Super Special Rare
Super Special Rare cards feature exceptionally prominent Wikipedia topics.
117 cards across 12 series
George R. R. Martin
American author (b. 1948) of "A Song of Ice and Fire," adapted as HBO's "Game of... Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist (1867-1934). Discovered polonium & radium; coined "radio... Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian nun (1910-1997) born in Skopje. She founded the Missionaries of ... George Orwell
English novelist (1903-1950) of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm." Coined... Edgar Allan Poe
American writer (1809-1849) born in Boston. Known for macabre tales and poetry, ... Great Pyramid of Giza
Khufu's tomb, built c. 2600 BC, is the largest Egyptian pyramid. Part of the Giz... Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
List of antiquity's most impressive structures, formalized in 1572. Included are... List of Roman emperors
Roman emperors ruled from 27 BC onward, starting with Augustus. He used "princep... Toni Morrison
American novelist (1931-2019) born Chloe Wofford in Ohio. Howard and Cornell edu... Aung San Suu Kyi
Born 1945 in British Burma, this Nobel laureate led Myanmar's NLD party. Daughte... Odysseus
King of Ithaca, Odysseus was a Greek hero famed for cunning. Son of Laertes, he ... Dionysus
Greek god of wine, theatre, and ecstasy. Also known as Bacchus, he induced frenz... Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922-2007) of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle." Blended... World Heritage Site
UNESCO designates sites of "outstanding value to humanity" for protection. Landm... Cronus
Titan leader, son of Gaia & Uranus. Cronus overthrew his father with a sickle, r... H. G. Wells
English author (1866-1946), "Father of Science Fiction." Pioneered alien invasio... Hiroo Onoda
Imperial Japanese Army Lt. Onoda (1922-2014) hid on Lubang, Philippines, after W... Cherry blossom
Sakura are Prunus Cerasus flowers, often vanilla-scented. Native to the Northern... Toyota Supra
Toyota's Supra, a sports car & grand tourer, debuted in 1978. Early models share... Terry Pratchett
English author (1948-2015) of 41 Discworld comic fantasy novels. Master satirist... Nissan Skyline GT-R
Japanese sports car, first a Skyline variant (1969-72, KPGC10). Revived in 1989 ... Jules Verne
French novelist (1828-1905), pioneer of science fiction. "Twenty Thousand League... Mazda RX-7
Mazda's RX-7, built 1978-2002, is a front mid-engine, RWD sports car. Three gene... Hephaestus
Greek god of metalworking, fire, & crafts. Son of Hera (or Zeus & Hera), Hephaes... Euphrates
West Asia's longest river, the Euphrates, is 2,780km long. Originating in Turkey... Atlas (mythology)
Titan son of Iapetus, Atlas was tasked with holding the heavens after the Titano... Hallucination (artificial intelligence)
AI "hallucinations" are false outputs presented as fact, arising from LLM confab... Perseus
Greek hero, son of Zeus & Danaë. Perseus founded the Perseid dynasty & predates ... Pharaoh
Egyptian monarch from c. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE, though title usage began later. Rul... Octavia E. Butler
American author Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) penned award-winning science and s... Thoth
Egyptian deity of wisdom, writing, & the moon, often depicted with an ibis or ba... Martial arts
Codified combat systems, practiced globally for self-defense, exercise, or compe... Mosque
Masjids are Muslim places of worship, evolving from simple prayer spaces (650-75... Giganotosaurus
Giant southern lizard from Argentina, lived 99-95 MYA. One of the largest therop... Cupid
Roman god of desire, son of Venus & Mars. Also known as Amor, his Greek counterp... Ferrari Testarossa
Ferrari's flat-12 "redhead" debuted at the 1984 Paris Auto Show. The Pininfarina... Gimli Glider
Boeing 767, Air Canada Flight 143, ran out of fuel mid-flight July 23, 1983. Cre... Dilophosaurus
Early Jurassic theropod from North America, ~186 MYA. *Dilophosaurus* had twin c... Carnotaurus
S. American abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous (69-66 MYA). Noted for its uniq... Deinonychus
