Super Mario Trading Card Collection

The Super Mario Trading Card Collection is a series of Mario collectible cards launched by the Italian publishing house in April 2022. A complete set comprises 252 numbered cards, as well as 9 additional limited edition cards that are unnumbered and deemed "outside of the ordinary card assortment". A designated collector's tin and a collector's album are also sold in stores, the latter containing a brochure with a checklist for the 252 numbered cards.

The cards are officially distributed in the following packages:
 * 8-card booster pack
 * 24-card value pack
 * 32-card kit (4 booster packs)
 * 144-card kit (18 booster packs)
 * starter set pack (1 collector's album alongside 3 booster packs and 1 limited edition card)

A collector's tin comes with 6 booster packs and a limited edition card.

Categories
The official trading card checklist, seen on the card packages and the brochure in the collector's album, divides the cards into multiple categories. In total, the checklist recognizes 252 cards, of which 180 are "base" cards and 72 are "special" cards, the latter of which have a glossy foil on their front side. The checklist excludes limited edition cards. The following is a list of card categories in this collection; items with a star symbol (✹) indicate a category for special cards, as shown in the album brochure:
 * Character Cards: contains 18 cards with solo renders of Mario characters.
 * Close-up Cards: contains 18 cards with close-up shots of Mario characters.
 * Yoshi, Toad & Toadette Cards: contains 18 cards with solo renders of characters from the Yoshi and Toad species. The checklist on the card packaging splits this category into Yoshi Cards and Toad & Toadette Cards, containing 10 and 8 cards respectively.
 * Enemy Cards: contains 54 cards with solo renders of Mario enemies.
 * Group Cards: contains 18 cards with group renders of Mario characters.
 * Item Cards: contains 18 cards with Mario items.
 * Golden Cards ✹: contains 18 Mario character cards with a golden foil on their front side.
 * Silver Cards ✹: contains 18 Mario character cards with a silver foil on their front side.
 * Sport Cards ✹: contains 36 cards showing Mario characters engaging in sports. Most renders used on these cards are promotional renders for specific Mario sports games (Mario Super Sluggers, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash etc.), while Wendy's is for New Super Mario Bros. U.
 * Line Drawing Cards: contains 27 cards with line drawings of Mario characters.
 * Puzzle Cards: contains 9 cards that form a complete picture when put together.

Limited edition cards
Physical limited edition cards have a shiny diamond pattern on their front side. In promotional pictures on online Panini stores, they are represented with a matte, solid color instead.