Quick answer
CardSpicy records what a card game has actually released rather than what a listing promises, so this is the Palworld OFFICIAL CARD GAME from the publisher’s own product pages: a Bushiroad card game that launched on 30 July 2026, whose second booster set, Legends Awaken, arrives on 30 October 2026, followed by two Eternal Ascent trial decks on 18 December 2026 and the third booster set of the same name on 29 January 2027.
The unusual part is the pacing: three booster sets inside six months, with the third one dated before the second one was even on sale.
What the game is, and who makes it
The Palworld Official Card Game is published by Bushiroad and built on the Palworld setting. It is a separate product line from the video game rather than an expansion of it, and the publisher sells it the way a card game is normally sold: booster packs and booster boxes, trial decks for people starting out, and accessories.
Three things in the publisher’s own material describe how it is being positioned, and they are worth taking together rather than separately.
- It is sold through hobby retail. The official site runs a retailer locator and a separate programme for signing shops up as official Bushiroad stores, which is the distribution model a competitive card game needs rather than the mass-retail model a licensed tie-in sometimes gets.
- It runs organised play. There is a tournament milestone flair programme, and the game appeared at Bushiroad Card Game Festival Singapore 2026 on 30 July 2026, the same day the first products went on sale.
- It publishes sales milestones. Bushiroad reports pack sales as standalone announcements, which is not something every publisher of a new card game does.
If you are new to collecting a game that has just started, our guide to starting a collection sets out the general order of decisions, and the glossary covers common card-game vocabulary.
The release calendar, in order
Every date below is printed on the publisher’s own product or news pages.
| Date | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2026 | Booster Pack “Dawn of Palpagos” and the Dawn of Palpagos Trial Decks | Booster pack and trial decks |
| 16 October 2026 | Grizzbolt – Rumbling Tank Sleeves, Relaxaurus – Hungry Gunner Sleeves | Sleeves |
| 30 October 2026 | Booster Pack “Legends Awaken” | Booster pack |
| 18 December 2026 | Trial Deck “Eternal Ascent Red•Green” and Trial Deck “Eternal Ascent Blue•Purple” | Trial decks |
| 22 January 2027 | Daedream – Blissful Dreams and Katress Ignis – Scathing Counter sleeves, playmats and storage boxes | Accessories |
| 29 January 2027 | Booster Pack “Eternal Ascent” | Booster pack |
The shape of that calendar says something about the game’s plans. A first set in July, a second in October and a third in the following January is roughly a quarterly booster cadence, which is the pace a card game needs to sustain a competitive scene rather than the one-off release schedule a licensed product often follows.
What is in a Palworld booster pack
Both dated booster sets use the same published specification, which makes the game easy to plan around.
| Detail | What the publisher states |
|---|---|
| Card types | 100 types at the base rarities, plus parallels |
| Rarity tiers | RR, R, U and C |
| Featured colours | Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Colorless |
Two points about that table are worth separating. The first is that the four rarity tiers stop at RR rather than running to a super-rare tier above it, which means the chase structure is carried by the parallel treatments rather than by an extra rarity band. The second is that the colour list includes Colorless alongside the four named colours, which is a five-part structure rather than a four-part one and affects how a deck is built.
The publisher adds a standing note that design and specifications are subject to change. That is standard wording for a set described before release, and it is the reason the specification above should be read as the current published one rather than as a guarantee.
Legends Awaken: what the second set adds
Legends Awaken is the set arriving on 30 October 2026, and its own product page names what is new in it.
- Legendary Pals debut. The set introduces them, led by Jetragon.
- Tower Bosses come as pairs. Cards in the set feature Tower Bosses paired directly with their signature Pals on a single card, which is a different design from a card that simply depicts a trainer character.
- Characters return and one arrives. Zoe and Lily return, and Saya appears for the first time.
For a set that is only the game’s second, that is a deliberate amount of structure: a new card category, a new framing for boss characters, and a first appearance, rather than a straight continuation.
Eternal Ascent: the third set, and the trial decks before it
Eternal Ascent names both a set and a pair of trial decks, released six weeks apart and in the opposite order to what you might expect.
The trial decks come first, on 18 December 2026, in two colour pairings: Red and Green, and Blue and Purple. The booster set follows on 29 January 2027 and is described by Bushiroad as the game’s third booster pack, with the same specification as the second: 100 types at base rarity plus parallels, across Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Colorless.
The publisher had opened pre-orders for the booster set in September 2026, four months before release, and had not published a detailed card list at that point. If you see a full Eternal Ascent card list quoted before the publisher’s own card list appears, it is not coming from Bushiroad.
The accessory line
A notable feature of this game’s release schedule is that accessories are dated alongside the cards rather than appearing later as an afterthought. Three groups are published.
| Date | Accessory |
|---|---|
| 16 October 2026 | Grizzbolt – Rumbling Tank sleeves; Relaxaurus – Hungry Gunner sleeves |
| 22 January 2027 | Daedream – Blissful Dreams and Katress Ignis – Scathing Counter: sleeves, rubber playmats and storage boxes |
| Listed separately | A Sleeve and Card Set Vol. 1, whose release date Bushiroad published a change to in August 2026 |
Two practical points follow. Storage boxes dated by the publisher are the same product category we cover in our page on card storage boxes, and a rubber playmat is a different object from a sleeve or a box, so the January 2027 group is three separate purchases rather than a bundle. The Sleeve and Card Set Vol. 1 is worth checking against the publisher’s own page before ordering, precisely because its date has already been revised once.
