The hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME is a trading card game made by COVER Corporation, the Tokyo company behind the VTuber agency hololive production. Its English edition went on sale on 11 July 2025, and 22 UK shops now appear on the game’s official European stockist list.
This guide covers how a game plays, which English sets are out, what they cost in UK shops and where you can sit down for a match.
The hololive TCG for UK Players, From First Deck to Local Games
How the hololive card game plays, from your Oshi card to Arts
Every deck is built around one Oshi holomem card. Among fans, your oshi is the performer you support, and in the game it is the hololive talent who leads your side of the table. The Oshi card stays on the stage from the first turn to the last and never goes into your deck.
You also bring a main deck of 50 cards and a separate cheer deck of 20. The main deck holds your holomem, the talents who do the fighting, along with support cards. The cheer deck is what powers them.
At the start of each turn you take one card from your cheer deck and send it to a holomem on your stage. A holomem needs the right cheers attached before it can use its Arts, the attacks printed on the card. Your Oshi’s life value sets how many cheer cards are dealt face down as your life at the start of the game.
The official beginners page lists three ways to win:
- reduce your opponent’s life to zero by defeating their holomem
- clear every holomem except their Oshi from their stage
- leave them with no cards to draw when their turn begins
Each turn runs through six phases: reset, draw, cheer, main, performance and end. Once the basics make sense, the official player’s guide has the full rules.
A Live Start Deck is the easiest first buy
The English range is sold three ways. Start decks are ready made decks you can play out of the box. Booster packs add random cards and come singly or in boxes of 12 packs. The Start Cheer Set, released on launch day, packages Oshi holomem and cheer cards for players building their own decks.
For a first game, pick one of the six Live Start Decks released on 23 October 2026. Each box holds a 50 card main deck, a 20 card cheer deck, an Oshi holomem card and counter sheets, as each deck’s official product page sets out. One box is a complete deck, so two friends with a deck each can play straight away.
The six decks are led by Oozora Subaru, Mori Calliope, Hoshimachi Suisei, Sakura Miko, Juufuutei Raden and Shirakami Fubuki. If you already watch one of them, that is your deck.
Shops are also running free Live Start Deck demo sessions between October 2026 and March 2027, listed on the official events page. Ask your nearest stockist whether it is taking part.
When you are ready to build your own deck, the official deck recipes page lists recommended decks for each new set and decks that have won tournaments.
Every English hololive card game set, from Blooming Radiance to Volume Vortex
The Japanese edition came first, on 20 September 2024, as Siliconera reported. When hololive production announced the English edition on 21 February 2025, it said sales would take place “primarily in North America”. UK shops carry the English range as well, as the price and shop sections below show.
COVER designs and produces the game itself. Bushiroad supports it with events and sales of the English edition.
| Release date | Product | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | Blooming Radiance | Booster pack |
| 11 July 2025 | Tokino Sora & AZKi, plus the Start Cheer Set | Start deck and accessory |
| 17 October 2025 | Quintet Spectrum | Booster pack |
| 19 December 2025 | Elite Spark | Booster pack |
| 20 February 2026 | Curious Universe | Booster pack |
| 17 April 2026 | Enchant Regalia | Booster pack |
| 19 June 2026 | Ayakashi Vermilion | Booster pack |
| 24 July 2026 | Oshi Advent and Oshi Justice | Start decks |
| 25 September 2026 | Summer hologram | Extra booster |
| 23 October 2026 | Six Live Start Decks | Start decks |
| 20 November 2026 | Diva Fever | Booster pack |
| 29 January 2027 | Bouncer Bound | Booster pack, announced |
| 19 March 2027 | Volume Vortex | Booster pack, announced |
Dates are from the official products page, checked on 11 November 2026. Single colour start decks for Nekomata Okayu, Nakiri Ayame, Yuzuki Choco, Shiranui Flare, Kazama Iroha and Todoroki Hajime followed in October and December 2025.
hololive card game prices at UK shops
These are the prices on each shop’s own site on 11 November 2026. Recommended prices come from Dark Sphere’s listings.
| Product | Recommended price | Dark Sphere | Thistle Tavern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Start Deck | £8.99 | £7.90 | £7.00, reduced from £9.00 |
| Booster pack | £4.00 | £3.50 (Diva Fever preorder) | £4.00 |
| Booster box, 12 packs | £48.00 | £41.90 (Diva Fever preorder) | £48.00 (Bouncer Bound preorder) |
Boxes from earlier sets cost more. The Card Vault in Glasgow lists Blooming Radiance, Quintet Spectrum, Elite Spark, Curious Universe and Enchant Regalia boxes at £59.95 each, all out of stock on the day we checked.
Where to buy and play the hololive card game in the UK
The official Europe shop list names 22 UK stockists. The details below come from each shop’s own website, checked on 11 November 2026. Stock and event dates change, so check with the shop before you travel.
Dark Sphere, Shepherd’s Bush, London
- What it is: a gaming centre and shop in Shepherd’s Bush, with an online store
- hololive games: Hololive TCG Locals, next on Saturday 14 November 2026 from 4pm to 8pm
- Link: Dark Sphere’s hololive range and event page
Dark Sphere is on the official stockist list and had all six Live Start Decks in stock when we checked. Its online shop is also taking preorders for Diva Fever, Bouncer Bound and Volume Vortex.
