Gundam Card Game Deck Build Box: Freedom Ascension [SC01] — Everything New Players Need to Get Started

If you've been eyeing the Gundam Card Game but weren't sure where to jump in, Bandai just made the decision easy. The Deck Build Box: Freedom Ascension [SC01] is a purpose-built entry point that hands you a complete two-colour deck foundation straight out of the box — no guesswork, no chasing singles, no half-finished collection sitting in a binder.

Here's what's inside, why it's the smartest way to start playing, and how to get yours from Hobby Collectors Australia.

What's in the Box?

The Deck Build Box is built around one idea: give players a real, functional card pool on day one, then let them customise from there. Each box includes:

• 125 Reprint Cards for deckbuilding — 25 cards across each of the game's five colours, so you can pair any two colours into a balanced half-deck foundation
• 4 Freedom Ascension [GD05] Booster Packs to crack open and customise your build with fresh pulls
• 1 Half Storage Box (one of three designs, randomised)
• 10 Resource Cards
• 2 Token Cards
• 1 Bonus Pack featuring an exclusive EX Base card, including a chance at Shining Gundam (one of three designs, randomised)
• 1 Rule/Playsheet
• 1 Paper Damage Counter

All reprinted cards in the box are standard, non-foil prints — the box is designed as a deckbuilding foundation, not a chase-pull product, which is exactly why it's such a clean starting point for new players.

 

Why This Is the Right Way to Start Playing

New trading card games live and die on how easy they are to get into. Buying loose boosters and hoping you pull enough playable cards to field a real deck is slow and expensive. The Deck Build Box flips that around: you get a functional two-colour half-deck the moment you open it, then use the included Freedom Ascension booster packs to add Units, Pilots, and Command cards that push your build in the direction you want.

That structure makes it just as useful for two very different types of players:

• Brand new players get a legal, competitive-leaning deck without needing to understand the wider card pool first
• Returning or experienced players get a cheap, efficient way to top up reprint staples and try a new colour pairing without breaking apart an existing deck

Building Your First Deck

With 25 cards per colour on offer, the box is designed around picking two colours and building around their strengths — aggressive tempo pairings, defensive grind pairings, or a balance of both. Once your base half-deck is set, the four Freedom Ascension GD05 packs are where you get to make the deck genuinely yours. Every pull is a chance to slot in a rarer Unit or Pilot that reprint cards alone won't give you.

It's a low-pressure way to learn deckbuilding fundamentals — resource curve, colour balance, unit spread — before you start chasing singles for a more refined competitive list.

Play It, Don't Just Own It

A sealed box is only half the fun — the other half is sitting across the table from someone and actually playing. That's where a local game store earns its keep over an online-only retailer: you can't proxy up a match on a website.

Hobby Collectors Australia runs Gundam Card Game play sessions and events in-store at Fairfield, where you can bring a deck built from your SC01 box, get matched up, and get feedback on your build from other local players — the fastest way to actually get good at the game, not just own the cards for it.

Get Yours from Hobby Collectors Australia

The Gundam Card Game Deck Build Box: Freedom Ascension [SC01] is priced at $99.00 AUD and is brand new, factory sealed stock. As with all our Gundam Card Game releases, availability moves quickly around launch — check the product page for current stock status, or get in touch with the team if you'd like to be notified when the next batch lands.

Browse the full range on our Gundam Card Game collection page, and keep an eye on our Facebook, Instagram, and Discord for upcoming in-store play sessions and launch events.