This list does not contain anime and manga that were either just the basis-or-inspiration for a card game created afterwards (examples include Final Fantasy TCG, Fire Emblem: Trading Card Game, Pokémon TCG...) or created at same time as anime/manga (examples include Juvenile Orion, Kaijudo...), and don't feature playing cards as in-universe items.

List of anime and manga featuring playing cards List of manga, anime, OVA, ONA in which playing cards as items are either featured as a source of power of the holder/owner (i.e. playing cards are major part of the power system in the universe) or used in a card game that is played, i.e. contested among characters, as part of the plot in the universe. In the latter case it's commonly known as a card game anime/manga. That is, stories that have some kind of card game mechanics (collecting and/or trading of cards, card play between characters, end of the turn/hand, winning a hand...). In some cases those manga/anime/OVA/ONA also originates from a card game.

Legend: TCG - trading card game / collectible card game (CCG) LCG - living card game CBG - card battle game DCG - digital card game SNG - social network game — doesn't exist (specifically for card games or card decks it means they don't exist in real life, they are in-universe only items) Note: TCGs (and other variants) are usually named in the following fashion "Franchise's name Trading Card Game" (or "Franchise's name TCG" for short), but in this table the order is reversed, that is "TCG Franchise's name" is used, to optimize sorting. Anime Manga Original medium Playable card game-OR-Card deck Year Title Year Title Year Creator(s) Medium Year Type2012 Aikatsu! — —2012 Bandai Arcade TCG Aikatsu!2012 ATCG Aikatsu!2021 Aikatsu Planet! — —2020 Bandai Arcade TCG Aikatsu Planet!2020 ATCG Aikatsu Planet! — —2000 Aim to Be a Card Master!2000 Interu manga? TCG Pokémon — —2019 Akito Seems to Draw a Card2019 Tsukumo Asakusa, Ryogo Kawada manga — 2016 Ange Vierge — —2014 Sega Online TCG Ange Vierge2014 OTCG Ange Vierge — —before 2012 Animal Kaiser2007 Bandai Namco Entertainment Arcade TCG Animal Kaiser2007 TCG Animal Kaiser2006 BakéGyamon2006 BakéGyamon2006 Mitsuhisa Tamura, Kazuhiro Fujita manga — ?2023 Bakugan — —2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ?? ?2007 Bakugan Battle Brawlers — —2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited anime/TCG Bakugan2006 TCG Bakugan2018 Bakugan: Battle Planet — —2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ?? ?2012 Baku Tech! Bakugan2010 Baku Tech! Bakugan2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ?? ?2008 Battle Spirits Series — —2008 Bandai, Sunrise, Inc. TCG Battle Spirits2008 TCG Battle Spirits — —2017 Battling with an Elf Deck2017 Kurou Ooma, Takashi Watanabe manga — TCG Magic Walker2021 Build Divide — —2021 Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno anime/TCG Build Divide2021 TCG Build Divide2011 [C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control — —2011 Noboru Takagi anime — Midas Cards1998 Card Captor Sakura1996 Card Captor Sakura1996 Clamp manga — Clow Cards, Sakura Cards, Clear Cards2011 Cardfight!! Vanguard2010 Cardfight!! Vanguard2010 Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, Takaaki Kidani anime/manga/TCG Cardfight!! Vanguard2011 TCG Cardfight!! Vanguard — —2003 Chaosic Rune2003 Kenji Yamamoto manga? ?2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter2012 Square Enix Arcade TCG Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter? Machine Cards2011 Chihayafuru2007 Chihayafuru2011 Yuki Suetsugu mangan/a karuta — —2022 Cipher Academy2022 Nisio Isin, Yūji Iwasaki manga poker cards (Leaky Poker)2013 Day Break Illusion2013 Day Break Illusion2013 Haruyasu Akagi, Hidenori Tanaka, Michiko Itō animen/a tarot cards — —2018 Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated.1993 Wizards of the Coast TCG Magic: The Gathering1993 TCG Magic: The Gathering — —2024 Digimon Liberator2024 online manga — TCG Digimon2001 Digimon Tamers2004 Digimon Tamers2001 Akiyoshi Hongo anime — TCG Digimon2007 Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure2006 Dinosaur King2005 Sega Arcade TCG Dinosaur King2008 ATCG&TCG Dinosaur King2014 Dragon Collection2011 Dragon Collection2010 Konami SNG Dragon Collection? ?2002 Dragon Drive2001 Dragon Drive2001 Kenichi Sakura manga — Dragon cards2002 Duel Masters (2002–?)1999 Duel Masters (1999–2002)1993 Wizards of the Coast TCG Magic: The Gathering1993 TCG Magic: The Gathering? Duel Masters (since ?)2002 Duel Masters (since 2002)2002 Shigenobu Matsumoto manga2002 TCG Duel Masters2006 Duel Masters Flash — —2006 Koji Ueda anime2002 TCG Duel Masters2017 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life2011 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life2003 Hinowa Kōzuki light noveln/a tarot cards2015 