BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 67: META HORSIE

DECIDED TO POST OUT OF ORDER FOR THEMATIC PURPOSES. I ALWAYS ALLOW MYSELF ONE COMPLETELY STUPID CARD PICKUP PER ONLINE CARD ORDER. IT'S ONE OF MY RULES, AND I FOLLOW MY RULES

2022 TOPPS X METAZOO WILDERNESS UNICORN

YA KNOWS I LOVES TEH HORSIES

SO WHAT THE SAM HILL IS THIS, LITERALLY EVERYONE WHO READS, HAS READ, OR EVER WILL READ THIS BLOG IS ASKING RIGHT NOW. WELL LEMME 'SPLAIN. NO. WILL TAKE TOO LONG. LEMME SUM UP. IN 2020 THERE WAS A KICKSTARTER FOR THIS GAME WHICH IS KINDA LIKE POKEMON WITH CRYPTIDS. THE KICKSTARTER WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WITH 2020 BEING 2020, THE INITIAL CARDS WERE SUPER HOT AND EXPENSIVE. I AM A FAN OF CRYPTIDS AND X-FILES AND WEE BEASTIES KINDA STUFF AND WAS INTERESTED BUT PRICES FOR THE GAME CARDS ONLINE WERE NUTS AND THE ONLY PLACE I EVER SAW THEM IN THE WILD WAS A NEWER CARD SHOP IN CARTERSVILLE THAT HAD A PILE OF MONSTER BOXES FULL OF THEM WITH NO PRICE TAGS TO BE SEEN. NO BEASTIES FOR ME. THEN TOPPS GOT IN ON THE ACTION AND PUT OUT A TRADING CARD SET OF THE STUFF WITH NO GAME ELEMENTS. THIS WAS ALSO STUPID EXPENSIVE ONLINE. MY LOVE FOR WEIRD CRITTERS WAS UNABATED AND I SEARCHED METAZOO IN COMC AND FOUND A BUNCH OF CHEAPO COMMON CARDS IN MY PRICE RANGE. AND I MEAN, I KINDA HAD TO GET THE UNICORN. I HAVE A BRAND TO UPHOLD HERE

METAZOO IS A REALLY NEAT IDEA FOR A CARD GAME. A LITTLE BIT LIKE MAGIC:THE GATHERING WHERE YOU CAST SPELLS AND SUCH WITH A TOUCH OF POKEMON WITH CUTE CRITTERS WITH TYPE BONUSES ALL WITH A SUPERNATURAL CRYPTID THEME. YOU CAN PLAY WITH BIGFOOT AND MOTHMAN AND ALIENS AND CHUPACABRAS AND DRAGONS IN YOUR DECK AND ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE REALLY CUTE AND CARTOONY. THE FUN ART STYLE REALLY HAMMERS HOME HOW NOT-SERIOUS THIS GAME IS WHICH AS A VETERAN OF SEVERAL 90S CARD GAMES WITH CONSPIRACY THEMES I GREATLY APPRECIATE. WEIRD MONSTERS IN THE WOODS SHOULD BE FUN! WHEN LOOKING UP THE ARTIST OF THIS CARD I DISCOVERED SHE ACTUALLY HAD AN APPEARANCE AT THE SHOP IN CARTERSVILLE WITH ALL THE METAZOO STUFF LAST YEAR. I'M JUST MISSING OUT ON EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SET, AREN'T I

 I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE SOME HARSH CRITIQUES ABOUT THIS CARD SET'S MINIMALIST DESIGN BUT WEIRDLY ENOUGH, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY RED-BORDERED ODDBALL NON-SPORTS MONSTER CARD I BOUGHT IN THIS ORDER. AND THERE ARE HONESTLY A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO CARDS. SO INSTEAD I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS A PEFECTLY CROMULENT NON-SPORTS CARD OSTENSIBLY AIMED TOWARDS KIDS EXCEPT WEIRD OLD GEEZERS LIKE MYSELF PROBABLY BOUGHT IT ALL INSTEAD. AT LEAST THOSE OTHER GEEZERS WERE SMART ENOUGH TO FLIP IT, THIS CARD WILL END UP IN MY NEXT CHAOS BINDER. I HAVE MY FUN