Fullmetal Alchemist: Alchemic Card Battle TCG is a Japanese collectible card game published by Bandai in May 2004, tied to the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series that had premiered the previous year. The game was distributed as part of Bandai's Carddass Masters product line and organised into numbered Files, with File 1 constituting the launch release. Cards are divided into Character, Support Character, Battle, and Event types, with the roster drawn directly from the anime's cast including Edward Elric, Roy Mustang, and other principals and antagonists from the 2003 series.
All card text and game directions are in Japanese, making the game effectively inaccessible to players without reading knowledge of the language. The game is distinct from the separately produced English-language Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game released in Western markets. A companion game book covering card galleries, deck-building guides, and strategies was published alongside the card product. Secondary-market listings for individual cards and starter sets continue to surface from Japanese sellers.
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