Despite their immense popularity on the sports side of the hobby, when it comes to chromium comic cards, they’re mainly a relic of the 1990s. And when the metallic looking cards do surface in more recent times, they’re usually as smaller insert sets. That’s not the case with 2015 Upper Deck Marvel Vibranium.
2015 Upper Deck Marvel Vibranium Checklist Details
The 90-card base set is character-driven. It’s the chrome stock that sets it apart from other sets. This also sets up the parallels, which added a variety of background patterns. Raw, which have a speckled backdrop that looks almost like small scales, are the most common at 1:3 packs. All other parallels come with serial numbers:
- Molten – /299
- Refined – /99
- Radiance – /50
- Bar – /5
Base cards also have one-of-one Printing Plates.
Inserts
Like virtually every set of Marvel trading cards from Upper Deck, there are sketch cards. However, Vibranium’s take a different approach. Metal Engravings cards take the sketch concept of original art drawn on the card itself and apply it to metal stock.
Signatures come in pairs in Dual Comic Autographs and Dual Comic Variant Autographs.
Patch and Double Patches were originally marketed as some of the product’s central hits. However, most don’t carry major values today. Solid, but not on par with many of the parallels. These have a large image of the character with a small inset manufactured patch of the featured characters.
Other inserts include In Memoriam, Universal Heroes, When Worlds Collide, Rookie Heroes and Hero Pow-Ore. All of these are available in roughly equal quantities if you go on a card-by-card basis. These sets all have Printing Plates as well.
It turns out that this release may have been a little ahead of its time. Not a major hit at the time, some parts of the 2015 Upper Deck Marvel Vibranium checklist — particularly the rarer parallels — have become extremely popular and valuable in the years since. Some of this may have to do with the rise of Precious Metal Gems parallels in other sets, which got collectors looking at parallels and rare cards. That line of thinking has carried over to other releases like Vibranium, which also uses the chromium stock that has gotten even more popular in the hobby’s most recent boom era.
2015 Upper Deck Marvel Vibranium Checklist
Set size: 90 cards
Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 20
Boxes per case: 12
Release date: December 9, 2015
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Base Set Checklist
90 cards.
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1 Captain America
2 Captain Marvel
3 Colossus
4 Cyclops
5 Daredevil
6 Hulk
7 Kitty Pryde
8 Lockheed
9 Rocket Raccoon
10 Ronin
11 Sabretooth
12 Scarlet Witch
13 Star-Lord
14 Taskmaster
15 Thanos
16 Ultimate Iron Man
17 Spider-Woman
18 Vision
19 Wolverine
20 War Machine
21 Nightcrawler
22 Emma Frost
23 Cannonball
24 Doctor Strange
25 Cable
26 Black Panther
27 Radioactive Man
28 Gamora
29 Iron Fist
30 Iron Man
31 Thor
32 Lockjaw
33 Black Bolt
34 Beast
35 Baron Zemo
36 Black Widow
37 Spider-Gwen
38 Psylocke
39 Angel
40 Winter Soldier
41 Enchantress
42 Leader
43 Chamber
44 Punisher
45 Bishop
46 Hela
47 Green Goblin
48 Iceman
49 Nick Fury
50 Namor
51 Quicksilver
52 She-Hulk
53 Black Swan
54 Blindfold
55 Darkhawk
56 Magik
57 Nightmask
58 Moon Knight
59 Hyperion
60 Black Cat
61 Drax The Destroyer
62 Paladin
63 Rogue
64 Misty Knight
65 Shroud
66 Speedball
67 White Tiger
68 Loki
69 Luke Cage
70 Havok
71 Groot
72 Amadeus Cho
73 Magneto
74 Mockingbird
75 Red Hulk
76 Hawkeye
77 Nova
78 Storm
79 Ultimate Spider-Man
80 Ultimate Venom
81 Sentry
82 Gladiator
83 Death Locket
84 Manifold
85 Valkyrie
86 Hope
87 Whirlwind
88 Ulysses Klaw
89 Warpath
90 Deadpool
Bar Parallels
90 cards.
