MOAR COMC PICKUPS BECAUSE LONGER DRAFT POSTS ARE INTIMIDATING ME TODAY. HAVE SOME RONALD AND TRAE. THESE ARE TWO WEIRD ONES THAT REFLECT THINGS I LIKE
2021 TOPPS QYSPY GUEEN - TAROT OF THE DIAMOND RONALD ACUÑA JR
QYPSY GUEEN TRADED FORTUNE TELLER CARDS FOR TAROT CARDS IN SOME OF THEIR LATER SETS (HECK, THEY MIGHT'VE DONE BOTH, THAT BRAND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF MY RADAR) AND WHILE I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY COOL, I DID NOT THINK THEM COOL ENOUGH TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO COLLECT THEM. UNTIL I FOUND A RONALD CARD FOR SIXTY-SIX CENTS, THAT IS. THE DESIGN IS... OK. IT FITS WELL WITH THE NEWER STYLE OF ART DECO GQ AND LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH. MOST OF THE CARDS ARE ONES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN AN ACTUAL TAROT DECK. THE THREE OF CUPS MEANS
CELEBRATION, WHICH THE BRAVES CERTAINLY DID SOME OF IN 2021
I LIKE THE BACK. INSERT BACKS ARE USUALLY GARBAGE ANYWAY SO JUST MAKE IT LOOK SOMEWHAT LIKE A FANCY PLAYING CARD AND CALL IT A DAY. TAROT CARDS HAVE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A RESURGENCE RECENTLY AND CAN BE FOUND IN A TON OF POPULAR CULTURE, INCLUDING ONE OF MY FAVORITE
COMIC BOOKS AND
VIDEO GAMES. EVERY BOOKSTORE NOWADAYS HAS A DISPLAY OF DECKS FOR TWENTY BUCKS A POP WHICH MAY PARTIALLY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR RENAISSANCE. HOORAY FOR MERCHANDIZING! TEN YEARS AGO I WOULD BE HOARDING THESE THINGS TRYING TO BUILD MY OWN TAROT DECK OUT OF THEM BUT I'M TOO OLD AND TOO BROKE TO BE TRACKING THEM DOWN ANYMORE
2022-23 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC - T-MINUS 3, 2, 1 TRAE YOUNG
A T-MINUS INSERT WAS ONE OF THE TRAE CARDS IN A PREVIOUS
RONALD AND TRAE POST. WHILE I PREFER THE OTHER ONE DUE TO THE ACTUAL SPACE SHUTTLE ON IT, THIS ONE IS REALLY NICE AS WELL. ALTHOUGH I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TRAIL OF SMOKE THERE, THAT LAUNCH LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE GONEA LITTLE WONKY. NEVERTHELESS, SPACE TRAE RULES AND THE CARD WAS SUPER CHEAP
THE BACK EVEN HAS A BUNCH OF LIGHTS AND SWITCHES LIKE THE LAST ONE! THAT'S BOTH TRAES FROM THIS INSERT SERIES AS HE WASN'T IN THE 2019-20 AND 2020-21 SETS. IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE THE 2019-20 BACKS ARE CRAZY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A WHOLE 50S SPACESHIP COCKPIT ON THERE. PANINI DIDN'T MAKE A T-MINUS 3, 2, 1 SET IN 23-24 SO I WILL HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH THESE TWO EXAMPLES OF SPACE SHUTTLE THEMED TRAE YOUNG CARDS. I GOT ANOTHER PAIR OF TRAE AND RONALD IN THIS YEAR'S COMC BINGE SO YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST TWO MORE OF THESE POSTS COMING ASSUMING I EVER GET CAUGHT UP
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