My Hero Academia CCG

My Hero Academia Collectible Card Game is UniVersus (formerly Jasco Games) 2021 CCG adaptation of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga and anime franchise. It runs on the Universal Fighting System rules engine, the same mechanical base UniVersus uses for Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and other fighting-game CCGs.

The game

Using the UFS engine, each player picks a My Hero Academia character as their Fighter and builds a 50-card deck of attacks, foundations, and assets that reflect that character's Quirk and fighting style. The core UFS stance-attack-block matrix maps surprisingly well to MHA's superhero combat, and fan-favorite Quirk interactions (All Might's One For All, Deku's Full Cowling, Bakugou's Explosion) are represented with specific card effects.

The context

2021 was peak English-language My Hero Academia popularity. The anime was mid-run on Crunchyroll, the films were theatrical events, and Horikoshi's manga was consistently top-selling in American bookstores. UniVersus timing their CCG launch against that peak was commercially shrewd, and the game's first-year sales were strong.

The context for collectors

As a relatively new CCG (2021-ish launch), collector economics are still playing out. The 2021 Release Set and the Crimson Rampage expansion are the early collector touchstones. Chase cards like the Ultra Rare All Might and Deku variants have seen early appreciation in grading markets. Because it runs on the UFS engine, it connects to a broader UniVersus catalog that collectors of their other games (Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Soulcalibur) may already track.

The collector angle

For RetroTCG, My Hero Academia is the youngest-by-release-date game in the Featured Games row, but Horikoshi's manga will conclude in 2024, which means the franchise itself is moving into legacy/nostalgia territory even as the card game is still being actively supported. The first-print 2021 sets are already appreciating among anime-CCG collectors, and the UFS engine ensures long-term playability even if UniVersus eventually moves on from the license.