BLEACH Vol. 3 Serialized Action Points, SR***, and More Cards Revealed
UNION ARENA’s first Vol. 3 is for BLEACH: Thousand Year Blood War, and it’s almost here. Sort of.
While the set won’t be getting its English Version debut until November, fans can get a sneak peek at what’s coming in this hotly anticipated set thanks to its much earlier September 11, 2026 release date in Japan.
And while a host of spoilers and big card reveals have been trickling out ahead of the official launch, perhaps the biggest spoiler for collectors just dropped today: the serialized, hand-signed Action Point cards for BLEACH Vol. 3.
BLEACH Vol. 3 Serialized Action Points feature Ichigo and Grimmjow
While BLEACH Vol. 3 will include the anime’s concluding arc in its cards – meaning all of The Calamity is fair game despite that season still airing – these Action Point cards are decidedly more retro. Ichigo is featured here in his classic Soul Reaper look, and Grimmjow has his earlier Arrancar look as well.
Serialized AP cards like this go for a ton of money as they are quite rare. Typically only 100 of each serialized card is printed, but having the actual signature of the original voice actors ups the value.
SR*** cards also revealed
Uryu Ishida (石田 雨竜)
Card Type: Character
Trait: Sternritter (星十字騎士団)
Cost / Action: 4 Cost / 1 Action
BP: 4000
Generated Energy: 1 Yellow
Effects:
- Impact Nullification (インパクト無効): (Characters battling this character lose Impact during this battle).
- [Activate: Main] (起動メイン): [Pay 1 AP] You can only activate this effect if this card is in your hand. Place 4 or more <Ichigo Kurosaki> cards from your Remove Area into your Sideline (場外). If you do, play this card onto your Front L as Active. This effect of <Uryu Ishida> can only be activated once per turn.
Trigger:
- [Active] (アクティブ): Choose 1 character on your field and make it Active. During this turn, it gets BP+3000.
Ichigo Kurosaki (黒崎 一護)
Card Type: Character
Cost / Action: 3 Cost / 1 Action
BP: 2500+
Generated Energy: 2 Blue
Effects:
- Impact Nullification (インパクト無効): (Characters battling this character lose Impact during this battle).
- [Activate: Main] (起動メイン): [Turn 1] Place 1 card from your hand that contains "Zangetsu" (斬月) or "Getsuga" (月牙) in its card name into your Sideline (場外). If you do, draw 1 card. During this turn, this character gets BP+1500 and gains the following two effects:
- "If this is on the Energy L, at the start of your Attack Phase, if there is an empty space on your Front L, move this character to the Front L."
- "This character cannot be chosen by Trigger effects."
Trigger:
- [Draw] (ドロー): Draw 1 card.
Bandai also revealed the SR*** cards for the set. These are the rarest non-serialized cards you can get from booster packs. While they are still quite uncommon, they’re nowhere near the kind of rarity of a limited print run like the AP cards.
Uryu and Ichigo get the honors of the SR*** for UNION ARENA’s first Vol. 3. And while the high rarity makes these collector’s items, their regular rarity cards will be quite powerful for players.
Shunsui Raid and supporting cards revealed
Shunsui Kyoraku (京楽 春水)
Card Type: Character
Trait: Thirteen Court Guard Squads (護廷十三隊)
Cost / Action: 5 Cost / 1 Action
BP: 4000
Generated Energy: 1 Green
Effects:
- [Raid] (レイド): <Shunsui Kyoraku> (You may make this active and move it to the Front L).
- Passive: At the end of this character's attack, if you have a total of 4 or more different card names among Green Event cards and Field cards in your Sideline (場外), choose up to 1 character on your Energy L, and switch its position with this character.
- [On Play] (登場時): During this turn, the next card with the [Trait: Katen Kyokotsu] you use from your hand has its required AP reduced by 1.
Trigger:
- [Raid] (レイド): Add this card to your hand, or if you meet the energy requirements, Raid it.
Finally, Shunsui’s SR** card with its complete card text has been revealed. Not only is the SR** card highly collectible, the Raid brings a whole new strategy into Green BLEACH, one that works with the recently revealed Aizen card to unlock powerful combos.
Additionally, a few of the Event cards you will be using with Shunsui have been revealed, giving us a first glimpse of how this deck will operate (outside of the Aizen combo).
Katen (花天)
Card Type: Site
Trait: Katen Kyokotsu (花天狂骨)
Cost / Action: 0 Cost / 1 Action
Generated Energy: 1 Green
Effects:
- [Activate: Main] (起動メイン): [Rest] (レストにする), [Retire this card] (このカードを退場させる). Choose up to 1 Green <Shunsui Kyoraku> with a required energy of 2 or less from your Sideline (場外) and play it onto your Energy L as Active.
Trigger:
- [Active] (アクティブ): Choose 1 character on your field and make it Active. During this turn, it gets BP+3000.
Kyokotsu (狂骨)
Card Type: Site
Trait: Katen Kyokotsu (花天狂骨)
Cost / Action: 3 Cost / 1 Action
Generated Energy: 2 Green
Effects:
- [On Play] (登場時): Choose up to 1 <Shinken Hakkyoken> (神剣・八鏡剣) from your Sideline (場外) and add it to your hand.
- [Activate: Main] (起動メイン): [Rest] (レストにする), [Retire this card] (このカードを退場させる). Choose up to 1 card on your field and make it Active. Choose up to 1 character on your field, and during this turn, it gets BP+1000.
Trigger:
- [Draw] (ドロー): Draw 1 card.
Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju (花天狂骨枯松心中)
Card Type: Event
Trait: Katen Kyokotsu (花天狂骨)
Cost / Action: 4 Cost / 1 Action
Effects:
- Condition: You can only use this card if you have <Shunsui Kyoraku> on your field.
- Effect: Choose 1 character on your opponent's Front L with 5000 BP or less, and retire it. Choose up to 1 <Katen> or <Kyokotsu> on your Energy L and make it Active.
Trigger:
- [SPECIAL] (スペシャル): Choose 1 character on your opponent's Front L and retire it.
Stay tuned for more BLEACH Vol. 3 updates as we get closer to the main event!
