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- Only two revealed cards have [Support Activated] — Kakashi Hatake (N-009), the one timing that cuts into an opponent's jutsu, and the 2 Life it costsSort the 12 revealed [Support] cards by when they can be fired and you get six on [During Your Opponent's Attack], two on [Quick], two on [During Your Main] — and two on [Support Activated]. Those last two, Kakashi Hatake (N-009) and Shisui Uchiha (N-016), are the only cards that react to an opponent activating a Support at all. Both are written with the identical sentence "Negate that card. Then, …", and both halves after "Then" are a cost you pay yourself. Here is what Kakashi's 2 Life actually weighs against LIFE 15.
- Itachi Uchiha (N-013) is the only revealed card that can choose a Leader — one of nine cards that say "choose", and the only one that reaches past the boardNine of the 38 revealed entries use the word "choose". Eight of them target a "Character" and nothing else; only Itachi Uchiha (N-013) reads "choose 1 Leader or Character". He is also the only revealed card that says "cannot attack", and the only one whose effect lasts "during your opponent's next turn". The catch: nothing happens unless you reveal an {Uchiha Clan} card off the top of your deck, and no card anywhere spells out what happens when you miss. One card, read top to bottom.
- Karin (N-010) is the only revealed card that gains Life — and the only one of six [During Your Opponent's Attack] cards that never touches the opponentThe word "Life" appears on exactly two of the 38 revealed entries: "lose 2 Life" on Kakashi Hatake (N-009) and "gain 2 Life" on Karin (N-010). Only one of them goes up. Sort the six cards with [During Your Opponent's Attack] by what they actually do — K.O., interrupt, bounce — and Karin is the only one that does nothing at all to the other player. Here is one card read top to bottom, including why POW 4 sits next to HP 6.
- Choji Akimichi doubles power — the only multiplication in the revealed pool, and it lifts the same 17 cards that "+5" doesThree revealed cards change a power value: "+3" on Naruto Uzumaki Leader (N-001), "+5" on Ino Yamanaka (N-011), and "power is doubled" on Choji Akimichi. Only Choji multiplies. Counted against the 20 revealed Characters whose stats are legible, "+5" and "doubled" both push exactly 17 cards to 10 or more power. Here is why those numbers match, where the two effects actually diverge, and why HP 3 is the lowest single figure in the entire revealed pool.
- Only Shikamaru Nara (N-008) says "interrupt that attack" — sorting the 12 revealed Supports by what they actually doShikamaru Nara (N-008) reads "[Support] Shadow Possession Jutsu / [During Your Opponent's Attack] Summon this card and interrupt that attack." Sort the 12 revealed Supports by what they do and you get five K.O. effects, two that negate a Support, one that bounces to hand, and four that put themselves onto the field — and exactly one that stops the attack itself. It costs one chakra and leaves a POW 6 Character standing. One card, read top to bottom.
- Ino Yamanaka (N-011) is the only non-Leader with [Activate: Main] — and the only card that demands two named cards at onceIno Yamanaka (N-011) reads [Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn]. Of the 38 entries revealed so far, only three carry [Activate: Main], and the other two are both Leader cards — so Ino is the only non-Leader with an activated ability. Her condition asks for "your [Shikamaru Nara] and [Choji Akimichi]" on the field, and no other revealed card demands two names at the same time. Here is one card read from the top of the frame to the bottom, including why there is no chakra cost printed on it.
- Naruto Uzumaki Leader (N-001) has no [Once Per Turn] on its [Activate: Main] — how you split five chakra is the whole cardNaruto Uzumaki (N-001) reads "[Activate: Main] Flip 1 of your CHAKRA face-down and choose 1 Character: The chosen card gets +3 power during this turn." Of the two revealed Leaders, this is the one with no usage limit printed on it. But the resource it spends is chakra, there are only five, and they come out of the same pocket that pays to summon Characters. Here is what +3 actually clears, measured against the power and HP spread of the 20 revealed Characters.
- Only three revealed Characters can pay Gamabunta (N-005) off their printed stats — and all three are EX CharactersGamabunta (N-005) is an EX Character that "cannot be summoned normally", and its [Summon Requirements] read "Place 1 of your Characters with 10 or more power in your trash." But of the 38 cards in our database, only three Characters have a printed power of 10 or more — and all three are EX Characters. Paying the cost literally means you need an EX Character on board to summon an EX Character. The way out is power buffs, and that route still has one unconfirmed rule sitting in it. This is one card, read top to bottom.
- Card faces have been revealed on effectively two days — 94.7% of the 38 confirmed entries landed on July 29 and July 31, and nothing has been added in the 63 days sinceWe recounted all 38 entries in our card database by when they were revealed rather than by what is on them. There are only four reveal dates, and two of them — July 29 (19 entries) and July 31 (17 entries) — account for 36, or 94.7% of the total. The last day a new card face was published was July 31, and not one has been added in the 63 days up to October 2, 2026. On the English official site's roadmap, only two slots in the entire timeline are labelled "New info reveals" — and the remaining one is New York Comic Con, October 8–11, where the panel at 6:00 AM JST on October 11 is now confirmed to be livestreamed worldwide on the official YouTube channel.
- Card numbers run from N-001 to N-022 — but five slots are blank, and exactly five cards have no readable numberWe went through all 38 entries in our card database looking at nothing but the card number. There are four prefixes — N, C, S and CP — and only 21 entries have a readable number. The main N series runs from N-001 to N-022 with 17 slots filled, leaving N-002, N-015, N-017, N-018 and N-020 blank. And exactly five confirmed cards have no readable number. The counts match, but no official source says they map onto each other. Here is what the numbering shows, including the one card that breaks the pattern: Karin at N-010.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.