Rittenhouse Archives is releasing a new set of Spartacus cards.

This all-new series will feature cards based on the original
Spartacus: Blood and Sand as well as the prequel, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena with 2 Autograph Cards per pack!

CHECKLIST INCLUDES

Autograph Cards: (Spartacus: Gods of the Arena): Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), Jaime Murrary (Gaia), John Hannah (Batiatus), Manu Bennett (Crixus), Dustin Clare (Gannicus), Craig Walsh Wrightson (Solonius), Temeura Morrison (Doctore), Jeffrey Thomas (Titus), Jessica Grace Smith (Diona), Stephen Lovatt (Tullius), Shane Rangi (Dagan), Peter Feeney (Quintillius Varis); (Spartacus: Blood & Sand): Lliam Powell (Numerius), David Austin (Medicus), John Bach (Magistrate Calavius), Reuben de Jong (Theokoles) and more! (2 autographs cards per Premium Pack)

18 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Episode Synopses Cards, 3 cards per episode (2 cards per Premium Pack)

9 Gladiators In Action Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

9 Battle for Freedom Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

9 Spartacus: Vengeance Preview Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

9 Women of Spartacus Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

12 Spartacus Gold Plaque Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

Product Configuration:
9 Cards Per Premium Pack
15 Packs Per Box

Box Topper:
Andy Whitfield (1972-2011) In Memoriam Card
2-Box Incentive:
Andy Whitfield (Spartacus) Relic Card
4-Box Incentive:
Peter Mensah (Doctore) Autograph Card
8-Box Incentive:
SPARTACUS 2012 Premium Pack Archive Box, including
a complete master set of all pack-inserted cards.

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Spartacus: Legends & Lore Card Premium Pack

This all-new series will feature cards based on the original Spartacus: Blood and Sand, as well as the prequel series, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Each box will also come with a guarantee of a Lucy Lawless (Lucretia) or Jaime Murray (Gaia) autograph card! Inserts will include 18 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Synopsis Cards (2 per pack), 9 Gladiators in Action (1 per pack), 9 Andy Whitfield Tribute Cards (1 per pack), 9 Women of Spartacus Cards (1 per pack), and 12 Spartactus Gold Plaque Cards (1 per pack). Autographs will include: John Hannah, Many Bennett, Dustin Clare, and many more (2 per pack).

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Spartacus: Legends & Lore Card Album

This all-new series will feature cards based on the original Spartacus: Blood and Sand, as well as the prequel series, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Each box will also come with a guarantee of a Lucy Lawless (Lucretia) or Jaime Murray (Gaia) autograph card! Inserts will include 18 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Synopsis Cards (2 per pack), 9 Gladiators in Action (1 per pack), 9 Andy Whitfield Tribute Cards (1 per pack), 9 Women of Spartacus Cards (1 per pack), and 12 Spartactus Gold Plaque Cards (1 per pack). Autographs will include: John Hannah, Many Bennett, Dustin Clare, and many more (2 per pack).

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Monsters and Critics previews the upcoming Spartacus Vengeance Episode 3 "The Greater Good"

"Spartacus: Vengeance" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Starz) is reeling in the aftermath of Oenomaus (Mensah) and his guilt-fueled combat in the mines as penance for having helped destroy the house of Batiatus.

Lucy Lawless, Nick Taraby, Viva Bianca, Peter Mensah and Manu Bennett make Friday night a no miss event on STARZ.

"Spartacus: Vengeance" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Starz) is reeling in the aftermath of Oenomaus (Mensah) and his guilt-fueled combat in the mines as penance for having helped destroy the house of Batiatus.

However, the twist was that Ashur (Tarabay) delivered him into the hands of Spartacus' enemy, Claudius Glaber.

At Glaber's home in the night, Ashur said, "I have come bearing a gift that shall set you on the path for the fall of Spartacus."

Enter our blood-soaked Lucretia (Lawless), fresh from sacrificing to the gods: "The gods truly hear my prayers."

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Lucy Lawless, Star Of 'Spartacus: Vengeance,' Answers Six Science Questions

Huffinton Post - Science 8 February 2012

As part of HuffPost Science's new Celebs Talk Science series, we challenged Lucy Lawless, star of "Spartacus: Vengeance" and best known for her role in "Xena: Warrior Princess," to answer six quirky science questions.

1. If you could reengineer the human body, what is one thing you would change?

I would have a dual respiration system so that we could convert our breathing from oxygen to carbon dioxide to carbon dioxide to oxygen and back again. Of course we'd be excreting coal dust, which would be murder on the soft furnishings. Not sure what to do about that. Black sheets?

5. If time travel were possible, what day/era would you want to get to? Why? What would you do? Whom would you meet?

I would go forward and ask my great grandchildren what they wish we'd done better. Though I'm afraid I already know the answer to that. We have to move on climate change NOW. Or our grandchildren will damn us for our sheer laziness and cruelty.

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Find out more about Lucy's role as Greenpeace Ambassador and her interest in environmental issues

Spartacus must navigate a divide that opens up among the gladiators after news of Naevia?s fate. Lucretia reveals a long-held secret to gain information, and an attack puts the rebels at risk
Airdate: 02-10-2012

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From Ask Ausiello:

Question: I got hooked on Spartacus: Blood and Sand last week on On Demand. I’m still withholding judgment on Liam McIntrye as the new lead, but any spoilers for Spartacus: Vengeance? —Courtney

Ausiello: The Tasmanian Devil is going to take possession of Mira’s (Katrina Law) body in Episode 4, giving rise to one of the most spectacular girl-on-boy(s) killing sprees I’ve ever seen. There are also some juicy Crixus/Lucretia scenes coming up, as well as an answer to this question: What does it look like when someone has their lower lip sliced off slowly by a sword?

