Whole Plot Reference / Digimon Card Game

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Many booster sets are mainly tied around specific pieces of Digimon media. As a rule of thumb, most main boosters focus on two pieces of media while EX and mini sets focus either on one reference or a theme of Digimon types.

• The first six Booster sets have a common theme of showing stuff that was appearing in Digimon Adventure: (2020), though mostly they work to introduce cards for the various popular Digimon just to get the ball rolling.
• Ultimate Power introduces Taiga and Rina from Digimon World Re:Digitize, as well as support for their partners Tyrannomon and Veemon.
• Union Impact adds Davis, Ken, support for their partners, and several villains from Digimon Adventure 02.
• Great Legend contains the main characters from Digimon Data Squad, as well as introducing the Agunimon and Lobomon lines from Digimon Frontier.
• Battle of Omni features references to Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and to the second arc of Digimon Fusion, since those plus the 2020 anime all had a focus on the titular Omnimon.
• Double Diamond is tied around elements from Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, including Tamer cards depicting the adult version of the Adventure characters rather than them as children.
• Classic Collection is themed around both the original Hyper Colosseum cards and the original Digimon World.
• Next Adventure is focused on Frontier (with the Spirit Evolutions of the main cast being able to digivolve on top of Tamers instead of Digimon and giving said Tamers their own inheritable effects). It also brings in characters from the manga Digimon Chronicle, the Herissmon line from Digimon ReArise, and the Pulsemon line from the Vital Bracelet toy.
• New Awakening is focused on 02, with bits of Chronicle and the Digimon Ghost Game (which had just started airing a few months prior).
• Digital Hazard is entirely based on Digimon Tamers and its films.
• X Record is balanced between elements from Digimon X-Evolution and Digimon Adventure tri., with some more bits of Chronicle and Ghost Game.
• Xros Encounter is, as one would expect, based almost entirely on Fusion, with a few cards dedicated to Ghost Game.
• Draconic Roar features elements from the mobile game Digimon Links.
• Dimensional Phase features characters from Re:Digitize and Digimon World 3, plus some bits from the second arc of Fusion.
• Across Time features elements from Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time with the element of the prior heroes and their Digimon uniting as well as finishing the remaining references to the Fusion series.
• Alternative Being subverts this as it's mostly focused on the idea of alternate forms and evolutions, and thus has characters from various iterations.
• While Rising Wind is primarily a reprint set, all of the new cards work to round out the cast of Ghost Game.
• Versus Royal Knights is completely themed around Digimon Data Squad, introducing the supporting cast, Burst Mode, Gizumon and Belphemon, and the titular Royal Knights.
• Blast Ace is themed around the original Digimon Adventure focusing on Tai, Joe, Mimi, and T.K., as well as the recent web novel Digimon Seekers. It also adds the titular Ace Digimon.
• Animal Colosseum is themed around beasts. They also include the Devas and their Sovereigns, which many remember from Tamers, as well as the cover Digimon from Digimon World: Dawn/Dusk. It also has the evolution lines for Elecmon and Kudamon from Digimon ReArise.
• Exceed Apocalypse continues the Digimon Adventure theme focusing on the remaining characters, Matt, Sora, Izzy, and Kari, as well as the villains; Myotismon and the Dark Masters. This also continues the support for Digimon Seekers.
• Beginning Observer is themed around the most recent movie set in the original Adventure continuity, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, and expands on Armor and DNA Digivolutions as well as continuing the support for the Digimon Seekers novel.
• Secret Crisis is themed around the various movies, while rounding out the support for Seekers.
• Infernal Ascension is themed around angelic and demonic Digimon; namely the Three Great Angels and the Seven Great Demon Lords. Also included are Legend-Arms Digimon and the Armageddon Army Digimon from Pendulum Progress.
• Digimon Liberator, as the name suggests, features characters and partners from the recent titular webcomic, as well as the Three Musketeers and the Nature Spirits Digimon from Pendulum COLOR.
• Element Successor is primarily themed around Digimon Frontier, while also having a few cards dedicated to Digimon Liberator.
• Xros Evolution, as the name suggests, has the Xros Wars manga as the central theme, in addition to Tamers and Liberator.
• Over the X has quite a few themes, those being Liberator, Chronicle, Seekers, and Accel.
• Chain of Liberation continues the Digimon Liberator theme, while having the Deep Savers and Nightmare Soldiers Digimon from Pendulum COLOR, plus additional Nature Spirits.
• World Convergence focuses on all of the past anime series, while introducing characters from Digimon Universe: App Monsters, and some focus on Liberator and the Wind Guardians Digimon from Pendulum COLOR.
• Versus Monsters primarily focuses on the original five Digital Monster virtual pets, with some extra support for Wind Guardians and Liberator and the introduction of Abbadomon from the 2020 Adventure remake.
• Cyber Eden, as shown by the name, is mostly focused on Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, while also featuring Musimon's line from Appli Monsters and more Liberator supports.
• Sinister Order gives supports to most anime villains, including Myotismon and the Dark Masters from Adventure, BlackWarGreymon from 02, Beelzemon from Tamers, Lucemon from Frontier, Belphemon from Data Squad, Bagramon from Fusion, Quartzmon from The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, Deusmon from Appli Monsters and Regulusmon from Ghost Game, while also featuring supports for Liberator.
• Hacker’s Slumber focuses on Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory, while continuing the Appli Monsters and Liberator supports.
• Time Stranger, as the name shows, mainly focuses on Digimon Story: Time Stranger, specifically five members of the Olympos XII, with more Appli Monsters and Liberator supports, as well as extra supports for Seekers.
• Dawn of Liberator is entirely composed of new cards and support for the characters from Liberator.
• While Digimon Generation primarily composes of reprints, the new cards included provide support for already existing decks centered around the main anim protagonists
• Dual Revolution continues its focus on Time Stranger with the other half of the Olympos XII, in addition to more support for Appli Monsters and Accel, as well as introducing new support for Data Squad and Beatbreak.
• Digital World Shamballa has the primary themes of the Pendulum COLOR Saiyu Warriors and Toho Brave, as well as past Pendulum COLOR series and Ghost Game.
• Timeless Bonds focuses on the final part of Time Stranger with Chronomon and Jupitermon: Wrath Mode.
• Chivalrous XIII has new support for the Royal Knights.