Case study · Client work

Xbox Trading Cards — Series 01

Superdigital, part of Accenture Song, came to me to produce Series 01 of Xbox Trading Cards — ten designs from across the Xbox universe. They brought the designs. I handled the production — turning the artwork into finished cards, packing them in custom printed foil, and delivering the complete set sealed and ready to rip.

100 cards · 10 designs10 sealed packs16 pt C2SCustom printed foil
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Out in the world

Then Xbox ripped a pack

Xbox opened the series on its official TikTok, revealing the finished cards and foil packaging on camera. The remaining packs went to the Xbox team as keepsakes from the project. Watch it on tiktok.com/@xbox.

The cards

Ten cards. One Xbox set.

Series 01 brought together ten card designs from across Xbox franchises and history, all tied together with a shared card back.

Click any card to flip it

Vault Boy
Fallout
The Moon Man
The Outer Worlds 2
Dominic Santiago
Gears of War
Solitude
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Lumière
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Skullcrusher
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Crash
Crash Bandicoot
Master Chief
Halo Series
Oblivion Gates
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Duke
Xbox

Production

From artwork to sealed packs

Xbox supplied the finished card designs. My job was to make the physical product feel like the real thing — from the stock and cut to the foil wrapper and final seal.

The flat printed foil wrapper artworkThe finished sealed foil pack

From flat wrapper artwork to sealed foil pack.

Printed on 16 pt C2S

The cards were printed on 16 pt coated two-side stock for the weight, feel, and print quality you'd expect from a collectible trading card.

Machine-cut

Every card was machine-cut to final size with square corners for the clean, modern look of the original design.

Custom printed foil

The wrapper artwork was printed directly onto metallic foil with no white ink. Anywhere the design called for silver, the foil itself became part of the artwork.

Packed and sealed

Ten cards went into each pack before the foil wrappers were heat-sealed and the finished packs were prepared for delivery.

The uncut press sheet: the ten card designs imposed twenty-one up, with registration and crop marks, before cutting
Straight off the press, before cutting — the ten designs imposed 21 up on a single sheet, crop marks and all.

At the shop

Boxed up, and one ripped open

I shot both of these once the run was finished — the sealed packs nested in their shipping box, and one of the first packs getting opened.

Sealed foil packs nested in the shipping box, ready to go out
100 finished cards packed into 10 sealed foil packs.
One of the first packs, opened at the shop.
Trading Card Memories
“The cards and packs came out amazing! The team was thrilled with the final product and they look fantastic on camera.”
Sam Merritt
Senior Producer, Superdigital — part of Accenture Song

Bring your own set to life

If you have the artwork, the idea, or just the beginnings of a concept, I can help turn it into something people actually want to open and collect. Custom trading cards, specialty finishes, foil packs, packaging, collation and more — all built around your project.

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