Exchange Student Zero — —2015 anime 2013 Fantasista Doll2013 Fantasista Doll2013 Toho, Gorō Taniguchi anime — TCG Fantasista Dolls2007 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya2013 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya2007 Hiroshi Hiroyama, Type-Moon manga — Class Cards2014 Future Card Buddyfight2013 Future Card Buddyfight2013/14 Bushiroad Online TCG Future Card Buddyfight2013/14 OTCG Future Card Buddyfight2014 Gigant Big-Shot Tsukasa 2014 Bushiroad, Toru Hosokawa anime — Menko cards2023 High Card2022 High Card -♢9 No Mercy2022/23 Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno anime/mangan/a poker cards (X-Playing cards)1999 Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Arc1998 Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Arc1998 Yoshihiro Togashi manga — TCG (Specified Slot Cards, Spell Cards, Free Slot Cards, Game Master-only Cards) — —2017 Ijin Game!! (Great Man Game)2017 Katou Hironobu manga — TCG Grateful Magic2011 Kaiji: Against All Rules1996 Kaiji1996 Nobuyuki Fukumoto manga — various — —1999 King of Cards1999 Makoto Tateno manga — TCG Chaos2012 La storia della Arcana Famiglia2011 La storia della Arcana Famiglia2011 HuneX visual noveln/a tarot cardshttps://www.crunchyroll.com/news/features/2018/9/20/romance-is-in-the-cards-a-look-at-la-storia-della-arcana-famiglia?srsltid=AfmBOoprCfK81-taBNMFOHZds4xtevceLToNNNSoCDlJ4f6dQhEHCuKG2008 Live On Cardliver Kakeru? Live On Cardliver Kakeru? Choji Yoshikawa, POPLAR Publishing Co. TCG Live Battle Card: Live On? TCG Live Battle Card: Live On2016 — —2014 Hobby Japan TCG WIXOSS2014 TCG WIXOSS (LRIGs)2016 Luck & Logic — —2016 Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, Yuhodo anime/TCG Luck & Logic — Logic Cards — —2012 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Innocent2012 Masaki Tsuzuki, Shuuichi Kawakami manga — TCG Brave Duel — —2014 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Innocents2014 Masaki Tsuzuki, Shuuichi Kawakami manga — TCG Brave Duel2014 Majin Bone2014 Majin Bone?? Bandai DCG Majin Bone?? DCG Majin Bone (Bone cards)2021 Mazica Party — —2021 Takara Tomy, Dentsu anime/TCG Mazica Party2021 TCG Mazica Party (Mazin cards)2005 Mix Master — —2003 Cymedia MMORPG, Mix Master Online — Hench cards 2000 Mon Colle Knights1999 Mon Colle Knights1997 Hitoshi Yasuda, Group SNE TCG Monster Collection1997 TCG Monster Collection (Monster cards)2014 Oreca Battle2012 Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle2012 Konami Arcade TCG Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle2012 TCG Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle2004 Negima! Magister Negi Magi2003 Negima! Magister Negi Magi2003 Ken Akamatsu manga — Pactio cards2008 Persona1996 Persona1996 Atlus video gamen/a tarot cardshttps://www.thegamer.com/persona-every-arcana-represents/https://gamerant.com/persona-5-phantom-thieves-tarot-card-meanings-personality-backstory/ — —1986 Poker King1986 Yuuki Ishigaki, Masaru Miyazaki manga — poker cards2004 Pretty Cure? Pretty Cure2004 Izumi Todo anime — Pretty Cure Cards, Dream Cards, PreCards2020 Rebirth — —2020 Bushiroad TCG Rebirth for you2020 TCG Rebirth for you2011 Redakai — —? ? anime or TCG Redakai? TCG Redakai 2011 Rio: Rainbow Gate! — —2003 Tecmo pachinko games Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen — Gate cards2007 Saint October2006 Saint October2007 Konami animen/a tarot cards2010 Scan2Go — —2010 d-rights, NewBoy anime — Power cards, Turbo cards2014 — —2014 Hobby Japan TCG WIXOSS2014 TCG WIXOSS (LRIGs)2020 Shadowverse — —2016 Cygames Online TCG Shadowverse2016 OTCG Shadowverse2000 Shinzo (Mushrambo) — —2000 Izumi Todo, Mayori Sekijima Anime — En-Cards2016 Soul Buster? Soul Buster ? ? card game or manhua? TCG Soul Buster — —2025 The Strongest Summoner Is a Thirty-Something Guy: The Other World Domination of a Card Gamer Whose Cards Were Disposed of by His Parents2025 Benigashira, Muramitsu manga — 2009 Summer Wars2009 Summer Wars2009 Mamoru Hosoda, Madhouse animen/a hanafuda2007 Tai Chi Chasers? ?? ? ? — Tai Chi cards — —2005 Touhou Sangetsusei ZUN Soft video game — Spell cards2015 Turning Mecard — —2014 Sonokong, Choirock Toyline Turning Mecard? ? — —2017 UNBOY2017 Narack manga ?2016 — —2016 Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, Yuhodo anime/TCG Luck & Logic2016 TCG Luck & Logic2009 Weiss Survive? Weiss Survive? Bushiroad, Takuya Fujima anime/manga2008 TCG Weiß Schwarz2021 WIXOSS Diva(A)Live — —2014 Hobby Japan TCG WIXOSS2014 TCG WIXOSS (LRIGs) — —2013 Wizard's Soul2013 Aki Eda manga1993 TCG Magic: The Gathering1998 Yu-Gi-Oh!1996 Yu-Gi-Oh!1996 Kazuki Takahashi manga1999 TCG Yu-Gi-Oh!2014 Z/X: Ignition2012 Z/X Zillions of enemy X? Nippon Ichi Software, Broccoli TCG Z/X? TCG Z/X2019/20 Zenonzard The Animation2019 ?? Bandai Namco Entertainment ? — CBG Zenonzard

