These charts of the Top Five CCGs Over-all, Top Ten Hobby Channel CCGs, and Top Five Mass Channel CCGs reflect sales in November 2008 through February 2009.  The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.

 

Top 5 CCGs Over-all

 

1

Bakugan

Spin Master

2

Pokemon

Pokemon USA

3

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Konami Digital Entertainment

4

Magic: The Gathering

Wizards of the Coast

5

World of Warcraft

Upper Deck

 

 

Top 5 Mass CCGs

 

1

Bakugan

Spin Master

2

Pokemon

Pokemon USA

3

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Konami Digital Entertainment

4

Magic: The Gathering

Wizards of the Coast

5

Chaotic

Chaotic USA

 

 

           Top 10 Hobby Channel CCGs

1

Magic: The Gathering

Wizards of the Coast

2

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Konami Digital Entertainment

3

World of Warcraft

Upper Deck

4

Pokemon

Pokemon USA

5

Legends of the Five Rings

Alderac Entertainment

6

Naruto

Bandai America

7

Epic

Epic

8

UFS

Fantasy Flight Games

9

Call of Cthulhu

Fantasy Flight Games

10

Bleach

Score Entertainment


* Note:  The Top Ten Hobby Channel CCGs in the ICv2 Insider’s Guide includes typographical errors, introduced during the layout process, in ranks #4-#6.  The chart reproduced here is correct.  

These bestseller lists are from ICv2 Insider’s Guide #64.  For more information on the game market in 2008, see “Hobby Game Industry Hangs Tough in 2008.”

For the bestselling CMGs in the hobby channel, click here.

For the bestselling board, card, and family games in the hobby channel, click here.

For the bestselling non-collectible miniature games in the hobby channel, click here.

For the bestselling RPGs, click here.

For info on how to get your copy of the ICv2 Insider's Guide #64, with the full market reports and size estimates, bestseller lists, and reviews, see “ICv2 Releases 'ICv2 Insider's Guide' #64.”