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Union Arena BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Vol.3 Out November 13 With Signature Cards
Bandai's UNION ARENA releases the English Booster Pack BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Vol.3 (UEX08BT) on November 13, 2026 at an MSRP of $4.99 for a 12-card pack, with 81 card types plus 6 Action Point cards, per its official product page. The set covers "The Conflict", the third part of the BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War anime, and adds foil-stamped signature cards from the anime's voice cast.
What Is in the Set
- Release: November 13, 2026, after a prerelease on November 6
- Price: $4.99 MSRP per pack
- Configuration: 12 cards per pack, 16 packs per box
- Card types: 28 Common, 29 Uncommon, 12 Rare, 12 Super Rare and 6 Action Point cards
- Featured characters: Ichigo Kurosaki, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques, Sosuke Aizen and the Stern Ritter
- Box topper: one per box, from 9 designs (6 foil and 3 gold foil)
Bandai also lists alt-art cards in the set, plus a limited number of serial-numbered, hand-signed Action Point cards.
The Signature Cards
Per Bandai, the foil-stamped signature cards carry autographs from these voice actors:
- Masakazu Morita: Ichigo Kurosaki
- Noriaki Sugiyama: Uryu Ishida
- Yuki Matsuoka: Orihime Inoue
- Satsuki Yukino: Yoruichi Shihoin
- Akio Otsuka: Shunsui Kyoraku
- Show Hayami: Sosuke Aizen
- Junichi Suwabe: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
These signatures are foil-stamped onto the cards. The hand-signed cards are the separate serial-numbered Action Point cards.
Release Event, Deck and Errata
- Release event: November 6 to 12 at participating stores, entered through the BANDAI TCG+ app, per the event page. Every player gets the Rukia Kuchiki promo UEPR/BLC-4-054 and a Premium Release Event Pack holding one card from 17 types, and winners get a Winner version of the same promo
- Advanced Deck BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (UE01DC): $24.99, released November 6, 2026, an all-foil 50-card ready-to-play deck with 3 Action Point cards and a playsheet, including two new Super Rares, per its product page
- Errata: on October 30, Bandai corrected the "When Sidelined" text of Ichibe Hyosube (UEX08BT/BLC-4-056), whose last line now says "card" instead of "character", and said a corrected version of the card will not be made available
What It Means for Collectors
The English and Japanese releases share a card list but not a pack. Bandai Japan's page lists the set on September 11, 2026 at ¥385 (tax included) for 8 cards, against 12 cards for $4.99 in English. Our take: the serial-numbered, hand-signed Action Point cards are the headline chase, while the seven foil-stamped signature cards are the ones BLEACH fans will hunt by favorite cast member rather than to complete the set. Next up in English is the My Hero Academia Special Booster on December 11, 2026 at $4.99, followed by GURREN LAGANN on January 22, 2027, per Bandai's product list. Our One Piece OP-18 story covers another Bandai booster landing in November, and our Gundam starter decks story covers its anime-licensed Gundam Card Game.
Where to Go From Here
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Vol.3 hits stores November 13, 2026. Waiting on your local store's allocation? Open a free mystery pack when you join the Polkastarter marketplace, where every Lootbox shows its contents, values, and chances up front.
Details checked November 9, 2026. Release details are as announced by Bandai on the dates given and can change. Nothing here is financial advice. Polkastarter is not affiliated with Bandai, Tite Kubo, Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot or the other companies named.
Sources
- UNION ARENA: Booster Pack BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Vol.3 (UEX08BT), undated, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA: Advanced Deck BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (UE01DC), undated, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA: BLEACH Special Release Event, posted October 23, 2026, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA: Notice of Card Text Errata in UEX08BT, published October 30, 2026, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA Japan: BLEACH Thousand-Year Blood War Vol.3 (in Japanese), undated, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA: Special Booster Pack My Hero Academia, undated, accessed November 9, 2026
- UNION ARENA: Products (North America), undated, accessed November 9, 2026
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