Movie TCG
URFilm · 1982

The Thing

ATK8,424DEF9,995
Ultra rare, attack 8424 (fame), defence 9995 (audience rating)

Film · 1982 · Horror, Mystery, Science fiction

The Thing

Ultra rare card

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

ATK · Fame
8,424
in the top 1% of best-known films
DEF · Rating
9,995
in the top 1% of highest-rated films

ATK comes from the number of votes the film has received on TMDb. It’s what sets the rarity. DEF comes from the audience rating, weighted so that a film with three votes can’t jump ahead. It doesn’t depend on rarity: a Common can excel at it.

Rank
530th most famous film in the catalogue
TMDb rating
8.1 / 10 from 8,265 votes
In the game
1,935 Ultra rare cards among films
Release
25 June 1982

Your odds of drawing The Thing

  • Standard pack1 in 110,000packs, roughly · 5 cards, free
  • Premium booster1 in 17,000boosters, roughly · 10 cards, 150 tickets

In a standard pack, each card has a 0.8% chance of being Ultra rare; there are 1,935 Ultra rare cards among films, and each one is equally likely to come up.

  • At the forge: give three Ultra rare cards and get another one of at least the same rarity, drawn at random.
  • On the market: players put their cards up for auction, for tickets.
  • Through trades: offer a player one of your cards for theirs.

Its market value

Never sold on the market.

As a benchmark, 110 cards of the same rarity and type have sold in 90 days, at around 274 tickets, from 10 to 1,468 depending on the card.

Figures as of 20 October 2026.

The film’s cards

The people and characters of The Thing have their own cards in the game too.

  • John CarpenterDirecting, MusicUltra rare
  • Kurt RussellActing · MacReadyUltra rare
  • Wilford BrimleyActing · BlairRare
  • T.K. CarterActing · NaulsRare
  • David ClennonActing · PalmerRare
  • Keith DavidActing · ChildsSuper rare
  • Richard DysartActing · Dr. CopperRare
  • John W. Campbell Jr.WritingRare
  • Bill LancasterWritingRare
  • Ennio MorriconeMusicSuper rare
  • Alan HowarthMusicRare
  • MacReadyplayed by Kurt RussellUltra rare
  • Blairplayed by Wilford BrimleySuper rare
  • Naulsplayed by T.K. CarterSuper rare
  • Palmerplayed by David ClennonSuper rare
  • Childsplayed by Keith DavidSuper rare
  • Dr. Copperplayed by Richard DysartRare
  • Norrisplayed by Charles HallahanRare
  • Benningsplayed by Peter MaloneyRare
  • Clarkplayed by Richard MasurRare

Same directors, same actors

Also released in 1982

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