The following is the list of Triple Triad cards in Final Fantasy VIII. The cards in the player's inventory can be viewed in the Cards section of the menu. If the player had a card but lost/refined it, it will be grayed out. Filling the in-game card list has a gold star appear next to the Cards menu. Only one copy of the level 8, 9, and 10 cards can be held at once; they are considered "rare cards".
Once the player has held a rare card, highlighting it in the menu shows at the bottom of the screen where the card currently is. Rare cards in the player's possession have their location as "Squall". For lost rare cards the menu shows the name of the area where the person holding that card is. If the player modded the card, the menu says it was "Used".
The game usually ensures that rare cards lost to NPCs stay available to win back somehow; e.g. rare cards lost in Galbadia Garden enter into Martine's deck in Fishermans Horizon. However, losing a rare card to Chocoboy is risky as he will permanently leave after the chocobo forest quest is complete. If the Card Club sidequest has been completed before the point of no return, it is possible to win all level 8, 9, and 10 cards from the CC members on board Ragnarok.
In the Steam non-remastered version, obtaining all cards earns an achievement.
Monster cards[]
Level 1[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Geezard | 1 modifies into 5 Screws |
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Funguar | 1 modifies into 1 M-Stone Piece |
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Bite Bug | 1 modifies into 1 M-Stone Piece |
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Red Bat | 1 modifies into 1 Vampire Fang |
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Blobra | 4 modify into 1 Rune Armlet |
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Gayla Element:Lightning |
1 modifies into 1 Mystery Fluid |
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Gesper | 1 modifies into 1 Black Hole |
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Fastitocalon-F Element:Earth |
5 modify into 1 Water Crystal |
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Blood Soul | 1 modifies into 1 Zombie Powder |
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Caterchipillar | 1 modifies into 1 Spider Web |
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Cockatrice Element:Lightning |
1 modifies into 1 Cockatrice Pinion |
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Level 2[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Grat | 1 modifies into 1 Magic Stone |
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Buel | 1 modifies into 1 Magic Stone | ||
Mesmerize | 1 modifies into 1 Mesmerize Blade |
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Glacial Eye Element:Ice |
1 modifies into 1 Arctic Wind |
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Belhelmel | 1 modifies into 1 Saw Blade |
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Thrustaevis Element:Wind |
1 modifies into 1 Shear Feather |
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Anacondaur Element:Poison |
1 modifies into 1 Venom Fang |
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Creeps Element:Lightning |
5 modify into 1 Coral Fragment |
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Grendel Element:Lightning |
1 modifies into 1 Dragon Fin |
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Jelleye | 1 modifies into 1 Magic Stone |
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Grand Mantis | 1 modifies into 1 Sharp Spike |
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Level 3[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Forbidden | 1 modifies into 1 Betrayal Sword |
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Armadodo Element:Earth |
1 modifies into 1 Dino Bone |
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Tri-Face Element:Poison |
1 modifies into 1 Curse Spike |
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Fastitocalon Element:Earth |
1 modifies into 1 Water Crystal |
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Snow Lion Element:Ice |
1 modifies into 1 North Wind |
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Ochu | 1 modifies into 1 Ochu Tentacle |
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SAM08G Element:Fire |
1 modifies into 1 Running Fire |
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Death Claw Element:Fire |
1 modifies into 1 Sharp Spike |
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Cactuar | 1 modifies into 1 Cactus Thorn |
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Tonberry | 1 modifies into 1 Chef's Knife |
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Abyss Worm Element:Earth |
1 modifies into 1 Windmill |
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Level 4[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Turtapod | 5 modify into 1 Healing Mail |
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Vysage | 1 modifies into 1 Wizard Stone | ||
T-Rexaur | 2 modify into 1 Dino Bone |
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Bomb Element:Fire |
1 modifies into 1 Bomb Fragment |
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Blitz Element:Lightning |
1 modifies into 1 Dynamo Stone |
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Wendigo | 1 modifies into 1 Steel Orb |
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Torama | 5 modify into 1 Life Ring |
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Imp | 1 modifies into 1 Wizard Stone |
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Blue Dragon Element:Poison |
4 modify into 1 Fury Fragment |
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Adamantoise Element:Earth |
3 modify into 1 Turtle Shell |
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Hexadragon Element:Fire |
3 modify into 1 Red Fang |
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Level 5[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Iron Giant | 3 modify into 1 Star Fragment |
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Behemoth | 10 modify into 1 Barrier |
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Chimera Element:Water |
