Quick answer
CardSpicy works from what a publisher has actually dated, and the Ultraman Card Game has three dated product releases on its own official site. Booster Pack 09 and Starter Deck 04 arrive on 23 October 2026 and bring the Showa-era Ultraman series into the game for the first time. Extra Booster Pack 01 and Extra Deck 02 follow on 4 December 2026 as the game’s first collaboration, built on the anime SSSS.GRIDMAN. Booster Pack 10 lands on 15 January 2027 and debuts Ultraseven and Ultraman Leo.
A card game in its anniversary year, moving from its newest series back toward the 1966 original.
What the game is, briefly
The Ultraman Card Game is a two-player trading card game built on the Tsuburaya Productions franchise. It is younger than the other games CardSpicy writes about, which changes what its release schedule looks like: rather than expanding a mature card pool, the early releases are still establishing which parts of the franchise are in the game at all. That is why the announced products are best read as a list of firsts.
One piece of background is worth holding on to. Ultraman first aired on Japanese television in 1966, which makes 2026 the franchise’s 60th-anniversary year. A franchise anniversary is not a card-game event on its own, but it is the context in which a card game tends to reach back toward its oldest material, and that is exactly what the next three releases do.
The Showa era arrives: Booster Pack 09 and Starter Deck 04
The October release is described by the official site as the point at which the Showa Ultraman series makes its first appearance in the game. Showa is the era name for the reign of Emperor Hirohito, and in franchise terms it covers the original run of television series from 1966 through the late 1980s, which is the material the series is best known for internationally.
| Product | Type | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Booster Pack 09, Here He Comes! Our Hero! | Booster pack | 23 October 2026 |
| Starter Deck 04, Ultraman and Ultraman Cosmos | Pre-constructed deck | 23 October 2026 |
Release 09 and Starter Deck 04 as a pair is the standard pattern for this game, and it is the pattern that tells you what a set is for. A booster pack widens the card pool; a starter deck gives a new player a legal, pre-built starting point. When both carry the same date, the starter is usually the intended entry point for people arriving because of whatever the booster adds, and the booster is the thing existing players buy.
The pairing is also the clue about audience. A starter deck named for two different Ultramen is built to be playable on its own from the first game, which is what a franchise anniversary is meant to produce: a way in for people who have never played a trading card game but know the characters.
The first collaboration: GRIDMAN in December
The December release is a different kind of product entirely, and it is the one the official site flags as a first.
| Product | Type | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Extra Booster Pack 01, UNION of Dreams | Booster pack | 4 December 2026 |
| Extra Deck 02, SSSS.GRIDMAN | Extra deck | 4 December 2026 |
SSSS.GRIDMAN is a television anime that is not part of the Ultraman franchise, and bringing it into the game is described on the official site as the game’s first-ever collaboration. That matters for the shape of the card pool in a way a within-franchise release would not. A collaboration adds characters from outside the property the game was built on, and it is usually the point at which a card game starts to attract buyers who are fans of the collaborator rather than of the base franchise.
The two product types are also worth separating. An extra booster pack widens the pool, while an extra deck is a pre-built product, and a collaboration that ships both at once is designed to be enterable on day one rather than requiring a collection first. If you are buying for the collaboration art rather than for play, the distinction that matters is the same one that applies to any premium card: the printing and the treatment decide whether grading is worthwhile, which our page on whether it is worth grading covers.
Into 2027: Booster Pack 10
The first release of 2027 is a straight booster, and it continues the movement back through the franchise’s history.
| Product | Type | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Booster Pack 10, To the Ends of the Galaxy | Booster pack | 15 January 2027 |
The official site names Ultraseven and Ultraman Leo as the two series making their debut. Both sit in the Showa era and both are older than most of the characters already in the game, which makes 2027 the point at which the card pool starts to look like the franchise’s back catalogue rather than its current output.
For a collector, a booster that introduces an earlier generation is usually the more interesting of the two kinds of release. A new-series booster is bought by players tracking the show; an older-series booster is bought by people with a relationship to the original material, and that second group tends to care more about the cards as objects. Our page on whether to open a booster box or keep it sealed is the relevant one if you intend to hold rather than open.
The competitive line
The game’s event schedule is dated further ahead than any of its products, and for once that is the more useful date.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 2027 | ULTRA LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2027, announced |
| October 2026 | Authorised tournaments and PR card prize schedule published |
| September 2026 | Ultra League Special Promotion Campaign Vol. 5 |
| September 2026 | Applications open for the official judge examinations |
A world championship announced more than a year ahead is a signal about intent rather than a date you can act on, but it does tell you something practical. Organised play in this game runs through authorised tournaments with a published prize-card schedule, which means some cards enter circulation only as event prizes. Those cards are a different proposition from a booster pull, and our page on how to check a graded slab is the relevant one if you are buying a graded example of a card that originated as a prize.
