Artwork variants
2 printings of BT21-082. They are the same card for deck building — any of them fills the slot.
Takuya Kanbara
- Play Cost
- 3
- Traits
- Hero
- Set
- BT21
Effect
Security Play this card without paying the cost.
Start of Your Main Phase 1 of your Digimon or Tamers may digivolve into a Digimon card with the [Hybrid] or [Hero] trait in the hand. For each of your red Tamers with different names, reduce this effect's digivolution cost by 1.
Inherited Effect
Your Turn Once Per Turn When your opponent's security stack is removed from, you may play 1 red Tamer card from your hand without paying the cost.
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Rulings for Takuya Kanbara
Official clarifications published for this card.
In what order do a [Security] effect, "when [...] performs a security check" effect, and "when a card is removed from [...] security stack" effect activate when they trigger simultaneously upon a security check?Dec. 25, 2025 Updated
[Security] effects take precedence for activation. Upon a security check, a [Security] effect will immediately activate without pending activation. For other triggered effects, the turn player activates their effects first.
4 April 2025
If only this card is in the battle area and I use its [Start of Your Main Phase] effect to digivolve, is the digivolution cost reduced by 1?
Yes, the digivolution cost is reduced by 1.
4 April 2025
If only this card is in the battle area and I use its [Start of Your Main Phase] effect to digivolve, is the digivolution cost reduced by 1?
Yes, the digivolution cost is reduced by 1.
4 April 2025
In what order do a [Security] effect, "when [...] performs a security check" effect, and "when a card is removed from [...] security stack" effect activate when they trigger simultaneously upon a security check?Dec. 25, 2025 Updated
[Security] effects take precedence for activation. Upon a security check, a [Security] effect will immediately activate without pending activation. For other triggered effects, the turn player activates their effects first.
4 April 2025
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