Digimon Card Game: Timeless Bonds (BT-26) is a large set by main-booster standards, and collectors trying to build a complete checklist need more than the headline rarity breakdown from the initial announcement.
The base list runs to 108 confirmed card types, but that is not the whole picture. A separate layer of alternate art cards and box toppers sits within the set's pull structure alongside the standard checklist.
Understanding how those layers relate to each other matters before you start tracking what you have pulled versus what you still need.
This guide walks through every confirmed rarity tier and how the alternate art and box topper layers fit around the base 108-card list.
Bandai's official breakdown for Timeless Bonds lists 40 Common, 26 Uncommon, 21 Rare, 12 Super Rare, 3 Ultimate Rare, 2 Secret Rare, and 4 Special cards, totalling 108 distinct card types across the base set.
That distribution follows the pyramid shape typical of main Digimon booster sets, where the bulk of the checklist sits in Common and Uncommon slots and the rarest tiers narrow sharply toward the top.
A second confirmed source counts 22 Alternative Art cards within the set's pull structure, sitting alongside the base 108 card types rather than replacing any of them on the numbered checklist.
Alternate arts typically reprint an existing card's game text under new artwork, meaning a collector chasing a full alt art run is often collecting variants of cards they may already own in base form.
Box toppers are also confirmed to exist within Timeless Bonds' pull structure, distributed at the box level rather than found in every pack, which puts them in a different collecting category from both the base checklist and the alt art run.
Exact box topper card names and their odds have not been confirmed at the time of this guide, so treat that layer as a known but not yet fully detailed part of the set until more collectors report pulls.
At 40 Common and 26 Uncommon card types, these two tiers make up more than 60 percent of the full base checklist, and they are where most of a 24-pack box's 288 individual cards will land.
These are also the cards most useful for actually building decks, since competitive Digimon lists lean heavily on efficient Common and Uncommon-slot cards rather than exclusively on chase rarities. Collectors filling out a full playset of staples often finish this layer well before they finish chasing the set's rarer tiers.
With 21 Rare and 12 Super Rare card types, this middle tier is scarce enough to feel like a real pull without being as punishingly rare as the top two tiers.
Super Rares in particular tend to carry strong art treatments in Digimon sets, making them a popular target for collectors who want a visually striking card without chasing the set's rarest slots.
Only 3 Ultimate Rare, 2 Secret Rare, and 4 Special card types exist across the entire 108-card base list, making these the genuine chase cards of Timeless Bonds by any measure.
Each of these top-tier categories has its own distinct print treatment, which is worth understanding separately if you are deciding which chase tier to prioritize when opening packs.
A complete Timeless Bonds collection means tracking three separate layers: the base 108-card list by rarity, the 22-card alternate art run, and whatever box toppers turn up as more boxes get opened and reported.
Keeping those layers in separate binder sections or spreadsheet tabs from the start avoids the confusion of mixing a base Common with its alternate art counterpart under a single checklist entry. A simple three-column tracker, one column per layer, is usually enough to keep progress visible without overcomplicating the process.
108, spanning Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Ultimate Rare, Secret Rare, and Special.
No, the 22 Alternative Art cards sit within the pull structure alongside the base 108, not inside that count.
Yes, a second source confirms box toppers exist within Timeless Bonds' pull structure, though exact names and odds are not yet fully documented.
Secret Rare, with only 2 card types in the entire 108-card list.
24 packs at 12 cards each works out to 288 individual card slots per box.
Before you start sorting three separate layers of pulls, set up EVORETRO's 9-pocket binder pages so base, alt art, and topper pulls each get their own section.
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