Every Digimon main booster set has a top rarity tier, and in Timeless Bonds that tier is Secret Rare, confirmed at just 2 card types across the entire 108-card base checklist.
That is the narrowest chase tier in the set by count, narrower even than the 3 Ultimate Rares sitting just below it, which puts real weight behind pulling either of the two SEC cards.
Because so few SEC card types exist, collectors researching this tier are working with limited information this early in the set's life, so it is worth being clear about what is confirmed and what is not.
This guide covers what Secret Rare status means in Timeless Bonds, how scarce a SEC pull actually is, and how to protect one if you land it.
Secret Rare sits at the top of Timeless Bonds' seven-tier rarity structure, above Ultimate Rare, Super Rare, Rare, Uncommon, Common, and the separate Special card category.
With only 2 SEC card types confirmed in the full 108-card list, this tier represents less than 2 percent of the set's total card count, making it the set's headline chase by sheer scarcity. That kind of scarcity is what typically drives early secondary market attention toward a set's top rarity tier before pricing has fully settled.
A two-card SEC tier is about as narrow as a chase category gets in a main booster set of this size, meaning the odds of any single pack containing one of these two specific cards are extremely low across a full 24-pack box.
That scarcity is precisely why SEC pulls tend to generate the most attention from collectors and content creators covering a new set's early opening results. Even a single confirmed SEC pull from a livestream or unboxing thread tends to spread quickly through Digimon collecting communities.
Timeless Bonds' Ultimate Rare tier has 3 card types against Secret Rare's 2, meaning SEC is the narrower of the two top chase categories even though both sit near the top of the rarity structure.
Collectors often treat UR and SEC as a combined chase tier when opening packs, but the raw math favors SEC as marginally the rarer and more sought-after of the two.
With 24 packs and 12 cards per pack in a Timeless Bonds box, a single box contains 288 individual card slots, and only 2 SEC card types exist to fill any of Timeless Bonds' rarest slots.
Exact per-pack SEC pull rates have not been independently confirmed at the time of this guide, so treat any specific odds you see quoted elsewhere as directional rather than official until Bandai publishes exact print ratios.
A Secret Rare pull should go straight into a rigid protective holder before it touches a sleeve-only binder page, since SEC cards in Digimon sets typically carry premium foil treatments that are more prone to surface damage than standard printings.
Handling the card by its edges and keeping it away from direct light and humidity from the moment it is pulled reduces the risk of the kind of surface wear that meaningfully affects both grading outcomes and resale value.
Because only 2 SEC card types exist in the entire set, a well-centered, damage-free copy of either one is a reasonable grading candidate for collectors who submit cards regularly.
Grading is not automatically worth it for every pull, though, and the decision should weigh submission cost against the card's likely resale value once a graded population exists to compare against. Waiting for early population reports before submitting can also help set realistic expectations for how a given grade might be valued.
Just 2 card types across the entire 108-card base list.
Yes, Timeless Bonds has 2 Secret Rare card types against 3 Ultimate Rare card types.
Move it into a rigid protective holder before it gets handled or stored with the rest of your pulls.
Not independently confirmed at the time of this guide, so treat quoted odds as directional.
Treat each on its own merits, since centering and surface condition can differ between individual pulls even within the same tier.
Keep EVORETRO's magnetic one-touch card holder on hand so a Secret Rare pull is protected the second it comes out of the pack.
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