Cyberpunk TCG: 11 Cards You Cannot Pull From a Booster
The official Cyberpunk TCG card database now lists 131 cards, and eleven of them have no printing in either Welcome to Night City booster set. Five belong to the Embracing Power starter deck, five to The Heist, and one — Rebecca: Having a Moment — is not in any product you can buy. Seven of the eleven are Legends, which is 28% of a card type you are required to run three of.

Cyberpunk TCG has a booster set, a starter deck line and a promo programme, and WeirdCo has been clear about the policy connecting them — it will not reprint Welcome to Night City, and promos will only ever be variants of cards you can already get. What it has never published is the list. Which cards, specifically, are you unable to open in a pack?
The official card database answers it, because every card entry carries its full printing history. As of 23 August 2026 the database holds 131 cards, and eleven of them have no printing in either Welcome to Night City booster set — not the Beta version sold through Kickstarter, and not the Retail version arriving 6 November.
Seven of those eleven are Legends. That is 28% of a card type the constructed rules make you run exactly three of.
What counts as unpullable here
The database splits Cyberpunk TCG into twelve product codes. Two of them are boosters: Welcome to Night City — Beta and Welcome to Night City — Retail. Everything else is a starter deck, a demo deck, a box topper, a Pre-Release kit or a promo.
So the test used here is narrow and mechanical: does the card have at least one printing in one of the two booster codes? If yes, you can open it in a pack, eventually. If no, it is on the list below.
Two things this test deliberately does not mean. It does not mean the card is rare in its own product — four of the eleven are plain Uncommons sitting in a fixed starter deck list. And it does not mean the card is expensive, because a starter deck is a fixed-price product rather than a lottery ticket. It means there is no amount of pack-opening that gets you there.
The eleven cards with no booster printing
| Card | Type | Colour | Where it actually lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorinobu Arasaka — Embracing Destruction | Legend | Red | Embracing Power starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| Goro Takemura — Hands Unclean | Legend | Green | Embracing Power starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| Saburo Arasaka — Stubborn Patriarch | Legend | Green | Embracing Power starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| Goro Takemura — Losing His Way | Unit | Green | Embracing Power starter deck (Uncommon) |
| Minotaur | Unit | Red | Embracing Power starter deck (Uncommon) |
| Viktor Vektor — Sit Down and Relax | Legend | Yellow | The Heist starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| Jackie Welles — Pour One Out For Me | Legend | Blue | The Heist starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| V — Corporate Exile | Legend | Blue | The Heist starter deck (Epic) · box topper (Nova Rare) |
| Dexter DeShawn — One Last Chance | Unit | Yellow | The Heist starter deck (Uncommon) |
| MT0D12 Flathead | Unit | Blue | The Heist starter deck (Uncommon) |
| Rebecca — Having a Moment | Legend | Red | Set 1 Promos only — no purchasable product |
Each starter deck exists in a Beta and a Retail printing, and the exclusives appear in both. The Beta versions carry a β prefix on the collector number — Yorinobu is β001 in the Beta deck and 001 in the Retail deck — and the same prefix marks the Beta printings of the booster set, both starter decks and the box toppers. It is not a universal rule: the Pre-Release Beta code numbers its eleven printings 001 to 011 with no prefix at all.
Five and five: the starter-deck promise, kept
WeirdCo's Kickstarter FAQ makes one commitment about deck contents: each starter deck "will include 5 mechanically unique cards exclusive to their respective product."
Count the table. Embracing Power has five — three Legends and two Units. The Heist has five — three Legends and two Units. The database and the FAQ agree exactly, which is worth noting because this is the specific clause the reprint policy leaves uncovered. WeirdCo has pledged never to make a mechanically unique promo. It has made no equivalent pledge about starter decks, and here are the ten cards that live in the gap.

The shape is consistent too. In both decks the three exclusive Legends are Epic and the two exclusive Units are Uncommon. Nobody put a Secret Rare behind the starter-deck wall.
For a constructed player this is the practical takeaway: seven of the 25 Legends in the database are unreachable through boosters, and a Legend is not a card you can skip. You need three. Every Legend that prints a RAM value carries RAM 2, so RAM cannot separate them — colour and rules text do. Eight of the 25 Legends also print a power value, and two of those eight are starter-deck exclusives: V — Corporate Exile at 8 and Goro Takemura — Hands Unclean at 7.
The two boxes split those colours cleanly rather than overlapping. Embracing Power holds the Red exclusive Legend and both Green ones; The Heist holds the Yellow and both Blue. No colour has its exclusive Legends spread across both decks, so if you want either Blue one there is exactly one box to buy.
Box toppers are those same Legends in Nova Rare
The database lists Box Toppers — Beta and Box Toppers — Retail as separate product codes, and both contain the same six cards.
| Box topper | Colour | Also found in | Booster printing? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorinobu Arasaka — Embracing Destruction | Red | Embracing Power starter deck | No |
| Viktor Vektor — Sit Down and Relax | Yellow | The Heist starter deck | No |
| Goro Takemura — Hands Unclean | Green | Embracing Power starter deck | No |
| Saburo Arasaka — Stubborn Patriarch | Green | Embracing Power starter deck | No |
| Jackie Welles — Pour One Out For Me | Blue | The Heist starter deck | No |
| V — Corporate Exile | Blue | The Heist starter deck | No |
All six are Nova Rare in the box-topper printing. All six are the starter-deck exclusive Legends and nothing else — three from each deck, one card type, no Units.

