Trading cards with Marvel, Star Wars and Disney

Entertainment cards are made by the same manufacturers and in the same format as sports cards. Topps, Panini and Upper Deck put their series on Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, video games and film instead of athletes, with the same split into hobby and retail and the same kind of signed cards and special prints. The difference is the licence, not the product.

Quick facts

Manufacturer	Topps, Panini and Upper Deck
Format	Same as sports cards: hobby box, mega, blaster, value, case
Playable	No, pure trading cards without game rules
Licences	Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, video games, film, TV series
Value drivers	The popularity of the characters and new films or series
Unique cards	Sketch cards, hand-drawn in a single copy

The formats are the same as in sports cards

Hobby box, mega box, blaster, value box and case work exactly as in sports cards. The hobby channel has more cards per pack and guaranteed contents, retail has a lower price and its own cards that are not in the hobby boxes. The full breakdown is in the guide on hobby or retail. What differs is that the cards cannot be played with: they are pure trading cards without rules.

The series you will come across

Topps Chrome exists for Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios and Star Wars, with chrome-finished cards and colour parallels just as in sports cards. Topps Finest is the premium line with fewer but more elaborate cards per box, and Sapphire has its own chrome surface and its own price level, a collector series rather than something you open for fun. Garbage Pail Kids is Topps' own humour series with a long history and an entirely separate collector base. Upper Deck makes Marvel series with signed cards and sketch series, and on top of that themed series around individual sagas or groups of characters come out continuously.

The licences you most often come across are Marvel, both the comics and the films, which changed licence holder from Upper Deck to Topps in 2025; Star Wars, where Topps has held the licence since 1977 with a few breaks; Disney with anniversary series and animated classics; individual film and TV series around current titles; video game worlds; and smaller music and entertainment series where the autographs are the main draw.

Mars Attacks

Mars Attacks started in 1962 as a 55-card science fiction series, which Topps first test-marketed under the name Attack from Space through the company Bubbles Inc. The images were considered too gory and sexual, and Topps repainted 13 of the cards before production was stopped after questions from a prosecutor in Connecticut. The series has been reissued several times, including as Mars Attacks Archives in 1994 and Mars Attacks Heritage in 2012, and Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks! is based on the cards. The Christmas edition Mars Attacks Christmas from 2026 tells a continuous story in 50 cards in which the Martians attack Christmas.

The chase cards are the hand-drawn sketch cards from 78 artists, all in a single copy, and the celebrity-signed cards with names such as Mike Tyson and Jeff Goldblum.

Wacky Packages

Wacky Packages are Topps' parodies of well-known consumer products and their packaging, issued as stickers. The first series in 1967 had 44 die-cut cards that you moistened on the back and stuck up, with parodies by Art Spiegelman that were mostly painted by Norman Saunders. Between 1973 and 1975 Wacky Packages was Topps' best-selling product, ahead of the baseball cards. The first All-New Series came in 2004, and in the 2026 edition, which was sold only via Topps.com, every box has a sketch card or a card signed by one of the artists.

The chase cards are Artist Autographs, ten cards signed by five artists, and sketch cards in a single copy each from 25 artists.

Garbage Pail Kids

Garbage Pail Kids is Topps' sticker series from 1985, created by Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden and John Pound as a parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls; the owners of the dolls sued Topps in 1986 and the characters were redrawn after the settlement. Each image exists in two versions with the same art but different names, marked a and b, and the sticker is die-cut so that only the character with its name plate and logo comes away from the backing. The original series was issued until 1988, when sales fell; the All-New Series revived the brand in 2003, the Brand-New Series followed in 2012 and then themed editions. The 2026 Halloween edition was sold only online, with 50 base stickers, a third name variant (C names), Slime parallels numbered to 50 or fewer, sketch cards from 53 artists, artist autographs and the insert set Scream Queens with Jamie Lee Curtis, Neve Campbell and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The chase cards are the hand-drawn sketch cards, a single copy each from 53 artists, the artist autographs and the Slime parallels numbered to 50 or fewer.

Topps Star Wars Chrome Galaxy

Star Wars Galaxy started in 1993 as Topps' first Star Wars series in ten years, after the cards for Return of the Jedi, and the whole series was built on original art, including the subset New Visions where comic artists and illustrators made their own Star Wars images. The chrome version came in 2021 and prints images from earlier Galaxy series with chrome technology, mixed with illustrations made for the chrome editions. The 2026 edition had sketch cards from 218 artists, while signed cards came on average only one per case.

