Many consider Akira Toriyama’sDragon Ballto be one ofthe best anime series ever made, and there’s a very good reason for that. As well as its incredible longevity and the important role that it played in helping to popularize anime in the West, the series laid a lot of the groundwork for what shonen anime and manga would eventually become, inspiring countless creators in the process.
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One of the many things that makeDragon Ballstand 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. TheDragon Ball Supercard game makes up for this somewhat though, giving non-canon Super Saiyan transformations to some ofDragon Ball’s most popular characters.
1Super Saiyan 3 Trunks
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 form that fans ever get to see Trunks use in any ofthe canonDragon Ballseries, with Super Saiyan 2 Rage form being the most advanced form that he has achieved at the time of writing.
Interestingly, though, Trunks does make it to Super Saiyan 3 inSuper Dragon Ball Heroes, making him one of only a handful of characters to achieve the form besides Goku. However, asSuper Dragon Ball Heroesisn’t considered canon, Goku remains the only unfusedDragon Ballcharacter who is able to usethe Super Saiyan 3 transformation.
2Super Saiyan God Trunks
Despite being introduced fairly late on in the series, Trunks plays an important role throughout the events ofDragon Ball ZandDragon Ball Super. He helps to tie the present and the future together and effectively serves as a gateway to an alternate reality in whichthe Androids almost wiped out humanity.
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With this in mind, it’s not surprising to see Trunks being shown a lot of love in theDragon Ball Supercard game, with his Super Saiyan God form being another that is still to feature in any canon material. As with his Super Saiyan 3 transformation though, the form has beenshown off inSuper Dragon Ball Heroes, with Trunks achieving it during the Dark King Mechikabura saga.
3Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta
The future ofDragon Ballseems destined to focus on the younger generation of Saiyans, with Goku and Vegeta set to 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 withhis Super Saiyan God Blue and Ultra Ego transformations.
However, those who are still eager to see the Saiyan prince in Super Saiyan 3 form can at least do so with the help of theDragon Ball Supercard game.Super Saiyan 3 Vegetawas 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.
4Super Saiyan 4 Gohan
Dragon Ball GTis probably one ofthe least popularDragon Ballseries, but it does introduce a lot of interesting ideas. Perhaps the most notable of these is Super Saiyan 4, which utilizes the power of the Great Ape without the user succumbing to the mindless destruction and slow movements that typically go hand in hand with that form.
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Sadly,Dragon Ball GTisn’t canon, meaning that, strictly speaking, neither isthe Super Saiyan transformation. That didn’t stop the creators of theDragon Ball Supercard game from creating several Super Saiyan 4 Gohan cards though, the first of which came courtesy of the Unison Warrior Series. It’s nice to see Gohan getting a bit more love, with the young but mighty warrior having missed out on numerous Super Saiyan forms.
5Super Saiyan 3 Raditz
If Goku’s son can get a new form or two in theDragon Ball Supercard game, it seems only fair thathis deceased brother Raditzshould also get a bit of attention. Interestingly, Raditz was treated to a Super Saiyan 3 transformation in theDragon Ball Supercard 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 form is only available in the SS3 Scramble combo card, which was one of the secret rares in the Series 7 set Assault of the Saiyans. There’s also a Great Ape Raditz card, although this doesn’t showcase the Super Saiyan form.
6Super Saiyan Bardock
The last of Goku’s family to receive a new Super Saiyan transformation in theDragon Ball Supercard game is his father Bardock, who plays a starring role inthe Bardock - Alone Against Fate DLCforDragon 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 and Super Saiyan 4 cards, but his “Bardock, Father and Son” card from the Dragon Brawl Draft Box is arguably the best-looking.
7Super Saiyan 3 Nappa
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 toa bold character like Nappaif ever they should become a Super Saiyan; a question that theDragon Ball Supercard game eventually answered in 2019.
Rather than sprouting golden hair on his head, Nappa’s signature goatee grows longer to resemblethe spiky hairstyles of Goku and Vegeta. There are two different Super Saiyan 3 Nappa cards available to players of the card game; one belonging to the Assault of the Saiyans series and the other, SS3 Nappa, Golden Invader, being a promotional card.
