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RFilm · 1994

Above the Rim

ATK5,498DEF9,839Rare, attack 5498 (fame), defence 9839 (audience rating)

Film · 1994 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

Above the Rim

Rare card

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

ATK · Fame
5,498
in the top 4% of best-known films
DEF · Rating
9,839
in the top 2% 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
12,926th most famous film in the catalogue
TMDb rating
7.1 / 10 from 248 votes
In the game
30,112 Rare cards among films
Release
23 March 1994

Your odds of drawing Above the Rim

  • Standard pack1 in 190,000packs, roughly · 5 cards, free
  • Premium booster1 in 24,000boosters, roughly · 10 cards, 150 tickets

In a standard pack, each card has a 7% chance of being Rare; there are 30,112 Rare cards among films, and each one is equally likely to come up.

  • At the forge: give three 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, 54 cards of the same rarity and type have sold in 90 days, at around 26 tickets, from 2 to 100 depending on the card.

Figures as of 19 October 2026.

The film’s cards

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

  • Jeff PollackDirecting, WritingUncommon
  • Duane MartinActing · Kyle Lee WatsonUncommon
  • Tupac ShakurActing · BirdieUncommon
  • Bernie MacActing · FlipRare
  • Marlon WayansActing · BugalooSuper rare
  • LeonActing · ShepUncommon
  • Wood HarrisActing · MotawRare
  • Marcus MillerMusicUncommon
  • Kyle Lee Watsonplayed by Duane MartinUncommon
  • Birdieplayed by Tupac ShakurUncommon
  • Flipplayed by Bernie MacCommon
  • Bugalooplayed by Marlon WayansCommon
  • Shepplayed by LeonCommon
  • Motawplayed by Wood HarrisCommon
  • Richieplayed by Michael RispoliCommon
  • RollinsCharacterCommon
  • Mailikaplayed by Tonya PinkinsCommon

Same directors, same actors

Also released in 1994

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