搶先看:2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces

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2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces is a trading card showcase for the talents Simone Bianchi. Similar to how the  brand’s 2016 reboot focused on Joe Jusko, this time around, Bianchi provides more than 130 new pieces of art for the high-end release.





Boxes of 2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces have a dozen three-card packs. In each pack is one base card plus two parallels or inserts.

2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces at a Glance

Bianchi lets loose on the heroes, villains and other residents of the Marvel Universe in the base set. Like 2016, all base cards are serial numbered. Further adding to an already challenging configuration is the fact that there’s a four-tiered structure to the main part of the checklist. That means that some of the cards are short prints.





Not surprisingly, sketch cards are a big part of 2018 Marvel Masterpieces, landing one per box.

Other one-per-box inserts include Canvas Gallery, Holofoil and Battle Spectra. There’s also a Preliminary Art card that shows the early steps of an art piece. These include artist comments as well to further showcase the process.





Battle Spectra cards have Gem parallels numbered to 99 while Holofoil cards have parallels with 99 and 25 copies each.

Case hits come in a couple of levels. First, there’s Original Art Autographs featuring Bianchi. One or two of these land in each 12-box case. There’s also a lenticular Mirage card that cycles through four different images. Mirage cards are one of the early high-end inserts from the original Marvel Masterpieces run in the early 1990s.

2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces has some premium redemption pieces as well including original art used in the making of the set as well as some of the original layouts.





Redemption cards good for uncut sheets are also randomly inserted.

Bianchi is one of the most renowned artists working in comic today. He’s been with Marvel exclusively for more than a decade. The Italian does both covers and interiors and has worked on several high-profile titles.

2018 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces at a glance:

Cards per pack: 3
Packs per box: 12
Boxes per case: 12
Set size: TBA
Release date: October, 2018

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Sketch Cards – 1
• Preliminary Art Cards – 1
• Canvas Gallery – 1
• Battle Spectra – 1
• Holofoil -1

每盒包含1張OriginalArt Sketh原創藝術素描卡，1張CanvasGallery油畫畫廊卡，1張BattleSpectra戰鬥光譜卡、1張Holofoil全息箔設計卡和1張初步藝術卡。

每箱包含1-2張Simone Bianchi 原創藝術簽名卡和1張Mirage 4-Way透鏡卡！

UpperDeck漫威Marvel最好的藝術家之一為焦點，SimoneBianchi西蒙娜比安奇！
Bianchi為Marvel漫威做出了貢獻，如神奇蜘蛛俠，復仇者聯盟，強大的雷神，神秘的X戰警，金剛狼等等！
Simone Bianchi花了數年時間精心展示了他的標誌性水彩和水墨風格的135幅原創畫作，將在Marvel大師傑作系列中發表！
全新的終極追逐特卡：來自Simone的Original Art Pieces原創藝術作品將以交換卡插入！有機會擁有1張漫畫卡歷史獨有的1/1卡片！
新的Preliminary Art初步藝術插頁卡具有獨特的幕後外觀，集合了獨特的藝術家洞察力呈現。

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