Yes, the Godzilla card game is real. And BP04 is the best set yet
Every time I mention the Godzilla Card Game on stream, at least three people in chat tell me they didn't know it existed. It's real. Bushiroad's been publishing it in Japan since 2024 and running English simul-releases for over a year. BP04 Endless Wars is the fourth major booster set, and it lands May 23, 2026. That's one month out. The English version is coming at release, not lagged six months like some Bushiroad properties.
Here's the configuration: 7 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 18 boxes per case. 90 card types in the set plus a token card and Bushiroad's signature Rage Cards (mechanics that emulate a kaiju getting progressively more destructive as the match goes on). Japanese box pricing hovers around $30 USD equivalent. English MSRP isn't set in stone yet, but retailers have preorders up at Flipside Gaming, Miniature Market, Cardboard Fiat, and HobbyDigi. I'd expect $35-$45 English retail depending on where you buy.
If you've never played a Bushiroad card game before, the combat math is intuitive. It plays like a stripped-down Weiss Schwarz with more emphasis on direct attack. One game is about 20-30 minutes. Two-player. You can learn it in fifteen minutes with the starter deck. It is not trying to replace Pokemon or Magic in your life. It's trying to be the Godzilla game you play when your Godzilla group chat wants to play something.
Release date: May 23, 2026 (English simul-release)
Biollante and SpaceGodzilla are the real story
The reason I'm actually excited about BP04. Beyond the fact that I'm a dedicated kaiju fan who has both the Biollante resin statue and the SpaceGodzilla Marmit figure on the shelf behind me. Is the source material breakdown. Bushiroad is drawing cards from Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), the Planet of the Monsters anime trilogy (2017-2018), Singular Point (2021), and Fest Godzilla II: Shinjuku Burning (2025).
That is a deep-cut lineup. Final Wars is one of the most underrated entries in the Millennium era. The anime trilogy is divisive but visually wild. Singular Point is Netflix-tier weirdness that introduced new monster variants. And Shinjuku Burning is a recent Fest short that most Western fans haven't seen. Pulling cards from all four means BP04 is explicitly not a 'Heisei nostalgia set'. It's signaling that Bushiroad sees Godzilla as a living franchise with more eras to mine than just the G-stuff most American fans grew up on.
The two monster debuts that got me to actually preorder: Biollante and SpaceGodzilla. Biollante. The plant-monster from Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989). Is one of the most visually singular kaiju Toho has ever designed and has been absent from the card game until now. SpaceGodzilla, his crystalline antagonist from Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994), has been a long-requested card pool addition since BP01 dropped. Getting both in one set is Bushiroad's way of saying they're serious about this being a multi-year product line, not a one-and-done kaiju cash-in.
How I'd play BP04. And who this is for
I am buying two boxes. One to crack. Because playing a new booster is half the fun. And one to sit on for 90 days. The math on Bushiroad card games is historically favorable: boxes tend to settle above sealed MSRP within the first six months if the IP has legs, and Godzilla has the biggest IP legs in the kaiju category. I don't think this turns into a Pokémon-scale investment, but sealed BP04 is going to be worth more than you paid in October.
If you're new to the game and want to start here, I'd pair a BP04 box with one of the Starter Decks from BP01 or BP02. Those starters are fully-functional pre-built decks with about 40 cards each, and they teach you the mechanics without forcing you to draft a full set first. Budget is about $30 starter plus $40 box = $70 to get playable, which is one of the cheapest entry points in any modern card game.
For kaiju fans specifically: this is the first time Biollante has been printed on a card. Not a statue, not a figure. An actual playable card. If that doesn't move you, I don't know what to tell you. BP04 Endless Wars is live May 23.
