Greyhawk Trading Cards
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Greyhawk Trading Cards were part of the Trading Cards line in 1991 to 1993.
Description
Each card had artwork on one side, of a particular character, monster, item, location, etc. One the reverse, there were descriptions and various statistics for that character.
Reception
The cards sold very well at the time of their release, and were successful for the run of the series. After 1993, TSR (the IP holder at the time) decided to change their model, paralleling the more popular Trading Card Game (TCG) model revolutionized by Wizards of the Coast with their eminently popular Magic: the Gathering game, which had also been introduced in 1993.
Especially in later years, there was rumbling of disapproval of some of the art. In 1991, the first released set used art that had graced the covers of TSR products of all different types. The design team first worked on the assumption that so many fans had expressed interest in knowing about characters on the covers of books, they'd like information about them in the trading cards. The reuse of art from book covers was criticized, but the interest in book cover characters has always continued. This idea has been reiterated by Wizards of the Coast in more recent products, confirming players' interest in knowing who or what is depicted in art.[1] Though still bought in the millions, there were some who expressed discontent with seeing "recycled" art. Despite very successful sales in the first year, the editors decided in subsequent years to concentrate more on custom art for the cards.