Star Trek: The Card Game logo.
Star Trek: The Card Game was released in 1996. There were only two series released, Basic and Starfleet Maneuvers. A third series was rumored to be in the works, Alien Encounters, it was never released. There is also a German printing version of the Basic Set called Star Trek: Das Card Game, was released by Modern Graphics. The set composition is believed to be the same, although there are different promos for that set.
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Background[]
The Inquest Factor[]
Inquest #9 - January 1996
- The Final Frontier
- The coolest Star Trek cards you'll never see.
- Not enough half-naked green chicks or extraneous personnel who can be sucked dry by salt creatures. That's our biggest complaint about Decipher's Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game. While it's pretty cool and all, it needs more of the hokey stuff that only the original Trek can provide. Since Skybox is working on a game based on the classic TV show ("Where No Game Has Gone Before", Notes & News, Inquest#8), we thought we'd clue them in to the kind of stuff we want to (but probably never) see in Star Trek card games. We think you'll fined that we've captured that special magic that made the TV show so...special. Are you taking notes, Skybox? Here we go!
| Worn-Out Premise | All Space Roads Lead to Rome |
| Plot Cliché | Red Shirt Syndrome |
| Hackneyed Dialogue | Damn it I'm a Doctor Not a... |
| Beefcake | Shirtless Kirk |
| Hammy Acting | Get Off My Shirt, Mister! |
| Familiar Scenery | Home Court Advantage |
| Cheesy Camerawork | Direct Hit! |
| Cheap Prop | Styrofoam Rock Weapon |
| Interrupt | Commercial Break |
Skybox took Notes[]
Skybox took what Inquest stated in their article and used several of the suggestions. They also created several cards based on their "suggested" cards. One of the funniest suggestions that was used was "Shirtless Kirk". This became a promo that was given to Inquest which they distributed to subscribers and at the newsstands in issue #19. What is even funnier is the abilities of the "Shirtless Kirk" cards is nearly identical.
Other suggested cards were changed to suit the game:
| Doctor Not a... | I'm a Doctor, Not a ... |
| Cheesy Camerawork - Direct Hit! | Direct Hit |
| Familiar Scenery - Home Court Advantage | Oddly Familiar Culture |
The other are area Skybox took notes was with the crew card. They created a lot of crew cards. This included using unnamed crewman pictures and giving them names. They also used employees of Paramount Pictures/Viacom and Fleer/Skybox.
| Name | Employed By | Card Name |
| Steve Domzalski | Fleer/Skybox Game Designer & Director of Card Games | Lieutenant Steve Domzalski |
| Ron Perazza | Fleer/Skybox Game Designer & Creative Manager | Lieutenant Ron Perazza |
| Lieutenant Karen Greene | Fleer/Skybox Employee | Yeoman Karen Greene |
| Cheryl Thomas | Paramount/Viacom employee | Nurse Cheryl Thomas |
| Thom Parham | Paramount/Viacom Writer for Paramount/Viacom TV shows | Lieutenant Thom Parham |
| Chip Carter | Paramount/Viacom Approved comic book scripts between 1995 and 2000 | Lieutenant Chip Carter |
Promos[]
| Cryogenic Chambers | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| Emergency Distress Call | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| He's Dead Jim | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| Organians | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| Phaser Mishap | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| Turbolift Doors | Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. |
| Ensign Pavel A. Chekov (Varient) | Gen-Con 1996(?) and a few other places. This is considered to be the hardest card to find in this set. |
| Shirtless Kirk | Inquest Magazine Issue #19 - Subscription & Newsstand |
| Arena (W) | Wild Star Trek Communicator #109. This was available only to subscribers. A few were available to non-subscribers by request. The second rarest card in the set. |
| Gorn Captain | The "promo" was available in Combo #20, Star Trek Communicator #109, Overstreet' Fan #15, Inquest #17. This card is identical to the card in the set. |
| Living in the Past | Combo Magazine Issue #22 |
Sell Sheets[]
Sell sheets exist for the Basic/Starter set and for the unproduced Alien Encounters Expansion Set. It is unknown is a sell sheet exists for Starfleet Maneuvers or the German Das Card Game version.
Box and Pack Breakdown[]
| Set | Description | Qty | Price/Each | Price/Box | Pack/Box Total | Fixed | Common | Uncommon | Rare | VeryRare |
| Basic | Starter Desks | 12 Decks/box | $8.95 | $107.40 | 65 cards/1 book | 8 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| Basic | Booster Pack | 36 packs/box | $2.75 | $99.00 | 15 cards | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| SFM | Booster Pack | 36 packs/box | $2.75 | $99.00 | 15 cards | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Set Composition[]
| Series | Promo | Fixed | Common | Uncommon | Rare | VeryRare | Total |
| Basic/The Card Game | 10/1 | 9 | 121 | 89 | 59 | 30 | 318 |
| Das Card Game | 6/4 | 9 | 120 | 89 | 59 | 30 | 317 |
| SFM | 0 | 0 | 50 | 39 | 41 | 30 | 161 |
| Alien Encounters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- I may have a couple of cards listed incorrectly for Starfleet Maneuvers
Star Trek das Card Game German Promo Cards and Merchandise[]
| Card Title | Regular Size Card Information |
| Medikit (L) - Logik | +3 Menschlichkeit instead of +2 found on the regular card: Medikit (L) - Logik |
| Pers�nliche Herausforderung | Text on the bottom of the card has been moved as compared to the regular card: Pers�nliche Herausforderung |
| Pokerspiele (M) - Mission | +3 EP instead of +2 found on the regular card: Pokerspiele (M) - Mission |
| Card Title | Over sized Size Card Information |
| Biem Mich hoch, Scotty! | Larger version of the card |
| Schutzschilde auf Maximum! | Larger version of the card |
| Gorn Captain | Uncertain if this card exists |
| Merchandise Title | Merchandise Information |
| Bag | Full color with image on them |
| Matches | Match book with full color image on them |
| T-Shirt | Star Trek Das Card Game full color image on white T-Shirt |
| Sticker | 10 cm sticker with image of Kirk, Spock and McCoy and name of card set |
External links[]
- Star Trek: The Card Game article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek the Card Game Reference Site. It includes pictures of all of the cards, sell sheets and information for this game.