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Selected articles are available in English. For full coverage, see the Japanese edition.
- It Starts the Moment You Buy It — Card Storage and Care Basics [Preparing for the NARUTO Card Game]Sleeves, deck boxes, and toploaders: what each is for, plus the storage basics that keep cards safe from sunlight and humidity. A TCG-wide primer before launch.
- Never Get Lost at Your First One — TCG Tournament and Event Basics [Preparing for the NARUTO Card Game]What kinds of TCG tournaments exist and how do you join? Registration, what to bring, and how the day flows — the fundamentals shared across every TCG.
- Already Play One Piece or Union Arena? The Head Start Bandai TCG Veterans Have for the NARUTO Card GameThe NARUTO Card Game is a BANDAI CARD GAMES title. The head start One Piece and UNION ARENA players already have — and what to set up before launch.
- Which "NARUTO Card Game" is it, really? Comparing the three NARUTO card products out there in 2026Bandai's NARUTO Card Game, KAYOU's NARUTO cards and Naruto Mythos TCG compared: publisher, license and release timing for all three, side by side.
- Not a Bandai product — Rocketship Entertainment brings "Naruto Mythos TCG" to North America at SDCC 2026Cicaboom's Naruto Mythos TCG hits North America via Rocketship Entertainment at SDCC 2026 — a different publisher and license from Bandai's NARUTO Card Game.
- Get Ahead Before Launch — 5 Habits of Strong TCG Players (Preparing for the NARUTO Card Game)Five fundamentals that make TCG players strong — reading rules precisely, win conditions, probability, reviewing losses and tracking news — before launch.
- Additional Tutorial Sessions planned worldwide after Gen Con — confirmed in official press releaseBandai's official press release states that NARUTO Card Game Tutorial Sessions will continue at events around the world after the Gen Con 2026 kickoff.
- Gen Con 2026 NARUTO Card Game Tutorial Sessions: both Thursday and Saturday now sold outBoth NARUTO Card Game Tutorial Sessions at Gen Con 2026 are marked SOLD OUT. Here's what you can still get at the venue without a session ticket.
- Not the same NARUTO card — KAYOU's trading cards vs. the official Bandai NARUTO Card GameKAYOU's NARUTO cards at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 are a different company and product from Bandai's NARUTO Card Game. Here's how to tell the two apart.
- NARUTO Card Game official social accounts, all in one place (X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook)Every official NARUTO Card Game social account (X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram) linked from the Japanese and English official sites, in one follow list.
- Where the NARUTO Card Game sits in the BANDAI CARD GAMES lineup — what the reveal event showedThe NARUTO Card Game debuted at the BANDAI CARD GAMES Next Plan Presentation 2026.06. What the six other titles on stage say about where it sits at Bandai.
- How to get NARUTO Card Game news on BANDAI TCG+ — a registration walkthroughHow to register for the NARUTO TCG UPDATES CHANNEL on Bandai's official BANDAI TCG+ app — the five steps from the official site, walked through in English. Now updated with BANDAI TCG+ as the application channel for the BCG Fest 26-27 Teaching Sessions (face photo verification required, which can take a week or more). Face photo registration itself is covered in its own article.
- Gen Con 2026 on-site guide: how to get to the Tutorial SessionA step-by-step guide to the NARUTO Card Game's first-ever demo at Gen Con 2026 — venue, dates, tickets and the participation gift set.
- Don't miss a beat — a guide to following official NARUTO Card Game newsWhere official NARUTO Card Game news actually breaks: the official site, official social accounts and BANDAI TCG+ — plus how to check them.
- The heart behind Masashi Kishimoto's message — the shikishi and comments marking the NARUTO Card Game's launchA close read of Masashi Kishimoto's Japanese and English messages and the illustrated shikishi marking the NARUTO Card Game announcement.
- Looking back at the original Naruto CCG (2006–2013) — the road to the revivalRevisiting the original Naruto CCG that Bandai ran from 2006 to 2013, and tracing the road to its revival as the new NARUTO Card Game.
- Ahead of the July 29 reveal — everything officially announced so farA chronological recap of everything officially confirmed about the NARUTO Card Game since the June 18, 2026 announcement, ahead of the July 29 reveal.
- How the media covered the NARUTO Card Game reveal — a reaction roundupA roundup of how major outlets — Anime News Network, ICv2, and Gizmodo — covered the NARUTO Card Game announcement, and what each of them highlighted.
- Gen Con 2026 demo details announced — gifts include promo card "CP-001 Chakra Card"Details of the Gen Con 2026 demo are up: July 30 – August 2, with a gift set including the CP-001 Chakra Card promo, a backpack and a playmat voucher.
- Next information reveal set for July 29, 2026 at 23:00 JSTThe official NARUTO Card Game website has announced that the next information reveal is scheduled for July 29, 2026 (Wed) at 23:00 JST.