10 modify into 1 Regen Ring |
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PuPu | 1 modifies into 1 Hungry Cookpot | ||
Elastoid | 1 modifies into 1 Steel Pipe |
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GIM47N | 1 modifies into 10 Fast Ammo |
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Malboro Element:Poison |
4 modify into 1 Malboro Tentacle |
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Ruby Dragon Element:Fire |
10 modify into 1 Inferno Fang |
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Elnoyle | 10 modify into 1 Energy Crystal |
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Tonberry King | 1 modifies into 1 Chef's Knife |
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Wedge, Biggs | 1 modifies into 1 X-Potion |
Boss cards[]
Level 6[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Fujin, Raijin | 1 modifies into 1 X-Potion |
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Elvoret Element:Wind |
1 modifies into 10 Death Stones | ||
X-ATM092 | 2 modify into 1 Turtle Shell | ||
Granaldo | 1 modifies into 1 G-Returner |
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Gerogero Element:Poison |
10 modify into 1 Circlet | ||
Iguion | 1 modifies into 1 Cockatrice Pinion | ||
Abadon | 1 modifies into 30 Dark Ammo |
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Trauma | 1 modifies into 30 Demolition Ammo |
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Oilboyle | 1 modifies into 30 Fire Ammo |
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Shumi Tribe | 5 modify into 1 Gambler Spirit | ||
Krysta | 1 modifies into 10 Holy Stones |
Level 7[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Propagator | 1 modifies into 1 G-Mega-Potion | ||
Jumbo Cactuar | 1 modifies into 1 Cactus Thorn |
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Tri-Point Element:Lightning |
40 modify into 1 Jet Engine | ||
Gargantua | 10 modify into 1 Strength Love |
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Mobile Type 8 | 1 modifies into 10 Shell Stones |
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Sphinxara | 1 modifies into 1 G-Mega-Potion |
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Tiamat | 1 modifies into 10 Flare Stones |
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BGH251F2 | 1 modifies into 10 Protect Stones |
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Red Giant | 1 modifies into 5 Meteor Stones | ||
Catoblepas | 1 modifies into 1 Rename Card | ||
Ultima Weapon | 1 modifies into 1 Ultima Stone |
Guardian Force cards[]
Level 8[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Chubby Chocobo | 1 modifies into 100 LuvLuv G |
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Angelo | 1 modifies into 100 Elixirs |
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Gilgamesh | 1 modifies into 10 Holy Wars |
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MiniMog | 1 modifies into 100 Pet Houses |
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Chicobo | 1 modifies into 100 Gysahl Greens |
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Quezacotl Element:Lightning |
1 modifies into 100 Dynamo Stones |
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Shiva Element:Ice |
1 modifies into 100 North Winds |
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Ifrit Element:Fire |
1 modifies into 3 Elem Atks | ||
Siren | 1 modifies into 3 Status Atks |
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Sacred Element:Earth |
1 modifies into 100 Dino Bones |
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Minotaur Element:Earth |
1 modifies into 10 Adamantines |
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Level 9[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Carbuncle | 1 modifies into 3 Glow Curtains |
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Diablos | 1 modifies into 100 Black Holes |
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Leviathan Element:Water |
1 modifies into 3 Doc's Codes |
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Odin | 1 modifies into 100 Dead Spirits |
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Pandemona Element:Wind |
1 modifies into 100 Windmills |
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Cerberus | 1 modifies into 100 Lightweights |
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Alexander Element:Holy |
1 modifies into 3 Moon Curtains |
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Phoenix Element:Fire |
1 modifies into 3 Phoenix Spirits |
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Bahamut | 1 modifies into 100 Megalixirs |
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Doomtrain Element:Poison |
1 modifies into 3 Status Guard |
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Eden | 1 modifies into 3 Monk's Codes |
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Player cards[]
Level 10[]
Card Name | Image | Card Mod | How to obtain |
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Ward | 1 modifies into 3 Gaea's Rings |
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Kiros | 1 modifies into 3 Accelerators |
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Laguna | 1 modifies into 100 Heroes |
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Selphie | 1 modifies into 3 Elem Guards |
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Quistis | 1 modifies into 3 Samantha Souls |
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Irvine | 1 modifies into 3 Rocket Engines |
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Zell | 1 modifies into 3 Hyper Wrists |
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Rinoa | 1 modifies into 3 Magic Armlets |
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Edea | 1 modifies into 3 Royal Crowns |
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Seifer | 1 modifies into 3 Diamond Armors |
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Squall | 1 modifies into 3 Three Stars |
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Earliest point to get every unique card[]
- Before leaving Balamb Garden, Squall can get the MiniMog card from the running boy in blue and the Quistis card from the Trepies.
