Agents of Shield Season Two Box

2015 Agents of Shield Season Two Trading Cards

Base Set: 72 Cards
Set Completion: 100% (72 out of 72)
Base Set Duplicate Cards: 58% (40 out of 72)

Base Set Card

Parallel Cards: Gold #/100
Parallel Set Completion: 1% (1 out of 72)

Insert Sets:
Autographs: 43 Cards
Autographs Set Completion: 5% (Ming-Na Wen, Ric Sarabia) Both Bordered

Archives Box Exclusive Autographs: 9 Cards
Archives Box Exclusive Autographs Set Completion: 0%

Agents of Shield (1:24 Packs): 9 Cards
Agents of Shield Set Completion:  11% (Bobbi Morse)

Art of Evolution (1:24 Packs) 12 Cards
Art of Evolution Set Completion: 8% (The Dirty Half Dozen)

Costume Set (1:24 Packs): 17 Cards
Costume Set Completion: 6% (Agent Skye Tactical Uniform Cowl #/425)

Gifted Index (1:24 Packs): 18 Cards
Gifted Index Set Completion: 6% (Jiaying)

Bobbi Morse Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Insert Card

Sketch (1:864 Packs)
Sketch Card Pulled: 0

Review:

I liked the base set. The card set is broken down into three card subsets. The first three cards of the set break down the episode titles and what date they aired. Almost the rest of the base set are synopsis for each episode. Each episode gets 3 cards with pictures on the front and the breakdown of the episode on the back. The last three cards form a cast shot with the checklist on the back. The formula isn't anything special, but for me, it does the job of telling the story of the season real well.

For the inserts, I am happy with what I received. 2 autos and a piece card is what I expect. The Autographs have different levels. Scarce, Extremely Limited, and Very Limited. Although actual print runs are not known, the Scarce autos are under 100 cards, Extremely Limited are 100 to 200, and Very Limited are 200 to 300 cards. They are on card autographs as well., There are bordered and full-bleed autographs for almost all the actors that signed. The piece of costume is a small circular piece of cloth which is normal. The Agents of Shield insert set cards look like publicity photos, so that is a little disappointing.

Overall, I would get another box of these cards if the price was right. A good card set that captures what the TV show does.

Rating: 7 out of 10.

Ming-Na Wen Autograph Card

2014 Marvel Universe Cards Box Break

Cards Per Pack: 5
Packs Per Box: 24
Total Cards Expected: 120
Total Cards Received: 116

Total Base Set w/o SP Cards: 90
Total Base Set Completion: 100%
Duplicates: 10

Inserts and Parallels

Sapphire Parallel (1:3 Packs): (8) Angel, Cyclops, Speedball, Giant-Man, Deathbird, X-Man, Layla Miller, Ultron
Emerald Parallel (1:25 Packs): (1) The Captain #023/100
Diamond Parallel (1:288 Packs): (0)
Artist Drafts (1:12 Packs): (2) House of M #1, Dark Avengers #11
MGB Thor Expansion (1:24 Packs): (1) Thor vs. Gorr
MGB Thor Expansion Red Parallel (1:144 Packs): (0)
MGB Thor Expansion Gold Parallel (1:288 Packs): (0)
MGB Captain America Expansion (1:24 Packs): (1) Captain America vs. Captain America
MGB Captain America Red Parallel (1:144 Packs): (0)
MGB Captain America Gold Parallel (1:288 Packs): (0)

Marvel 75th Anniversary (1:144 Packs): (0)
Shadowbox Cards (1:48 Packs): (1) Wolverine
Avengers Origins (1:48 Packs): (1) Ant-Man & The Wasp
Heroes and Villians Expansion (1:48 Packs): (0)
Sketch Card (1:24 Packs): (1) Magneto & Quicksilver

Our Thoughts:

The base set cards are a good design. On the front of the card, the background has a cover of the comic book that the character is being taken from to be talked about. The character is then in full color in the middle of the card. The back has a picture of the comic that the character was in. It lists the issue and issue date. It also gives a synapses of the comic book.

