Clench the Upper Hand

Clench the Upper Hand, cataloged as SUP101 in the Super Slam trading card series, was released during the height of the hobby's mid-nineties expansion. The set was designed to mimic the high-energy aesthetics of professional wrestling and competitive combat sports, utilizing bold typography and exaggerated, action-oriented character illustrations meant to appeal to a younger demographic of collectors.

The card was conceived as a utility-focused action card intended to balance gameplay mechanics within the Super Slam ecosystem, allowing players to manipulate turn order or negate opponent effects. While common in rarity, the design—credited to the staff illustrators at the publisher—sought to capture the intensity of a ring confrontation, though the series ultimately struggled to compete with more established collectible card game giants of the era.