Brightness of Hope (FB11): every leader revealed
Bandai just showed us the full leader lineup for Brightness of Hope (FB11), the next main Fusion World booster, releasing October 16, 2026. Four leaders dropped in one reveal wave on July 18, joining the Dragon Ball Legends collab leader teased back in June. That's the whole slate: five leaders, one per color, and every single one of them is a Saiyan.
The set name isn't subtle. Brightness of Hope is a set about Saiyans digging deep in a crisis, and the leader lineup runs the full emotional range of that theme: Goku going Super Saiyan 3, Future Trunks carrying his timeline, Goku Black being the crisis, Bardock starting it all, and the Legends duo fusing their way out of trouble. Here is every leader, with the card text as revealed, and what each one means for collectors and players.
The set facts first: 123 card types, out October 16, and FB11 carries the Dragon Ball Legends collaboration, which is where the Yellow leader comes from.
Son Goku (Red)
The cover leader, FB11-001, and the most interesting awaken condition in the set. Every Fusion World player knows the standard "life at 4 or less" flip. Goku adds a second route: you can also awaken with 2 or more energy and a card with Evolve in your Battle Area, which can come online absurdly early if the Evolve package cooperates.
The awakened side (20,000, and the art is Super Saiyan 3) then turns those Evolve cards into bodyguards: once per turn, when an opponent's Battle Card attacks, you may choose a card with Evolve in your Battle Area and redirect the attack to it. Both sides draw on attack. A leader that awakens early and then hides behind its board is a genuinely new shape for Red.
Art note for collectors: SS3 Goku cards have a long history of strong collector demand, and this is the set's cover card.
Trunks: Future / Son Gohan: Future (Blue)
The gut punch of the lineup, FB11-025. The front art is Trunks side by side with his mentor Future Gohan, and then Gohan is gone from the awakened side. Bandai knows exactly what they're doing.
Mechanically this is a "Future" tribal leader built on Ki markers, the energy-marker mechanic this cycle introduced. The front awakens once you have a total of 2 or more Ki in your Battle Area, drawing a card on the flip. Awakened Trunks then runs a once-per-turn engine: give a Battle Card with "Future" in its card name +1 Ki, then bounce a cost-3-or-less "Future" Battle Card back to its owner's hand. Whether that loop is competitive depends entirely on what the Future battle cards look like, but the design space is clearly there, and the front side is going to be a fan favorite regardless of playability.
Goku Black (Green)
Zamasu shares the front art of FB11-049, and the whole kit is a two-character partnership. You awaken by having a "Goku Black" or "Zamasu" in your Battle Area with a total of 2 or more Ki in your Battle Area. Once flipped, the leader draws 2 and discards 1 on every attack, then loads +1 Ki onto up to one Goku Black and up to one Zamasu at the same time.
That's card filtering and dual Ki acceleration stapled to every swing. If Bandai prints a combined Goku Black/Zamasu battle card that counts as both targets, this leader gets scary. The awakened side is Super Saiyan Rosé, which is exactly the art everyone wanted from this card.
Shallot/Giblet (Yellow, the Legends collab)
The Dragon Ball Legends collaboration leader, FB11-073, revealed a month before the rest. Shallot and Giblet share the front, and their fusion Shallet is the awakened side.
The design is all tension. On placement, you give up playing cards with a cost of 4 or less and Evolve for the entire game. In exchange you get the easiest awaken in the set (life at 5 or less, no other condition) and an awakened skill that switches 2 of your energy back to Active Mode once per turn, at the price of not playing Battle Cards with original costs of 4 or less for that turn. It wants a top-heavy deck and rewards you for committing to one.
Bandai has already teased a Shallet secret rare battle card from this set with Fusion Evolve, so the collab package runs deeper than just the leader.
Bardock (Black)
The father of Goku gets the Black slot, FB11-097, with the "Bardock's Crew" special trait doing the heavy lifting. The front awakens once this card has 2 or more Ki, drawing on the flip; notably the Ki lives on the leader itself, not spread across your board.
The awakened side turns your discard pile into a toolbox: once per turn, reduce this card's Ki by 1 to choose a cost-2 card with "Bardock's Crew" in its special traits in your Drop, activate its When KO'd skill, then bottom-deck it. That's a genuinely new resource engine for the color, and it means every cost-2 Bardock's Crew card printed from here on is potential leader fuel. Awakened art is Super Saiyan Bardock. Between this leader and the theme of the set, expect heavy Bardock chase demand in October.
What this lineup means
Two things stand out. First, the all-Saiyan slate: five leaders, five Saiyan traits, which has never happened in a main Fusion World booster and tells you exactly what the rest of the set will look like. Second, Ki is everywhere: four of the five leaders interact with Ki markers directly. The mechanic this cycle introduced is clearly not a one-set experiment; it's the new backbone, and the Story Booster 01 leaders already pointed the same direction.
How to track this in KiBinder
If you're planning ahead for FB11, here's what to set up now:
- Track Brightness of Hope in KiBinder the moment it lands in the app. Pre-release tracking lets you watch the set fill in as Bandai spoils it, and completion percentages start moving the day boxes open.
- If Bardock's Crew recursion looks like your deck, start watching cost-2 Bardock's Crew cards from earlier sets now, before October demand finds them.
- Same logic for Goku Black: existing Zamasu and Goku Black singles are the awaken condition, and reveal-season price moves happen early.
- Plan a binder page for the leader cycle itself. Five Saiyan leaders, one per color, is a display page that basically designs itself.
Bottom line
The early chase math is simple: the cover Goku with its SS3 awakened side, the Rosé Goku Black, and the Legends-collab Shallet are the three leaders most likely to carry premium alt art demand when the full rarity breakdown lands. And if Cross Force taught us anything, the real spikes will come from whichever alt arts nobody sees coming.
Brightness of Hope releases October 16, 2026. Story Booster 01 lands first on August 21. KiBinder will have both ready to track at launch, with every card and daily prices, same as every Fusion World release.