How to Value Dragon Ball Cards: First Find Out Which Game

Before you can value a Dragon Ball card, you need to know which game it belongs to, because they are separate markets with different numbers. Once you know, match the exact version and language to real sales.

Our two data guides show where the money sits: Super Card Game and Fusion World. This page is the routine for pricing your own copy.

Which Dragon Ball game do you hold?

Read the number on the card and any publisher name in the small print, then use this table.

Do not mix them up. A Fusion World price tells you nothing about a BT card, even with the same character and art style.

If you hold a Super Card Game card

The official card list shows how much a suffix matters. BT21-147 appears twice: once as Secret Rare [SCR], and again as BT21-147_GDR, God Rare [GDR].

The BT18 list does the same with Special Rares. BT18-006 is a Super Rare and BT18-006_SPR is a Special Rare, and BT18-019 has even more versions, with _SPR and _SPR02.

There is a _PR suffix as well, as in BT18-005_PR. The suffix appears in the database rather than necessarily on the card, so compare your card with the database picture.

Here is what that split does to a price. These are TCGplayer Market Prices from the TCGCSV public file, stamped 2 November 2026, and the file does not state a condition.

Choose the entry whose art and finish match your copy. Only then search for a price.

If you hold a Fusion World card

The official database filters rarity by L, C, UC, R, SR, SCR and PR. For the first set, the Awakened Pulse page lists 140 card types and says 23 alternative art cards are included.

So rarity is not enough: one number can also have an alternate version. Here is one from the Blazing Aura file, same source and same date.

Same number and same printed rarity, three very different figures. Notice as well that the Super Alternate Art's lowest listing sits above its Market Price, so neither number alone is a safe price.

Watch the words too. God Rare is an official label in the Super Card Game, but the Fusion World rarity filter has no such label.

Some sellers still call the top Fusion World version a God Rare, while TCGplayer calls it Super Alternate Art. Those are shop labels, so match the picture rather than the word.

Check the language

The Fusion World site has separate regional versions: English for North America, Latin America, Europe and Oceania, plus Japanese, English for Asia, Traditional Chinese and Thai.

Check which language a listing covers before you read a figure, and do not borrow one from another language. We wanted to show you an English and Japanese pair here, but a security check kept Cardmarket closed to us, so we show none.

Grade it and read real sales

Grade your copy on the scale of the site you use. Cardmarket has M, NM, EX, GD, LP, PL and PO, and it treats whitened borders as Poor.

Our condition guide shows how to judge that at home. For a very expensive card, see is grading worth it and how card grading works.

Then read a price this way:

1. Fusion World and Super Card Game: start with the product page for your exact version on TCGplayer or Cardmarket. TCGplayer's Market Price comes from recent sales.
2. Panini: TCGplayer lists nine Panini groups in its Dragon Ball Z category. Many lines there have no Market Price, as with the foil Namek Dragon Ball 7, R121, while the plain copy shows $12.76.
3. Score and anything older: we found no Score sets in that file, so search sold listings on eBay by card name and set. Judge each photo carefully.

If you find no sales for an old card, say so honestly when you sell.

Handling a mixed box

Old Dragon Ball boxes are often a mix of games, so split first.

1. Sort by game using the table above.
2. Pull SR, SCR, SPR and GDR cards, plus any alternate art.
3. Look those up by number and version.
4. Keep the older cards together, because a set may be easier to sell as one lot.

A larger pile needs more structure, and valuing an inherited collection gives you one. The method for all games is in how much are my trading cards worth.

What people ask next

• Are Dragon Ball Super cards worth money?
• Are Fusion World cards worth money?
• Which Fusion World sets are coming next?
• How do I spot a fake card?

FAQ

Are old Dragon Ball Z cards worth anything?

Some sell, but we have no data to give you a rule. Check TCGplayer for Panini, and search sold copies of your exact card and set for Score.

Can I use Fusion World prices for Super Card Game cards?

No. They are separate games with their own numbers, so always look up the game you actually hold.

What does the suffix on a BT number mean?

In the official list, _SPR marks a Special Rare and _GDR a God Rare. The list gives _PR on some entries, and we could not find a definition for it from Bandai.

Is God Rare a real rarity?

Yes in the Super Card Game, where the official list prints God Rare [GDR]. Not in Fusion World, where the official filter does not list it.

Should I sell a mixed box as one lot?

Pull and check the higher rarities first. After that, a lot can make sense for the rest, as long as you describe which games are in it.

Find your card

See the shops → Look through independent shops for Dragon Ball singles. On an order you pay the seller directly.

Foilio does not hold the payment and does not guarantee the deal.

Check a card price → Search Dragon Ball cards on Foilio, and check that the result belongs to your game.