Premier! Counterfeit proof!
In 1991 TSR sold packs of collectable cards that you could trade and have fun with, contained all the accurate stats and a bio on the back, and printed on good quality card stock with a hologram. All your favorite characters from all the popular books of the time, with items and "common" low level monsters and consumables of varying types. Rares were the main characters from the book like Drizzt and Raistlin, commons were ogres, goblins, and potions. Cards from this set have a silver border, cards from the packs have a gold border.
This card would be considered uncommon
750 cards in total, with the majority of them AD&D, Forgotten Realms, and Dragonlance. I noticed the art on the Ravenloft cards are in black and white, but still really fun to look at. Lots of the main characters come from the covers of popular books they were mentioned in.
So fresh, so clean, also.. musty.
I found these on Facebook marketplace for $5 around 45 minutes north of me, from a storage unit sale. The guy that sold them to me was confused on why I would drive 45 minutes for them, but jokes on him, I would have drove further for less.
Front and back of some of the cards
What a cool little oddity of the day. I'm really jazzed about seeing some of the lesser characters from the Clerics Quintet and Dragonlance series that I never had a visual to match to the person described in the books. It would have been badass being 12-13 again, playing AD&D with my friends, and having this cards as quick reference and a visual representation.
Grayhawk & Spelljammer!
I'm going to put these in a box and not look at them for a few years; I hope you enjoyed this little time capsule as much as I did. Comment below if you want to see more D&D/TSR content.
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