Not every Dragon Ball promo card comes from a tournament. Two of the publisher’s own magazines carry Fusion World cards as cover-mounted inserts, and those cards reach collectors through newsagents, subscription services and importers rather than through a game store. It is a small channel, it is easy to miss when you are searching a card database by set, and it produces cards that never appear in a booster, a starter deck or an event prize pack. The Dragon Ball promo card overview covers the distribution types at a general level; this page covers the magazine channel specifically.
Quick answer
Saikyo Jump and V-Jump, both published by Shueisha, carry Dragon Ball Fusion World promotional cards in specific issues. The cards are printed for the issue and are not sold separately. They are physical-only: the publisher has stated that at least one of them will not be issued in the digital version of the game, which means there is no redemption code and no way to obtain the card by playing online.
Two magazines, two cards
Saikyo Jump, October 2026 issue. The insert is a Bardock card drawn from the Dragon Ball Z television special Bardock — The Father of Goku rather than from Dragon Ball Super. It is a blue-type card with a printed Power Level of 10,000, and it can transform into a Great Ape when the conditions on the card and a matching Oozaru card allow it.
V-Jump, November 2026 issue. The insert is a Future Gohan card. It too carries a printed Power Level of 10,000, which puts the two magazine cards at the same printed stat line even though they come from different timelines and different magazines.
Why the source timeline matters
The Bardock card is worth a closer look because of which Bardock it is. Dragon Ball has printed the character in several versions — the Dragon Ball Super: Broly prologue, the Granolah arc of the Dragon Ball Super manga, and the original television special — and they are not the same depiction. This insert is explicitly the Z-era version, from the special that told the story of Planet Vegeta’s fall. For a collector building a character page around Bardock rather than a set page, that distinction is the whole reason to own it, and it is not visible from the card number alone.
Why magazine cards are structurally different
Three things separate this channel from an event prize.
Supply follows a magazine, not a season. An event prize is limited by how many tournaments the publisher runs. A magazine insert is limited by how many copies of one issue are printed and how many subscribers receive it, and the publisher does not publish either number. Once the issue is off the newsstand, the only supply that reaches the market is what readers chose to sell.
Condition is a real problem. A tournament prize card arrives in a pack handed to you at a table. A magazine insert arrives bound into a publication that has travelled through a postal system, sat on a shelf and been read. Cards that were never sleeved can carry corner wear that has nothing to do with how they were printed, and a magazine card submitted for grading is graded on that condition like any other card. Condition and grading for Dragon Ball cards covers what a grader looks at.
The card is not in the set list it belongs to. A magazine promo is designed as part of the game, so it will carry a code that places it near a set, but it is not part of that set’s contents. A collector completing a set will not encounter it on a checklist, and a collector searching only booster contents will not see it at all.
What we will not tell you
CardSpicy will not quote a print run for a magazine issue, and we will not present a valuation for a card we have not seen trade. What we can state is what the publisher has published: the two issuing magazines, the two cards, and the fact that at least one of them is physical-only. Anything beyond that — how many were printed, what a sealed copy is worth, whether the card will be legal in a given event — is a question for the card’s own listing and the event regulations, not for a guide.
Frequently asked questions
Which magazines carry Dragon Ball Fusion World cards?
Saikyo Jump and V-Jump, both published by Shueisha. The October 2026 Saikyo Jump carries a Dragon Ball Z-era Bardock card, and the November 2026 V-Jump carries a Future Gohan card.
Can you get a magazine promo card digitally?
The publisher has stated that at least one of these inserts is not available in the digital version of the game. A magazine card is a physical insert and is not sold as a single by the publisher, so there is no redemption route for it.
Are magazine promo cards the same as event prize cards?
No. Both are promotional, but the supply comes from different places. An event card is limited by how many tournaments are run; a magazine card is limited by how many copies of one issue are printed. The condition a magazine card arrives in is usually worse, because it has travelled bound into a publication.
Is the Saikyo Jump Bardock the same character as the Broly movie Bardock?
It is the same character in a different depiction. The insert is drawn from the Dragon Ball Z television special Bardock — The Father of Goku, which predates the Dragon Ball Super: Broly prologue and tells the story differently. The printed Power Level of 10,000 is a stated stat on the card, not a claim about the character.
How do you check a magazine promo listing?
Ask for the card number and the magazine issue together. The number places the card in the game’s numbering; the issue tells you which insert it is, which is the only way to tell one print of a character from another. A listing that gives a character name and a picture, but no number, cannot be checked.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Bandai — the official DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME Fusion World rule manual (Version 1.20), which sets out deck construction, the colour rule and the charge, main and end turn structure.
- Bandai — the official Fusion World event pages for the November 2026 Shop Battle and Ultimate Battle EX, and the BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 Championship listing, which are the source of every prize card number quoted on this page.
- Bandai — the official Fusion World booster and starter-deck product listings and their published release dates, and the official card-list finder, which is the source of the set make-up quoted here.
- CardSpicy — the Dragon Ball card index, which tracks how many cards each character has and how many carry a graded value.
Event details, prize line-ups and product contents are taken from the publisher’s own announcements at the date stated and can change without notice. Prices quoted anywhere on this site are secondary-market observations and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.
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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