The X-Files trading card license has been handled by several companies. Topps held it first, producing sets for the first three seasons as well as the first film, X-Files: Fight the Future and a couple of sets not tied to any specific season.
From there, Inkworks took the helm making seasonal sets for the rest of the show’s run as well as X-Files: I Want to Believe and other mixed sets. Inkworks went heavy with autographs and Pieceworks costume cards.
The most recent company to make X-Files trading cards is IDW. They released a series of rare sketch cards as part of an online IDW Limited package.
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X-Files Autographs Cards: The Ultimate Guide
Over the course of several years, Inkworks and Topps covered a lot of ground when it comes to X-Files autographs and trading cards. See all of them from every set with this handy guide.
2005 Inkworks X-Files Connections Checklist, Trading Cards Details
2005 Inkworks X-Files Connections trading cards dig into the relationships between various characters throughout the show's entire run. Autographs lead the chase with Gillian Anderson highlighting the checklist.
2002 Inkworks X-Files Season 8 Checklist, Trading Cards Details
2002 Inkworks X-Files Season 8 trading cards follows the same path as the card maker's previous two sets of X-Files trading cards. Annabeth Gish leads the autographs.
2008 Inkworks X-Files: I Want to Believe Checklist, Trading Cards Details
2008 Inkworks X-Files: I Want to Believe trading cards not only cover the second film but it's the first set to include David Duchovny autographs. He and Gillian Anderson are both on the autographs checklist.
1997 Topps X-Files Showcase Checklist, Trading Cards Details
1997 Topps X-Files Showcase trading cards take a tall boy approach with over-sized dimensions. The checklist digs deeper into select season 1 episodes.
1995 Topps X-Files MasterVisions Checklist, Trading Cards Details
1995 Topps X-Files MasterVisions is an over-sized set of trading cards focusing on artwork inspired by Mulder, Scully and their early adventures.
2001 Inkworks X-Files Seasons 6 and 7 Checklist, Trading Cards Details
2001 Inkworks X-Files Seasons 6 and 7 mark the second set for the show since the license changed hands. The highlight is a Gillian Anderson autograph card.
2001 Inkworks X-Files Seasons 4 and 5 Checklist, Trading Cards Details
2001 Inkworks X-Files Seasons 4 and 5 marked a change for the license. It also brought a new direction for X-Files trading cards that stressed more premium inserts like autographs and costume cards.
1998 Topps X-Files: Fight the Future Checklist, Trading Cards Details
Based on the show's first movie, 1998 Topps X-Files: Fight the Future includes the franchise's first autograph cards. Unfortunately none of them have the last name Duchovny or Anderson.
1996 Topps X-Files Season 3 Checklist, Trading Cards Details
1996 Topps X-Files Season 3 keeps the same basic elements as the first two sets. This is the final seasonal set from the card maker for the show.
