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Official Articles
Selected articles are available in English. For full coverage, see the Japanese edition.
- PAX Aus 2026 Tutorial Sessions Switch to Advance Sign-Up on TCG+ — First-Come Registration Opens September 20 at 11:00 AEST, Playmat Now a Participant Raffle. NYCC Moves to Morning Tickets, the Three European Pages Now Say "To Be Announced"On September 19, 2026 the official English X account announced that registration for the PAX Aus 2026 Tutorial Sessions opens on September 20 at 11:00 AEST on BANDAI TCG+, first come, first served. The official event pages were rewritten without changing their dates: PAX Aus has gone from "on-site registration on the day" to advance sign-up on TCG+, and the official playmat from "sold at the booth to anyone" to a daily raffle among tutorial participants for the right to buy one. NYCC 2026 now uses tickets handed out each morning at the booth, and the three European pages now say the participation and purchase methods will be announced later. Here is a line-by-line comparison of what changed across all five pages.
- Before you apply for a NARUTO Teaching Session: the full BANDAI TCG+ face photo guide — 9 eligible regions, 13 rejected photo typesApplying for a NARUTO Card Game "Teaching Session" at BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 requires face photo registration in the BANDAI TCG+ app. We went to the source the city pages only link to: the official BANDAI TCG+ "Facial Recognition" help page. The face recognition feature covers exactly 9 regions, and all seven lottery cities sit inside them. Registration is a seven-step flow through a MOALA account, 13 kinds of photo are rejected, and the photo is valid for three years. The same page also gives two different answers on how long screening takes.
- The Only NARUTO Card Game Item With a Published Price Is Still the Official Playmat — The Five Venues Selling It at US$35, and Why Gen Con Worked Differently[Updated Sep 19: registration and purchase methods have changed] Booster packs and starter decks have no announced price — not even an announced format. The one item with a published MSRP is the "NARUTO CARD GAME Official Playmat -Arriving in 2027-." Cross-checking six event pages on the English official site, it can be bought at just five venues between October and November, and the purchase terms — "MSRP: $35 (+tax)," one per person, limited quantities each day — match word for word. Gen Con 2026, now finished, was the exception: only tutorial session participants holding a purchase voucher could buy one. Online sales, general retail and any sale in Japan remain unannounced.
- 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.
- When do NARUTO Card Game pre-orders start? As of September 1, 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 as of September 1, 2026, using only official announcements. The answer: there is nothing to pre-order. No product line-up and no pricing have been announced, so no product exists to reserve. Two official sign-ups are easy to mistake for pre-orders, and one of them — the Teaching Session lottery — opens in Hong Kong today, while Manila closes on September 3.
- The NARUTO Franchise Official Site Publishes a Gen Con 2026 Booth Report — an Official Wrap-Up of the First Public Demo, Exhibits, and Limited GoodsOn August 18, the NARUTO/BORUTO franchise official site (naruto-official.com) published a report titled "NARUTO CARD GAME makes its world debut at Gen Con 2026!" covering the booth and demo sessions. The contents stay within what was already known, but the report officially confirms that the limited goods were actually sold and distributed. We map the report against prior announcements.
- Official X Account Shows a Physical Sample of the Boruto Uzumaki Illustration Card on Video — Same Format as the August 4 Tsunade RevealThe official English X account posted a roughly 7-second video on August 12 showing the Boruto Uzumaki illustration card from the ARTWORK gallery as a physical printed sample card. Following the Tsunade video on August 4, this is the first time this card — previously only seen as an image — can be confirmed as a real printed card. Here is what the video confirms, and what remains unannounced.
- CP-001 Chakra Card -New York Yankees Ver.- to be given out at "NARUTO Night" at Yankee Stadium on September 8The English official site posted "NARUTO Night at Yankee Stadium" on August 7. A "CP-001 Chakra Card -New York Yankees™ Ver.-" bearing the Yankees logo was distributed at Yankee Stadium on September 8, 2026. The giveaway went to the first 40,000 guests (Yankees official), while MLB's official attendance for the game was 46,211 — exceeding the cap by 6,211. Here is what the official pages state — and what they do not.
- Gen Con 2026 Closes — Everything Learned from the Game's Four-Day World Debut, Official Announcements and Floor Reads SortedGen Con 2026, the world debut of the NARUTO CARD GAME, closed on August 2 local time. During the convention the official X account announced actual cards on display at merchandise booth #605, and photos and scans from the floor revealed 17 demo card faces in total. Here is everything learned from the July 29 reveal through closing, sorted into official announcements versus convention-floor reads.
- High-res scans of the Gen Con demo cards reveal 11 more — Leader Sasuke is N-012, and the "Taka" package arrives with Karin, Suigetsu, Jūgo, and MandaHigh-resolution scans of the English demo cards distributed at Gen Con 2026 reveal 11 more card faces: Itachi Uchiha (N-013), Minato Namikaze (N-007), Karin (N-010), Jūgo, Suigetsu Hozuki, Manda, Rasengan Naruto, Chidori Sasuke, Sakura, Choji, and Orochimaru. The Leader Sasuke's number N-012 is also confirmed, giving us a near-complete picture of both demo decks.
- Gen Con 2026 photos reveal 6 new cards, including EX Sasuke and EX Naruto — plus counter Supports "Koto Amatsukami" and "Lightning Blade"Photos of demo cards taken at Gen Con 2026 reveal six previously unseen cards: Sasuke Uchiha (EX, N-014), Naruto Uzumaki (EX, N-003), Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Hinata Hyuga, and Shisui Uchiha. EX summon costs and negate-style counter Supports give us our first real look at the game's back-and-forth.
- Turn Structure Revealed: 4 Phases — Official Gen Con 2026 Playmat Also Shows All 8 Board ZonesPhotos of the official playmat handed out at a Gen Con 2026 creator event reveal the NARUTO Card Game turn order (Refresh → Draw → Main → End), eight board zones including an Exclusion Area, and a 5-card face-down limit for Supports.
- NARUTO Card Game July 29 Reveal Roundup: Summer 2027 Worldwide Release, Game Overview & RoadmapThe July 29, 2026 NARUTO Card Game reveal: Summer 2027 worldwide release, five card types and core rules, sample cards, and the demo event roadmap.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Teaser site live with a message from Masashi KishimotoThe official teaser site for the NARUTO Card Game is live, featuring a comment and an illustrated shikishi from series creator Masashi Kishimoto.