The chase cards are sketch cards from the 218 contributing artists, in three foil variants, and the signed Galaxy, Dual, Triple and Quad autographs, on average one per case.

Topps Chrome Black Star Wars

A box of Topps Chrome Black Star Wars is a single pack with four cards, and one of them is an encased signed card. The series first came out in November 2022 and has chrome cards in a dark design. The signed cards are split by the light and the dark side, like the numbered Light-Side All-Blue and Dark Side All-Red Autographs in the 2023 edition. In the 2024 edition, released in March 2025, an encased special card was also included in the box.

The chase cards are Light Side Autographs and Dark Side Autographs with actors such as Mark Hamill and Ian McDiarmid, plus Superfractor in a single copy.

Topps Chrome Star Wars

Before 2023, every chrome Star Wars series, all the way back to Star Wars Chrome Archives in 1999, belonged to another Star Wars series such as Galaxy or Legacy or to a single film or TV series, so Topps Chrome Star Wars that year became the first standalone one. The series is released every year and covers all of Star Wars, and since 2024 characters making their debut are marked with a Debut medallion, the equivalent of the rookie marking on sports cards. The base set has grown from 100 cards in 2023 to 200 cards in the 2025 and 2026 editions, and the SuperFractor, numbered 1 of 1, is the most chased card. Signed cards exist from actors such as Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford.

The chase cards are Superfractor in a single copy and the rare ComicFractor cards, plus sketch cards signed by the series' more than 180 artists.

Upper Deck Marvel Studios Loki

The Disney+ series Loki got its first full card series in September 2023 with Upper Deck Marvel Studios Loki, which has 90 base cards from the first season's six episodes. Two of the parallels are named after characters in the series, Miss Minutes numbered to 99 copies and Alligator Loki to 25, and the blaster box has its own orange parallels. Signed cards exist from actors such as Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson, and the special cards Time Theater Film Cels have a motif from each of the episodes. The release came while Upper Deck held the Marvel licence, which passed to Topps in 2025.

The chase cards are Time Theater Film Cels, the series' rarest special cards, plus the numbered parallels Miss Minutes and Alligator Loki.

Upper Deck Allegiance

With Avengers vs. X-Men, Upper Deck launched the Allegiance brand in 2023, where the cards are based on stories from Marvel's comics, here the 2012 crossover and its twelve issues. The release has a 90-card base set and an equally large Chapters set tied to the individual issues, and the Chapters cards also come signed. The special cards use several techniques, with lenticular cards in Collision Event and retro-style hologram cards in Turning Points, and among the rare cards are hand-drawn sketch cards in a single copy.

The chase cards are the hand-drawn sketch cards, unique 1-of-1 originals by the series' artists, and the lenticular Collision Event cards.

Topps Chrome Disney

Topps Chrome Disney puts characters from Disney and Pixar on chrome cards, with Refractor parallels down to Superfractor in a single copy. The first edition was Topps Chrome Disney 100, which came out in December 2023 for Disney's centenary. The following year the base set doubled to 200 cards, and characters getting their first card were marked with a debut medal, like the rookie cards in the sports series. Signed cards from the voice actors came in 2025, among them Tom Hanks for Woody and Billy Crystal for Mike Wazowski.

The chase cards are The One and Only series with SuperFractor in a single copy, plus the genuine signatures from voice actors such as Tom Hanks and Billy Crystal.

Topps Chrome Marvel Comics

Topps Chrome Marvel Comics is based on Marvel's comics, while Topps Chrome Marvel Studios has the characters from the films and TV series. The first edition came out in August 2024 with 150 base cards, before Topps got the global rights to Marvel cards in September of that year, and in the 2025 and 2026 editions the base set has 200 cards where the characters' first appearances in the comics are marked with their own 1st logo. The characters' signatures are printed facsimiles, while the genuine signed cards come from the artists and writers behind the comics, such as Frank Miller and Adi Granov.

The chase cards are the genuine signatures in Marvel Comic Book Artist & Writer Autographs, only one card per hobby case, plus sketch cards by Frank Miller for Daredevil's 60th anniversary.