How to read an Ultraman Card Game release
The official product listing sorts everything into four categories, and the category is more informative than the name.
- Expansion Pack products widen the card pool. A booster pack and an extra booster pack both belong here, and both are opened rather than played straight out of the box.
- Pre-constructed deck products are playable as sold. A starter deck and an extra deck both belong here, and both are the intended entry point for a new player.
- Supplies covers the accessories line, which is dated separately from the cards.
- Others is the catch-all, and it is the category to check when a product does not fit the first three.
The current new arrivals on the official page, in the order the site lists them, are UNION of Dreams, SSSS.GRIDMAN, Ultraman and Ultraman Cosmos, Here He Comes! Our Hero!, Converging Bonds and Attack of the Great Kaiju. Two of those are the December collaboration, two are the October release, and two are earlier sets, which is a useful reminder that the newest arrivals are not always the newest products.
What this page does not claim
Four limits, stated plainly.
- Card counts are not published for these releases. The official site gives product names, product types, dates and categories. It has not published card-type counts or rarity splits for Booster Pack 09, Starter Deck 04, the December extras or Booster Pack 10, and nothing here should be read as a checklist.
- The world championship date is a year, not a day. November 2027 is as specific as the announcement gets, and a venue and exact dates are not published.
- These are the dates on the game’s own site. Regional distribution runs its own schedule, so a date here should not be treated as a street date for every market.
- No valuation. CardSpicy makes no valuation or investment recommendation about any card, sealed product or event prize.
Frequently asked questions
When does Ultraman Card Game Booster Pack 09 release?
23 October 2026, alongside Starter Deck 04, Ultraman and Ultraman Cosmos. The official site describes the release as the point at which the Showa-era Ultraman series makes its first appearance in the game.
What is the SSSS.GRIDMAN release?
A pair of products, Extra Booster Pack 01, UNION of Dreams, and Extra Deck 02, SSSS.GRIDMAN, both dated 4 December 2026. The official site describes it as the game’s first-ever collaboration, since SSSS.GRIDMAN is a television anime from outside the Ultraman franchise.
What is in Ultraman Card Game Booster Pack 10?
Booster Pack 10, To the Ends of the Galaxy, releases on 15 January 2027 and is described by the official site as the debut of Ultraseven and Ultraman Leo. Card-type counts have not been published.
When is the Ultraman Card Game world championship?
The ULTRA LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2027 is announced for November 2027. The announcement is at year-and-month level, and no venue or exact dates have been published.
Do the products come in different types?
Yes. The official listing sorts products into Expansion Pack, Pre-constructed deck, Supplies and Others. Booster packs and extra booster packs are expansion products, while starter decks and extra decks are pre-constructed and playable as sold.
Sources
Sources and scope
- The official Ultraman Card Game site news listing, used for the announcement on 1 October 2026 of Booster Pack 10, To the Ends of the Galaxy, for 15 January 2027 with Ultraseven and Ultraman Leo; the announcement on 18 August 2026 of Extra Booster Pack 01 and Extra Deck 02, the game’s first-ever collaboration, on 4 December 2026; the announcement on 10 July 2026 of Booster Pack 09 and Starter Deck 04, Ultraman and Ultraman Cosmos, on 23 October 2026 with the first appearance of the Showa Ultraman series; the announcement of the ULTRA LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2027 for November 2027; the Ultra League Special Promotion Campaign Vol. 5 on 16 September 2026; the authorisation of tournaments and PR card prizes for October 2026 on 9 September 2026; and the opening of applications for the official judge examinations on 1 September 2026.
- The same official product listing, used for the product categories of Expansion Pack, Pre-constructed deck, Supplies and Others, and for the current new arrivals: UNION of Dreams, SSSS.GRIDMAN, Ultraman and Ultraman Cosmos, Here He Comes! Our Hero!, Converging Bonds and Attack of the Great Kaiju.
- Our own pages on whether it is worth grading, whether to open a booster box or keep it sealed, how to check a graded slab, card protection, card storage boxes and the Collector’s Library, used for the internal links.
- Scope note: only details published on the game’s official site are stated as confirmed. Card-type counts and rarity splits are not stated because they have not been published. CardSpicy makes no valuation or investment recommendation.
Release dates, product contents and event details are set by the publisher and can change. Check the official Ultraman Card Game site before pre-ordering.
Related reading
- Is it worth grading a card
- Open a booster box or keep it sealed
- How to check a graded slab
- The card protection guide
- Card storage boxes, explained
- Binders, boxes and frames compared
- Card sleeve sizes, explained
- The card collecting glossary
- The Collector’s Library
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).