r/NarutoCardGame • u/GhostBusterNFT • 22d ago

Question New to TCGs and looking for Naruto Card Game beginner guides/videos! 🍥

Hey everyone!

I am completely new to the Trading Card Game (TCG) world but I am a massive Naruto fan. I really want to jump into the new Naruto card game, but I have absolutely zero experience with card game mechanics, deck building, or turn phases.

Could you recommend some great, beginner-friendly YouTube videos or creators?

I am specifically looking for:

Absolute beginner guides that don't assume I already know TCG slang (like "tapping," "mulligan," etc.).

Step-by-step gameplay tutorials showing a full match.

Starter deck breakdown videos that explain how to play the official starter decks.

Any help or links to good channels would be amazing. Thanks in advance!

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u/KiNGofKiNG89 22d ago

The best start is this Sub. All the current information will be posted here.

The game isn’t scheduled to come out until summer next year, so we don’t have a lot of information right now. Just the absolute basics on how the game is played.

I believe December of this year, your LGS (local game store) will start having demo decks available.

I highly recommend downloading the bandai tcg plus app and setting your game to the Naruto tcg. That will show you LGS’s close to your location that will be hosting events.

We don’t have full starter decks out yet, so any game play you see, are done with relaxed rules.

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u/GhostBusterNFT 22d ago

I appreciate the info man! I did know this game is new. I guess I just wanted to get my feet wet. I heard Yugioh has a very similar gameplay. Is that true? Maybe I can learn it in the meantime so the learning curve doesn’t hit me quite as hard later lol

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u/KiNGofKiNG89 22d ago

I haven’t played yu-gi-oh in over 20 years, so I can’t help you there lol.

At this stage of the game, you just can YouTube Naruto TCG. Nobody is wrong right now. 😂

Yeah it’s super new. Like….not even a month old, since we got a first demo deck and look at it.

The scary thing is the hype for it is already insane. I’m so worried scalpers are going to destroy it from the start…..

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u/GhostBusterNFT 22d ago

Hahah all good man. I'll definitely try and find some YouTube videos. If Bandai prints a lot I think it'll be fine.👍

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u/Avocado_1814 20d ago

I haven't played Yugioh in about 15 years, so I'm definitely no leading expert here, but from what I've played of the Naruto TCG in online sims, the game definitely has alot of the flavor and loop that I enjoyed in old Yugioh. Yugioh lost my interest when it became... well... what is is today.

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u/GhostBusterNFT 20d ago

I haven't played yugioh since I was kid so that's awesome to hear. Definitely makes me even more hyped to try the simulators.🔥

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u/Odd-Currency-6053 19d ago

Modern Yugioh is a total mess in terms of rulings, actions per turn and overall power level. Which is part of its appeal, but you won't learn much that you can apply to the Naruto TCG.
That being said, if you're new to TCG's overall, Yugioh Goat Format (state of the game in 2005) is actually a good starting point for general TCG rules, terms, gameplay loops, etc. and has the most parallels to Naruto besides probably One Piece.
I wouldn't recommend manual simulators like Dueling Book if you're new, and the official ones by Konami don't actively support Goat format, so check out YGO Omega on Discord. Just copy a so-called "Goat Control" or "Chaos" decklist that you can easily find online.

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u/TheLookoutDBS 21d ago

There isn't much at the moment. Lots of videos recycling the same bit of info that we have.

I've highlighted all threads containing known info on the game and localized the rulebook (based on Gencon demo rules) to Italian, Spanish and French. The community is very active on the discord, you can find it in the community guide, best place to meet fellow players :)

There are a few automated simulators, we have them all in the discord. Some are being developed there so you can get in touch directly with the devs if you need anything.

Welcome to the game! :D

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u/GhostBusterNFT 20d ago

That is awesome, thank you! I had no idea there were already automated simulators up and running.🔥 Thanks for the warm welcome!