The Digimon Card Game is young enough that all three of the lists on this page can be answered from the publisher’s own pages rather than from a summary. What a card is, which Digimon people voted for, and which cards are currently held back in tournament play are all published by Bandai, which makes this one of the few card games where a page like this can be complete instead of representative.
The Digimon card index here covers the game at the level of colour and card type. This page goes a level finer: the named Digimon, the named cards, and the exact wording the publisher uses for each.
Quick answer
A Digimon deck is built from four card types — Digi-Egg, Digimon, Tamer and Option — and the code printed at the bottom of a card tells you which product it came from. The Digimon ranking below is the order of the publisher’s own vote for the most popular Digimon, which was won by a fusion. The third list is the current banned and restricted list: four banned cards, five cards restricted to a single copy, and two pairs that cannot be played together.
The three lists on this page
Two of the three lists here are complete rather than illustrative, which is unusual and worth flagging, because it changes what you can do with them.
- The card index — the four card types and the code prefixes. This is structure: it tells you where a card sits and what product it came from. It is the same on every card of that type.
- The Digimon ranking — a vote, and therefore a snapshot. It records what the people who answered said on the day they answered.
- The restricted cards — the publisher’s own list, complete as at the date on this page. Unlike a vote this one changes on the publisher’s schedule rather than on ours, so it is the list most likely to be out of date first.
The cards: what a Digimon card carries
Four card types share one game, and each one sits somewhere different. The distinction matters more here than in most card games, because the Digi-Egg deck is a separate deck with its own size limit, and because an Option card is the only type that is not a creature or a person.
| Card type | Where it sits | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Digi-Egg | A separate egg deck, not the main deck | The starting form. The egg deck may hold between 0 and 5 cards |
| Digimon | The main deck | A creature. It digivolves, attacks, and carries the level and the colour that decide what it can become |
| Tamer | The main deck | A person rather than a creature, and the card type that tends to carry effects that persist |
| Option | The main deck | A one-off effect rather than a body |
Alongside the type, every card carries a short code at the bottom: a set identifier, a dash, and a two- or three-digit number. The letters say which product the card came from and the digits say where in that product it sits. The prefixes currently in use are ST for a starter deck, BT for a booster set, EX for a booster set outside the main numbered line, RB for a booster set, P for a promotional card distributed outside booster packs, and LM for a limited set card.
Rarity runs on its own ladder, from Common and Uncommon through Rare and Super Rare to Secret Rare, and an alternate-art version of a card keeps the same card number as the original. That last point is the one that catches people out: the code alone will not tell you which treatment you are looking at. The card numbers and rarity codes page covers the ladder in full.
The Digimon, ranked by the publisher’s own vote
Bandai ran a vote asking which Digimon was the favourite, and published the ten that came out on top. The result is dominated by the first series and by fully evolved forms: eight of the ten are from the original continuity or its immediate sequel, and six are at Mega level.
| Rank | Digimon | Level | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omnimon | Mega | A fusion of two Mega forms, and a member of the Royal Knights |
| 2 | WarGreymon | Mega | The Mega form of the first series’ lead partner |
| 3 | Gallantmon | Mega | A Royal Knight, and the Mega form of a third-series partner |
| 4 | Beelzemon | Mega | One of the Seven Great Demon Lords |
| 5 | Agumon | Rookie | The lead partner of the first series, and the only Rookie in the top five |
| 6 | Alphamon | Mega | A Royal Knight |
| 7 | Paildramon | Ultimate | A DNA Digivolution of an ExVeemon and a Stingmon |
| 8 | Terriermon | Rookie | A Rookie partner form |
| 9 | Veemon | Rookie | A Rookie partner form |
| 10 | Patamon | Rookie | A Rookie partner form |
Three features of that list are worth noticing. The winner is a fusion rather than a single Digimon, which is unusual on a list of this kind. Only one Rookie makes the top five, and it is the one that has been in the most media. And Paildramon is the only Ultimate in the ten, which makes it the highest non-Mega on the list — and the only entry whose official profile names the two Digimon it is made from.
The publisher also runs standing votes on narrower questions, and the results of those are instructive in the opposite direction. On a vote restricted to the angel-type Digimon, the winner was a female-presenting angel rather than the most familiar one, and the top three were all female-presenting. A narrow vote and a general vote do not produce the same order, and neither one predicts the other.
