Category: Card Spotlight
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2014 Cryptozoic Breaking Bad Seasons 1–5 #7 Saul Goodman — Iconic Rookies Good afternoon, good evening, good zint… today’s Iconic Rookies entry is a character card that basically screams “collector energy” — Saul Goodman from 2014 Cryptozoic Breaking Bad Seasons 1–5. Card Spotlight: 2014 Cryptozoic Breaking Bad Seasons 1–5 — #7 Saul Goodman (Base) Why…
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2014 Cryptozoic Breaking Bad Seasons 1–5 #1 Walter White — Iconic Rookies Good afternoon, good evening, good zint… if you’re going to start anywhere in a Breaking Bad set, you start at the top: #1 Walter White from 2014 Cryptozoic Breaking Bad Seasons 1–5. The main character. The catalyst. The card number you want to…
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2011 Cryptozoic The Walking Dead Season 1 #2 Rick Grimes — Iconic Rookies Good afternoon, good evening, good zint… if Breaking Bad is prestige TV, The Walking Dead is the pop-culture steamroller — and the trading cards hit at exactly the right time. Today’s Iconic Rookies pick: 2011 Cryptozoic The Walking Dead Season 1 #2…
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Iconic Rookies: 2012 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 1 #66 – Daenerys Targaryen In non-sports, the market is weird in the best (and sometimes dumbest) way. Characters that basically define an era can still have “starter” cards that feel priced like afterthoughts. This is one of those cards: 2012 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 1…
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Iconic Rookies: 2012 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 1 #64 – Jon Snow Every hobby has blind spots. In non-sports, it’s often the most obvious characters — the ones everyone loves — whose “definitive” cards still trade like they’re background extras. Today’s pick is a perfect example: 2012 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 1 #64…
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Iconic Rookies: 2008 Rittenhouse Archives Iron Man Movie Casting Call CC1 – Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark Before the MCU became the MCU, there was one casting decision that changed the whole hobby-adjacent pop culture universe: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. And for non-sport collectors, one of the cleanest “early movie-era” pieces you…
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Iconic Rookies: 2005 Inkworks The Sopranos Season One #2 – Anthony Soprano This one isn’t cute. It isn’t shiny. It isn’t “look at my hit.” This is The Sopranos — and if you’re doing iconic TV in non-sport, you don’t skip the boss. Today’s Iconic Rookies entry: 2005 Inkworks The Sopranos Season One #2 –…
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Iconic Rookies: 2005 Inkworks Family Guy Season One #7 – Stewie Griffin If Peter is the engine, Stewie is the chaos. And the hobby loves chaos… as long as it’s still cheap enough to pretend we’re “early.” So for Iconic Rookies, we’re going with one of the most important character base cards in the entire…
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Iconic Rookies: 2002 Topps Spider-Man #3 – Spider-Man Every once in a while the hobby gives us something that should be a “no-brainer,” and somehow it still sits in that undervalued zone. Today’s Iconic Rookies entry is exactly that: 2002 Topps Spider-Man #3 – Spider-Man (the base card… not an auto). 2002 Topps Spider-Man #3…