Union Arena Chainsaw Man EN Release: July 31 Specs

TL;DR: Union Arena Chainsaw Man (UE22BT) releases in North America July 31, 2026, following a July 24-30 pre-release window. The set has 92 card types (80 regular plus 12 AP cards), sold in $4.99 packs of 12 cards, 16 packs per display. Confirmed cast: Denji, Makima, Aki Hayakawa, Power, Himeno, Kobeni, and Reze, tying the set to the Reze Arc movie. The chase tier is voice-actor-signed foil cards and hand-signed AP cards, not just Super Rares. Note: this July 31 date is North America only; Union Arena's separate Asia-English region released the same set back in May.

Updated October 5, 2026: The July 31 launch snapshot is now historical. TCG Contender's October 8, 2026 Standard snapshot lists CSM - Denji in Tier 2.

Union Arena Chainsaw Man release date: quick answer

July 31, 2026 is the confirmed North America release date for Union Arena Chainsaw Man, set code UE22BT, verified directly on Union Arena's official NA product page. A pre-release event window for participating stores ran July 24 through July 30, with the wide release on the 31st closing that gap. If you're outside North America, check the section below before assuming the date applies to you: Union Arena runs this set on two different regional timelines.

Key Takeaways

• UE22BT releases in North America July 31, 2026, following a July 24-30 pre-release window
• 92 card types total: 80 regular cards (30 Common, 28 Uncommon, 12 Rare, 10 Super Rare) plus 12 Action Point cards
• $4.99 MSRP per 12-card pack, 16 packs per display box
• Confirmed cast: Denji, Makima, Aki Hayakawa, Power, Himeno, Kobeni, and Reze, tied to the Reze Arc movie
• Chase tier includes voice-actor-signed foil autograph cards and serial-numbered hand-signed AP cards, not just standard Super Rares
• Asia-English region already released this same set in May 2026 under a different product code; don't confuse the two dates

What's actually in the set

Union Arena's product page breaks the 92 card types into a fairly standard rarity spread for the line: 30 Common, 28 Uncommon, 12 Rare, and 10 Super Rare across 80 regular cards, plus 12 Action Point cards that sit in their own tier. AP cards function as a resource layer in Union Arena rather than board pieces, and getting the right ones tends to matter more for consistency than raw power.

What sets this release apart from a typical Union Arena drop is the chase structure sitting above the Super Rares. Foil-stamped cards carry printed autographs from the anime's voice actors, and a subset of the AP cards are serial-numbered and hand-signed, at what the product listing describes as an extremely low pull rate. Box toppers add a third layer on top of that: one of eight designs per box, five in standard foil and three in silver foil. Collectors chasing a complete run of toppers alone are looking at a real hunt, separate from the autograph and AP chase.

The character selection also tells you which arc this set is drawing from. Reze doesn't appear in the original Chainsaw Man anime season, but she's the centerpiece of Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc. Her presence alongside Denji, Makima, Aki, Power, Himeno, and Kobeni suggests Union Arena built this set to cover both the TV series and the film rather than sticking to season-one material only, which is worth knowing if you're trying to predict which characters show up in a second Chainsaw Man wave down the line.

One of the set's 12 Action Point cards, printed in the distinct gold foil treatment that separates the AP tier from standard rarities.

GODEEPER: New to Union Arena's card pool structure and rarity system in general? The beginner guide covers how a deck comes together before you start buying singles. Union Arena TCG Beginner Guide 2026 →

Two regions, two different dates: don't mix them up

This is the detail worth double-checking before you plan around a specific date. Union Arena runs Chainsaw Man on two separate regional release schedules, and they aren't close together.

The North America release, covered throughout this guide, lands July 31, 2026 under product code UE22BT. That's the version stocked at US and Canadian hobby shops and listed on TCGPlayer's North America marketplace.

The Asia-English region, which covers Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, already released this same set back on May 22, 2026, under a different product code, CSM-1. Same cards, same characters, but a separate regional print run on its own timeline, roughly ten weeks ahead of the North America release.

If you're comparing prices, tournament results, or pull reports online, check which region a given post is actually talking about first. This trips people up more often than you'd think with multi-region Union Arena sets. A price or a "confirmed" detail from the Asia-English scene has had two and a half months longer to settle than anything you'll see out of North America on release day, so treating them as the same market gets you a bad read on both.

Buying strategy for release week

The standard Union Arena release-week math applies here: if you know exactly which cards you want for a deck, singles are close to always the more efficient route, and that gap tends to widen in the first few days after launch, when pack-cracking demand from collectors pushes box and single-pack prices toward their peak.

Opening product makes more sense if the chase itself is the point. The box toppers and voice-actor autograph cards don't show up for sale as singles until someone else has already pulled and listed them, so if that specific chase is what draws you to this set, packs and boxes are the only way in during the first days. Anyone building a competitive-leaning deck around the confirmed cast should wait for the first wave of decklists and pull reports rather than assembling a list from card names alone.

The launch-week article had no tracked tournament data at the time. That is historical now: TCG Contender's October 8, 2026 Standard snapshot lists CSM - Denji in Tier 2. This is a current community-tracker signal, not a claim that every Chainsaw Man build shares the same placement.

GODEEPER: Curious how Union Arena's other recent English-first and international launches have played out post-release? The full set release schedule tracks every set's timeline side by side. All Union Arena Sets EN Release Schedule →

Related Reading

• Union Arena Card Rarities Explained: what SR, AP, and box-topper tiers actually mean for pull odds and value.
• Union Arena Deck Building Guide: how to turn a fresh card pool like Chainsaw Man's into a working 50-card deck.
• Union Arena Jujutsu Kaisen Guide: how an earlier Union Arena IP set plays out once its own tournament data settled.
• Union Arena Bleach Guide: Best Decks 2026: a comparable licensed-IP set's competitive picture after release.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Union Arena Chainsaw Man release in North America? July 31, 2026, confirmed directly on Union Arena's official North America product page. The set code is UE22BT, following a July 24-30 pre-release window.

How many cards are in the Union Arena Chainsaw Man set? 92 card types: 80 regular cards (30 Common, 28 Uncommon, 12 Rare, 10 Super Rare) plus 12 Action Point cards, sold 12 per pack, 16 packs per display, $4.99 MSRP per pack.

Is the Chainsaw Man Union Arena release the same date everywhere? No. North America releases July 31, 2026. The separate Asia-English region already released the same set May 22, 2026 under a different product code, CSM-1.

Which Chainsaw Man characters are in the set? Denji, Makima, Aki Hayakawa, Power, Himeno, Kobeni, and Reze. Reze's presence ties the set to Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc, not just the TV series.

What are the chase cards in Union Arena Chainsaw Man? Foil-stamped voice-actor autograph cards and serial-numbered hand-signed AP cards, plus box toppers (1 of 8 designs per box: 5 foil, 3 silver foil), on top of standard Super Rares.

Should I buy singles or open packs? Singles for specific deck pieces, especially early when pack prices peak. Open packs if the autograph and box-topper chase is the actual draw, since those only come from product.

References

• Union Arena official Chainsaw Man product page (North America): official release date, card count, rarity breakdown, and box structure
• Union Arena official top-placing decks archive: official tournament-results archive
• TCG Contender Standard meta: current dated community-tracker context for CSM - Denji
• TCGPlayer Union Arena listings: live North America singles pricing reference
• Reddit r/UnionArena community: release-week discussion and pull reports