“Finn joins High Card to collect 52 super-powered X-Playing cards, battling rival carmakers and mafia in a high-stakes showdown.”
High Card
HIGH CARD
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Synopsis
Finn joins High Card to collect 52 super-powered X-Playing cards, battling rival carmakers and mafia in a high-stakes showdown.
After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him. Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a man's "lucky" card. Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about. The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the "buddy" that can be found within themselves. There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the king of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom while moonlighting as employees of the luxury carmaker Pinochle. Scouted to become the group's fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards. "All you need in life are manners, dignity, and the will to bet on your own life." However, Who's Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang. A frenzied battle amongst these card-obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin! Are you ready? It's Showdown!! (Source: TMS Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 14 sampled reviews
What 14 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.59 · some divergence
3.2 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 5.5
↓ 1.64
Running avg · Mar 2023 → Jan 2026
- 7 “Sharp Kingsman-flavored world-building and likable underdog MC anchor a card-battle series where every duel carries real, lasting consequences—no plot armor in sight. Season 2 deepens an already...”
- 9 “I started watching it because my favorite voice actor was somewhere there. Turns out this is a "Cardcaptor Sakura" meet GrandTheft Auto minus the sex - you have magical cards which give special...”
- 7 “The opening delivers solid action and mystery hooks that initially excite, plus a few fleeting emotional beats. Yet the story rushes forward with a shallow, unfocused plot, wanders into irrelevant...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2023 – Mar 2023 Winter 2023
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-20829 catalog
Produced by
- TMS Entertainment Producer
- Sammy Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- NetEase Producer