Marvel Collect: Top 5 Cards of '25

This is part two of a three-part post highlighting the top insert cards on Topps Digital platforms from 2025. Last week, I took a look at the top cards from Star Wars Card Trader. This week, I look at Marvel Collect.

5. Magik, Gold Label 25, Series 1 - Golden Stars - White, Uncommon, Card Count 25465

This is a really sparkly card for the Queen of Limbo. The action pose Magik keeps is pretty awesome, with the sharp edge of the sword taking center stage. The gold sparkle and lettering on this card really bring it to life.

4. Thor vs. Hercules, Fight of the Week ‘25, Series 1 - Green, Uncommon, Card Count 48,971

I always like the weekly sets, but this card really stood out. Yes, the “Fight of the Week” theme of this card is cool. Yes, the art of these two muscle-bound heroes is awesome. But the win of this card is that it brings back the classic childhood arguments of the “who is tougher” or “who would win if…” conversations with friends on the walk to school or on the bus.

3. Symbiote Spider-Man, Web of Heroes - ‘25 Season 1, Series 1 Base - Free Pass, Card Count 25,273

There are three things I love about this card. 1. The perspective looking down from above on Spidey, with the lines of the buildings and street below giving us a sense of danger that he faces every day. 2. The color theme highlights the colors of Spider-Man but it seems off and misplaced in some way with the symbiote suit. 3. This card highlights Spider-Man.

2. Galactus, Midnight ‘25, Seres 1 - Horizon, Base - Uncommon, Card Count 33,736

I don’t have much to say about this card because it speaks for itself. Galactus, power, cosmic, goliath. The coloring with what appears to be a star shining on him as he sizes up a planet that is likely to be the next victim of his insatiable hunger really pops on this card.

1. Warlock, Convention Collection, NYCC ‘25, Series 1 - Black, Uncommon, Card Count 28,807

This is a special card. I love the look of this convention set with the star field border. The subject of Warlock is pretty rare. I only have 4 other Warlock cards other than this one. Warlock is such a unique character and creates a very dramatic image in this card making it my favorite Marvel Collect card of 2025.

Bonus Entry: Lowest Card Count of the Year

Spider-Man #12, Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing! Series 1 - Homage - Red, Epic, Card Count 265

Top 5 Marvel Collect Base Cards of 2025

Two weeks ago, I shared my Topps Bunt Top 5 Base Cards of 2025.  This week, I am sharing my Top 5 Marvel Collect Base Card of the year.  If you remember from my July post of my top base cards from 2025 so far, two of the Marvel Collect base cards I highlighted there will show up here.  Don't remember reading that? Check it out here 

Throughout the year, I "hoard" my favorite base cards.  I quote hoard because I don't go after trades to fill the hoard, but I don't workshop them, so they will always stay at the top of the collection when I look the collection by quantity of cards.  

There are 16 cards I found interesting enough not to workshop away and let them move to the top of the base collection.  Here are my favorite 5 of those 16 and I will leave a list of the characters portrayed of to fill out the remaining 16.  

5. Hawkeye, Series 1, White, Tier 1 - Card Count 107

I like how this shows a superhero in a common location, a theme park.  It is a setting to which we can all relate.  The fun spirit is what I like about this card. 

4. Kate Bishop, Series 1, White, Tier 1 - Card Count 107

Let's stay with Bishop's world and take a look at the card highlighting Kate Bishop.  Where, Hawkeye's card is fun and relatable, Kate's card is dramatic and filled with movement.  She looks powerful and invincible taking aim with her bow and arrow standing in a field of flying arrows coming right at her.  This is a card that will stick with me for quite some time.  

3. Spider-Man, Series 1, White, Tier 1 - Card Count 88 

You know this character's card will likely show up in a top 5 for me either in base card collections or in "insert" card collections, probably both.  There is a reason a character in comics becomes a favorite, and for me it is the look, the power, the personality.  For Spider-Man, it is all of those, but the look is why he always shows up on my lists.  Here he is, swinging through the New York night sky with webs all around him and Spidey in some contortion of swing.  The best...well, almost the best this year!

2.  Magik, Series 1, White, Tier 1 - Card Count 100

This card depicts power in full display.  From the pages of the X-Men, Magik holds her soul sword into the ground with the power of light pouring out and the souls of her sword writhing and screaming to get out of the ground.  So much of Magik and her power is on display here.  

1.  X-23, Series 1 - White, Tier 1 Card - Count 99

The theme of this list seems to be power on display, but my favorite part of it is they are all women with power.  X-23 displays it in the most unique and artistic ways.  It is in a point of view from above and her hair is flowing out wildly from her as she crouches flexing her muscles and blades.  This card is perfect!  

It wasn't hard for me to find my top cards when the set was released, but narrowing it down to five was a bit of a challenge.  So, I want to give all 16 of the cards I have been hoarding a shout out.  Here is the remainder of the list:  

Thor

Wolverine

Spider-naut (I discuss in the July post linked earlier)

Spider-Girl

Polaris (beautiful card that uses shading so well)

Emma Frost

Captain America

Elektra

Spider-Gwen

Psylocke

Miles Morales