- Ifrit card from the Fire Cavern boss.
- After the Dollet field exam, the player can visit Ma Dincht with Zell and Selphie in the party and play her till she uses the Zell card.
- Talking to Cid or leaving the Garden after the Timber mission briefing will have Cid give the Magical Lamp to the player. Using it right away lets them fight Diablos and get his card. If the player does not talk to Cid and heads immediately in the direction of the Garden after the conversation, the scene where Cid would give the item will not trigger, and in that case the player must head back to Cid's office and talk to him there before boarding the train for Timber.
- After the Timber mission briefing, the player can go to Cid's office and play him for the Seifer card.
- The player can now start the Queen of Cards sidequest and lose MiniMog to her at Balamb Town and make sure she goes to Dollet.
- At the Forest Owls' Base Watts has the Angelo card.
- After leaving Timber, the player can neglect going through the forest towards G-Garden, and instead head to Dollet. There they can play the Dollet pub owner for the Siren card. If the player sent the Queen of Cards here, they can talk to her about her artist father and also play her son to get the MiniMog back.
- At Deling City, the player can win Kiros from the man in black at the shopping arcade (part of the Queen of Cards quest).
- While at the Tomb of the Unknown King, the player can fight Sacred and Minotaur to get their cards at the end of the quest.
- The player can return to Dollet and lose Sacred to the Queen of Cards and make sure she goes back to Balamb. (Dollet has Random as a default rule, so this can be hard without abolishing Random first.) The player can get the Sacred card back from the queen's son.
- When controlling Selphie, the goal is to head to the Missile Base. Instead, the player can go to Deling City and lose the Ifrit card to General Caraway, then play him till he gives the Rinoa card.
- Mayor Dobe in FH has Quezacotl and Flo has Irvine as part of the Queen of Cards quest. Martine behind the mayor's house has Ifrit if the player lost is to General Caraway earlier.
- When Irvine is in charge of choosing the instruments to play for the Garden Festival, the player can exit the scene and return to Balamb Garden and start the Card Club quest (see Card Club article for details) and win the Leviathan card from CC Joker and Carbuncle from CC Heart.
- After gaining control of the mobile Garden, the player can continue the CC quest as Squall and sleep in the dorms until the CC King appears, and win the Gilgamesh card.
- With the mobile Garden, the player can do the Chocobo Forest sidequest and get the Chicobo card from the Chocobo Sanctuary.
- Defeating Odin at the Centra Ruins nets the Odin card.
- At the Balamb Town lockdown, the player can help the Big Bad Rascal to sneak out to talk to the hotel owner. He then brings the hotel owner's deck to the girl staying at the old man's house next to where Ma Dincht lives. The player can win Pandemona off her.
- The player can lose the Chicobo card to the Queen of Cards in Balamb Town and make sure she goes to Dollet. The player can then get Chubby Chocobo from a student sitting outside the Balamb Garden library. The player can go to Dollet to talk to the queen about her artist father and get Chicobo back from her son.
- Selphie's friend in Trabia Garden plays the Selphie card.
- Defeating Cerberus during the Battle of the Gardens wins his card.
- After gaining access to Edea's Orphanage as part of the story, the player can play Edea to win her card.
- Zone at the White SeeD Ship gives the player the Shiva card in exchange for a free Girl Next Door.
- At Esthar City, the player can play Dr. Odine for the Ward card. He is first met at the Presidential Palace.
- At the Lunar Base Piet has Alexander and Ellone has Laguna.
- After the player has the Ragnarok they can continue the Queen of Cards quest and lose Alexander to her in Dollet, making sure she goes to Balamb. The player can now get Doomtrain from the Timber pub owner. Losing Doomtrain to her in Balamb and making sure she goes to Dollet, the player can win Doomtrain back from the queen's son and get the Phoenix card from a presidential aide at the Esthar City palace.
- The UFO? quest gives the PuPu card.
- Defeating Bahamut at the Deep Sea Research Center nets his card.
- Defeating Ultima Weapon wins the Eden card.
- Playing Laguna wins the Squall card.