Gundam card codes explained: how GD01-001 style numbers work

The prefix names the product

The letters and digits before the dash tell you where a card was first printed. The official product list sorts products into categories such as Starter Deck and Booster Pack. Newtype Rising [GD01] is a booster pack, Heroic Beginnings [ST01] is a starter deck, and the official page for Eternal Nexus [EB01] calls it a collaboration booster pack.

So GD01 to GD05 are the five main boosters released so far, ST01 to ST14 are the starter decks and EB01 is the extra booster. GD06 and GD07 are listed on the official site with release dates of October 30, 2026 and January 29, 2027, so their codes will follow the same pattern.

The number is the card’s place in its set

On October 1, 2026, the official card search showed GD01 numbered 001 to 130, GD05 numbered 001 to 130, EB01 numbered 001 to 090 and ST01 numbered 001 to 016. The order is not random. In the sets we checked, Units come first, then Pilots, then Commands, then Bases, and inside each type the cards run by color.

In GD01 the blue Units are 001 to 022, green 023 to 043, red 044 to 064 and white 065 to 086, then the Pilots run 087 to 098. GD05 adds purple, between red and white. Inside a color group the rarer cards tend to come first, which is why GD01-001, a Legend Rare, opens the set.

That means the number alone often tells you the card type: in GD01, anything from 099 to 122 is a Command and 123 to 130 is a Base. The pattern is our reading of the official card list, not a rule the game states, so check the card page when it matters.

Alternate art keeps the same code

Rule 2-1-1 of the Comprehensive Rules (version 1.9.0, updated September 11, 2026) calls the card number the serial number of a card and says cards with the same card number are treated as the same card. Under rule 2-1-2 a deck may hold four or fewer copies of one card number.

That is why alternate art has no new code. The official card page for GD01-001 shows the plain version, and the pages whose addresses end in _p1 and _p2 show the same card marked LR + and LR ++. The suffix appears in the website address only; the printed card shows the same GD01-001 with a different rarity mark. The rarity guide explains what the marks mean.

Reprints share the number too

When a card comes back in another product, it keeps its original code. GD01-001 has a _p3 page that lists the GUNDAM CARD GAME 1st Anniversary Set [PB03] under Where to get it. ST01-001 has pages that list Edition Beta, the Premium Card Collection [EVX05], a Regional Championships 3rd Place Card and Deck Build Box Freedom Ascension [SC01].

So a code that starts with ST01 can come out of a box that is not Heroic Beginnings. The prefix tells you the card’s home set, and the Where to get it line on the card page tells you which printing you hold. Next to the rarity, the card also shows a small marker: 1, 2 or β. The pages we read do not explain it, but the Edition Beta printings carry β.

Short codes: Resource, tokens and promos

Resource cards and tokens do not carry a set prefix. The Resource card R-002 and the Gundam unit token T-001 are listed under products such as Newtype Rising and Heroic Beginnings, and EX Base and EX Resource tokens use EXB- and EXR- codes. Per rule 6-1-1-5, any number of Resource cards with the same card number can go in a resource deck.

Promo versions of those use their own prefixes with the P rarity: RP-001, a Resource promo from a BANDAI TCG+ Store Trial Event, EXBP-001 and EXRP-001, which the card pages list under events. Promo printings of regular cards, such as the Regional Championships prizes of ST01-001, keep the regular code.

Where to find the code

Look at the top right corner of the card: the code, then the rarity, then the circle marker. To check a card, search the official card list by that code, or add it to the address of a card page after detailSearch=, as in detail.php?detailSearch=GD01-001.

A code cannot name the version by itself. Read the rarity line and the Where to get it entry too, because the same GD01-001 exists at several rarities and in several products.