
| Type | Where it sits | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Digi-Egg | The Egg Deck, a separate stack | The starting point of a Digivolution line |
| Digimon | In play, or under another card as a source | The bodies that attack and block |
| Tamer | In play, alongside Digimon | Stays on the board and supports the line |
| Option | Played, then the trash | One-shot effects |
How Digivolution works
Rather than paying a printed cost to play a body, you place a card on top of another card and pay the difference. The card underneath stays in play as a source, and what is under a Digimon is what its effects read from. That single rule is why the game plays the way it does: a card in the trash is not gone, it is a card you may still digivolve onto.
The rarity ladder
Rarity is a print decision, and the same card can be reprinted at a higher rarity later. What changes between printings is the treatment and how many copies carried it.
| Rarity | Common code | What distinguishes it |
|---|---|---|
| Common | C | No foil |
| Uncommon | U | No foil, lower print count per pack |
| Rare | R | Foil |
| Super Rare | SR | Foil, fewer per box |
| Secret Rare | SEC | The top of the main set |
| Promo | P | Not in packs — event, magazine or box-topper distribution |
The Simplified Chinese edition
Bandai publishes a Simplified Chinese edition of the Digimon Card Game and it is not a regional afterthought: the Simplified Chinese release now runs alongside the Japanese and English printings rather than behind them, and the official store network for it includes Bandai’s own card centres.
For an index like this one, that is the whole point. A Simplified Chinese printing of a card is the same card as its Japanese or English counterpart, so it can be catalogued by release rather than by language — but the Chinese print run is its own distribution, and the copies that survive it are a closed set.
What this page does not claim
No prices, and no count of how many cards exist per character. We have not run a checked pull of graded sales for Digimon, and the set tables on Bandai’s own pages are the ones that carry verified card counts. Where the publisher publishes a figure we will quote it with the date; where it does not, this page says nothing.
Long-form articles on the Digimon Card Game
Twenty-one longer articles in this section, covering the two systems that make the game play the way it does, the card pool behind them, the rarities above Secret Rare, how to start a collection, and how to tell a genuine card from a counterfeit. Each one links back here.
The card numbers themselves are in a separate index: the Digimon card list sets out every card the publisher’s own card list holds, set by set, with the artwork it has published and the rarity, colour, level, card type, form and printed text of each one.
Building a Digimon 2
Sets and collecting 4
Rankings and indexes 1
Rarities and grading 3
Mechanics and protection 2
Set releases and what decides value 3
Authenticity and sealed product 2
Top 10 Recommended reading
- What Decides Which Version of a Card LeadsThe Digimon card pool is young, and the sets a card comes from still decide most of where it sits.
- Ultimate Rare, the Tier Above Secret RareA tier added partway through the game, and how to tell it apart from the rarities beside it.
- Secret Rare and the Special Cards Beside ItWhat the top of the rarity ladder looks like, and what the labels around it mean.
- BT-26 Timeless Bonds, From the Product PageThe set as the publisher describes it: the rarity split, the themes, and the tie-in.
- EX-13 Chivalrous XIII: The Thirteen Royal KnightsAn Extra Booster built around one group, including the low-pull alternate art.
- Dual Cards: A Digimon and an Option on One CardThe mechanic that put two card types on one face, and how it reads in play.
- How to Tell a Real Card From a CounterfeitWhat to compare on a card you already own, and what a photograph cannot settle.
- Grading, and What the Population Data Does Not SayWhy a low population is not the same thing as a scarce card, and what to check instead.
- How to Start a CollectionWhere to begin if you are buying singles rather than playing, and what to skip.
- What Is in a Booster Box and PackThe counts, the rarity slots, and how the foil slots are laid out.
Card protection fits these cards too
Every trading card we deal in — Pokémon, One Piece, Gundam, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon and Riftbound — is printed at the same standard size, 63 × 88 mm. The sleeves and rigid holders below are sized for exactly that, so one set covers every series on this site.
On thickness: a bare card sits in a 35 PT sleeve, and thicker holders take up to 360 PT. Which one you want depends on how the card is stored, not on which game it is from — the physical card is the same size either way.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Digimon Card Game the same as the old Digimon cards?
No. There was a Digimon card game in 1999, and the current game is a separate design that launched in 2020 with its own rules, its own card pool and its own set numbering. The two are not interchangeable and cards from one are not legal in the other.
What is a Digi-Egg card?
It is the card a Digivolution line starts from. Digi-Eggs live in a separate stack rather than in the main deck, which is why a Digimon deck is built from more than one pile and why the game plays differently from a single-deck card game.
Are Digimon cards the same size as Pokémon cards?
Yes. They are printed at the same 63 × 88 mm standard as Pokémon, One Piece, Gundam, Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, so the same sleeves and rigid holders fit them.
Is there a Simplified Chinese version of the Digimon Card Game?
Yes. Bandai publishes a Simplified Chinese edition, and the official store list for it is published and updated by Bandai itself. This is the edition that makes the game relevant on a site built around Simplified Chinese printings.
Why is there no price on this page?
Because we have not yet run a checked pull of graded sales for this game. Publishing a number we cannot re-count would make the whole index less trustworthy, so the field stays empty until a checked pull exists.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Bandai — the Digimon Card Game official site: the product list, the card list, the rules and the official store list for the Simplified Chinese edition. The site is published in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, English (Asia) and Korean.
- Bandai — the current rulebook and restricted-card list for the Digimon Card Game.
- Card type and colour names are taken from the publisher’s own card database.
- This page was compiled 2026-10-06. Card counts are only quoted where the publisher publishes them.
Nothing on this page is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Where a number could not be checked against a primary source, it is left out rather than estimated.