DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME

STRATEGY

Announcement

Additions to the Banned/Limited/Errata Cards List with the Release of Series 8

To our fans,

Six cards will be added to the Errata list for the release of Series 8 -Malicious Machinations-.

Errata Cards

Card number Card name
BT5-119 World Peace

Pre-Errata

[Permanent] This card gains 《Desire》 in all areas.
[Activate : Main] Your Leader Card is a 《Shenron》 card : Choose 1 Battle Card in your Drop Area with an energy cost less than or equal to your current energy and play it.

Post-Errata

[Permanent] This card gains 《Desire》 in all areas.
[Activate : Main] Your Leader Card is a 《Shenron》 card : Choose 1 Battle Card in your Drop Area with an energy cost of 3 or less and play it.

Reasoning:

1) Shenron Leaders can play game-ending cards without paying energy, then use the energy they do have to further establish their board, making it extremely easy for them to win games.
2) A staggering number of cards are playable with this effect, which will greatly affect card design going forward.

Card number Card name
TB3-046 Plea for Salvation

Pre-Errata

[Permanent] This card gains 《Desire》 in all areas.
[Activate : Main] If your Leader Card is a 《Shenron》 card : Choose 1 green Battle Card in your Drop Area with an energy cost less than or equal to your current energy and play it, then choose up to 1 of your opponent's Battle Cards with an energy cost of 2 or less and KO it.

Post-Errata

[Permanent] This card gains 《Desire》 in all areas.
[Activate : Main] If your Leader Card is a 《Shenron》 card : Choose 1 green Battle Card in your Drop Area with an energy cost of 3 or less and play it, then choose up to 1 of your opponent's Battle Cards with an energy cost of 2 or less and KO it.

Reasoning:

1) Shenron Leaders can play game-ending cards without paying energy, then use the energy they do have to further establish their board, making it extremely easy for them to win games.
2) A staggering number of cards are playable with this effect, which will greatly affect card design going forward.

Card number Card name
TB3-064 Porunga, Saviour of Namekians

Pre-Errata

[Permanent] This card can't attack.
[Activate : Main][Once per turn] Choose one—

  • ・Draw 1 card.
  • ・Choose 1 《Desire》 card in your hand with an energy cost less than or equal to your current energy and activate its [Activate : Main] skill.
  • ・Remove 7 [Dragon Ball] cards in your Drop Area from the game. If you do, choose 1 Battle Card with an energy cost less than or equal to your current energy from your Drop Area and play it, then flip this card over at the end of the turn.

Post-Errata

[Permanent] This card can't attack.
[Activate : Main][Once per turn] Choose one—

  • ・Draw 1 card.
  • ・Choose 1 《Desire》 card in your hand with an energy cost less than or equal to your current energy and activate its [Activate : Main] skill.
  • ・Remove 7 [Dragon Ball] cards in your Drop Area from the game. If you do, choose 1 Battle Card with an energy cost of 3 or less from your Drop Area and play it, then flip this card over at the end of the turn.

Reasoning:

1) Shenron Leaders can play game-ending cards without paying energy, then use the energy they do have to further establish their board, making it extremely easy for them to win games.
2) A staggering number of cards are playable with this effect, which will greatly affect card design going forward.

Card number Card name
BT8-110 SS4 Son Goku, a Heartfelt Plea

Pre-Errata

[Triple Strike]
[Energy-Exhaust]
[Offering] (When you play this card, your opponent may choose 1 card from their life and place it in their Drop Area. If they don't, draw 2 cards.)
[Auto] Choose 1 of your red Battle Cards with 25000 power or more and place it in its owner's Drop Area : When your Leader Card activates [Awaken], if {SS4 Son Goku, a Heartfelt Plea} isn't in play in your Battle Area, you may play this card from your hand.

Post-Errata

[Triple Strike]
[Energy-Exhaust]
[Offering] (When you play this card, your opponent may choose 1 card from their life and place it in their Drop Area. If they don't, draw 2 cards.)
[Auto] If {SS4 Son Goku, a Heartfelt Plea} isn't in play in your Battle Area, choose 1 of your red Battle Cards with 25000 power or more and place it in its owner's Drop Area : When your Leader Card activates [Awaken], you may play this card from your hand.

Reasoning:

Using this card’s skill multiple times in a row created an unforeseen interaction. We’re issuing an erratum for the card so that it can be used the way it was originally intended.

Card number Card name
BT8-114 Great Ape Baby, the Ultimate Evil Lifeform

Pre-Errata

[EX-Evolve]redyellow, 〈Baby〉 with an energy cost of 5 or more.
[Double Strike]
[Energy-Exhaust]
[Offering] (When you play this card, your opponent may choose 1 card from their life and place it in their Drop Area. If they don't, draw 2 cards.)
[Activate : Main] Choose 1 card in your life and add it to your hand : Choose 1 of your opponent's Leader Cards and it gets -5000 power for the duration of the turn.

Post-Errata

[EX-Evolve]redyellow : 〈Baby〉 with an energy cost of 5 or more.
[Double Strike]
[Energy-Exhaust]
[Offering] (When you play this card, your opponent may choose 1 card from their life and place it in their Drop Area. If they don't, draw 2 cards.)
[Activate : Main] Choose 1 card in your life and add it to your hand : Choose 1 of your opponent's Leader Cards and it gets -5000 power for the duration of the turn.

Reasoning:

The [EX-Evolve] cost was designated with a comma instead of a colon.

Card number Card name
XD2-09 Android 21, the Beautiful Scientist

Pre-Errata

[Blocker]
[Auto] When you play this card from your hand, look at up to 7 cards from the top of your deck, choose up to 1 card among them, place it in your energy in Rest Mode, shuffle your deck, then choose up to 1 of your opponent’s Battle Cards, KO it, and you can’t play Battle Cards with power between 30000 and 35000 for the duration of the game.

Post-Errata

[Blocker]
[Energy-Exhaust]
[Auto] When you play this card from your hand, look at up to 7 cards from the top of your deck, choose up to 1 card among them, place it in your energy in Rest Mode, shuffle your deck, then choose up to 1 of your opponent’s Battle Cards, KO it, and you can’t play Battle Cards with power between 30000 and 35000 for the duration of the game.

Reasoning:

The card didn’t have [Energy-Exhaust], which all multicolor cards have.

Errata Implementation Dates

The above Errata will be implemented for the from the Release date of Series 8 -Malicious Machinations- (including Pre-Release.)

North America/Oceania/Asia/Latin America
Friday, November 15th, 2019

Europe (English)
Friday, November 22nd, 2019
French/Italian
Pre-release/sale date of Series 8: Malicious Machinations.

There are no cards being removed from the lists at this time.  

Our next announcement regarding the Ban/Limited/Errata list is scheduled to be before the release of Series 9.  

We are dedicated to developing a game that Dragon Ball fans and card game fans alike can enjoy. Thank you for your continued support of DBSCG.

November 1st, 2019
Dragon Ball Super Card Game Team