Fleer Retro Looney Tunes

Fleer Retro Looney Tunes came out in 2024 and puts the Looney Tunes characters on designs from older Fleer cards, a combination Upper Deck called the first of its kind. The base set has 100 cards with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck among others, but also Lola Bunny, who was first created for the film Space Jam in 1996. The special cards recreate old Fleer and SkyBox series such as 1986-87 Fleer, Fleer Ultra, Metal Universe, SkyBox Premium and E-X, the last on transparent acetate. The signed cards come from the voice actors, among them Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny.

The chase cards are the Platinum Medallion Masterpiece parallels in a single copy and the signed cards from voice actors such as Eric Bauza.

Topps Mint Marvel

Minted metal bars and coins are the model for the cards in Topps Mint Marvel, with the word Minted on the front and In Marvel We Trust on the back. The series debuted at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2025, a few weeks before the hobby release, and the base set is divided into the tiers Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each box has an encased card under the pack, usually a chrome card. The 2025 edition had Doctor Doom Comic Cuts, cards in a single copy with pieces of real comic panels.

The chase cards are Doctor Doom Comic Cuts, 200 cards in a single copy each with pieces of genuine comic panels, and the numbered insert card Gambit's Deck.

Topps Chrome Marvel Studios

Topps' first series on the Marvel Cinematic Universe was Topps Chrome Marvel Studios, which came out in December 2025 with the heroes from the films and TV series instead of the comics' drawings. Cards of a character's first appearance carry a DEBUT logo and work roughly like rookie cards. Signed cards exist from actors such as Chris Evans and Hugh Jackman, and special sets follow individual productions such as Captain America: Brave New World and Daredevil: Born Again.

The chase cards are the DEBUT cards of the characters' first appearances and The Snap Variation, plus the signed cards from actors such as Chris Evans and Hugh Jackman.

Topps Chrome VeeFriends

VeeFriends are Gary Vaynerchuk's cartoon characters, which started as an NFT collection, and the first VeeFriends series on Topps Chrome came out in May 2025 with 100 characters. The 2026 edition has 200 characters, and the 149 appearing on chrome cards for the first time carry the VF First Chrome mark. All 200 base cards exist signed by Vaynerchuk, numbered to five copies each, and Comic Clippings are relic cards in a single copy with a cut-out piece of the VeeFriends comic. The Black Cat Refractor parallel, numbered to seven copies, exists only in this series.

The chase cards are Black CatFractor in seven copies and Comic Clippings in a single copy, plus the Vaynerchuk-signed base cards in five copies each.

Topps Disney Wonder

Disney Wonder started in October 2025 and consists mostly of paper cards, while some of the special cards and all signed cards are chrome cards. The 190-card base set is divided into tiers, with separate subsets for princesses and villains from both the animated films and the live-action films. The special cards Furry Friends gather the characters' animals and companions, and the signed cards come from 15 voice actors, among them Idina Menzel. The Winter Mega Box has its own winter versions of the base cards and variants with characters from Frozen.

The chase cards are Cinderella Glass Slipper Die-Cut Chrome, numbered to 75 copies, and PrincessFractor in a single copy.

Panini Italian Brainrot Trading Card Game

Italian Brainrot is the internet phenomenon from early 2025 with AI-generated, absurd characters with Italian-sounding names, such as Tralalero Tralala, Bombardiro Crocodilo and Ballerina Cappuccina. The Skifidol Italian Brainrot brand is owned by the Italian company Officina Comunicazione, and the card game, developed with the help of AI, came out the same year with the 150-card Alpha Series, sold at Italian newsstands alongside Panini's sticker albums. Cosmic Hallucination, series 2, also has 150 cards – 100 base cards and 50 special cards – in what Panini calls a psychedelic, surreal universe where sharp acid colours meet grotesque characters. Each pack has seven cards, always including one special card with a holographic or rainbow foil surface, and the display holds 24 packs.

The chase cards are the 50 special cards with a holographic or rainbow foil surface, one in each pack of seven cards, compared with 100 regular base cards.

Topps Mint Disney

Topps Mint Disney consists of cards made to look like minted coins and metal bars. The series was first shown at New York Comic Con in October 2025 under the name Disney Mint and came out as a hobby release the same autumn. The base set is divided into the tiers Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – 120 cards in the first year and 125 in the 2026 edition, with Platinum numbered to 99 – and the cards come both as foil paper cards and as Chrome with refractor parallels up to SuperFractor in a single copy. Each box is a single pack of ten cards with a numbered parallel, plus an encased card. The insert set Comic Cuts carries pieces of real comic panels in a single copy – Scrooge in 2025 and Donald Duck & Friends in 2026 – and Chrome Autographs features actors such as Tom Hanks and Miley Cyrus.