List of anime and manga that only originates from a card game List of manga, anime, OVA, ONA that are based on a card game but the card game or the playing cards as in-universe items are not part of the plot, that is card game mechanics (collecting and/or trading of cards, card play between characters, end of the turn/hand, winning a hand...) is not part of the story.

Year Title Original medium Year Creator(s) Card game2002 Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution? ? TCG Aquarian Age? Force of Will the Movie2012 Force of Will Inc. TCG Force of Will2018 Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King2008 Square Enix CCG Lord of Vermilion2015 Venus Project: Climax2015 Galat CBRPG Venus Project

See also (Similar; card game mechanics)

Beast Saga, energy bodies with destructive power called "Godlots", where each one is composed of three parts, are scattered around the planet and collected Croket!, individuals called Bankers travel around the world to collect magical coins called Kinkas with their Kinka Banks Chronos Ruler, protagonist controls cards at will Dragon Nest: Shungeki no Sedo (2010) by TATSUBON, enchanted Power Stones are collected Enmusu (Renai Shusse Emaki En x Musu) (2002) by Takahiro Seguchi, talismans, of which there are 15 in existence, are collected for a prize M×0, magic plates are used to perform magic Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, magicians search and collect a set of 21 artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds" Magimoji Rurumo, magic tickets are used to perform magic Medabots (Medarot), Medafighters/Medarotters collect robot medals and Medaparts and use them with Medawatch/Medarotch in Robattles. Mega Man Battle Network, Battle Chips act as parallels to cards that are collectible and used to provide abilities during battles Monster Rancher, search and battles for Mystery Discs and Monster Tablets PriPara, PriTickets Psyren, Psyren calling cards The Rolling Girls, vigilantes search and collect moonlight stones that supposedly make a person possesses unlimited power when worn Smash Bomber (2006) by Hiroyuki Takei & DAIGO - individual and team battles with and for special discs, among which golden discs are the rarest Jackie Joson aka emcee in 2015/2016 created a two-part parody manga about the card game Unohttps://tokusatsunetwork.com/2016/03/artist-feature-jackie-joson-emcee/https://web.archive.org/web/20160505163957/http://scribblecee.tumblr.com/post/124620761297 Yo-kai Watch, instead of cards coin-like discs called Yo-kai Medals that are stored in a book called Yo-kai Medallium are used Chaotic a Danish trading card game that was later adapted for the United States with a TV series based on the cards inspired in Japanese series like Yu-Gi-Oh!

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