Topps' Lord of the Rings Masterpieces Trading Cards series, which is due out in October, will include 90 art cards from diverse sources including movie production paintings, costume designs, art from EA's Battle for Middle Earth videogame as well as 28 pieces of new art from top illustrators including Drew Struzan, John Alvin, and Mark Chiarello. 

 

The series also includes an etch-foil 6-card set by Rafael Kayanan, one of the most popular sketch artists from the LOTR Evolution trading card release.

 

Each 36-count LOTR Masterpieces Trading Cards Display sold in the hobby will contain 2 one-of-a-kind hand drawn sketch cards guaranteed.  The hobby release also includes three levels of parallel (Bronze, Gold and Refractor) cards, two of which are sequentially numbered.