The chase cards are Comic Cuts in a single copy with pieces of genuine comic panels, SuperFractor 1/1 on the Chrome cards and Cut Signatures from historical voice actors such as Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White.

Topps Disney Neon

Topps' Neon design, where strong neon colours are combined with chrome cards, began with Topps Disney Neon in April 2026. The 200-card base set draws characters from all of Disney, and Descendants, Epic Mickey, Gargoyles and Phineas and Ferb got their first Topps cards there. A hundred of the motifs also exist as Chrome Etch cards with their own Refractor parallels, and signed cards come from the voices behind the characters, such as Tom Hanks for Woody and Tony Anselmo for Donald Duck.

The chase cards are the SuperFractor parallel and 1-of-1 sketch cards, plus the signed voices behind the characters, such as Tom Hanks for Woody.

Topps Vault Marvel

Two cards per hobby box and no regular base set is the concept of Topps Vault Marvel, which in 2026 became the first series under the Topps Vault name, created for high-end entertainment series. The box has a signed card or signed relic card and a relic card or sketch card, and on top of that there is a Vault Originals card with art by Ariel Diaz. The relic cards have pieces of props from Marvel Studios productions, such as Captain America's shield and Thor's Stormbreaker, and in Vault Armory Autographs the weapon is combined with the signature of the actor who carried it in the film. In Marvel Diamonds, real diamonds are part of the card.

The chase cards are Vault Armory Autographs, where a genuine weapon from the films is combined with the actor's signature, and Marvel Diamonds with real diamonds inlaid.

Topps Neon Marvel

Topps Neon Marvel brought the Neon design to Marvel in 2026, after it began with Topps Disney Neon earlier the same year. The motifs are mainly characters from Marvel's comics, with selected cards from Marvel's animated series and games, where the special sets Marvel Rivals and Marvel Snap are based on the games. The base cards also exist in a chrome version with Neon Etch refractors. Signed cards in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Autographs come from the actors in the Disney+ series of the same name, among them Charlie Cox, and Giant-Sized Booklet Autographs have original art by Bella Rachlin.

The chase cards are Marvel Murals, street-art-inspired cards by Tristan Eaton, the lenticular Marquee Motion cards and Giant-Sized Booklet Autographs with original art by Bella Rachlin.

Topps Vault Disney

Topps Vault Disney is Disney's first series in Topps Vault and follows the same concept as Topps Vault Marvel, with only two cards per hobby box, most of them signed cards or relic cards. The relic cards have genuine props from Alice in Wonderland, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise and Snow White, among others, and Vault Relics have pieces of the teapot from Alice in Wonderland. Some cards have real diamonds inlaid, and some of them are also signed.

The chase cards are the dual- and triple-signed cards and the signed variants of the diamond-set cards, plus Vault Relics with pieces of the teapot from Alice in Wonderland.

Topps Pixar Gold

Pixar Gold is Topps' first premium series devoted solely to characters from Pixar's films, and the edition dated 2025 was released in January 2026. The Gilded base set has 100 chrome cards with characters from Toy Story onwards, also from short films such as Lava and Bao, and each box has an encased card. Signed cards exist from voice actors such as Tom Hanks and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the encased card The Piston Cup exists in only one copy. Already in the 2024 Topps Chrome Disney, Pixar Gold appeared as a ten-card insert set, numbered to 79 copies.

The chase cards are The Piston Cup, the encased card in a single copy, plus 24 Carat Pixar in a single copy and Animated Aura in Superfractor finish.

Topps Chrome x Jennie

Topps Chrome x Jennie is the first dedicated trading card series featuring Jennie Kim from BLACKPINK. Topps rarely releases music cards, and in modern times musicians have mostly appeared in Allen & Ginter rather than in their own series. The base set has 30 chrome cards with images from Jennie's own photo shoots, and the short-print Ruby cards celebrate Jennie's first solo album. Among the rare cards are on-card signatures and relic cards with clothing from Jennie's concerts.

The chase cards are the rare on-card signatures and the relic cards with clothing from Jennie's concerts.

Upper Deck Feline Collection

Feline Collection is Upper Deck's series about cats, where facts about the breeds are mixed with internet memes and cats that became famous on social media. The base set has 100 cards with ten cats of ten different breeds, among them Maine Coon and Munchkin, and the backs tell of the breed's origin and personality. The parallels have names like Tabby Orange and Tuxedo Cat, and the insert set Pop Cats is made in the style of Andy Warhol. The rarest insert set, Now Trending Paw Prints, has paw prints from the cats directly on the card.

