Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Cards (1982)
Sets 1, 2, and 4 are in the shop – for now at least – so I took the opportunity to take photos of the cards that caught my eye. Unlike most TSR art commissions, these monster renderings weren’t copied to death in other TSR publications. Some of these are quite good, which makes me wonder why they weren’t used in future Monster Manuals.
Monster cards (and lists of monsters in each set) at the Reference site.
Old post with a photo list of cards.
Monster cards in inventory at our Sales site.
Each set had a monster or two that were not in the Monster Manual. Most of the new creatures are fairly obscure, and never caught on. But some did.
Below are the pics, with artist noted if I see their logo.













See Also:
The “New” Creatures introduced in the AD&D Monster Cards (1982)
AD&D Monster Cards: A Reference Photo
D&D’s Iconic Early Red Dragon (1978-81): The lasting influence of David C. Sutherland
Very nice to see these again. I definitely had Set 2. Looking at it again, I’ve only now realized that what I always thought was a spaceship hovering over the thri-kreen’s shoulder is actually a throwing star.
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