Where the run starts
The current Gundam Card Game launched May 2025 with the 144-card Beginning Set. It's a new game, not a re-skin of an older line — gameplay is built around pilot/MS pairings and the energy economy is closer to Final Fantasy TCG than to early Bandai card games.
What makes the era special
We're calling it now: Beginning Set will be the line's Base Set in retrospect. Print run is generous (this isn't a scarcity play), but the first-run secret rare RX-78-2 with pilot Amuro Ray is a confident bet on becoming the run's signature card. Foils are restrained — Bandai didn't chase the rainbow-foil arms race.
ERAS · TIMELINE
- 2025Beginning SetInaugural release. RX-78-2 secret rare is the chase.
IDENTIFY · WHAT TO CHECK
Modern stock — authenticity is rarely the question; print freshness is.
1Set code, bottom-left
'BT01' = Beginning Set, the inaugural release.
2Secret rares
RX-78-2 with the Amuro Ray pilot pairing is the chase card of the launch.
SETS · DEEP DIVES