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- The CP-001 Chakra Card Has 14 Confirmed Give-Away Occasions — Only 2 Carry a Version Name, and None Are in JapanCounting only what official primary sources state, the "CP-001 Chakra Card" is being handed out at fourteen separate events. Yet only two of them list a version name (like -Gen Con 2026 Ver.-); the other twelve say nothing more than "CP-001 Chakra Card," and whether they share the same artwork is unannounced. The way you get one also splits four ways: lottery, on-site sign-up, advance ticket, and first-come. Here is every occasion in date order, with the conditions attached to each and which ones you can still apply for.
- The NARUTO Card Game in September 2026 — the official roadmap has nothing for this month, yet eight dated events are already locked inThe roadmap on the English official site lists no September entries at all, and the next "New info reveals" is NYCC 2026 (October 8–11). Even so, checking the primary sources turns up eight things with confirmed dates this month (six at publication, plus the Kuala Lumpur and Taipei openings confirmed on September 6): the CP-001 giveaway at Yankee Stadium (September 8, vs the Rockies, 7:05pm local, first 40,000 guests) plus the BCG Fest lottery deadlines, winner announcements and openings. Here they are in date order — along with what will not happen in September.
- Only five revealed cards say "if" — three of them decide it by flipping the top of your deck, and not one card tells you what happens when you missSweeping the 38 cards in our database (24 with legible text) for conditions checked on resolution turns up five cards. Three of them share the exact same sentence: "Reveal the top card of your deck, and if…". Those three are the only randomness in anything revealed so far. On top of that, zero cards spell out a fallback for missing, and none of the twelve [Support] cards carries a condition at all. Here is the revealed pool sorted by how each card can whiff.
- When do NARUTO Card Game pre-orders start? As of October 2, 2026 there is nothing to pre-order — the only thing you can officially apply for is a demo lottery"Where can I pre-order the NARUTO Card Game?" is by far the most common search that brings people to this site, so here is the pre-order situation using only official announcements. The answer has not changed since this article was published on September 1: there is nothing to pre-order. No product line-up and no pricing have been announced, so no product exists to reserve. Three official sign-ups are easy to mistake for pre-orders, and the Teaching Session lottery now closes in Bangkok on October 4, with four cities still accepting applications.
- Only three cards say "negate" — and just two of them are counters, both of which cost you something afterwardsSearching the 38 cards in our database (24 with legible effect text) for the word "negate" returns three hits. Only two of them — Kakashi Hatake (N-009) and Shisui Uchiha (N-016) — act as counters against the opponent. Both use the identical wording "Negate that card. After that, ...", and in both cases the second half is a drawback for you. Twelve cards carry [Support], but only two can stop one. Here is how counterplay is shaped in what has been revealed so far.
- BCG Fest NARUTO "Teaching Session" lottery guide — status and winner dates for seven cities, plus the admission rules (no same-day entry, ID checks, admission tickets)The NARUTO Card Game demo "Teaching Session" at BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 is a lottery in all seven Asian cities — Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei. This guide brings together each city's application window, winner announcement date and current status with the admission and lottery rules — winners only, no same-day registration or entry, ID checks at reception, non-transferable rights, and a separate admission ticket — and the BANDAI TCG+ face photo and results flow, quoting the official pages.
- BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in London set for January 15–17, 2027 at ExCeL London — pre-registration opens October 25, 9:00 GMTThe English official site announced "BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in LONDON" on August 28. It runs January 15–17, 2027 at ExCeL London Hall 1-11, lists NARUTO Card Game among its titles, and states that pre-registration opens October 25, 2026 at 9:00am GMT. Checking all 11 Fest cities again, published detail pages have grown from four (as of August 22) to seven — and NARUTO appears in all seven.
- Only 4 Cards Call Another Card by Name — 7 Names Are Listed, and No Two Cards Look in the Same PlaceSearching all 38 entries in our card database (24 of which have readable effect text) for effects that name a specific card turns up exactly 4. Seven card names are called out between them, and the four cards look in four different zones: deck-or-trash, trash, your field, and the top of your deck. No card names an opponent's card, and none uses a name on the paying side of a [Summon Requirements] clause.
- Only 4 Cards Mention the Trash — All of Them EX Characters. They Place 6 Cards There, but Only 2 Say They Can Take Anything BackSearching all 38 entries in our card database (24 of which have readable effect text) for "trash" turns up exactly 4 cards — and those 4 are precisely the 4 confirmed EX Characters. They place a combined 6 Characters in the trash as payment, while only 2 cards say they summon anything back out of it. No revealed card touches the opponent's trash, and not one card says a K.O.'d card goes to the trash.
- Five Revealed Cards Say "Rest" — Two of Them K.O. Rested Characters, Yet Nothing Revealed So Far Actually Rests a CharacterSearching all 38 entries in our card database (24 of which have readable effect text) for the word "rest" returns five cards. Three of them rest something (the [Recovery] on both Leaders, plus the Summon card S-001); two of them care about rested Characters (Jiraiya N-006 and Orochimaru). Not one card rests an opponent's card. And "rest" never once overlaps with "face-up / face-down" — the game tracks two separate kinds of used-up state.