The chase cards are Now Trending Paw Prints, with genuine paw prints from the cats, and the numbered Midnight Black parallel in a single copy.

Topps X Street Fighter

Topps X Street Fighter was released in October 2026 ahead of the feature film Street Fighter, which premiered on 16 October that year, and the cards show the film's actors as the characters from the game series: Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa'i as Akuma and Noah Centineo as Ken Masters. The base set is 17 cards, one per character from Akuma to Zangief, and the series is sold as loose packs of five cards: four base cards and one parallel. The parallels are Rainbow Foil and the numbered Gold Foil (50), Orange Foil (25), Black Foil (10), Red Foil (5) and FoilFractor in a single copy; no insert sets or autographs are included. Topps had already made a card series on the arcade game Street Fighter II in 1993.

The chase cards are FoilFractor in a single copy and Red Foil numbered to five, in a series without autographs and insert sets.

Epoch Demon Slayer Trading Cards

Epoch is the Japanese toy and card manufacturer behind the cards for Japanese baseball (NPB) and the J-League, among others, and Demon Slayer Trading Cards is its series on the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The first edition, Japan Edition from early 2026, follows the story from Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc to Hashira Training Arc in 146 base cards, each with a parallel and a hologram parallel, plus 32 Scene Effect cards, nine Hashira cards and nine demon cards, and on top of those 11 Special Scene Photo, five Key Visual and ten Tsuba cards in a single copy. Galaxy Edition from November 2026 has the same 146 base cards in packs of five cards, 20 packs per box, and adds the E-P-O-C-H set with numbered parallels from Emerald Green (99) and Platinum Silver (50) to Heat in a single copy.

The chase cards are the ten Tsuba cards, showing the hand guards of the swords, in a single copy each, and in Galaxy Edition the Heat 1/1 parallel in the E-P-O-C-H set.

Cardsmiths Rocky 50th Anniversary Trading Cards

Cardsmiths, the manufacturer behind the card series Currency, released Rocky 50th Anniversary in 2026 for the film's 50th anniversary, built on film scenes and original art from all six Rocky films. The base set is 100 Collector Cards, six of them film posters, with the parallels Rainbow Holofoil, Black & Gold Enhanced, Iced Foil and serial-numbered Gemstone Refractor, and the insert sets Gallery Edition (15 cards), Allies & Adversaries (14), Culture Shokz (8, with art by Gonzalo Ordonez) and Climactic Clashes (7, in the style of old boxing posters). Sylvester Stallone has signed on-card in a single copy each, while Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren appear as serial-numbered autographs. The Mega Box has eight packs of five cards with its own Opal Gemstone Refractor and Knockout! Holofoil, and the Collector Box has two packs with Championship Holofoil. Rocky's first licensed cards only came with the sequel in 1979.

The chase cards are Sylvester Stallone's autographs, signed on-card in a single copy each, and the serial-numbered autographs from Mr. T as Clubber Lang and Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago.

Kakawow Phantom Game of Thrones

Kakawow is a Chinese card manufacturer that makes licensed trading cards for several brands, and Phantom is its line of chrome cards with a metallic sheen: Phantom Harry Potter 2024 was the first Harry Potter card series printed entirely on chrome stock, was sold only in China and came in boxes of ten packs with five cards. Phantom Game of Thrones has the same box format and was released in 2026 for the TV series' 15th anniversary, with autographs from seven actors – those behind Daenerys, Cersei, Jaime, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Margaery – most of them signed on-card and guaranteed one per case. The insert sets are numbered: 15th Anniversary Card (275), The Legend of Westeros (115), Queen's Wardrobe (100), Legendary Moments (80), Queen and Dragons (45), Gold Card and 15th Anniversary Easter Egg (10), and a box gives on average between two and five serial-numbered cards.

The chase cards are Ultimashining Card and Black Card in a single copy each, plus Inscription Autograph numbered to five and 15th Anniversary Inscription Autograph numbered to nine.