Cretaceous dromaeosaur from North America, 115-94 MYA. "Terrible claw" on each f... LaFerrari
F150 project, the LaFerrari is a limited-run, mid-engine hybrid sports car. Buil... Argentinosaurus
Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Argentina. Fragmentary remains suggest lengths o... Parasaurolophus
Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from North America (~76 MYA). Notable for its long, cu... Pterodactylus
"Winged finger" reptile from Late Jurassic Bavaria. *P. antiquus* was the first ... Musical instrument
Devices making music since human culture's dawn. Early uses included rituals; me... African penguin
Critically endangered penguin native to South Africa & Namibia. Old World specie... Lamborghini Diablo
Lamborghini's V12 supercar, built 1990-2001. The Diablo was the first production... Ferrari Enzo
Named for the founder, the Enzo debuted in 2002. This mid-engine sports car used... Pteranodon
Toothless pterosaur from late Cretaceous North America. P. longiceps wingspans e... Iguanodon
Iguanodontian dinosaur named in 1825, known for thumb spikes and prehensile fing... Porsche 959
German sports car, 1986-1993. Originally a Group B rally car, then road legal fo... Heimdall
Norse god, son of Odin and nine mothers. Guardian of Bifröst, the rainbow bridge... Photo 51
1952 X-ray diffraction image of DNA, "Photo 51" was taken by Raymond Gosling at ... Loving County, Texas
Texas county, reorganized 1931 from Reeves. Named for Oliver Loving, cattle driv... Ceratosaurus
Late Jurassic theropod from North America and Europe, named for its prominent na... Diomede Islands
Two islands in the Bering Strait: Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA).... Chinstrap penguin
*Pygoscelis antarcticus* nests on Antarctic & S. Pacific islands. Recognizable b... Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)
Judith Beheading Holofernes c. 1620, now at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is t... African fish eagle
Sub-Saharan eagle, *Icthyophaga vocifer*, favors open water habitats. National b... Crowned eagle
Sub-Saharan raptor, *Stephanoaetus coronatus*, favors forests. Powerful talons &... Tromelin Island
French-claimed Indian Ocean isle, also named Isle of Sand. 500km N of Réunion, i... List of children's games
Folk games, passed child-to-child, need minimal equipment and oral rules. Played... Coral Triangle
"Amazon of the seas," a 5.7M km² marine region spanning Indonesia, Philippines, ... Analytic hierarchy process
AHP: Decision-making technique using math & psychology. Developed in the 1970s b... Sap
Xylem or phloem fluid transports water & nutrients in plants. Distinct from late... Amazon parrot
Amazona parrots inhabit the Americas, from South America to Mexico. These Psitta... The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)
The Baptism of Christ is an oil-on-panel painting finished around 1475 in the st... The Little Street
The Little Street (Het Straatje) is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Ver... Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo)
The Adoration of the Magi is an unfinished early painting by the Italian Renaiss... The Bathers (Cézanne)
The Bathers (French: Les Grandes Baigneuses) is an oil painting by French artist... Bathers at Asnières
Bathers at Asnières (French: Une Baignade, Asnières) is an 1884 oil on canvas pa... Bathsheba at Her Bath (Rembrandt)
Bathsheba at Her Bath (or Bathsheba with King David's Letter) is an oil painting... Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion: tree-based animal movement. Evolution favors specialized tr... Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt)
Belshazzar's Feast is a major painting by Rembrandt now in the National Gallery,... The Battle of San Romano
The Battle of San Romano is a set of three paintings by the Florentine painter P... Bacchus (Caravaggio)
Bacchus (c. 1596) is an oil painting by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Meri... Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth
Lady Anne Blunt (1837-1917): English co-founder of Crabbet Arabian Stud with hus... Horreum
Roman public warehouse, or *horreum*, stored grain & goods. Rome had ~300 by the... Cannibalism in poultry
Poultry cannibalism: intraspecies consumption in fowl, notably egg-laying hens. ... Short-toed snake eagle
Accipitridae family raptor, also called short-toed eagle. Circaetus genus from G... Jegichagi
Korean winter game, Jegichagi, uses a coin-weighted paper shuttlecock. Players k... Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist (1866-1919) at Zurich. Won 1913 Nobel for his coordination complex... Banalinga
Narmada River stones, naturally eroded into Shiva lingam shapes. Called Svayambh... Castle town
Settlements grew near castles, especially in Medieval Europe. Alnwick & Arundel ... Bengali traditional games
Bengal's rural games, played in Bangladesh & West Bengal, date back millennia. R... Callirrhoe (moon)
Jupiter XVII, Callirrhoe, is an irregular moon discovered in 1999, confirmed 200... Niloofar Rahmani
Afghan pilot, born early 1990s. First female fixed-wing aviator in Afghanistan p... Albiorix (moon)
Saturn XXVI, Albiorix, is the Gallic group's largest member. Discovered in 2000,... Praxidike (moon)
Jupiter XXVII, a retrograde irregular moon. Discovered in 2000, it orbits Jupite... Erriapus
Saturnian moon, also known as XXVIII. Discovered in 2000, it's a prograde irregu... Aitne (moon)
Jupiter XXXI, discovered in 2001, is a retrograde irregular moon. Part of the Ca... Autonoe (moon)
Jupiter XXVIII, discovered in 2001 by Sheppard's team. This 4km moon orbits at 2... Manasi Pradhan
Indian women's rights activist, born 1962 in Odisha. Founder of Honour for Women... Assyrian homeland
Upper Mesopotamian region spanning Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria. Assyrians, descend... Berserker
Norse warriors in a trance-like battle rage. Attested in Old Norse texts, berser... Ancient Egyptian creation myths
Old Kingdom texts (2700 BC) detail varied creation myths. Atum/Ra arose from cha... Horus name
Ancient Egyptian royal crest, predating the "great five names." Often called "se... C. S. Lewis
British author (1898-1963) & Oxford scholar, C.S. Lewis wrote *The Chronicles of... Aldous Huxley
English writer & philosopher (1894-1963), famed for "Brave New World." A Huxley ... Alexandra David-Néel
French explorer (1868-1969) famed for her 1924 journey to forbidden Lhasa, Tibet... Alexandra Kosteniuk
Born in Russia, April 23, 1984, this chess grandmaster was Women's World Champio... Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress (1914-2000), famed for roles in "Algiers" & "Samson an... Jaguar E-Type
British sports car made by Jaguar 1961-1974, known as XK-E in North America. Its... Lamborghini Countach
Italian sports car, 1974-1990. Lamborghini's rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive i... Anubis
Egyptian jackal-headed god of mummification and the afterlife. Guide of souls to... Abdus Salam
Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926-1996); 1979 Nobel laureate for electroweak... Albert A. Michelson
Prussian-born American physicist (1852-1931). Nobel laureate (1907) for precise ... Alexander Fleming
Scottish physician (1881-1955). Nobel laureate for co-discovering penicillin in ... Bromine
Element 35, Br, is a red-brown liquid isolated in 1825/6 by Löwig & Balard. Name... Lithium
Alkali metal, symbol Li, atomic number 3. Discovered in 1817 from a Swedish mine... Dinosaur
Reptiles of Dinosauria clade, appearing in the Triassic period (243-233 mya). Do... Oxygen
Symbol O, atomic number 8. A reactive nonmetal & oxidizer, it's Earth's most abu... Centaurus
Southern constellation, one of Ptolemy's 48. Represents a centaur in Greek myth.... Andromeda (constellation)
Named for a Greek myth, this northern constellation is best viewed in autumn. Al... Apollo program
US space program (1961-1972) under NASA. Conceived by Eisenhower, goal set by Ke... Astronaut
"Star sailor" trained for spaceflight. NASA, FAA, & military use the term. Russi... Ambigram
Calligraphic design yielding different meanings based on orientation. Term coine...