Card Review: 5.9 I'm sliding this "Gold" foil stamped autograph variant just ahead of the "Green" and slightly behind the "Silver," as far as it's aesthetics go. The gripes I've previously expressed about those two being inherently the same cards from the same print runs still hold true with this gold one as well. In short, adding different colored foil stamping to a card doesn't make it a different card. The individual serial numbering on the back just doesn't move the needle for me either. In fact I think it's kind of the antithesis of what card collecting is all about. How can we all share in a common collecting experience if a set is limited to 50, or 100, or 10 copies? Kids won't be trading duplicates of these outside the little league snack bar next summer.
Ultimately, my point is that the card is nice enough without the autograph, or limited colored foil stamping. The bells and whistles just distract from what was already a very good thing.
Number of this card in my collection: 2 (only 48 to go)
