Sports Cards Mega-thread

Sports card breaks can be a fun but risky way to get good cards without buying full boxes. I’ve had mixed results—sometimes hitting great pulls, sometimes getting stuck with base cards. It really depends on luck and the breaker’s format. Buying into breaks that fit your collecting goals helps, like team or player-specific breaks. Watching a few before joining can give a good idea of what to expect.

90s inserts and vintage top cards are still to the moon…a lot of modern base cards and prospecting cards are completely dead

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Sport cards are limited to the US market, not sure it follows the same trend.

When I was 4 I went to a Seattle Mariners game and asked one of the promoters for the free card they gave out (made sure to add please). He gave me the card, said I was the only one that said please all day, and gave me a stack of vintage 1970 Seattle Mariners cards.

Hey guys I know it’s been a while, I wanted to step back in here for a minute cause some of the sports people are getting nutty over this card I have. It’s nuanced, osbscure, and a POP 1 amongst ALL grading companies in the world. I have already confirmed the original RAW purchase and got it graded. Here it is boys. Most likely more rare than a 1/1 card. I know that sounds silly, but there are layers of rarity to this card people do not understand. It’s historic. Anyways check it out! It seems extra cheap but I wanted to remind you, this is the only graded copy in existence right now, in the world, yes the world!

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thanks :slight_smile:
there’s really an interesting history to this card ill explain it tomorrow if more interest builds lol

And here we are enough interest has built! Forged in the flickering lights of a Japanese arcade during the pandemic-struck 2021 season, this card is not just rare—it is a survivor. Issued exclusively through Konami’s Baseball Collection arcade machines, this EX-SIGN tier card could only be pulled at jackpot-level odds, estimated at 1 in 3,000 to 10,000, with no confirmed public release numbers. It marks the rookie-year debut of Roki Sasaki, the Chiba Lotte Marines prodigy whose 100+ mph fastball would soon captivate the world. With arcades shuttered, traffic down, and most cards lost to time or gameplay, this holographic ghost-print slipped quietly into existence—elusive, uncirculated, and undocumented. Today, fewer than 10 have ever been seen, and this known CGC-graded survivor stands alone as a confirmed population of one. A card born of chance, timing, and baseball history, it is a pure artifact from a hidden era—the rarest true rookie Sasaki ever issued, cloaked in mystery and destined for legend.