Upper Deck Platinum DC

Platinum DC was released in September 2026 and was the first time Upper Deck put the Platinum name on DC Comics. The base set is 200 cards in two halves: 1–100 with new original art and 101–200 with older DC art from the comics. The parallels are numbered from Blue Traxx (499) via Yellow Spotlight (399), Purple Lava (249), Red Prism (199) and Green Crackle (99) down to Seismic Gold (10), Pink Crystals (5) and Golden Treasures in a single copy. Alongside them are ten Art Variants with art by the comics' own creators and 100 Cover Variants with their own parallels. The insert sets Carrying the Mantle, Cliffhangers and Defining Moments have 25 cards each and turn up three per hobby box of ten packs with ten cards, and the autographs comprise 185 base autographs and ten Creator Art Variant Autographs.

The chase cards are Golden Treasures in a single copy, Pink Crystals numbered to five and the ten Creator Art Variant Autographs, signed by the artists themselves.

Upper Deck Inspirations: The World of DC

Inspirations: The World of DC started in July 2026 and is based on DC's comic covers and characters: the base set is 90 cards with one or more characters, and Homage Art features 20 of the real covers. Two artists – Alex Ross and Darwyn Cooke – have their own 15-card Artist Spotlight sets, and Trick or Treat gathers five Halloween motifs. The parallels run from Pattern Foil Purple (499) and Pattern Foil Green (399) via Bronze Spectrum (199) and Gold Spectrum (25) to Blue Spectrum in a single copy, with Pearlescence and Matte Foil alongside. The hobby box has twelve packs of four cards, the autographs are Creator Autographs from the comics' creators, roughly one in 60 packs, and the hand-drawn sketch cards and printing plates exist in a single copy each.

The chase cards are the hand-drawn sketch cards and printing plates in a single copy, plus Creator Autographs, roughly one in 60 packs.

Upper Deck Skybox Jim Henson's Labyrinth

Skybox Jim Henson's Labyrinth is Upper Deck's series for the 40th anniversary of Jim Henson's 1986 film Labyrinth. The structure is unusual: the base set is only 30 character cards, while the 50-card Journey of the Labyrinth follows Sarah's path through the labyrinth, and each pack of six cards gives four cards from Journey or the insert sets The Goblin King, Creatures of the Labyrinth, You Have No Power Over Me!, You Precious Thing and Passages, one base card and one chase card. The numbered parallels of the base cards are Emerald (25), Amethyst (10) and Diamond in a single copy, and alongside them are Alphabet Art, Labyrinth Puzzle Art, Comic Covers with Maze and Title variants, Canvas Tribute Art and lenticular cards. The autographs come from comic artists, puppeteers, voice actors and Jennifer Connelly, also as dual, triple and quad autographs.

The chase cards are the Diamond parallel in a single copy and the autographs from Jennifer Connelly and the film's puppeteers, including cards with up to four signatures.

Upper Deck Borderlands Legacy Collection

Upper Deck received the licence from Gearbox Entertainment in February 2025 for trading cards, art prints and card games around Borderlands and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and Borderlands Legacy Collection is the card series on the games. It covers a decade: Borderlands (2009), Borderlands 2 (2012), Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) and Borderlands 3 (2019). The base set is 90 cards with the games' main characters, with the parallels Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Pearlescent numbered to ten. Each pack of nine cards gives one Glorious Weaponry card with weapons and one Monster Mayhem card with enemies, and the 16 packs in the hobby box hold Going Postal, Mad for Moxxi, Brutal Bosses and Catch A Riiiiiide!, Bad Acetates with the villains on transparent PETG, the lenticular Skilled In Action and Marcus Munitions, a rip card with three mini cards inside. Nine voice actors sign in Voice Talent Index.

The chase cards are the Pearlescent parallels numbered to ten, the autographs in Voice Talent Index, around six per case, and the Marcus Munitions rip cards, which are torn open for three mini cards.

Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Space Jam

Skybox Metal Universe Space Jam was released in 2026 for the 30th anniversary of the 1996 film Space Jam, with Michael Jordan, the Tune Squad and the Monstars in Skybox Metal Universe form. The base set is 50 cards with the film's characters, with Logo Variation and the numbered parallels Pink FX (75) and Orange FX (25), plus numbered variants in Red (100), Blue (50), Green (10) and Gold in a single copy. The insert sets follow the film: Cinematic with 50 scenes, Big Ups with 22 cards where the characters hang in the air, Ready to Jam with 16 cards on the Tune Squad and Monstars with 12 on the opposing team, and on top of those Z-Force, Trophy Case and Magnetic Field. The hobby box has twelve packs of six cards, and Michael Jordan signs in Autographics, with Gold in a single copy.

