Independent Research on the Business of Trading Card Games
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Distribution & Wholesale and Organized Play in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardfight!! Vanguard and 1 more game.
Legal and ownership facts as the cited sources state them.
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Figures the companies publish, exactly as they state them.
Quarters · Digimon Card Game, NivelArena, Yu-Gi-Oh!
KRW 9,560 million
Q2 2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026)
Revenue of the card business (카드) in Daewon Media's distribution division (유통 Biz), K-IFRS consolidated, from the quarterly segment table of the company's IR Book. Daewon Media produces and distributes in Korea the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game (since 2004), Cardfight!! Vanguard, the Digimon Card Game and NIKKE x NivelArena (니케X니벨아레나), and sports collection cards (business description of its periodic report on DART); the trading card games are not disclosed separately. Published in KRW 100 million (억원; the unit is confirmed by the book's revenue in KRW millions); value here expressed in millions by moving the decimal point only (no rounding).
| Q2 2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) | KRW 9,560 million | source |
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| Q1 2026 (quarter ended March 31, 2026) | KRW 5,040 million | source |
| Q4 2025 (quarter ended December 31, 2025) | KRW 4,950 million | source |
| Q3 2025 (quarter ended September 30, 2025) | KRW 5,540 million | source |
| Q2 2025 (quarter ended June 30, 2025) | KRW 6,540 million | source |
| Q1 2025 (quarter ended March 31, 2025) | KRW 4,760 million | source |
| Q4 2024 (quarter ended December 31, 2024) | KRW 3,920 million | source |
| Q3 2024 (quarter ended September 30, 2024) | KRW 4,690 million | source |
| Q2 2024 (quarter ended June 30, 2024) | KRW 5,130 million | source |
| Q1 2024 (quarter ended March 31, 2024) | KRW 4,000 million | source |
| Q4 2023 (quarter ended December 31, 2023) | KRW 3,850 million | source |
| Q3 2023 (quarter ended September 30, 2023) | KRW 2,840 million | source |
| Q2 2023 (quarter ended June 30, 2023) | KRW 4,910 million | source |
| Q1 2023 (quarter ended March 31, 2023) | KRW 4,620 million | source |
Fiscal years · Digimon Card Game, NivelArena, Yu-Gi-Oh!
KRW 21,880 million
Fiscal year 2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Revenue of the card business (카드) in Daewon Media's distribution division (유통 Biz), K-IFRS consolidated, from the quarterly segment table of the company's IR Book. Daewon Media produces and distributes in Korea the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game (since 2004), Cardfight!! Vanguard, the Digimon Card Game and NIKKE x NivelArena (니케X니벨아레나), and sports collection cards (business description of its periodic report on DART); the trading card games are not disclosed separately. Published in KRW 100 million (억원; the unit is confirmed by the book's revenue in KRW millions); value here expressed in millions by moving the decimal point only (no rounding).
Half years · Digimon Card Game, NivelArena, Yu-Gi-Oh!
KRW 14,610 million
First six months of 2026 (six months ended June 30, 2026)
Revenue of the card business (카드) in Daewon Media's distribution division (유통 Biz), K-IFRS consolidated, from the quarterly segment table of the company's IR Book. Daewon Media produces and distributes in Korea the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game (since 2004), Cardfight!! Vanguard, the Digimon Card Game and NIKKE x NivelArena (니케X니벨아레나), and sports collection cards (business description of its periodic report on DART); the trading card games are not disclosed separately. Published in KRW 100 million (억원; the unit is confirmed by the book's revenue in KRW millions); value here expressed in millions by moving the decimal point only (no rounding).
Figures as the companies publish them in investor-relations and corporate documents. They describe the reporting company or segment, not the size of the trading card market; segments may include non-TCG business. Nothing is converted, combined or estimated.
| KRW 16,220 million |
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