Japanese issuer announcement and declared launch site checked November 14, 2026. No preorder, event entry, opening, stock, shipping, physical card or English-language release tested. Product images and the three-page press PDF were inspected privately and are not republished.
WHY IT MATTERS
Use NST01, NST02 and NBP01 as product records, then add exact card and treatment identities when official lists support them. The starter contents, five-card pack count, 121 advertised types and planned event promos describe different parts of a future collecting project.
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Start with the product code, then build the card list
PONOS’s November 12 Japanese announcement schedules にゃんこ・ザ・カードゲーム, rendered here as Nyanko: The Card Game, for March 26, 2027. It is a two-player card game based on the company’s にゃんこ大戦争 app. For a collector arriving from the app, the first useful distinction is between three announced product codes: red starter NST01, blue starter NST02 and booster NBP01.
Give each product its own record before filling a binder checklist. A red starter, a blue starter and a booster are different purchases even when familiar characters appear in their artwork. The announcement supplies those product identities, but it does not supply a complete card-by-card list for either starter. Keep a future single-card target open until its actual name, number and treatment can be checked.
The starter price includes a deck and play accessories
The announcement lists a suggested ¥1,500 including tax for each starter. Each contains one preconstructed deck, seven markers, one paper playmat, one play guide and one counter sheet. The specification says one deck; it does not state how many cards that deck contains. An assumed 40-, 50- or 60-card quantity would therefore add information the checked announcement does not provide.
For a complete-product goal, keep the accessories separate from the card checklist. A later offer for one starter deck’s cards may suit a playing collection while leaving a boxed-product collection incomplete. PONOS labels the product images as illustrative. The preview packaging helps distinguish the red and blue products, but does not authenticate a future seller’s copy or establish its condition.
Five cards and 121 types answer different questions
NBP01 is titled ブースターパック01 城が出来た！にゃんこ大集合！. PONOS lists a five-card pack at a suggested ¥250 including tax and advertises 121 types. Five is the stated number of cards in a pack; 121 describes the advertised range of types. It is not a promise that one pack, a particular number of packs or a box completes that range.
The checked announcement and launch site do not disclose a rarity ladder, treatment-level checklist, pack odds or guaranteed finishes. Do not calculate a completion budget from the 121 figure alone. First define whether the intended project is a selection of favourite characters, one of each identified card, or specified variants once those details are published. A count of advertised types cannot settle those different collection boundaries.
Leave event promos and overseas plans pending
PONOS also plans advance experience and teaching events in major cities before release, with promotional cards planned for participants. Its announcement says details will follow through the official site and X account. It does not identify those promo cards or state their quantities, exact participation conditions or event dates. Keep them as unresolved acquisition routes rather than assuming they are starter contents or cards guaranteed with any preorder.
The Japanese-language announcement, yen MSRP and scheduled March date are the verified scope here. An English edition, UK purchase route, actual stock and dispatch remain unverified. PONOS says the cards feature artwork created for this game; that is its product description, not evidence of card-market demand. Save the announced codes now, and check the official product and event details again when a specific card or purchase becomes the goal.
