Naruto Mythos TCG hits the U.S. — San Diego Comic-Con is your first chance to play

Naruto Mythos TCG is making its North American debut, and San Diego Comic-Con is where it all starts. The game will be exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Zvezdar, a hobby and TCG distributor expanding into the American market, and SDCC is the first place fans can try it, buy it, and grab some rare promo cards.

The main demo booth is in the Marriott hotel, where you can play hands-on and face off against other players. Everyone who visits gets a grab bag — while supplies last — containing a Summoning Jutsu promo card. Over at the Rocketship booth on the main convention floor, booster boxes and card packs go on sale for the first time in the U.S.; buy a booster box and you also score a Shadow Clone Jutsu variant of a rare Set 1 card. Both promos are Mythos rarity, a tier reserved exclusively for out-of-collection cards available only through special events and tournaments. The first official set, Konoha Shidō, gets pre-release events across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean starting August 29.

The game itself is built around assigning character cards to mission cards and triggering unique effects. The core strategic wrinkle is the ability to play characters face-down — hiding them until you're ready to ambush your opponent or spend chakra to flip them into powerful Jutsu. The card collection runs five standard rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Secret Rare, and Legendary. Commons and Uncommons come in Normal, Full Art, and Holographic variants. Rares double as puzzle art cards — sets of nine that form one continuous illustration side-by-side — and also appear as Rare Art variants with unique backgrounds and micro-engravings. Secret Rares carry a gold finish and abstract triangle holographic effect, while Legendaries are individually numbered and crafted with 22-karat gold foil.

Comic-Con is just the opening move in a broader rollout. A professional competitive program for North America is currently being built, and a full worldwide expansion — including Central and South America — is planned for November. Two more sets are already confirmed beyond Konoha Shidō: Set 2 is called Shinobi Shiren, with a third set also in the pipeline.