CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3

The Card Stories 2 Booster Pack Vol.3 (ブースターパック Vol.3, Būsutāpakku Vol.3) was the third booster set for the second edition of the Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG.

Each pack retailed for 300 yen. Each pack came with ten cards inside - nine normal cards and one Star Parallel, or Radiance Star Parallel card, or Sign Rare card.

Information
CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3 is the name given to the third expansion of Genso Suikoden Card Stories II. It was an eclectic mix in terms of theme and featured characters and situations from Suikoden, Suikoden II and Suikoden III, along with preview cards of Suikoden IV, with artwork by several artists.

The set contained 108 cards. It was released on January 29, 2004. 95 cards were character cards (2 Mastermind, 30 Leaders, 23 Commoners, 32 Free, and 8 Craftman cards), with 10 mission cards, and 3 facilities cards rounding out the set.

This set marked the TCG debut of several characters from the original Suikoden. Two new Camps were introduced for these characters - the Scarlet Moon Empire and the Liberation Army. Notably, it also reintroduces the Toran Republic camp from Booster Pack Vol.2.

This set introduced character combination cards where two or more characters were present on a single card. These cards were generally more powerful than their individual counterparts but more limited due to all characters involved still being subject to the Unique Rule.

Credited Illustrators

 * Chiyoko
 * Enami Katsumi (エナミカツミ)
 * Fujita Kaori (藤田香)
 * HACCAN
 * Hasumi Miyako (羽住都)
 * Iwasaki Minako (岩崎美奈子)
 * JASON
 * Kaneda Eiji (金田榮路)
 * Miki Sato (みきさと)
 * Otokita Takao (おときたたかお)
 * Ōtsuki Beruno (おおつきべるの)
 * Seiji (青磁)
 * Senno Aki (せんのあき)
 * Suga Koharu (須賀こはる)
 * Suzuki Rika (鈴木理華)
 * Takada Banbi (高田ばんび)
 * TOKAI
 * Yashioka Shō (八至丘翔)

Trivia

 * With the release of this set, only 29 original Suikoden Stars had no character cards: Antonio, Blackman, Chandler, Chapman, Georges, Giovanni, Hellion, Hugo, Ivanov, Jabba, Kun To, Ledon, Lester, Maas, Mace, Marco, Marie, Meese, Moose, Mose, Onil, Qlon, Rock, Sansuke, Sergei, Taggart, Tesla, Window, and Zen.
 * Other Suikoden characters with some form of official artwork missing character cards following this expansion include: Chief of the Dwarves, Chief of the Elves, Grady, Kanaan, Kraze Miles, Sanchez, and Zorak.