People keep asking me about the various Babylon 5 CCG Promo cards, so I
figured I'd put together some information about them, to supplement my Babylon 5 Trading Cards page.
I have collected this information from various web sites, from Scrye #5.1
page 30, and from various people who are selling various of these promos.
Some other places that have B5CCG Promo card information are:
Doug Williamson's B5CCG site,
Chris Miller's B5CCG site,
Sam Black's B5CCG site,
Joey's B5CCG gallery.
Some images I scanned myself. Others are scans taken from
various places on the web, including
Vicki's pages.
Promos for the Premier Edition
- Blessings
- Aftermath
- Exclusive from Sierra Online
- Bombing Run
- Event
- Duelist, Volume 5 Number 2, (#22), February 1998
- Also available as the "mystery promo" card included in the Babylon Project's Gamermasters' Resource Kit
- Captain Pierce
- Character, Human
- Coupons for it were distributed at Gen Con 97 and Origins 97
- In March 1998, it was distributed by Precedence to Zeta Squadron members.
- Contact First Ones
- Aftermath
- Came with B5 CCG orders from American Entertainment Group.
- In July 1998, it was distributed by Precedence to Zeta Squadron members.
- Cultural Connections
- Aftermath
- Scrye Issue #5.1, April 1998
- Destined to Be
- Event
- Given to the winners of official B5 CCG tournaments.
- Destroy the Opposition
- Conflict, Diplomacy
- Available from Precedence B5 Rangers at B5 CCG demos.
- Doctor Franklin
- Character, Neutral
- In some B5 CCG 2-player intro boxes (at Babbages only?).
- (Also, at least one apparently made its way into a regular Booster packs!)
- In July 1998, it was distributed by Precedence to Zeta Squadron members.
- Lack of Direction
- Aftermath
- Babylon 5 Magazine #6 (United Kingdom)
- Estimated print run: 40,000
- Monitored Deal
- Event
- Scrye Issue #4.5, January 1998
- Na'Toth (variant)
- Event
- Available, signed, by ordering Julie Caitlin Brown's CD.
- It also exists in an unsigned form.
- In March 1998, it was distributed by Precedence to Zeta Squadron members.
It was the signed version - but with the Precedence logo imprinted on the
card.
- Estimated print run: 5000
- Suppress the Media
- Conflict, Diplomacy
- Came with B5 CCG orders from Wargames West, an Albuquerque NM, wholesale
distributor.
- Broken Allegiance
- Event
- UK Power Magazine (issue?)
- Bureaucratic Controls
- Enhancement, Faction
- Gamer magazine, May/June 1998 issue
- But various people have found it in some issues of Tuff Stuff's Collect! April 1998 issue.
- Credit Chip
- Enhancement, Character
- Scrye Magazine, issue #5.3, August 1998
- Defense Treaty
- Conflict, Diplomacy Conflict
- Comes with booster box purchase from Georgia Music and Sports
- Evidence of Shadows
- Event
- Duelist, Volume 5 Number 5, May 1998
- Inconclusive Strike
- Event
- Available to Zeta Squadron members only
- Past Victories
- Enhancement, Character
- Given away at official Tournaments
- Shadow Contact
- Character, Neutral
- Scrye Issue #5.2
- Unrelenting Pressure
- Enhancement, Character
- Tuff Stuff's Collect! April 1998 issue.
- Veteran Fleet
- Enhancement, Fleet
- Available at various Summer Conventions Precedence attends
- Asimov Laws
- Psi Conflict
- Scrye Magazine, Sept 1998 issue
- Attack Formation
- Event
- The Official B5 Magazine, September 1998 issue.
- Charting the Course
- Event
- Mail in offer, available by sending in certain UPCs from certain packs.
- Defector Revealed
- Event
- Duelist Magazine, Vol 5 num 10, October 1998
- Disarray
- Aftermath
- Gamer magazine, September/October 1998 issue
- Also in Collect magazine
- Exhaustion
- Event
- Through certain distributers by arrangement with Precedence.
- On Feb 18, John Hart of Precedence wrote: "Exhaustion has had its status
changed. We're reconsidering what to do with it."
- In mid 1999, this card was given to Zeta Squadron members as a bonus for
renewing their membership.
- For the Future
- Event
- Given to the winners of official B5 CCG tournaments.
- Gaim Merchant
- Non-Aligned Character
- Available to Zeta Squadron members only
- Return to Ideals
- Event
- Bonus card included in Great War boxes.
- Rogue Telepath
- Neutral Character
- Bonus card included in Deluxe Edition boxes.
- Spoo
- Character Enhancement
- Mail in offer with purchase of the official "Babylon 5 Strategy Guide".
- The Just Suffer
- Event
- Available from Rangers at B5CCG demos.
- Zathra's
- Neutral Character
- Scrye Magazine, #5.5, November 1998
- A Meeting of Minds
- Event
- Inquest Gamer Magazine, #47, March 1999
- Elder Statesman
- Character Enhancement
- Join the Corps
- Character Enhancement
- Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, Vol 5 Num 3
- Psi Arbitrators
- Group
- Scrye Magazine?
- Psi Spies
- Faction Enhancement
- Promotion from Del Rey books (with 3rd Psi trilogy volume?)
- The Dreaming
- Faction Enhancement
- Bonus card included in Psi Corp boxes.
- Lyta Empowered
- Vorlon Character
- 1998 Copyright date.
- Pat Tallman has them with her, and is signing them, at convention
appearances.
- There is a signed-embossed version available from Precedence
Distributors. As of sometime in September 1998, when you order 3 boxes of
Shadow cards, and request it, you should get one.
- On October 1, 1998, Douglas Williamson announced in
rec.games.trading-cards.misc that Precedence will be including the unsigned
version of this card as a regular Rare in the Great War set.
- Only 2500 signed embossed copies made. (But clearly MANY more unembossed
ones - but the Great War ones say "The Great War" on the copyright line.)
- Surprise
- Event
- 1997 Copyright date.
- Origin of the card is unknown.
- But I heard a rumor that the card was printed as a surprise gift for Zeta
Squadron members. But only 1000 were made, and there were more that 1000
Zeta Squad members by that stage, so they could not send them out. So
they've been distributing them through various means, such as Rangers.
- The card text indicates that it's only playable "if your name appears in
the credits for the Babylon 5 CCG"!
- I read that the official explanation for this card from Precedence
was: "This card is not part of any set. It was a printing test to see
how marks and such would appear on actual cards. It can not be played
under any circumstances, and should only be viewed as an interesting
diversion and a small window into the minds of the designers."
- (This is so rare, that one Auctioned on eBay on 9/6/98 fetched $258.50, and auctions
on 10/4/98 and 10/18/98 each fetched $240.50 !!)
Babylon 5, characters, names, and all related indicia are trademarks of Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP. © 1997 Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP.
The B5 CCG Game Design is © 1997, 1998 Precedence.