Cards numbered to 5.
Molten Parallels
90 cards.
Cards numbered to 299.
Printing Plates Parallels
90 cards.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Radiance Parallels
90 cards.
Cards numbered to 50.
Raw Parallels
90 cards.
1:3 packs.
Refined Parallels
90 cards.
Cards numbered to 99.
Dual Comic Autographs Checklist
11 cards.
C-BC Cory Petit / Mark Bagley
C-BL Matteo Lolli / Cullen Bunn
C-CE Chris Eliopoulos / Olivier Coipel
C-CV Laura Villari / Joe Caramagna
C-ES Chris Eliopoulos / Declan Shalvey
C-IC Joe Caramagna / Stuart Immonen
C-ML Steve McNiven / Jay Leisten
C-OE Chris Eliopoulos / Victor Olazaba
C-PH Ramon Perez / Ramon Perez
C-RN Rico Renzi / Ryan North
C-SD Jim Starlin / Frank D’Armata
Dual Comic Variant Autographs Checklist
5 cards.
V-CV Joe Caramagna / Laura Villari
V-DL Jim Starlin / Frank D’Armata
V-IC Joe Caramagna / Stuart Immonen
V-LO Steve McNiven / Jay Leisten
V-OE Chris Eliopoulos / Victor Olazaba
Metal Engravings Sketch Cards Checklist
45 artists.
Melike Acar
Jason Adams
Mitch Ballard
Jeffrey Benitez
Damon Bowie
Kate Carleton
Patricio Carrasco
Adam Cleveland
D.J. Coffman
Jucylande Paula de Oliveira Jr.
Ryan Edwards
Jim Faustino
Jerry Fleming
Eric Fournier
Sharon Gauthier
Patrick Giles
Matt Hebb
James Hill
David Hindelang
James Hiralez / Chris Burkheart
John Jackman
Ryan Kincaid
Clint Langley
Mark LeMieux
Rustico Limosinero
Dan MacIsaac
Gemma Magno
Mark Marvida
Al Milgrom
Gilbert Monsanto
Gener Pedrina
Lucas Pereira
Ian Quirante
Raymundo Racho
Jon Rademacher
Arturo Romero
Bryan SilverBaX Sheppard
Jason Sobol
Dominike Stanton
Paulo Teles
Elton Thomasi
Bryan Tillman
Eric Van Elslande
Jarett Walen
Robert Zailo
Double Patches Checklist
25 cards.
P2-1 Groot / Rocket Raccoon
P2-2 Lockheed / Kitty Pryde
P2-3 Thors
P2-4 Iron Fist / Daredevil
P2-5 Cyclops / Jean Grey
P2-6 Gamora / Star-Lord
P2-7 Spider-Man / Spider-Gwen
P2-8 Thor / Captain America
P2-9 Hulk / She Hulk
P2-10 Cable / Cyclops
P2-11 Captain Marvel / Luke Cage
P2-12 Hawkeye / Black Widow
P2-13 Ultimate Venom / Ultimate Spider-Man
P2-14 Ronin / Mockingbird
P2-15 Cyclops / Emma Frost
P2-16 Black Panther / Ulysses Klaue
P2-17 Taskmaster / Captain America
P2-18 Nova / Thanos
P2-19 Nightcrawler / Beast
P2-20 Magneto / Storm
P2-21 Wolverine / Sabretooth SP
P2-22 Spider-Woman / Ultimate Spider-Man SP
P2-23 Ultimate Iron Man / Iron Man SP
P2-24 Vision / Scarlet Witch SP
P2-25 Lockjaw / Black Bolt SP
Hero Pow-Ore Checklist
20 cards.
1:13.5 packs.
HP-1 Nova
HP-2 Thanos
HP-3 Hulk
HP-4 Ultron
HP-5 Doctor Strange
HP-6 Magneto
HP-7 Black Bolt
HP-8 Black Panther
HP-9 Wolverine
HP-10 Spider-Man
HP-11 Daredevil
HP-12 Scarlet Witch
HP-13 Winter Soldier
HP-14 Storm
HP-15 Kitty Pryde
HP-16 Squirrel Girl
HP-17 Ultimate Venom
HP-18 Spider-Gwen
HP-19 Moon Knight
HP-20 Captain America
Hero Pow-Ore Printing Plates Checklist
20 cards.