WeirdCo's FAQ defines the mechanism plainly: a box topper is "a single random promotional card included inside of a booster display," added to Beta Booster Displays as the $6 million and $8 million stretch goals. Singular and random, which means a display gets you one of six.
Read together with the starter-deck list, that is a fairly elegant piece of design. The six Legends you cannot pull from a pack are exactly the six that turn up as the premium card packed into a display of those same packs. Buying a display gives you a shot at the treatment; buying the deck gives you the card. Neither substitutes for the other, and opening packs gives you neither.
One thing the FAQ does not explain: it describes box toppers as a Beta Booster Display stretch goal, yet the database carries a full Box Toppers — Retail code with the same six cards and non-β collector numbers. What triggers a retail box topper has not been published.
The free way to test all ten
Before you buy either deck to chase a Legend, note that all ten starter-deck exclusives also carry a printing in one of WeirdCo's two demo decks — the Arasaka demo deck for the Embracing Power five, the Merc demo deck for The Heist five.
Both demo decks are published as free print-and-play PDFs from the site's Print & Play Decks menu, which the Kickstarter FAQ also calls the Alpha Kit decks. That is a legitimate way to see how Saburo Arasaka or MT0D12 Flathead actually plays before committing to a box. It is a printout, not a card, and WeirdCo has published no policy on printed cards in its Organized Play events — but the list of exclusives above maps one-for-one onto cards those PDFs contain.
Rebecca is the only one of the 131 with no product
Rebecca: Having a Moment is the eleventh card and the odd one out. Of the 131 cards in the database, it is the only one whose entire printing history is the Set 1 Promos code. There is no starter deck, no demo deck, no booster and no Pre-Release kit that contains it.

There are, in fact, two of them. The database lists Rebecca under two Set 1 Promo collector numbers with two different artists — 005 by Narupiti Harunsong and 007 by Pandart Studio. Both are Nova Rare. WeirdCo has not published what distinguishes the two printings.
The card prints no cost, no RAM, no power and no rules text. WeirdCo said on 4 July that it will feature in set two and that its rules text arrives during that set's reveal season, so the textless promo is a collector's object today and a playable card later.
The Set 1 Promo numbering is also worth a glance: the three printings in the database are numbered 005, 007 and 008 — the third being a Nova Rare Adam Smasher: Ender of Legends, a card that is in boosters. The lower numbers are not in the database, and WeirdCo has not said what fills them.
Every remaining route to a Rebecca
WeirdCo's promo update lists four conventions where completing a demo earned you a Rebecca. Three of them have been and gone. Here is the full board as it stands on 23 August 2026:
| Route | Who is eligible | When | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anime Expo 2026 demo | Attendees completing a demo; signed copies on 3 July only | July 2026 | Closed |
| Japan Expo 2026 demo | Attendees completing a demo | July 2026 | Closed |
| Gen Con 2026 demo | Attendees completing a demo, limit one per person | 30 July – 2 August 2026 | Closed |
| Digital Beta Celebration | Kickstarter backers only, via BackerKit email | 4 September 2026, noon EDT / 6pm CEST | Upcoming |
| PAX Australia | Demoers at the WeirdCo presence | 9–11 October 2026, Melbourne | Upcoming |
| Spiel Essen | Demoers — named as a Rebecca stop in the 4 July promo update | 22–25 October 2026, Essen | Upcoming; booth and offerings still TBD on the events page |
The 4 September event is the one with a hard edge on it. WeirdCo will post a registration link during the livestream; you enter the email address attached to your BackerKit account, it is checked against the backer database, and the promo is added to your order and ships with Wave 2. The company's own wording is that the signup page "will close as soon as the event concludes, and you won't be able to resubmit your details." Miss the stream, or fat-finger the address, and there is no second attempt.
That event streams on the Cyberpunk TCG Twitch and YouTube channels, with Beta booster box breaks, WeirdCo gameplay and giveaways, then moves to Discord afterwards. Anyone can watch. Only backers can register.
If you did not back the Kickstarter, the digital route is closed to you and the conventions are what is left. Both of the two on WeirdCo's calendar should carry the card. The events page lists Rebecca promos outright under PAX Australia and still shows TBD for Spiel Essen's booth location and offerings — but the 4 July promo update had already promised the card at "every one of our major convention appearances between now and our retail release", naming Spiel Essen 2026 among them.
Lucy has two versions, and both windows are shut

