Digimon TCG Collectibles hold a unique place in the card game, as they often have additional benefits as a player. Digimon, which started as a physical product, has continued its lines of physical merchandise alongside digital products and the titular card game. For series fans, owning the collectibles is a reward in itself. For players though, these products can provide something that Digimon TCG sets can’t frequently offer.
Bandai Premium Product (BPP) – Digimon TCG Collectibles without the hassle
The standalone, preorder style store for Bandai allows players to pre-purchase upcoming Digimon TCG merchandise. Players can also opt in through their Local Game Store (LGS) to get the products.
Sometimes, this comes in the form of playmats, deck boxes, sleeves or trade binders. To sweeten the deal, these product sets, in addition to being a limited run merch, often come with alternate artwork (AA) for featured cards. For players chasing max rarity, these products often the most expensive variants due to how much product would need to be purchased to achieve a playset. Usually announced on the official Twitter, players are informed ahead of time the preorder window for BPP. To avoid shipping costs, talk to you LGS.
Sources: Bandai Premium Product + Digimon Card Game
Games, Movies and Other Digimon Media
Before Digimon Survive, 2016 and 19 saw the last high profile Digimon game releases. With the release of the TCG in 2020, physical products begun to include tie in promo cards to entice TCG only fans to try out other media.
Digimon Survive reviewed poorly. But its tie in promos featuring the game’s tamers and partner Digimon fetched a pretty penny on launch. While it will likely be a while before we see a new Digimon video game, it is likely that we will see promotional AAs.
Tie in cards have already been announced in Japan to coincide with the end of the most recent anime season. Digimon Ghost Game’s Mega level Digimon debut coincided with the release of RB01. And the LM01 set matched the season finale. The upcoming Digimon 02 Movie has seen a wave of Promo cards announced, showcasing the adolescent Tamers from Season 2.
TCG Digimon collectibles are the main product
Sources: Bandai Premium Product + Digimon Card Game
For fans of the V-Pet, bracelets and other physical media, its even easier to justify the hefty price tag. But for max rarity TCG players, sometimes a concession has to be made.
Unlike in the 90s, Digivices aren’t cheap. And with gorgeous alts tied to the purchase of new physical products, its unlikely that it will change anytime soon, as most die hard Digimon fans buying Digivices themselves are likely TCG players as well. While a playset of these alt arts is unlikely to appear in even the most blinged out of decks, TCG players may consider getting more invested these products and Digimon’s roots if they don’t plan on attempting to resell the devices themselves and risk a weighty investment for a card that might get power crept.
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