2005 Inkworks Serenity Trading Cards
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2005 Inkworks Serenity trading cards are more popular than the box office of its subject matter might suggest. Despite the cinematic spinoff of TV's Firefly being a moderate success, the trading cards remain very active on the secondary market. Bolstered by Firefly's ultra-passionate fans, the set includes a comprehensive autograph checklist and several other extras.
The base set has 72 cards. Recapping the film, it also has cards that center on the lead characters and behind-the-scenes glimpses. While it's expensive, the set has held more value than a lot of other modern base sets.
Every box of 2005 Inkworks Serenity has both an autograph and a Pieceworks costume card. The list of signers is impressive, encompassing all of the Serenity's crew. Highlights include Nathan Fillion (Captain Mal), Summer Glau (River), Jewel Staite (Kaylee) and Morena Baccarin (Inara). Chiwetel Ejiofor, an Oscar nominee for 12 Years a Slave, is the set's lone redemption. With Inkworks long out of business, the card can no longer be redeemed.
Basic inserts stick largely to the Inkworks pattern. Renegades is a nine-card foil set that doubles as a puzzle. Women of Serenity features a die-cut design and highlights the popular females from the movie.
Boxes come with one of three The Truth Within box toppers as well as a promo card for Serenity actions figures (which have special promo cards of their own). Cases have a Browncoats Unite! card that isn't inserted in packs.
2005 Inkworks Serenity boxes are extremely tough to find now. The supply dried up almost immediately after its release. They come with 36 packs of six cards.
The popularity of this set led to Inkworks making a set for the Firefly TV show not longer after, despite the fact it had been cancelled for some time after lasting just one season. Like this set, the Firefly cards remain popular today.
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Checklist
2005 Inkworks Serenity Checklist
Base Set Checklist
2 Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
3 Zoe Alleyne-Washburne
4 Hoban "Wash" Washburne
5 Inara Serra
6 Jayne Cobb
7 Kaylee Frye
8 Simon Tam
9 River Tam
10 Shepherd Derrial Book
11 The Operative
12 Reavers
13 Earth-That-Was
14 Trouble in Utopia
15 River's Ordeal
16 Escaping the Alliance
17 Aboard the Serenity
18 Four Robbers and a Mule
19 Inside the Trade Station
20 Entering the Vault
21 A Monster Among Us
22 The Big Heist
23 Spotted by the Reavers
24 The Great Chase
25 Companions in Training
26 Mingo and Fanty
27 River's Rampage
28 Meet Mr. Universe
29 The Girl Most Wanted
30 The Mining Camp
31 The Shepherd's Flock
32 Love...or a Trap?
33 Inara's World
34 The Deadly Pursuer
35 Visions of Horror
36 The Road to Miranda
38 Death of a Friend
39 Target: The Alliance
40 Significant Others
41 The Miranda Landing
42 A Team Well-Suited
43 City of the Dead
44 Armed against Terror
45 Ghosts of Miranda
46 The Operative's Ship
47 Serenity Under Fire!
48 Within a Sea of Ships
49 Dodging Enemy Blasts
50 A Leaf on the Wind...
51 Taking a Stand
52 A Robot's Best Friend
53 The First Wave
54 Attack of the Reavers
55 Mal's Vital Mission
56 Team Serenity Strikes!
57 More than a Woman
58 The Unstoppable One
59 The Final Round
60 The Dear Departed
61 Repairing a Firefly
62 Two for the Road
63 A New Beginning
64 One Man's Brainchild
65 The Inara Connection
66 Vehicles and Lovers
67 A Galactic Western
68 Space Vehicles
69 The Mule Hovercraft
70 Ships of the Alliance
71 River and the Town
72 Checklist
Autographs Checklist
A2 Gina Torres as Zoe
A3 Adam Baldwin as Jayne
A4 Alan Tudyk as Wash
A5 Jewel Staite as Kaylee
A7 Summer Glau as River
A8 Sean Maher as Simon
A9 Ron Glass as Book
A10 Chiwetel Ejiofor as The Operative
AR1 Redemption Card
Pieceworks Checklist
PW2 Pants Worn by Gina Torres as Zoe
PW3 T-Shirt Worn by Adam Baldwin as Jayne
PW4 Shirt Worn by Alan Tudyk as Wash
PW6 Pants Worn by Morena Baccarin as Inara
PW7 T-Shirt Worn by Sean Maher as Simon
PW8 T-Shirt Worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as The Operative
Renegades Checklist
R2 Captain of the Ship
R3 Armed and Dangerous
R4 Serenity's Crew
R5 A Firefly of His Own
R7 A Boy Named Jayne
R8 Jayne the Hard Way
R9 The Doctor Is In
Women of Serenity Checklist
WS2 Inara the Companion
WS3 A Mechanic Named Kaylee
WS5 Serenity's Angels
The Truth Within Checklist
BL2 A Child Shall Lead Them
Case Loader Checklist
Promo Cards Checklist
SP-CEE Wash, Mal, Zoe (Chicagoland Expo)
SP-i Jayne (Inkworks website)
SP-NSUD Crew Looking at Mal (Non-Sport Update Variant Issue)
SP-WW Mal, Jayne (Wizard World Chicago)
DST-1 Action Figures (inserted 1/box)
Action Figure Promo Cards Checklist
DSS5 Jayne
