Quick answer
The official Naruto Mythos card gallery lists 14 records of Shikamaru Nara, sitting on 5 card numbers and printed in 7 rarity codes across 2 sets. CardSpicy indexes the Naruto line card by card, and the table below is the whole list for this character.
The team strategist, built around his Shadow Possession jutsu, and the count below is everything the manufacturer’s own gallery holds for Shikamaru Nara — including the printings that share a card number and differ only in rarity or version name.
How many Shikamaru Nara cards are there?
The team strategist, built around his Shadow Possession jutsu. The gallery holds 14 records under the name Shikamaru Nara. Those 14 records resolve to 10 card-number-and-version pairings across 5 card numbers, because the same number is reused for printings at different rarities. The earliest printing is dated 2026-03-13 and the most recent 2026-09-04.
| Rarity code | Records | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | Set 1 and Set 2. |
| R | 3 | Set 1 and Set 2. |
| RA | 3 | Set 1 and Set 2. |
| UC | 2 | Set 1. |
| CHIBI | 1 | Set 2. |
| M | 1 | Set 1. |
| Shinobi | 1 | Set 2. |
Across the two recorded sets that is 9 in Set 1 (Konoha Shidō) and 5 in Set 2 (Shinobi Shiren). By edition the split is 10 first-edition records and 4 second-edition records.
Every Shikamaru Nara card, listed
Every Shikamaru Nara record the gallery holds, in card-number order. “Card number” is the number printed on the card itself; a card number can carry more than one printing at more than one rarity, which is why some numbers appear several times. Chakra is the cost in the top-left of the card and power is the printed value. Effect text is quoted as printed.
| Card number | Version | Rarity | Edition | Chakra | Power | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
021/130 |
Genin of Team 10 | C | 1stnd & 2ndnd | 1 | 0 | MAIN ↯ If you have the Edge, draw a card. |
022/130 |
Shadow Possession Jutsu | UC | 1stnd & 2ndnd | 3 | 3 | AMBUSH ↯ Move an enemy character played during the opponent’s previous turn. |
111/130 |
Shadow Strangle Jutsu | R | 1stnd & 2ndnd | 6 | 5 | MAIN ⧗ The opponent cannot play characters while hidden in this mission. · UPGRADE ↯ Hide an enemy character with Power 3 or less in this mission. |
111/130 |
This whole thing’s a drag… | RA | 1stnd & 2ndnd | 6 | 5 | MAIN ⧗ The opponent cannot play characters while hidden in this mission. · UPGRADE ↯ Hide an enemy character with Power 3 or less in this mission. |
111/130 |
Shadow Strangle Jutsu | M | 1stnd | 6 | 5 | MAIN ⧗ The opponent cannot play characters while hidden in this mission. · UPGRADE ↯ Hide an enemy character with Power 3 or less in this mission. |
011/140 |
Gathering Information | C | 1stnd | 2 | 2 | MAIN ↯ Look at a hidden character in this mission. |
118/140 |
“It would just mean more work.” | CHIBI | 1stnd | 5 | 6 | AMBUSH ↯ Reveal and defeat an enemy hidden character in play. · DUEL Temari ↯ Hide an enemy character in play with the same name as the revealed character. |
118/140 |
Chunin Exams | Shinobi | 1stnd | 5 | 6 | AMBUSH ↯ Reveal and defeat an enemy hidden character in play. · DUEL Temari ↯ Hide an enemy character in play with the same name as the revealed character. |
118/140 |
“But who ever said I was classy?” | R | 1stnd | 5 | 6 | AMBUSH ↯ Reveal and defeat an enemy hidden character in play. · DUEL Temari ↯ Hide an enemy character in play with the same name as the revealed character. |
118/140 |
“But who ever said I was classy?” | RA | 1stnd | 5 | 6 | AMBUSH ↯ Reveal and defeat an enemy hidden character in play. · DUEL Temari ↯ Hide an enemy character in play with the same name as the revealed character. |
Shikamaru Nara — the strongest cards
The highest power printed on any Shikamaru Nara card is 6. The top of the range looks like this:
| Card number | Version | Rarity | Chakra | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
118/140 |
“It would just mean more work.” | CHIBI | 5 | 6 |
118/140 |
Chunin Exams | Shinobi | 5 | 6 |
118/140 |
“But who ever said I was classy?” | R | 5 | 6 |
118/140 |
“But who ever said I was classy?” | RA | 5 | 6 |
111/130 |
Shadow Strangle Jutsu | R | 6 | 5 |
Power is not the same as usefulness. A card’s chakra cost is what it takes to play it, and the effect line is what it does once it is in play; a high-power card that costs more chakra than the deck can produce is not the strongest card in the set.
Who Shikamaru Nara duels
Some Shikamaru Nara cards carry a DUEL line, which names a specific opposing character and gives an effect that only fires against that character. The gallery prints these:
- Temari — 4 cards. See every Temari card.
