Product Overview
2019 Upper Deck X-Files: Monsters of the Week trading cards delves into some of the creepiest, slimiest and weirdest creatures to grace the show’s long run. It marks the second of three separate but connected series the card maker has in the works for the show.
Like the earlier UFOs and Aliens, autographs, sketch cards and printing plates combine to land two per hobby box, one of which should be an autograph.
Picking up where Upper Deck’s first set left off, the base set adds another 300 cards, bringing it up to 600. It’ll total 900 cards once the current run of three series is done. This time around, the supernatural themes of the show shift from space to creatures that are a little closer to home and the stories surrounding them.
Among the parallels are new Monsters of the Week cards that glow in the dark. Printing plates are also available.
Similar but numbered differently are another 100 Sticker Cards, an insert set that carries over from UFOs and Aliens. Another continuing set of cards is Characters, which delve a little deeper into specific monsters.
Earth’s Most Wanted is a ten-card insert set done in the style of what you might find in the old west.
Those looking for reading material will find it in the 58-card X-Files Pilot Script set. This publishes the original script for the show’s first episode, shrinking it down to trading card size. Among the cards are some short prints that are tougher to pull, landing approximately one per case.
Autographs are another way that cards carryover from the initial Upper Deck release. This includes a new batch of Paranormal Script cards that come with basic single-signed versions as well as duals, inscriptions and printing plates.
