Fullmetal Alchemist: Alchemic Card Battle is a trading card game based on the Japanese anime and released by Bandai Japan. The cards and directions are all in Japanese. The cards are broken down into Character, Support Character, Battle, and Event cards. The first expansion, File 1, includes 57 cards total. Starter decks are available that include 30 cards (1 of which is special), gameplay instructions (in Japanese), a play mat, and 1 coin. Cards are broken down into commons and 3 classes of rares: gold foil lettering, holo, and special (foil lettering + holo + textured). The rarity is denoted by the number asterisks (*).