Lucy is not in the card database at all, but two Lucy cards exist and the Kickstarter FAQ sets out exactly who gets which.
| Version | How you qualified | Cut-off | Ships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-foil Nova Rare Lucy | Signed up for the WeirdCo email newsletter in the early support window — backing not required | Before 21 January 2026 | Wave 2 (Q4 2026); non-backers give shipping details by email |
| Foil Nova Rare Lucy | Followed or saved the Kickstarter pre-launch page and backed at a reward tier | Before 17 March 2026 | Wave 2 (Q4 2026), with your rewards |
Both dates are in the past, so this is a checklist rather than an opportunity: if you signed up before 21 January you are owed a non-foil card even if you never pledged, and no further action is required for the foil beyond having backed. The FAQ says non-backers' shipping details are collected by email after the campaign.
There is a Nova Rare David nobody has seen
One line in WeirdCo's fulfilment FAQ names three Nova Rare cards shipping in Q4: Rebecca, Lucy — and David.
That is the entire public record. There is no David card in the database, no reveal post, no stated eligibility and no announced acquisition route. Given the promo pledge, a David card is presumably a variant of something rather than a mechanically unique card, but WeirdCo has not said so and this post is not going to pretend otherwise.
What is still unknown
- What separates the two Rebecca printings. Two collector numbers, two artists, one card name, no explanation.
- How you get the Nova Rare Adam Smasher promo. It is in the database as Set 1 Promos 008. No route has been published.
- What David is, and who is eligible. Named once, in a shipping FAQ.
- What fills Set 1 Promo slots below 005. The gaps are not in the database.
- What triggers a retail box topper. The FAQ describes the mechanism only as a Beta Booster Display stretch goal.
- Whether set two's starter decks repeat the five-exclusives pattern. No set two product has been announced.
Quick reference
- Cards in the database: 131, of which 11 have no booster printing.
- Embracing Power exclusives: Yorinobu Arasaka — Embracing Destruction, Goro Takemura — Hands Unclean, Saburo Arasaka — Stubborn Patriarch (all Epic Legends), Goro Takemura — Losing His Way, Minotaur (Uncommon Units).
- The Heist exclusives: Viktor Vektor — Sit Down and Relax, Jackie Welles — Pour One Out For Me, V — Corporate Exile (all Epic Legends), Dexter DeShawn — One Last Chance, MT0D12 Flathead (Uncommon Units).
- Box toppers: the six exclusive Legends above, in Nova Rare, one random card per display.
- Promo-only: Rebecca — Having a Moment, two Set 1 Promo printings, textless until set two.
- Next deadline: 4 September 2026, the Digital Beta Celebration registration, Kickstarter backers only, closes when the stream ends.
Frequently Asked Questions
Keep Reading
- Cyberpunk TCG card database (WeirdCo, official, powered by Netdeck.gg) - 131 cards as of 23 August 2026, twelve product codes, and the per-card printing history used to identify the eleven cards with no booster printing
- Kickstarter FAQ (WeirdCo, official) - the five mechanically unique cards per starter deck, the box topper definition and $6M/$8M stretch goals, both Lucy qualification windows and their cut-off dates, and the line naming Nova Rare Rebecca, Lucy and David as Q4 shipments
- Welcome to Night City Digital Beta Celebration Details, 14 August 2026 (WeirdCo) - the 4 September date and times, the BackerKit email registration, the backers-only rule, Wave 2 shipping and the no-resubmission closing rule
- Upcoming Convention and Event Appearances (WeirdCo, official) - PAX Australia 9-11 October 2026 with Rebecca promos for demoers, and Spiel Essen 22-25 October 2026 with its offering listed as TBD
- An Update on Rebecca: Having a Moment Promo Card Availability, 4 July 2026 (WeirdCo) - the four convention routes, the Anime Expo signed-copy limitation, the set two rules text, and the never-mechanically-unique promo pledge
- Gen Con 2026 Rebecca: Having a Moment promo page (WeirdCo, official) - promo limited to in-person Gen Con attendees who completed a demo, one per person
- MT0D12 Flathead card entry (WeirdCo, official card database) - a Blue Unit whose only three printings are The Heist Beta and Retail starter decks and the Merc demo deck
- Marketing Materials asset library (WeirdCo, official) - the Embracing Power and The Heist retail starter deck renders and the Lucy key art used in this post
- The Heist Demo Deck print-and-play PDF (WeirdCo, official) - one of the two free Alpha Kit decks linked from the Print & Play Decks menu
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