What Shikamaru Nara’s cards have in common
Every Shikamaru Nara record in the gallery is filed under Leaf Village (14), so the group line does not vary between cards. The keyword lines do vary, and they show what the card is expected to be used with:
| Keyword | Records |
|---|---|
| Team 10 | 14 |
| Jutsu | 11 |
Every card of this character in the gallery is a Character card — the line has not printed this character as any other card type.
Shikamaru Nara in the Naruto Card Game
Bandai’s Naruto Card Game, the 2027 game, has shown a different set of cards from the Mythos line. For Shikamaru Nara, the revealed cards are:
N-008— Character. Shikamaru Nara — Shadow Possession Jutsu.
Those are reveals and display cards, not a card list: the game does not release until 2027 and Bandai has published no numbering for it. See every Naruto Card Game card that has been shown for the full set.
What has been recorded for Leaf
Shikamaru Nara is filed under Leaf in our index, alongside 33 other characters. The gallery has recorded 25 of those 34 characters, and this page is the one for Shikamaru Nara: the others with records are Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake. The full list for the group is below, so you can see at a glance what exists and what does not.
| Character | Records in the gallery |
|---|---|
| Naruto Uzumaki | 32 |
| Sasuke Uchiha | 27 |
| Sakura Haruno | 21 |
| Kakashi Hatake | 20 |
| Tsunade | 18 |
| Jiraiya | 16 |
| Rock Lee | 16 |
| Kiba Inuzuka | 14 |
| Neji Hyuga | 14 |
| Shikamaru Nara — this page | 14 |
| Hinata Hyuga | 13 |
| Ino Yamanaka | 12 |
| Choji Akimichi | 11 |
| Shino Aburame | 11 |
| Tenten | 10 |
| Asuma Sarutobi | 7 |
| Hiruzen Sarutobi | 7 |
| Kurenai Yuhi | 7 |
| Might Guy | 6 |
| Iruka Umino | 5 |
| Shizune | 5 |
| Minato Namikaze | 3 |
| Hashirama Senju | 2 |
| Tobirama Senju | 2 |
| Konohamaru Sarutobi | 1 |
| Boruto Uzumaki | 0 |
| Danzo Shimura | 0 |
| Kawaki | 0 |
| Kushina Uzumaki | 0 |
| Mitsuki | 0 |
| Sai | 0 |
| Sarada Uchiha | 0 |
| Shisui Uchiha | 0 |
| Yamato | 0 |
How these counts are made
The counts on this page are read out of the manufacturer’s own card gallery rather than estimated. A “record” is one entry in that gallery: where the same card is held in more than one edition, each edition is its own record, which is why the record count reads higher than a count of distinct cards would. Rarity codes are shown exactly as the gallery prints them, and where the gallery prints a code without explaining it, the code is shown rather than a name invented for it. Prices are not quoted: there is no tracked market for these cards that we can quote from. See the full Naruto card list for the same data taken across every character at once.
Frequently asked questions
How many Shikamaru Nara cards are there?
The gallery holds 14 records of Shikamaru Nara, across 5 card numbers and 7 rarity codes.
What rarities is Shikamaru Nara printed at?
C (3 records), R (3 records), RA (3 records), UC (2 records), M (1 records), CHIBI (1 records), Shinobi (1 records).
Which sets is Shikamaru Nara in?
Set 1: Konoha Shidō (9 records) and Set 2: Shinobi Shiren (5 records), with printings dated 2026-03-13 to 2026-09-04.
Is Shikamaru Nara in Bandai’s Naruto Card Game?
Yes. N-008 is a Character card. The game releases in 2027 and no card list has been published for it yet.
Does this page quote Shikamaru Nara card prices?
No. There is no tracked market for these cards that we can quote from, so this page lists what is printed on the cards and quotes no values.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Naruto Mythos — the manufacturer’s own card gallery, for every card number, version name, rarity code, chakra cost, power value, effect line, set and release date on this page.
- CardSpicy — the Naruto card list, where every record the gallery holds is listed character by character.
- CardSpicy — the Naruto index, for the character grid and the village, era and chase-tier data behind it.
- Bandai Card Games — reveal material and Gen Con 2026 coverage, for the Naruto Card Game cards named above and the 2027 release window.
Card statistics on this page are counted from the manufacturer’s own gallery at the date shown, so they move as the gallery is updated. Prices are not quoted here. Where the manufacturer has published nothing for a field, the field is left empty rather than filled in. Card names, characters and series are the property of their respective rights holders, and this page is an independent collector’s index.
Related reading
- Naruto cards: the characters, the sets and the chase tiers
- Naruto card list: every Mythos card, card by card
- Every Temari card in the Naruto card line
- Every Naruto Uzumaki card in the Naruto card line
- Every Sasuke Uchiha card in the Naruto card line
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).