Digimon announces DIGIMONALYSION — a mobile card game app with exclusive digital cards

March 19, 2025. Digimon Con. Bandai dropped the thing people had been speculating about for months: #DIGIMONALYSION, an official Digimon Card Game mobile app. The teaser campaign had already hinted at something — the official Digimon TCG account posted a cryptic video of Renamon picking up a phone and being pulled inside it, running for days before the full reveal. Now we know what it is. This is Bandai's digital card game answer, and it's going for the same territory that Pokémon TCG Pocket carved out.

What DIGIMONALYSION is

Based on the announcement, the app is a fully standalone digital Digimon card game with four confirmed pillars:

• DigiAly cards — cards exclusive to the digital game. These are not reprints of physical cards; they're designed specifically for the app. The implication is that the digital meta will develop independently from the tabletop game, which is smart design — Pocket Pokémon succeeded in part because it wasn't just a worse version of the physical game.
• Story mode — a narrative-driven campaign with original new characters. Bandai is positioning ALYSION as more than a card game client; they're selling a Digimon story experience.
• Cross-region multiplayer — play against anyone globally. No regional divide between Japan and the West, which has been a friction point in the physical game.
• Original characters — new Digimon and human characters designed for the app. Not just recycled Agumon and Gabumon; Bandai is building something new around this.

Why this matters

Pokémon TCG Pocket launched in October 2024 and was immediately one of the most downloaded apps in the world. It proved that there's a massive audience for mobile card game experiences that don't require owning physical cards. Digimon has a loyal but smaller fanbase in the West; a well-executed mobile app could meaningfully expand the Digimon TCG player base in a way that no amount of booster set releases can. More digital players means more awareness of the physical game, more crossover buyers, and more demand for physical singles. If ALYSION succeeds at scale, the physical Digimon market goes with it.

What else came out of Digimon Con 2025

The ALYSION announcement was the headline, but Digimon Con also covered the physical game's roadmap. English players are currently working through BT-20: Booster Over the X (which launched in English on February 28, 2025) and looking ahead to the Advanced Booster: Digimon Generation and Limited Card Pack Another Knight dropping March 27. The Liberator story arc continues to drive the physical game's narrative focus. No specific ALYSION release date was announced — Bandai gave the tease, not the calendar. We're not calling a top or a bottom. We're reporting on what was announced. May your evolutions be swift and your Renamon play nice with phones.