LOS ANGELES (Mar. 24, 2023) – SQUARE ENIX® today announced that the FINAL FANTASY® TRADING CARD GAME (FFTCG) has reached 20 million packs shipped worldwide and that the FINAL FANTASY TRADING CARD GAME’s 19th booster set, titled From Nightmares, is now available.
Cloud from FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN adorns the From Nightmares packaging. Following the previous booster set Resurgence of Power, this set includes many multi-element cards and introduces a card with four elements to the game for the first time, further expanding the possibilities for deck construction.
A portion of the cards feature illustrations by official SQUARE ENIX illustrators, newly drawn for FFTCG. These original illustrations feature characters from popular titles from the past, such as FINAL FANTASY IV, FINAL FANTASY VI and FINAL FANTASY XI. The abundance of new illustrations, seeing these beloved characters in new ways, has been one of the biggest attractions to fans of FFTCG.
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From Nightmares showcases new artwork and original illustrations from renowned FINAL FANTASY artists, including:
- Rubi Asami (FINAL FANTASY VI)
- Ryoma Ito (FINAL FANTASY XII / DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY)
- Akira Oguro (FINAL FANTASY IV)
- Yukihiro Kajimoto (FINAL FANTASY II)
- Isamu Kamikokuryo (FINAL FANTASY XIII / FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0)
- Kumiko Koike (FINAL FANTASY IV)
- Gen Kobayashi (FINAL FANTASY II)
- Yusuke Naora (FINAL FANTASY XI)
- Toshitaka Matsuda (FINAL FANTASY II / FINAL FANTASY XIII)
- Fumio Minagawa (FINAL FANTASY XI)
- Miki Yamashita (FINAL FANTASY I)
Each set of FFTCG includes an extremely rare “Special” card in only a select few Booster Packs in the World, making the set’s Special card a highly sought-after collector’s item. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY VII, From Nightmares includes Cloud as its Special card, featuring a gold foil stamp of Tetsuya Nomura’s autograph, along with Gold stamped text accents on this beautiful Full Art Premium Foil card. As it did with Yuffie Special Card, the Cloud Special card elevates the suspense, surprise, and excitement of opening packs while chasing down this highly valued card.
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About FINAL FANTASY TRADING CARD GAME
The FINAL FANTASY TRADING CARD GAME (FFTCG) is an exciting trading card game for two players featuring various legacy and new titles from across the entire 35-year history of the FINAL FANTASY series. The Opus series has been available worldwide since October 2016, and with the latest booster pack From Nightmares (released on March 24, 2023), the nineteenth set in the series, the game has now cumulatively shipped 20 million packs worldwide. Befitting to the all-encompassing FINAL FANTASY name, the collection covers 62 titles with approximately 2,600 types of cards (both as of the latest set, From Nightmares). The game is available in 7 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), providing extensive language support for the Japan-made trading card game, delivering the product to fans of the FINAL FANTASY series around the world. Since 2017, the World Championship has been held annually and has become a major goal for worldwide players. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the event was cancelled from 2020-2022, but it will be held (in Tokyo) for the first time in 4 years in 2023, with official Organized Play making its return in various parts of the world this April, reigniting the competitive spirit amongst fans.
About Square Enix, Inc.
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