Our pages on sleeve sizes and on sleeve thickness cover the two specifications that decide whether a third-party sleeve fits a given card, which matters when a game is new and the card stock is not yet widely documented.
How the game has sold so far
Bushiroad has published two sales milestones for the game, both as announcements on its own site.
| Date of announcement | Figure given |
|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | 3.5 million packs sold worldwide |
| 8 September 2026 | 4.4 million packs sold worldwide |
Read as a pair rather than as two separate numbers, they describe roughly 900,000 packs between early July and early September, which spans the launch on 30 July. That is the period in which a new card game either finds an audience or does not, and the publisher chose to report the second figure separately, which is itself a signal about how it reads the launch.
CardSpicy does not quote prices for individual cards and makes no valuation or investment recommendation. If the question you have is about the wider card market rather than this game, our market report is the place to start.
What this page does not claim
Three limits, stated plainly.
- No card count beyond the publisher’s own. The figure of 100 types per booster set is Bushiroad’s, and it refers to base rarities before parallels rather than to a total.
- No prices. CardSpicy quotes no prices for this game and makes no valuation or investment recommendation.
- No claim about the wider franchise. This page is about the card game’s products and dates, not about the video game or anything else built on the same setting.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Palworld Official Card Game?
It is a trading card game published by Bushiroad and built on the Palworld setting. Its first products, the Booster Pack “Dawn of Palpagos” and the Dawn of Palpagos Trial Decks, went on sale on 30 July 2026.
When does the next Palworld card game set release?
Booster Pack “Legends Awaken” releases on 30 October 2026. After that, two Eternal Ascent trial decks release on 18 December 2026, and the Booster Pack “Eternal Ascent” releases on 29 January 2027. All dates are published by Bushiroad.
How many card types are in a Palworld booster set?
Bushiroad lists 100 types at the base rarities plus parallels, across the tiers RR, R, U and C, with the featured colours Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Colorless. That specification is published for both Legends Awaken and Eternal Ascent. The publisher notes that design and specifications are subject to change.
What is new in Legends Awaken?
Legendary Pals make their debut in the set, led by Jetragon. Cards also feature Tower Bosses paired directly with their signature Pals on a single card. Zoe and Lily return as characters, and Saya appears for the first time.
How many Palworld card game packs have been sold?
Bushiroad announced 3.5 million packs sold worldwide on 9 July 2026, and 4.4 million packs sold worldwide on 8 September 2026.
Sources
Sources and scope
- Bushiroad’s official Palworld Official Card Game product listing — the release dates of 16 October 2026 for the Grizzbolt and Relaxaurus sleeves, 30 October 2026 for Booster Pack “Legends Awaken”, 18 December 2026 for the Eternal Ascent Red•Green and Blue•Purple Trial Decks, 22 January 2027 for the Daedream and Katress Ignis sleeves, playmats and storage boxes, and 29 January 2027 for Booster Pack “Eternal Ascent”.
- Bushiroad’s official product page for Booster Pack “Legends Awaken” — the release date of 30 October 2026, the card specification of 100 types at rarity RR, R, U and C plus parallels, the featured colours of Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Colorless, the debut of Legendary Pals led by Jetragon, the Tower Boss and signature Pal pairings, and the return of Zoe and Lily alongside the first appearance of Saya.
- Bushiroad’s official pre-order announcement for Booster Pack “Eternal Ascent”, 11 September 2026 — the description of the set as the game’s third booster pack, the card specification of 100 types plus parallels at RR, R, U and C, the colour list, and the publisher’s note that design and specifications are subject to change.
- Bushiroad’s official news index — the launch announcement of 12 January 2026 for a release on 30 July 2026, the sale of the first trial decks and booster pack on 30 July 2026, the June 2026 pre-order announcement for Legends Awaken and Sleeve and Card Set Vol. 1, the August 2026 notice changing the release date of Sleeve and Card Set Vol. 1, the retailer locator and official store programme, the Bushiroad Card Game Festival Singapore 2026 on 30 July 2026, the tournament milestone flair programme of 1 October 2026, and the two published pack sales milestones of 3.5 million on 9 July 2026 and 4.4 million on 8 September 2026.
- Scope note: only details published by Bushiroad are stated as confirmed. No prices are quoted, and no card counts beyond the publisher’s published figure are given. CardSpicy quotes no prices and makes no valuation or investment recommendation.
Release dates and product contents are set by the publisher and can change, including after pre-orders open. Check Bushiroad’s own pages before ordering.
Related reading
- The Collector’s Library
- The Card Protection Guide
- Protecting cards with sleeves
- Card sleeve sizes, explained
- Card sleeve thickness, explained
- Penny sleeve against toploader
- Card storage boxes, explained
- Open a booster box, or keep it sealed
- How to start a card collection
- The October 2026 card market report
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).