Card Types

There are eight types of cards within the Battles in Time series. This page aims to explain them, ranging from Commons to Ultra Rares.

Character Card

These cards are the most common; the one shown here is a Common card. However, character cards can also appear as Rares or Super Rares. They feature the character with information on the bottom of the card. In addition, they also show creature stats to be used within the Battles in Time games.

Bonus Card

Bonus cards, like the character cards, can appear as Super Rares or Rares, but may aslo be Ultra Rares. They feature a large yellow and black box with power-ups for specific cards or special bonuses' to assist in the games. An example is the one above.

Rare Foil

Rare Foil cards are as you'd expect. There are either character versions or such as the one above, rare bonus cards. All Rare cards have a shiny surface.

Super Rare Scratch n' Sniff

Scratch n' Sniff cards were only featured in the Exterminator set. They contained a small patch on the card with a foul smell. One was on the Sip Fel Fotch Slitheen card, and the other was on the Pickled Eggs card. They are visually similar to standard cards, making them easier to mistake for one.

Super Rare Emboss Card

Embossed cards are Super Rares. They feature across all sets, and as the type would suggest, they feature raised parts on the front of the card. The Sycorax above has an embossed mask and sword. These cards also feature a foil print, some shinier than others, depending on the design of the cards and the amount of ink used. The card above is almost matte, whereas the Davros embossed card is incredibly shiny and lacks print.

Super Rare Wave Shiny

Super Rare Wave Foils are just like the image above. The foil used on these cards has a waving multicoloured pattern within them, shining through the design of the image used.

Super Rare Glow in the Dark

These card types have a similar design choice to the common cards, with no foil. There is however a glow in the dark, rough ink making up the design. Shown here, the light blue is the glow in the dark part of the card.

Ultra Rare Lenticular

Ultra Rares always have a bonus box. They always feature a lenticular image, which gives the illusion of moving. Such as the Skinsuit card, where it starts with Margaret, transitions to a glow, then to a Slitheen, or this card where it transitions from the usual sign for the TARDIS, to "Bad Wolf"