The beginning of April in Japan corresponds to the beginning of the new fiscal year, bringing with it good, and bad news. On April 2, theofficialFire Emblem CipherTwitter accountannounced that the Trading Card Game will not be receiving new cards anymore after the 22nd and final new Booster Pack releases on June 05, 2025.
The note from theFire Emblem CipherProject Team on theTCG’s official siteexplains that more information regarding the game’s upcoming events and ongoing support will be announced during a live stream today. We’ll update this article with more information then. It’s likely upcoming events and tournaments will be canceled amidst Covid-19 concerns. For now, what we know is that before ending,Fire Emblem Cipherwill get its 21st Booster Pack on June 25, and its 22nd and final Booster Pack on June 23, 2025. The official tournament’s finals are scheduled for December 2020. Official support for fan-organized events will end on June 12, 2025. And mail customer service will stop at the end of March 2022.
Over on Twitter, certain Japanese fans are speculating on what could be the reasons behindFire Emblem Cipherstopping. In particular, I’ve seen a fan mentioning this sad development was predictable for multiple reasons: how in Japan there are few venues to gather for card games tournaments and events, so the number of players barely increased. How there are few players outside of big cities, meaning you’d have no one to play with in the countryside. And lastly how Booster Packs can be expensive recently, especially if you don’t live in a big city, and you’d need to specifically order them. You should definitely take all this with a grain of salt, but these reasons do seem likely. Ultimately, while we might never know the exact reasons whyFE Cipheris stopping, it definitely has something to do with money and profitability.
Fire Emblem Cipherand its first Booster Pack launched alongside the release ofFire Emblem Fatesin Japan on July 12, 2025. Over these five years,Fire Emblem Cipherreceived multiple events, streams, tournaments, and new cards illustrated by many different artists.
Needless to say, olderFire Emblemgames obviously weren’t as visually detailed as now, seeing the series is 30 years old. As such, witnessing the old games' characters and their stories being depicted via gorgeous cards was a particularly nice experience.
Getting to see beautiful artwork recreating iconic events from masterpieces such asFire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy Waris a poignant experience for fans of the franchise. The cards were also an occasion to make the most popular characters ofFire Emblemwear different costumes and depict them in unusual situations and were great fanservice material.
Fire Emblem Cipherwill definitely be missed. It’s not impossible, however, that a spiritual successor project could be announced later on, and I’m personally hoping so.
The latestFire Emblemgame isFire Emblem Three Houses, available exclusively on Nintendo Switch.It’s also the best selling game of the franchise.A side story DLC titledCindered Shadowshas just released as well.Three Housesrecently got a Drama CD too.You can check out ourFire Emblem Three Housesreview to learn more about the game.