The bad of the base cards? We are going back to comics that were published in the 70's. The base cards are set within 10 of the biggest events of the Marvel Universe. If the set is 2014 Marvel Universe, why are we going back in time to look at the past storylines?  And not all of your favorite characters made the cut from these storylines. Wolverine has 4 cards, while Nightcrawler has none. It seems like the major heroes of the universe get almost all of the attention. There are a couple of notable exceptions. The Swordsman, Scalphunter, Giant-Man, and Amadeus Cho all received cards in this set, which is good. But if Marvel wants to portray some of their heroes as being back burner heroes because they aren't in this set, then say hello to the back burner Daredevil, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Beast and others.

The parallels are something that Marvel is having fun with. 8 Sapphire parallels just gives something that isn't the bast set cards. The Emerald card that is numbered to 100 is there for a hit in the box. The Artist drafts aren't real cool. While I like the sketch look on the front, I would have rather had an alternate vision from the artist and then have a colorized version of the original on the back. I do not like the Marvel's Greatest Battles expansion here. You could do 4 sets of those cards by themselves and not do a duplicate battle. So putting them in here seems like a waste.

The rest of the inserts are good to have, it allows collectors to try and find the singles that they want or need. The Shadowbox Cards are a good idea that the execution needs a little bit more work on. I would expect that the three thick pieces to make the card would be cut in the same dimensions. But they are not.

The Final Say:

I was disappointed in this set. The base set is where it went wrong. I liked the House of M as much as the next guy, but if this is 2014 Marvel Universe, I expect the 2014 Marvel Universe. Instead of doing 3 or 4 Avengers and X-Men storylines, why not do something like Shadowland. A under the radar story that would allow more characters to be spotlighted. The sketch cards are here like usual and I do like the Shadowbox cards idea. I don't believe that a lot of thought was put into this set. I am hopeful that the next release will be something that make up for this one.

Box Value 1.5 out of 5

Women Of Marvel Series 2 Box Break

What We Pulled:

Packs: 24
Cards Per Pack:  5
Total Cards Expected: 120
Total Cards Received: 120

Base Set Completion: 100% (90 Cards)
Duplicates: 13

Inserts:
Color Sketch Card: 1 (Crystal)
Multi Card Sketch Puzzle: 0
Embrace (1:8 Packs): 3 (Black Widow & Hawkeye, Elektra & Punisher, X-23 & Hellion)
Marvel Artifex (1:12 Packs): 2 (Storm & Invisible Woman)
Women of Marvel Framed (1:24 Packs): 1 (Rogue)
Ultimate Heroes (1:24 Packs): 1 (Kitty Pryde)
Emerald Insert #/100 (1:24 Packs): 1 (Rescue)
Sapphire Inserts (1:3 Packs): 8 (Domino, Firestar, Hope, Mystique, Psylocke, Spider-Girl, Warbird, White Tiger)

 Our Thoughts:

Overall: We enjoy taking a look at sets like these because it reminds us that there are other characters in their respective universe than the ones that we all follow because of the comics we read. I forgot all about Princess Omaka until I ran into her card here. The 90 card base set does well in representing almost all the women in the marvel universe that matter.

Design: The base set is OK. I don't like the fact that they did the offset box on the front and back. I just causes less artwork to be shown which is a bad thing. The back of the card is simplistic. Real Name, First Appearance and Little Known Fact are what are put on the card. I would have liked either Team Affiliation or Primary Nemesis to have been included. Maybe even a Powers heading. I think that they could have done so much more with the base set cards.

Design of the Inserts: These are good. To the right is the Marvel Artifex Insert of Storm.  The other card is the Women of Marvel Framed of Rogue. Each of the insert sets has its own design and play off each other rather well. The only thing that I would have done different is somehow included a 10 card insert set of the Women of Marvel that were not Heroes. An Aunt May who has played a major part in Spider-Man's life, a Mary Jane, a Pepper Parks, etc. 10 cards for the Women behind the Heroes. Marvel has enough talent to get the sketches looking up to comic book standards. So there should be no reason that we get a sketch card and ask if a 9 year old might have drawn the image. This is a pet peeve of mine. If your business is drawing, then let's get the standards up there.

The value of the box is around $60 at the current time. It is about right for what you get and if you want to collect an insert set, you will have to either collect a couple of boxes or go onto the secondary market.

If you like looking at the artwork portrayed by those who work on the Women of Marvel, then it is a good thing to get. If you like knowing about characters that you might have forgotten or want to discover a character that you do not know of the female persuasion, then this is a good product. It is a good product, but it could be better.

Box Value: 3 out of 5.