Thistle Tavern, Aberdeen and Edinburgh
- What it is: two game shops, at 395 Union Street, Aberdeen and 79 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, with an online store
- hololive games: regular organised play and casual meetups in Aberdeen
- Link: Thistle Tavern’s hololive range
Both branches are on the official list. The shop’s own page says it hosts regular hololive organised play at its Aberdeen hub and planned to start events at the Edinburgh branch from late April 2026.
The Card Vault, Glasgow and online
- What it is: an online card shop with a gaming centre on the lower ground floor of 37 Bath Street, Glasgow
- hololive range: sealed booster boxes, start decks and booster packs
- Link: The Card Vault’s hololive products
The Card Vault’s gaming centre page says the entrance is down a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
The Merchants’ Guild, Glasgow
- What it is: a game shop and play space at 50 Albion Street, Glasgow
- hololive games: none listed on its own site yet
- Link: The Merchants’ Guild
The Merchants’ Guild is on the official stockist list, though its own website focuses on Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars Unlimited. Call ahead before making the trip for hololive.
More official stockists around the UK
In London the list also names Spellbound Games, The Brotherhood Games Cafe and Raveka Store. Glasgow has a third stockist in TokyoToys.
Further afield, the list covers Ultimate TCG in Accrington, Bath TCG, Living Realms in Castleford and Trinity Card Capital in Gateshead. It also names Pendulum Gaming in Grantham, Tabletop Republic in High Wycombe, HUZ Gaming in Leicestershire and Rising Phoenix Games in Middlesbrough. Antics Models & Hobbies in Plymouth, Patriot Games in Sheffield, Jester Games Store in Stockport, Pro Tech Games in Stockton-on-Tees, The Gamers’ Emporium in Swansea and Cards Den in West Calder complete it.
hololive TCG single cards and other UK sellers
Players building their own decks often buy single cards. Five UK shops listed them on 12 November 2026:
- Total Cards: single cards across the rarities, with free UK delivery on orders over £20
- Ultra Rare Cards: singles from the Quintet Spectrum set from £0.20, with £3 delivery or free delivery on orders over £75
- Jester Games Store, Stockport: an official stockist with a shop in Stockport town centre, selling singles from £0.25
- Chaos Cards: start decks, booster packs and single cards, with start decks at £8.95 on 12 November 2026
- Big Orbit Cards: single cards from Blooming Radiance through to Ayakashi Vermilion, with free UK delivery on trading card orders over £30
Thirsty Meeples, which runs board game cafés in Bath and Oxford, sells sealed products online, with the Start Cheer Set at £9.00 and free delivery on orders of £65 or more.
Check the language before you buy from any seller. Japanese edition boxes are also sold to UK buyers on marketplaces such as eBay, and the listing should say which edition you are getting.
Official tournaments in the UK
There is no UK or European championship on the official events calendar so far. Official formats run inside shops instead, such as the weekly shop tournaments at Bushiroad official tournament stores and the Diva Fever Selection Cup, which runs at participating local stores from 20 November to 31 December 2026.
The largest event on the official calendar is WGP 26-27 in Anaheim, California, on 6 February 2027.
Buying the hololive card game from Ireland
The official European stockist list names no shops in Ireland, and Ireland does not appear in its country index. Irish players can order from the UK shops above that sell online, such as Dark Sphere, Thistle Tavern and The Card Vault. Check at checkout whether a shop delivers to Ireland and what it charges.
hololive off the card table, from cinema concerts to Daggerheart
The card game is one way into a much bigger fandom. If the talents on the cards are new to you, our guide to what a VTuber is explains how the avatars and the performers behind them work. For figures, birthday sets and clothing, our guide to buying hololive merch in the UK covers the official shop and UK stockists.
hololive English concerts have played British cinemas, and the company behind those screenings told us how a show filmed in Los Angeles reaches a UK audience. In 2026 hololive production also made its first British convention appearance at VeXpo, the VTuber convention at the NEC.
Tabletop gaming is the newest step. Critical Role and hololive production are making Shattered Legends, a six part series played in Daggerheart, Critical Role’s fantasy roleplaying game, due to start in mid November 2026. Tabletop Sentinel reports that Matthew Mercer runs the game, with hololive’s Nerissa Ravencroft, Mori Calliope, Shiori Novella and Gigi Murin among the players.
hololive card game: questions UK players ask
Yes. The English edition launched on 11 July 2025 with the Blooming Radiance booster set, and new sets have followed every two months or so. Diva Fever is next, on 20 November 2026.
At game shops on the official stockist list. Dark Sphere in Shepherd’s Bush runs Hololive TCG Locals, and Thistle Tavern in Aberdeen runs regular organised play. The official events page lists shop tournaments and free demo sessions for new players.
A Live Start Deck has a recommended price of £8.99. On 11 November 2026 Dark Sphere sold them for £7.90 and Thistle Tavern for £7.00, and each box is a complete deck you can play straight away.