The restricted cards, ranked by how tightly they are held
This is the one list on the page that is complete. The publisher republishes the banned and restricted list as the competitive environment changes, and the version below is the one dated on this page. It has three tiers, and the tiers are the ranking: a banned card cannot be played at all, a restricted card is held to a fixed number of copies, and a banned pair is two cards that may not appear in the same deck.
| Tier | Card | Card number | What the restriction does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banned | Nyaromon | BT15-003 | Cannot be included in a deck at all |
| Banned | Mega Digimon Fusion! | BT5-109 | Cannot be included in a deck at all |
| Banned | Yamato Ishida | BT2-090 | Cannot be included in a deck at all |
| Banned | Sayo & Koh | EX5-065 | Cannot be included in a deck at all |
| Restricted to 1 | Analog Youth | EX1-066 | One copy per deck instead of the usual four |
| Restricted to 1 | Growlmon (X Antibody) | EX8-012 | One copy per deck instead of the usual four |
| Restricted to 1 | Patamon | BT14-033 | One copy per deck instead of the usual four |
| Restricted to 1 | Shakkoumon | BT23-032 | One copy per deck instead of the usual four |
| Restricted to 1 | Hidden Potential Discovered! | BT3-103 | One copy per deck instead of the usual four |
Two details in that table are easy to miss and matter. The first is that the copy limit in this game is four, so “restricted to 1” is a cut to a quarter rather than a small trim. The second is that an alternate-art printing of a restricted card is restricted as well, because the restriction follows the card number and the alternate art keeps the same number. A different illustration is not a different card.
Alongside those two tiers sit the banned pairs, which work in the opposite direction: neither card is restricted on its own, but if one is in the deck the other may not be. Two pairs are currently listed. The first is EX2-007 Mother D-Reaper with EX7-064 Shoto Kazama. The second is BT20-037 Chaosmon: Valdur Arm with BT17-035 Taomon, and BT20-037 Chaosmon: Valdur Arm with EX8-037 Sakuyamon (X Antibody).
What this page does not claim
No prices, and no card counts. The restricted list is reproduced as at the date on this page and will change on the publisher’s schedule rather than on ours, so it should be checked against the publisher’s own page before it is relied on. The Digimon ranking is a vote, which means it records the people who answered rather than the whole audience. Where the publisher does not state something, this page says nothing about it.
Frequently asked questions
How many copies of a card can a Digimon deck hold?
Up to four copies of a card with the same card number, in the ordinary case. Cards on the restricted list are cut to the number printed beside them on the publisher’s announcement, which for every card currently listed is one.
Does an alternate art change whether a card is restricted?
No. The restriction follows the card number, and an alternate-art printing keeps the same card number as the original. A different illustration is therefore still the same restricted card.
What is a banned pair?
Two cards that cannot appear in the same deck even though neither is restricted on its own. If the first card is in the deck, the second is banned from it. Two pairs are currently listed by the publisher.
Which Digimon is the most popular?
On the publisher’s own vote for the most popular Digimon, Omnimon took first place, with WarGreymon second and Gallantmon third. The wider top ten is dominated by the first series and by fully evolved forms, with three Rookie forms and one Ultimate among the ten.
Is the Digi-Egg deck part of the main deck?
No. The Digi-Egg deck is separate and may hold between zero and five cards, while the main deck is built to its own size. That is why a Digi-Egg card can be restricted in a way that a main-deck card cannot: it can be reached at a timing a main-deck card cannot.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Bandai — the Digimon Card Game official rules and glossary: the card types, the areas of the playing field, the deck limits and the card code prefixes given on this page.
- Bandai — the official Banned and Restricted Card Announcement dated 2026-08-21, effective 2026-09-01: every banned card, every restricted card and both banned pairs listed on this page, with the card numbers the publisher prints on them.
- Bandai — the Digimon Web official vote for the most popular Digimon, whose result gives the order of the ranking on this page, and the official Digimon Reference Book entries that give each Digimon its level.
- This page was compiled 2026-10-06. Card counts are only quoted where the publisher publishes them.
Rules wording, card numbers and the banned and restricted list are quoted from Bandai’s own rules pages at the date cited and are subject to change. This page is rules and identification, not valuation: we publish no price for Digimon cards, because we have not yet run a checked pull of graded sales for the game.
Related reading
- The Digimon Card Game index on this site
- Digimon card numbers and rarity codes
- The memory gauge, explained
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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