- Exactly One Revealed Card Says "Draw" — and It Doesn't Grow Your Hand. Only 2 of 38 Entries Mention the Hand at AllSearching all 38 entries in our card database (24 of which have readable effect text) for the word "hand" returns just two cards: Sasuke Uchiha's Leader card (N-012) and Sakura Haruno. Only N-012 says "draw" — and it puts a card from your hand back on top of your deck, so your hand size never changes. Not one revealed card adds cards to your hand. So where does the board come from? Here is what the revealed cards actually say, with confirmed facts kept apart from open questions.
- Only 12 Cards Mention "Attack" — and 7 of Them Belong to the Player Being Attacked. Just One Card Says It Interrupts the AttackSearching the effect text of all 38 revealed entries for the word "attack" returns 12 cards. Five help the attacker; seven are used by the defender. And of the six Supports playable [During Your Opponent's Attack], only Shikamaru Nara (N-008) — Shadow Possession Jutsu — actually refers to "that attack." Here is the attack game as the revealed cards describe it, with confirmed facts kept apart from open questions.
- BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in Orlando set for January 7–10, 2027 — NARUTO gets a Tutorial Session, and entry requires advance applicationThe English official site announced "BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in ORLANDO" on August 21. It runs January 7–10, 2027 at the Orange County Convention Center, with a NARUTO Card Game Tutorial Session and advance application required to attend. We also checked all 11 Fest cities one by one: only four have detail pages published so far, and NARUTO CARD GAME is listed as a participating title in every one of them.
- All 12 Supports Carry a Jutsu Name — But Only One Has Its Japanese Name Confirmed on an Official CardEvery one of the 12 confirmed [Support] abilities is printed with a jutsu name. The catch: 11 of those 12 are only readable on the English demo cards handed out at Gen Con 2026, and the only Japanese jutsu name confirmed on an official card frame is Shikamaru Nara (N-008). Line up all 12 English names and two patterns emerge — the word "Jutsu" maps one-to-one onto the original "no Jutsu" naming, and two cards carry a catchphrase instead of a technique.
- Only 4 Cards Touch [Rush] — The Design Around "Attacking the Turn You Summon," and the Power 10 Line That Shows Up in Three PlacesOf the 38 revealed entries, four relate to [Rush]. Only EX Naruto Uzumaki (N-003) and EX Sasuke Uchiha (N-014) have it printed — the other two EX cards do not. And "power 10 or more" appears in three separate effects: Minato's Rush condition and the summon requirements of EX Naruto and Gamabunta. The highest power on any revealed non-EX Character is 9, and only three cards can push anything over that line.
- NYCC 2026 Panel "NARUTO: What's Next?" Detailed — Oct 10, 5:00 PM, and the Description Explicitly Promises NARUTO CARD GAME UpdatesA countdown has appeared on the NARUTO official site's top page, linking to the official New York Comic Con 2026 panel listing. The panel is titled "NARUTO: What's Next?", scheduled for October 10, 5:00–6:00 PM local time on the Empire Stage. Its description explicitly promises the latest updates on the anime, the NARUTO CARD GAME, and other new projects, plus a new roadmap for the NARUTO universe.
- Chakra Is Not the Only Thing You Pay in the NARUTO Card Game — The 7 Kinds of Price the 38 Confirmed Entries DemandOnly 12 confirmed cards actually print a cost number. The rest demand something else: putting your own Characters in the trash, reducing your own life by 2, putting a card from hand on top of your deck, resting a card. Notably, all four EX Characters have no cost box at all and pay zero chakra. We recount all 38 entries in our card database by "what you give up," separating confirmed facts from what is still unannounced.
- 6 of the 7 Removal Effects in the NARUTO Card Game Come From Face-Down Supports — Cost 1 Hits One, Cost 2 Hits Two or More, No ExceptionsAmong the revealed cards, seven effects can remove a Character from the field. Six of them are [Support] cards played face-down, and the only removal attached to a Character you actually summon is the [On Summon] ability of EX Sasuke (N-014). Cost maps cleanly onto scope — 1 for single targets, 2 for two or more — and every effect that picks an opposing Character can only be used [During Your Opponent's Attack]. Confirmed facts and open questions, separated.
- Four rarity marks — L, SR, R, C: across the 18 confirmed cards, the C average beats the R averageThe mark that appears to be a rarity letter is legible on 18 NARUTO Card Game cards: 2 L, 5 SR, 6 R, 5 C. Average POW + HP by mark comes out at SR 16.0, C 13.4, R 11.5 — with C ahead of R. Gamabunta, a C, has a bigger body (18) than Jiraiya and Orochimaru, both SR (11). The letters do not track the printed numbers. Here is what is confirmed and what is not.
- Only 4 cards cost 2 — and every one of them kills multiple Characters: re-sorting the 12 confirmed Chakra costsTwelve NARUTO Card Game cards have a legible number in the Chakra cost icon: eight at cost 1, four at cost 2, and nothing above 2. All four cost-2 cards are mass-removal Supports, and not one cost-1 card removes more than a single Character. Stranger still, the cost-2 bodies are the *smaller* ones. Here is what is confirmed and what is not.