New Headline: Cyberpunk Trading Card Game Surpasses $10 Million in Pre-Orders!
If you’ve spent any time lurking in the card aisle at your local Target chasing low-pop parallel sports cards, or tracking the shifting metas of the modern Trading Card Game (TCG) landscape, you know that the space is currently experiencing a massive IP gold rush. But even the most hardened collectors weren’t prepared for the sheer velocity of the latest heavyweight to enter the arena. The official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game , in collaboration with CD PROJEKT Red, covers the lore of both the blockbuster video game and the critically acclaimed anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners , just went live on Kickstarter.
After briefly crashing the platform for 7 minutes, the game set a slew of new records. The campaign blew past its initial funding goal in a staggering 8 minutes. From there, the momentum only accelerated, making the Cyberpunk TCG the fastest Kickstarter in history to hit the $5 million mark.
Elliot Cook, Co-Founder and President of WeirdCo, the studio behind the game, captured the energy of the moment: “At WeirdCo we couldn’t be more passionate about building two things: the community that loves Cyberpunk and the human connection via the tabletop. Our Kickstarter today is the celebration of what we have been building for two years. Being the fastest Kickstarter ever to $5m is humbling and exciting at the same time.
We couldn’t do any of this without our passionate community. ” With 31 days still remaining in the campaign, Cook and the team are looking ahead to a robust roadmap of stretch goals scaling all the way up to $8 million. Given the current trajectory, Cook is confident they will blow past that mark.
Right now, the sky is the limit for Night City. A 7-Tier Rarity System As someone who watches the sports card and TCG markets religiously, the financial and mechanical structure of a new game dictates its longevity. What makes the Cyberpunk TCG particularly exciting for the hardcore collector isn’t just the IP; it’s the chase.