Each plate has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Plates are all 1/1.
In Memoriam Checklist
20 cards.
1:13.5 packs.
IM-1 Wolverine
IM-2 Black Widow
IM-3 Eternity
IM-4 Dum Dum Dugan
IM-5 Gladiator
IM-6 Lady Bullseye
IM-7 Thor
IM-8 Superior Spider-Man
IM-9 Nightmask
IM-10 Black Panther
IM-11 Bova
IM-12 Captain Universe
IM-13 Zoran
IM-14 Ex Nihilo
IM-15 Ultimate Captain America
IM-16 Black Dwarf
IM-17 Flashfire
IM-18 Nova
IM-19 Star Brand
IM-20 Deadpool
In Memoriam Printing Plates Checklist
20 cards.
Each plate has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Plates are all 1/1.
Patches Checklist
25 cards.
P1 Hulk
P2 Deadpool
P3 Ultimate Iron Man
P4 Thor
P5 Magneto
P6 Black Panther
P7 Captain Marvel
P8 Ultimate Spider-Man
P9 Black Widow
P10 Sabretooth
P11 Star-Lord
P12 Colossus
P13 Namor
P14 Scarlet Witch
P15 Loki
P16 Jean Grey
P17 Cyclops
P18 Thanos
P19 Ghost Rider
P20 Daredevil
P21 Spider-Gwen SP
P22 Nightcrawler SP
P23 Iron Man SP
P24 Wolverine SP
P25 Captain America SP
Rookie Heroes Checklist
10 cards.
1:27 packs.
RH-1 Captain America
RH-2 Superior Iron Man
RH-3 Silk
RH-4 Thor
RH-5 Proxima Midnight
RH-6 Spider-Gwen
RH-7 Sun Girl
RH-8 Water Snake
RH-9 Spider-UK
RH-10 Ms. Marvel
Rookie Heroes Printing Plates Checklist
20 cards.
Each plate has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Plates are all 1/1.
Universal Heroes Checklist
20 cards.
1:13.5 packs.
UH-1 Wolverine
UH-2 Iron Man
UH-3 Spider-Man
UH-4 Cyclops
UH-5 Captain America
UH-6 Thor
UH-7 Jean Grey
UH-8 Deadpool
UH-9 Daredevil
UH-10 Cable
UH-11 Black Widow
UH-12 Hulk
UH-13 Punisher
UH-14 Doctor Strange
UH-15 Power Man
UH-16 Spider-Woman
UH-17 Ghost Rider
UH-18 Iron Fist
UH-19 Captain Marvel
UH-20 Hawkeye
Universal Heroes Printing Plates Checklist
20 cards.
Each plate has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Plates are all 1/1.
When Worlds Collide Checklist
20 cards.
1:13.5 packs.
WC-1 Captain Universe / Solus
WC-2 Thanos / Nova
WC-3 2099 Spider-Man / Superior Spider-Man
WC-4 Thor / Wolverine
WC-5 Thanos / Hulk
WC-6 Superior Spider-Man / Spider-Man
WC-7 X23 / Xavier
WC-8 Nova / Carnage
WC-9 Beast / Hulk
WC-10 Hammer of God / Black Widow
WC-11 Captain America / Iron Nail
WC-12 Hulk / Zoran
WC-13 Nick Fury / Captain America
WC-14 Nova / Star-Lord
WC-15 Hulk / Captain Marvel
WC-16 Malekith / Thor
WC-17 Spider-Man / Medusa
WC-18 Captain America / Batroc the Leaper
WC-19 Spider-Man / Vulture
WC-20 Deadpool / Hawkeye
When Worlds Collide Printing Plates Checklist
20 cards.
Each plate has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Plates are all 1/1.