As cinematic as his Bond, James Bond utterance, Daniel Craig’s exit from the world of espionage has been given a touch of immortality. With a flourish worthy of Q himself, Upper Deck announces its grand roll-out of the 2025 No Time to Die trading card set—a tribute, an homage, a graceful parting gift to Daniel Craig’s 007 era. Percolating with moments that will ignite any fan’s nostalgia, these cards encapsulate all the guts, glory, and gravitas Craig brought to the role across his tenure.
When No Time to Die premiered back on September 28, 2021, little did fans know, the memories would be enshrined in such vivid detail through a medium often occupied by sports figures and comic heroes. With these upcoming cards, the cinematic feel of the film isn’t restrained to just the screen; every card feels like a mini-film trapped in glossy cardboard.
The base set lays the groundwork with 100 cards that span across every hair-raising, gadget-wielding, heart-pounding moment of the film. But it’s the parallels where real treasure lies. Enthusiasts and collectors will be on the hunt for the Heracles to the uniquely numbered Teal, Gold, and Black 007 parallels, harking back to the moody tones and suspenseful cadence of the film. For those adept enough—or just plain lucky—one might even uncover parallels limited to just seven, symbolically echoing that fabled license to kill.
Taking a deep dive, it’s clear that this collection isn’t just about flipping through scenes on paper. The signing lineup could cause a stir even in MI6. Daniel Craig himself headlines the list, joined by castmates Ralph Fiennes, Lashana Lynch, and others, with autographs as rare as an Aston Martin DB5 with all its original functioning gadgets. The horizontal format of many of these signatures adds a dash of cinematic flair and parallels that are an art form in scarcity. It’s the kind of collector’s item that will have fans of autographs and film memorabilia alike drooling.
Perhaps where this collection truly drops jaws is in its inclusion of screen-used wardrobe pieces. Imagine unwrapping a card to find fragments from the very attire worn by series stalwarts or memorable newcomers like the commanding Nomi (Lashana Lynch) and the alluring Paloma (Ana de Armas). Those clothes which had storylines woven into them, during the most crucial scenes of duress and desire, now passed onto the collectors to cherish and display.
Upper Deck keeps the pulse fast, riveting the content inside every pack. Each pack, akin to a MI6 mission dossier, contains six cards: with four forming the base and one Heracles parallel to whet the appetite for intrigue. Perhaps, for those battling the odds, the illustrious Ice Die Cut might just drop from the heavens, with a 1 in 5 chance—precision as sharp as any Bond target hit.
With sheer attention to detail, the set serves the intricacies of a spy film within a checklist’s confines—every verb or tension conveyed through yet more threads of story in cardboard format. Pull odds for other inserts trace the complex web spun by the film’s plotline.
Surveying the checklist, every card title conjures remembered scenes: the majestic cars, the pulse-pounding chases, the dialogues that make the audience whisper “classic Bond.” A careful eye on each numbered beauty—from the reminiscence of “Hunted” to the gravity of “I Made Me Do This”—ensures no stone is left unturned. The set progresses through the film, encapsulating the highs and lows of Bond’s saga, inviting enthusiasts to piece together this cardboard film reel at their leisure.
Daniel Craig’s Bond is a closed chapter, a library of film gone but not forgotten. These cards immortalize the legacy he etched into the cinematic world, allowing fans to relive every dramatic twist, every ultimate showdown from either side of the villain’s monologue.
The farewell to Craig’s Bond seems only the beginning, as captured here in vibrant cards that beg to be perused, collected, and relished—a mission only a true Bond fan will seek to complete.