Card Sets and Release Information
Demo decks can be found in issue #43 of Anime Insider and a video demo can be found on YouTube as well as the game's website. The promotional pack includes a card which lists the card order for the pack, and a playmat which is not available elsewhere. Cards were sold in 72-card preconstructed starter decks which include 2 booster packs, 10-card booster packs, and 12-pack booster boxes. Promotional ("promo") cards were available through mail-in credits from Score, at tournaments, and at conventions. The releases are as follows:
- Premiere Set - Released May 2007: 250+ card set including 8 Hi-Tech Guardian cards (two HT cards per starter deck; the playmat included with the starter decks lists all the cards in this set except the promotional cards);
- Soul Society - Released August 2007: 110 card set + 10 card Soul Reaper Subset (SSB 1-10);
- Seireitei - Releases November 14, 2007: 110 card set + 10 card Soul Reaper Subset (SSB11-20);
- Bankai - Released April 2008: 280+ card set including 2 Hi-Tech Dual Guardian cards, 6 Hi-Tech Guardian cards, 13 subset cards (SSB 21-33) and 14 Echo Autographed cards (all variants of Character cards from this expansion). The playmat included with the starter decks lists all the cards in the set except the promotional cards;
- Bounts - Released July 2008: 195 cards (60 commons, 50 uncommons, 50 rares, 2 ultra rares, 10 echo autograph cards, 10 subset cards, and 13 promo cards).
- Portal - Released ((month?)) 2009: 162 card base set (60 commons, 50 uncommons, 50 rares, 2 ultra-rares); 24 subset cards (MON 1-24, where MON stands for "Memories of Nobody", the title of the first theatrical movie from the series), ((number?)) Echo autograph cards (all Guardians) and ((number?)) promo cards.
Each set included (one per booster) extra, larger cards most of which fit together to form a nine-card poster. These also helped protect the edges of the playable cards in the booster. The bottom middle card from the Seireitei set was omitted from boosters for the Seireitei set; the cards were added to the extra cards in the Bankai set.
The game ceased publication April 2009, just before the planned launch of its seventh expansion, Bleach Infiltration. This cancellation was attributed to the ongoing recession, which has heavily affected TCG sales.
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