The chase cards are Michael Jordan's Autographics autographs, with Gold in a single copy, and the Gold 1/1 parallel.

Upper Deck The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom is Upper Deck's card series on the TV series The Last Kingdom, whose five seasons ran 2015–2022, under a licence from NBCUniversal that was announced in June 2026 together with the card game The Last Kingdom: Destiny is All. The cards cover seasons 1–5 in the 200-card base set Ink to Parchment, with numbered Silver and Gold parallels down to ten copies, and the 100-card Ensemble set with parallels in Gold, Red, Copper, Orange, Green, Light Blue, Black and Purple plus signed versions down to a single copy. The insert sets are called The Future is Fate, I am Uhtred Son of Uhtred, Born a Saxon and Raised a Dane, and each hobby box of twelve packs with seven cards gives one map card, one autograph and at least three serial-numbered parallels.

The chase cards are the signed parallels of the Ensemble set down to a single copy and the Gold cards in Ink to Parchment numbered down to ten, plus the autographs from the actors behind Uhtred and Brida, among others.

Upper Deck Fleer Transformers: The Movie

Fleer Transformers: The Movie marks 40 years since the 1986 animated film and is part of Upper Deck's licence agreement with Hasbro from August 2026, which also covers G.I. Joe and Power Rangers. The base set is 100 cards – 65 characters and 35 scenes – in Fleer design with the numbered parallels Glossy Gold, Glossy Blue, Glossy Pink, Glossy Purple and Glossy Red, heat-sensitive UV Rubsign parallels and Til All Are One in a single copy. Each pack carries a sticker from a set of 50, and the insert sets are G1 Introductions, Fallen Comrades, The Matrix of Leadership, From Screen to Page with IDW's comic art, the lenticular More Than Meets the Eye, which switches between robot and vehicle, and Instruments of Destruction in 3D. The voice actors sign in Genuine Ink, Cinematic Signatures and Legends of Autobot City.

The chase cards are Til All Are One in a single copy, G1 Introductions in Black 1/1 and Green numbered to ten, plus the voice actors' autographs in Genuine Ink, Cinematic Signatures and Legends of Autobot City.

Upper Deck Flair DC

Flair DC is Upper Deck's DC series in the style of 1990s Flair, with new original art. The base set is 90 cards with the parallels Dualistic, Ambivalent, Perspective, Fortified, Divergence, Portrayal, Composed numbered to ten and Masterpiece in a single copy, and the 60-card insert set Flairium has its own Rainbow parallels; both come signed. Each pack of four cards gives an insert or chase card: Through the Ages divides the characters into the Golden, Silver, Bronze and Modern Age with Enshrined parallels numbered to 85 or fewer, Formidable gathers the Justice League, The Lantern Corps the different lantern corps and Maximum Velocity 25 of the fastest characters, alongside Boiling Point, Darkness Personified with Batman, Valorous 10 and Vile 8 hand-numbered to ten and eight, Power Blast and Matter & Anti-Matter with LTFX technology, Carved on marbled acrylic and hand-drawn sketch cards.

The chase cards are Masterpiece in a single copy, the hand-numbered Valorous 10 and Vile 8 in ten and eight copies, the hand-drawn sketch cards and the autographs on the base and Flairium cards.

Panini Clash Royale Trading Cards

Clash Royale Trading Cards is Panini's first card collection on Supercell's mobile game Clash Royale and came out in autumn 2026. The cards show the game's troops, spells and defensive buildings, and the collection is 180 cards in four tiers – 111 Base Cards, 33 Rare Cards, 18 Super Rare Cards and 18 Legendary Cards – plus nine Limited Edition cards outside the numbering. Each pack has six cards and the display holds 24 packs; the starter pack gives a card binder, three packs and Limited Edition number 1, while the eco blister pack has five packs and one of the Limited Edition cards 2–9. The series is aimed at collectors aged eight and up.

The chase cards are the nine Limited Edition cards – number 1 only in the starter pack and 2–9 in the eco blister pack – and the 18 Legendary Cards.

