My brain is rather fried with news of the Cardinals recent offseason moves, so it's time to calm down with a pack of budget shiny stuff. Upper Deck X looked ridiculous when it came out and is still ridiculous, but when you compare it with that Timelines set and even Baseball Heroes, I think it's fairly interesting. Don't get me wrong - I love the retro Heroes design as it makes me miss the days of getting excited about pulling Reggie Jackson inserts. But there's something fun about opening these packs that I can't really put my finger on.
51 - Torii Hunter31 - Edinson Volquez Die Cut
X2-DL - Derrek Lee Xponential X2 (I agree with most everyone who says they should have just made a set full of these shiny cards.)
27 - Jim Thome Die Cut Gold (This card is gold, but not shiny gold. It's more like that ugly gold color that Upper Deck used for the 2007 First Edition set.)38 - Troy Tulowitzki (Tulo gets to be the card without a picture. He did bad things to my fantasy team last year. I still like him, though. Maybe the Cards can grab him in a year somehow after putting up with Khalil Greene for a season.)
73 - Frank Thomas (Is Thomas going to play in 2009? He's had quite a career.)
Is the Frank Thomas card ugly gold too??
ReplyDeleteEasily the most pointless brand ever put out this year.
ReplyDeleteNah, the Thomas card is just ugly Yellow. I think a lot of the colors are just off with these cards.
ReplyDeleteOh, I actually enjoyed UDx and found myself buying a lot of these packs.
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