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The "Spartacus: Vengeance" star, who frequently appears on "The Soup" and guest starred on Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," revealed to The Huffington Post that she was very close to sparking fear in the heart of Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) on "Parks and Recreation." No, not as Xena, the role that made Lawless a star; but as one of Swanson's ex-wives.

I've read in the past that you love comedies. Is there a comedy you'd like to guest star on?
Oh, I love "Parks and Rec."

It's amazing.
Love that show. Love anything to do with Larry David.

Right, you did "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Yeah, I've done that, but you can just never get enough of that guy. He's so unusual and so -- I find him really charming.

Do you have a "Parks and Rec" character already created in your head?
Well, they did come to me about playing one of the ex-wives of --

Really!? Tammy!
Yeah, and I couldn't because I was doing "Spartacus." I would have loved to have done that, but I had a very good excuse not to. [Laughs.]

As great as Patricia Clarkson was as Tammy 1, can you imagine Lawless going toe-to-toe with Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope? The Tammy ship may have sailed, but let's hope Mike Schur and the "Parks and Recreation" crew find a way to get Lawless to Pawnee.

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"I think if she's crazy, she's crazy like a fox. She's entering a terrible -- she's going down a path with many snares and it's not going to be a comfortable life for her. She hasn't got any friends. She's got no support. No husband, no house, no baby, no lover and not a thing. Ilythia (Viva Bianca) shows up and that seems like it ought to be a good thing but it ain't."

We asked Lawless about playing "crazy" and what it takes as an actress to walk that fine line between over doing it and getting it just right. "I don't. People just suspect me. Because it's Lucretia or because it's the person who played Xena or who played the bad girl. 'She's in the bad girl role,' that we assume she's going to be totally bad. I can play it totally straight, absolutely down the line and you're going to suspect me anyway."

We talked about doing nude scenes and whether or not she'd gotten comfortable with it. "Who's comfortable?" she says. "Actually, we have to hire people who are comfortable. If you're doing a brothel scene, you can't have extras who are being prima donnas. It just holds everybody up at $100,000 a minute, or however much it is. For us, no. There is no getting used to it. It's a very funny thing."

She also says that you sort of lose your sex drive working on the show. "Those things lose their taboo. We're so sick of thinking about it, worrying about it, talking about it. The show is great for everyone else's sex drive but ours," she laughed.

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Crave Online: Lucretia looks crazy. Is she a little crazy this year?

Lucy Lawless: Well, you would be crazy, wouldn't you? Your unborn child has been unceremoniously stabbed within yourself. You've lost your husband, you've lost everything, so she may or may not be crazy. I'm going to let you decide.

Crave Online: Do you get to play that the whole year?

Lucy Lawless: No, because that would be very tiresome very quickly. Somebody's crazy, that’s interesting for about three seconds, but you quickly want to get back to the characters you know and love. That took a bit of doing actually, figuring that out. I found that extremely challenging.

Crave Online: Are they making Lucretia pick up some weapons and get her hands dirty?

Lucy Lawless: No, but I am on the receiving end of some very bad treatment this season.

Crave Online: We love how outrageous the show can be.

Lucy Lawless: Yeah, continues to be completely outrageous, I promise you. Again, they even manage to shock me.

Crave Online: Do you find yourself topping yourself and the things you've done earlier?

Lucy Lawless: Yes, I did, and very recently too. Before I came over here, I went through something that was down such a dark tunnel. It was a bad experience and I was so proud of it, and I hope that it comes out on screen as good as it felt terrible to make.

Crave Online: Which episode is that in? We’ll look for it.

Lucy Lawless: Six.

Crave Online: Is Honey Badger more famous than Xena now?

Lucy Lawless: [Laughs] I don't know. It's a threat. It's a serious threat.

Crave Online: Xena is on Netflix now. Do you hear from new viewers and fans who are seeing it that way for the first time?

Lucy Lawless: I don't hear anything. I'm analog but it stresses me out. I don't Twitter or anything because to try to promote a virtual self is so stressful to me, therefore I'm not going to do it. I'd rather go and make Honey Badger and be a dork and laugh my ass off. That's the real me.

Crave Online: If this is the last season for Lucretia, what kind of character would you like to play next?

Lucy Lawless: I continue to want to play morally imperiled characters, people that you guys think are bad. You know what? I'd love to play a victim. I love to play the vulnerability and that's what I love about Lucretia, is her vulnerability.

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She Magazine interviews Lucy for its 13th anniversary issue.

You can read it online here

"She's no Tim Tebow," says Lawless. "Lucretia does not believe the gods are sticking their fingers in her personal business, but she is a widow with no means of support who is surrounded by enemies and desperate for survival. So she works it." And eventually that'll pay off — big time. "By the end of the season, Lucretia will get a new man," Lawless reveals. "In fact, after much tribulation, all her dreams will come true. All of them."

Lawless is also doing well in the dream department. Spartacus, shot in her homeland of New Zealand, has finally brought her serious acclaim as an actress, plus another juicy gig — she's joining the killer cast (Holly Hunter, Elisabeth Moss) of the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake, directed by Oscar winner Jane Campion. But it wasn't too long ago that Lawless was living in L.A. in a post-Xena funk. She and her best pal, Tony-winning actress Marissa Jaret Winokur, "would go to the shopping mall and sit in the vibrating chairs at the Brookstone store, stuffing ourselves with muffins and crying about our s---ty careers," recalls Lawless with a laugh. "I had to move back home to become successful again!"

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Spartacus and his men liberate a Roman villa, but its slaves are wary. Oenomaus throws himself into the brutal Pits, and Glaber supports Lucretia’s prophecies, despite Ilithyia’s protests.

I held back from watching the second episode from the press kit until today. There are no spoilers in the preview below so it's pretty safe.

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