Panini Disney Stitch Good Vibes! Trading Cards

Good Vibes! is Panini's Lilo & Stitch card collection from autumn 2026, with Stitch, Lilo and their friends in colourful motifs with special effects. The collection is 209 cards: 100 base cards and 109 special cards in four categories – 50 Rainbow, 30 Glitter, 20 Crystal Shine and nine Dress-Up. The cards are sold in flow packs of six cards, 24 packs per display, so a full display gives 144 cards, and the international edition has English packaging with cards in several languages. Outside the packs there are Limited Edition cards, including in pencil cases in three designs with one card each, and Blossom Secret Cards. The series is aimed at children aged six and up and at Stitch collectors of all ages.

The chase cards are the nine Dress-Up cards and the 20 Crystal Shine cards, the smallest special groups, plus the Limited Edition cards outside the packs, such as those in the pencil cases.

Upper Deck Skybox Premium James Bond

Skybox Premium James Bond is Upper Deck's Bond series under the Skybox name and covers all 25 films, from Dr. No in 1962 to No Time to Die in 2021. The base set is 100 cards with all six Bond actors, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, and each pack carries a Retro 1998 Skybox Premium variant, in Gold or numbered as Star Amethyst (99), Star Rubies (50) and Star Sapphire (25). The insert sets are Metal Universe, five per hobby box, with Precious Metal Gems in Red (100), Green (10) and Gold in a single copy, the die-cut sets Mission Edition and Technical Advantage, plus Golden Touch and Jambalaya as the rare chases. The hobby box has 15 packs of seven cards. Before this series, Upper Deck had made several Bond series, among them No Time to Die in 2025, the first on a single film.

The chase cards are Precious Metal Gems in Metal Universe, with Gold in a single copy and Green numbered to ten, plus the rare Golden Touch and Jambalaya cards.

Harry Potter Always from Panini

Harry Potter Always Trading Cards is Panini's collection with Harry Potter, and it is built on 210 cards. A hundred of them are Hogwarts base cards in six subsets, and the base cards also come in parallel versions. On top of that come 50 Magic of Films cards in four subsets and 60 Special Chase cards in five subsets. The motifs mix previously unpublished images and material from the filming with artwork from the films' designers and styles inspired by manga.

A pack from the display has six cards: four base cards and two special cards. The Premium Box has ten premium packs with eight cards in each, and they contain numbered parallels all the way down to unique 1/1 cards. The Premium Treasure Box is the most elaborate packaging in the collection.

The starter pack has an album for the collection, two sealed packs and a Limited Edition card, so the collection has a place from the first pack. The eco blister pack has four packs and a Limited Edition card. The Limited Edition cards are not in the regular packs, so they are collected through formats such as the starter pack and the eco blister pack. The album is then filled with packs from the same collection.

What is sought after

Sketch cards are in a class of their own. They are hand-drawn by comic artists and exist in only one copy each, which makes them the series' one-of-ones and original art rather than prints. Next come signed cards from the actors in the films, often the most expensive in a series, and numbered parallels where the print run is printed on the card. Cards of characters that have become topical through a new film or series also move, as does the first card of a new character, the equivalent of a rookie card in sports.

How value moves compared with sports cards

Sports cards	Value follows the athletes' careers. Moves quickly, year by year.
Entertainment cards	Value follows the characters' popularity. Moves more slowly but in longer waves.
Trigger	A new film, a new series or an anniversary, rather than a season.
Buyers	Often people who like the world of the characters, not the hobby itself.

The result is that a series can stay flat for a long time and then move sharply when something is released, and that demand is not tied to how someone performs on the pitch or the track. That makes the market less nervous but harder to time.

Who buys them

People who like the characters rather than the hobby, and for whom the card is an object rather than a collecting project. Gift buyers, since the world of the characters is familiar to everyone. Art collectors, especially for sketch cards, which are unique original drawings. And autograph collectors, who buy for the signature rather than the card.

Things to consider when buying

1. Check which series the card comes from. The same character appears in several series at completely different price levels.
2. Check whether the card is numbered, and if so, to what print run.
3. Determine whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker. Paying autograph prices for a sticker without checking is an expensive mistake.
4. Keep in mind that sketch cards are unique and therefore hard to compare on price.
5. Store them with hard protection. They cannot be replaced. See the storage guide.

Frequently asked questions

• Can you play with them? No, they are pure trading cards without rules.
• Are they real trading cards? Yes, made by the same companies as sports cards and with the same techniques.
• What is a sketch card worth? It depends entirely on the artist and the motif, since every card is unique.
• Do they make good gifts? Yes, perhaps the best of all card products, since the recipient recognises the characters.
• Are there rookie cards? The equivalent is the first card of a new character, which often carries a premium.

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