Summary

• This article highlights anime series revolving around trading cards, sparking nostalgia and a desire to collect and play games with friends.
• From Mon Colle Knights to Yu-Gi-Oh!, each series offers a unique take on trading card games, showcasing battles, friendships, and interdimensional adventures.
• Whether you're a fan of summoning monsters or upgrading Digimon, these anime series provide entertainment and excitement for viewers of all ages.

No other anime has such a unique effect on the viไewers as those that revolve arou🐻nd trading cards. These are the kind of shows that make you want to go out and collect things, play games with friends, and spend all your money on products.

While not every show has a real-life card game that it's marketing, they sure do capture the imagination of children everywhere and even make older fans nostalgic for the simple days. So, whether you want to watch characters summon monsters to aid them in battle or get a basic understanding of a real-life card game, these are the ten best anime that will get you in the mood to get your game on.

10 Mon Colle Knights 🌠

Finding Monsters Through Cards

Mon Colle Knights is one of those anime that you don’t really remember being real until it ꦑstares you right in the face and the memories just flood back. The show sꦉtars Mondo and Rockuna as they travel to a different dimension called Mon World.

Theꦬy constantly venture towards this world to collect monster items and cards depicting the creatures they can possess. They must do this before the evil and eccentric villain, Count Collection manages to retrieve it for himself.

9 🌠 Card Captor Sakura

Capturing Clow Cards

Depending on which version of Card Captor Sakura you watched, the focus is either on Sakura or Syaoran Li. However, whether you watched the Japanese or the infamous 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:American dub, both versions focus on the power that Sakura unlea🍒shes and must recapture in the form of🔯 Clow Cards.

These cards allow her to summon the power hidden within after she c🦩ollects them. Using this ability, she tackles stronger Clow Cards in an att꧑empt to collect them all while dealing with her school life and budding romances.

8 Digimon Ta🅰mers

Using Cards To Upgrade Digimon

Digimon Tamers is often known as one of the darkest Digimon seasons of all time. However, it is also based on the card game before it got a much-needed makeover. When the Digimon start crossing over into the human world, Takato finds a blue card♏ that allows him to create 🧸his own Digimon partner Guilmon.

What makes this series so special is that the Tamers have more influence on the battles that occur throughout the series. By swiping different cards in their digivices, they can give their Digimon 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:power-ups and even alꦫlow them to Digivolve or use the abilities of other creatures.

7 Future Card Buddyfight ♍

An Interdimensional Card Game

Another anime that has a real-life card game counterpart is Future Card Buddyfight. It follows Gao Mikado as he befriends Drum Bunke🍨r Dragon Fang Slade Terrestrial🎀 the 13th. While this might be a mouthful, who hasn’t wanted to befriend their favorite card in any TCG?

The series is fun because you get to watch Gao build his deck, go from zer🍒o to hero, and use his cards to connect to a different universe known as Dragon World. With his newfound passion, he also learns to take on rivals in his own universe.

6 Aikatsu!

Collectible Cards And Pop Idols

If you like arcade collectible card games and Japanese idols, then check out Aikatsu. It follows Aoi Kiriya and her friend Ichigo as they try to reach the same standinಞg as their inspiration, Mizuki Kanzaki.

However, the rules of being an idol are more card-centric. They must collect Aikatsu cards which have all the dresses, accessories, and flare they need to reach stardom. So, in a sense, it’s almost like they are using cards to upgrade themselves for Pop Idol battles instead of sending out monsters𝓡 to do their fighting.

5 💛 Duel Masters ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ

The Journey To Become A Champion

It’s easy to forget that Duel Masters is an actual anime when other shows like Yu-Gi-Oh! refer to their own in-universe card games as Duel Monsters. However, it is real and follows Shobu Kirifuda as he tries to follow in his father's footsteps as a Duel Masters champion.

While the❀ anime can be basic at times, Shobu Kirifuda’s positivity is always a welcome sight. He goes from someone who plays to win every single time to someone who can just relax and enjoy the ride.

4 Ba🥂kugan Battle Brawlers

When Card Games Come To Life

Bakugan is an interesting watch because, unlike other anime where the card game is already an established part of the character's universe. Instead, the cards in Bakugan suddenly fall from the sky at the start of the series. This prompts the protagonist, Dan Kuso, to make his own game out of it.

As things turn out, it isn’t just fun 🍨and games, as the cards themselves are the key to another dimension known as Vestroia. Now, Dan and his friends will need to use their skills to use real Bakugan to save the world.

3 Selector Infected WIXO🦂SS

A Risky But Rewarding Game

If you’re looking for an anime that gives you a few twists on the card game genre, Selector Infected WIXOSS might just be what you’re looking for. In-universe, WIXOSS is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a popular trading card game. Th🤪e characters on ൲the cards are known as LRIGS, while their users are called Selectors.

The stakes of these games have neveꩲr been higher, but worth it for the prize. Those who are victori🦂ous can have their deepest desires granted. However, if you lose too many times, those dreams become twisted nightmares.

2 ꦰ Card𓆏fight Vanguard

The Fights Happen In Your Imagination

One surprisingly good card game anime is Cardfight Vanguard. The original anime follows Aichi who, like a certain other gaming prodigy, wants to play Cardfight to beat his shyness. What makes Cardfight Vangua꧙rd so refreshing is that the first few episodes walk you through what the actual game is like.

The anime is also good at depicting local tournaments with the action just being pa🍸rt of the player’s imagination. This can get you in the mood to personally visit your local card shop and see what kind of competitions and events they host.

1 Yu-Gi-Oh!

The Most Iconic Card Game Anime

It’s impossible to talk about Trading Card anime without mentioning the king of games, Yu-Gi-Oh! Every iteration of the show focuses on unique characters, signature monsters, and a world that revolves ent☂irely around being good at a card game.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Shifting its protagonist for each series helps keep the franchise fresh.𝕴 One moment you watch Yugi encounter various Millenium Item wielding duelists. Two series later you are watching as Yusei escapes the slums to take back his prize card. Each er✃a has a unique theme and is sure to tickle anyone’s taste.