Charm Angel

Charm Angel is a collectible card game co-published in Japan in 2006 by Tomy and Wizards of the Coast. The game was designed by Mike Elliott, a prolific American card game designer known for his work on Magic: The Gathering expansions, Thunderstone, and Quarriors. According to Elliott, Charm Angel became a significant commercial success in the Japanese market. The game is themed around angel candidates competing to become a star angel, with gameplay framing each player as an aspiring celestial figure. Starter decks came packaged with a silver charm bracelet, underscoring the game's identity as a collectible product aimed at a young female audience. Despite its reported popularity in Japan, Charm Angel was never localized for Western markets and received little English-language coverage, which is why detailed rules, full set counts, and expansion history are not well documented outside Japan. Its rarity on international collector markets reflects its regional release strategy.