Timeless Bonds is the main-line set that followed the launch of a Digimon video game, and the publisher has built the set around that connection rather than treating it as a coincidence. Several of the points Bandai highlights on the product page are about which game characters appear and which of them arrive as a new kind of card.
The set is also one of the clearest examples of how much of a Digimon set can be stated from official sources alone. The card count, the rarity distribution, the pack and box contents and the six points the publisher wants a buyer to know are all on one page, which is why this article can describe the set rather than speculate about it.
Quick answer
Timeless Bonds holds 108 card types and is the set in which the Olympos XII arrive as Dual cards. Its character draw is a video game: the set features more characters from Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and it is built to recreate that game’s climactic battle. The Digimon Card Game index covers the game’s card types and colours; this page covers the set itself.
The set, as the publisher states it
| Field | As published by Bandai |
|---|---|
| Product name | Timeless Bonds |
| Product code | BT-26 |
| Set type | Booster Pack |
| Pre-release date | 28 August 2026 |
| Release date | 4 September 2026 |
| Card types in the set | 108 |
| Cards in a pack | 12 |
| Packs in a box | 24 |
The rarity split, as published
A hundred and eight card types is a large set by this game’s standards, and the distribution shows where the weight sits: the bottom two steps account for well over half the set, while the top three together come to nine types.
| Rarity | Card types |
|---|---|
| Common | 40 |
| Uncommon | 26 |
| Rare | 21 |
| Super Rare | 12 |
| Ultimate Rare | 3 |
| Secret Rare | 2 |
| Special Card | 4 |
The presence of three Ultimate Rare types is worth noting for a reason that has nothing to do with scarcity: Ultimate Rare is a published step in the official breakdown rather than a marketing label, so the three of them are counted in the same list as everything else, sitting between Super Rare and Secret Rare. What that step means against the steps below it is covered on card numbers and rarity codes.
The six points the publisher highlights
Bandai lists six things about this set on the product page. They are worth reproducing in full, because they are the publisher’s own statement of what the set is for.
| # | What the publisher highlights |
|---|---|
| 1 | More characters from the game Digimon Story: Time Stranger appear |
| 2 | The Olympos XII, who feature in the game, join the card game as Dual cards |
| 3 | The set is built to recreate the climactic final battle |
| 4 | More characters from DIGIMON BEATBREAK and DIGIMON DATA SQUAD appear |
| 5 | Each box comes with a special bonus pack |
| 6 | The set introduces decks that can be built from it |
Read together, those six points describe a set that is doing two jobs at once. Four of them are about characters arriving from other Digimon media, and the other two are about the product itself: what extra a box carries, and what the set is intended to let a player build. That combination is why this set was picked for an article about the game’s current line rather than an older one.
What a Dual card is
The second point above is the one that changes how the set plays rather than what it contains. A Dual card is a card that is both a Digimon and an Option, which means the same card can enter play as a body or be used for its effect. The Olympos XII arrive in this set that way.
That matters most for deck building rather than for collecting. A card that can be either a creature or an effect occupies one slot while offering two uses, which changes the arithmetic of how many cards a deck wants at that position. The four card types themselves are unchanged, and DiGi-Egg, Digimon, Tamer and Option sets them out.
What a box adds
The fifth point is a product fact rather than a card fact, and it sits alongside one other thing the publisher states about the box. Between them they describe what a box is worth opening for beyond the cards themselves.
- A bonus pack with every box. The publisher states that each box comes with a special bonus pack, which is part of the box rather than a pull from the packs inside it.
- Twenty-four packs of twelve cards. The pack and box sizes are the line’s standard, so nothing about opening this set differs in format from any other booster pack in the game.
- A larger set than the Extra Boosters. At 108 card types this set is larger than the theme-focused Extra Boosters, which is the normal difference between the two product lines.
What this page does not claim
No prices, and no pull rates. The publisher states how many card types sit at each rarity, what a pack and a box contain, and the six points above; this page reproduces those statements and stops. It does not estimate how often any individual card appears, because the publisher does not publish that, and it does not rank the cards in the set, because a set this recent has no published basis for a ranking. Where the publisher’s product page does not define something, this page says nothing about it rather than filling the gap.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards are in BT-26 Timeless Bonds?
One hundred and eight card types, as published by Bandai. The split runs from 40 Common types to 2 Secret Rare types and 4 Special Card types, with three Ultimate Rare types in between.
What is a Dual card?
A card that is both a Digimon and an Option, so the same card can be played as a creature or used for its effect. The Olympos XII arrive in Timeless Bonds as Dual cards, which is the publisher’s own description of the set.
Which video game does this set connect to?
Digimon Story: Time Stranger. The publisher lists more characters from that game as one of the set’s points, and names it again as the game the Olympos XII feature in.
What comes in a box of Timeless Bonds?
Twenty-four packs of twelve cards, plus a special bonus pack that the publisher states comes with each box. The bonus pack is part of the box rather than something pulled from the packs inside it.
Where does Ultimate Rare sit in the breakdown?
Between Super Rare and Secret Rare. The official breakdown lists forty Common types, twenty-six Uncommon, twenty-one Rare, twelve Super Rare, three Ultimate Rare, two Secret Rare and four Special Card. Whether the step is new to the game is not something the product page states, so this page does not claim either way.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Bandai — the official Digimon Card Game product page for Booster Pack Timeless Bonds (BT-26): the release and pre-release dates, the number of card types, the pack and box contents, the rarity breakdown and the six highlighted points reproduced on this page. Accessed 6 October 2026.
- Bandai — the official product listing that dates Timeless Bonds and its surrounding products, and which carries the publisher’s standing note that product specifications are subject to change.
- Bandai — the Digimon Card Game official rules and glossary, which establishes the card types and the rarity steps used above.
- This page was compiled 2026-10-06. We publish no price for Digimon cards, and no appearance rate the publisher has not published.
Related reading
- The Digimon Card Game index on this site
- DiGi-Egg, Digimon, Tamer and Option
- Digimon Card Game sets: booster, extra booster and starter decks
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).