DRAGON BALL Z: ATTACK OF THE SAIYANS

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They may not be considered canon, but some of the Super Saiyan transformations featured in the dragon Ball Super card game sure vì chưng look cool.

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Many consider Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball to lớn be one of the best anime series ever made, và there's a very good reason for that. As well as its incredible longevity and the important role that it played in helping to lớn popularize anime in the West, the series laid a lot of the groundwork for what shonen anime & manga would eventually become, inspiring countless creators in the process.

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One of the many things that make Dragon Ball stand out from the crowd is its fantastic use of transformations. In particular, the Super Saiyan transformation plays a pivotal role throughout the franchise, even if certain characters miss out on some of its many forms. The Dragon Ball Super card game makes up for this somewhat though, giving non-canon Super Saiyan transformations to some of Dragon Ball's most popular characters.

1 Super Saiyan 3 Trunks


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There are a few different versions of Super Saiyan 3 Trunks in the card game, the first of which debuted in Series 4, Colossal Warfare. Sadly, this isn't a khung that fans ever get to see Trunks use in any of the canon Dragon Ball series, with Super Saiyan 2 Rage form being the most advanced khung that he has achieved at the time of writing.

Interestingly, though, Trunks does make it lớn Super Saiyan 3 in Super rồng Ball Heroes, making him one of only a handful of characters to achieve the form besides Goku. However, as Super long Ball Heroes isn't considered canon, Goku remains the only unfused Dragon Ball character who is able lớn use the Super Saiyan 3 transformation.


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Despite being introduced fairly late on in the series, Trunks plays an important role throughout the events of Dragon Ball Z & Dragon Ball Super. He helps khổng lồ tie the present & the future together và effectively serves as a gateway lớn an alternate reality in which the Androids almost wiped out humanity.

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With this in mind, it's not surprising to lớn see Trunks being shown a lot of love in the Dragon Ball Super card game, with his Super Saiyan God khung being another that is still khổng lồ feature in any canon material. As with his Super Saiyan 3 transformation though, the form has been shown off in Super dragon Ball Heroes, with Trunks achieving it during the Dark King Mechikabura saga.


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The future of Dragon Ball seems destined khổng lồ focus on the younger generation of Saiyans, with Goku and Vegeta set to lớn take more of a back seat as time goes by. With this in mind, it seems incredibly unlikely that fans will ever get to see Vegeta using Super Saiyan 3, particularly as he has long since surpassed that level with his Super Saiyan God Blue and Ultra Ego transformations.

However, those who are still eager to lớn see the Saiyan prince in Super Saiyan 3 khung can at least vì so with the help of the Dragon Ball Super thẻ game. Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta was first introduced in 2020 as part of the Unison Warrior Series, with a promo card, SS3 Vegeta, Terrifying Agent of Destruction, following in March of 2023.

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Dragon Ball GT is probably one of the least popular Dragon Ball series, but it does introduce a lot of interesting ideas. Perhaps the most notable of these is Super Saiyan 4, which utilizes the nguồn of the Great Ape without the user succumbing to lớn the mindless destruction & slow movements that typically go hand in hand with that form.

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Sadly, Dragon Ball GT isn't canon, meaning that, strictly speaking, neither is the Super Saiyan transformation. That didn't stop the creators of the Dragon Ball Super thẻ game from creating several Super Saiyan 4 Gohan cards though, the first of which came courtesy of the Unison Warrior Series. It's nice khổng lồ see Gohan getting a bit more love, with the young but mighty warrior having missed out on numerous Super Saiyan forms.


If Goku's son can get a new khung or two in the Dragon Ball Super card game, it seems only fair that his deceased brother Raditz should also get a bit of attention. Interestingly, Raditz was treated to lớn a Super Saiyan 3 transformation in the Dragon Ball Super thẻ game, despite the snotty sibling having never achieved Super Saiyan 1.

There are a lot of great Raditz cards in the game, but most see him in his regular form. In fact, his Super Saiyan 3 size is only available in the SS3 Scramble combo card, which was one of the secret rares in the Series 7 mix Assault of the Saiyans. There's also a Great Ape Raditz card, although this doesn't showcase the Super Saiyan form.


The last of Goku's family to receive a new Super Saiyan transformation in the Dragon Ball Super thẻ game is his father Bardock, who plays a starring role in the Bardock - Alone Against Fate DLC for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. He gets a Super Saiyan form, which would no doubt have come in handy during Frieza's attack on Planet Vegeta.

There are quite a few different versions of Super Saiyan Bardock, the first of which came in the Series 3 Booster Cross Worlds. Since then, he's gone on to receive numerous Super Saiyan 3 & Super Saiyan 4 cards, but his "Bardock, Father and Son" card from the long Brawl Draft Box is arguably the best-looking.


In addition to a huge boost in power, the golden glow of a Saiyan's hair after achieving Super Saiyan is one of the transformation's signature traits. This led many to wonder what would happen lớn a bold character lượt thích Nappa if ever they should become a Super Saiyan; a question that the Dragon Ball Super card game eventually answered in 2019.

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Rather than sprouting golden hair on his head, Nappa's signature goatee grows longer to lớn resemble the spiky hairstyles of Goku và Vegeta. There are two different Super Saiyan 3 Nappa cards available lớn players of the card game; one belonging to lớn the Assault of the Saiyans series và the other, SS3 Nappa, Golden Invader, being a promotional card.