Ultraman Arc is freshly over, with its stories still clear in our minds. We got to see Yuma Hize keep running forward and grow into the man his late parents knew he would eventually become. Each episode, Arc’s powers of imagination allowed him to create new miracles, be it through his Arc Trick Techniques, or the Armors that he wielded.
And yet, if you are a western fan of Arc, there is perhaps one of those very armors that you haven’t seen — at least, until the release of BP02 of the Ultraman Card Game, Vortex of Crimson and Azure. That would be this.

Now, we‘ve seen Solis, and Luna, and Galaxy Armor — but what, pray tell, is this? The answer, as you may be able to read in the card’s title, is Ultraman Arc’s Saturn Armor.

Introduced during the Ultra Heroes EXPO Summer Festival 2024 in Ikebukuro Sunshine City, this armor’s place in the greater mythos of Arc is honestly a bit ambiguous. Its power is derived from the “Power of Saturn” that Yuma imagined as a child, in the same way he conceptualized the Solis and Luna Armors, but he never got the chance to sketch it down. (Remember, folks, don’t let your imagination stay in your head — write it down, draw it, do whatever you have to do!)
Though Saturn Armor never appeared in the show proper, its capabilities are actually well-established. Somewhat specialized compared to Solis and Luna, the Saturn Armor grants Arc a number of powers and techniques involving freezing and ice — fitting, when you think about the rings of Saturn, which are also made primarily of ice!
In practice, those freezing powers manifest in an unparalleled ability to hinder and even immobilize foes, using rings of chilling power that mirror their cosmic counterparts. These rings can be used in various creative ways, such as binding the foe with the Saturn Freezing technique, or chilling an entire area with the Saturn Blizzard. Those very same rings can also be used for defensive purposes, with the Saturn Defender Ring orbiting Arc’s body to block attacks. Of course, the planet Saturn has multiple rings, and so Arc can use the Saturn Double Defender Ring to double his defensive power, or even share those defensive rings with others!
Of course, like most other Armors, powers like this come with limitations as well. In addition to only being usable when Arc’s color timer is flashing red, indicating danger, the Saturn Armor also seals away Arc’s beam techniques and slows him down. As a result, much like Solis Armor, Arc often purges the armor at the end of a fight to be able to deliver an Arc Finalize as a finishing blow!
Who knows how Saturn Armor could have changed the trajectory of the series — would it have been a secret weapon against Trigelos? Would its freezing powers have been useful in preventing disasters like forest fires or kaiju rampages? The answer, like Arc would want, lies within your imagination. What we can confirm, however, is that you can make the Saturn Armor’s power yours if you play with the Ultraman Arc deck in the Ultraman Card Game when BP02 Vortex of Crimson and Azure comes out on January 24th, 2025! And for more secrets of the Ultraman series, stay close to Ultraman Connection!