Bad Reviews

     I've referred to a friend before (named Bobby) who sold me an Evan Carter rookie card. Well, he did it again just over a week ago, this time a pair of cards costing only a dollar.

    I really like the designs of this card. Topps did well on their Holiday design for 2024, which is usually a design I kinda ignore because they look the same every year. They did a good job making it different and appealing.

      I had no idea what the right-hand card was, and a couple minutes of research led me to figure out that it's set is Topps Chrome Cosmic Stars in the Night (a bit of a mouth full). It's a great-looking card in hand with very good artwork. One of the corners is just slightly beaten up, but still a great deal in my eyes.

    The post is titled the way it is because the night after I got the cards, I emailed him and jokingly said that I wasn't satisfied with my purchase. 

    I don't particularly like ordering cards online, so it's nice to get a good deal on cards from a friend who knows what I like. For just a dollar, I'm more than happy to add these to my growing Evan Carter PC. Hopefully I can continue adding to it and make it pretty large (right now it's my third largest PC, and not that big, to be frank). Thanks for the cards Bobby! They are much appreciated.

    While I'm on the topic of Carter, I have all the marbles on a breakout 2025 campaign. I really hope this happens; we've seen what he can do and it would be a shame to see all that talent go down the drain. Also, the Rangers might be in a little bit of trouble regardless of whether we have a performing Carter or not, so they could use him if they want a chance at a playoff run. The seasons starts in March -- it isn't too far away. We'll just have to wait and see what becomes of him.

    Y'all have a great rest of the week, thank you for reading, and happy collecting!

Paul Skenes and a Set Build

    If you wanna know who won the first annual blogoversary contest, you have to sit through this post and wait until the end :)

    A few weeks ago The Diamond King generously gave away 2024 Bowman Paul Skenes cards. So I claimed one. I got his PWE a little over a week ago and checked out the goodies inside. 

    This is the first Paul Skenes card I've ever owned. It's a sharp-looking card, and with my affinity for shininess, it doesn't disappoint. I wonder how Paul is going to fare in 2025; the league has already seen him once, but his stuff is other-worldly. What do y'all think?

    Now, in addition to this awesome card, The Diamond king also threw in a few cards for my extremely slowly progressing 2024 Topps Chrome Strokes build -- very generous.

    I now have five of the 25 cards, and all of them have come from The Diamond King. I'm trying to complete as much of the set as possible without buying cards online, and that proves to be an extremely slow process. But here I have received over 15% of the entire thing! Quite a nice and unexpected gift.

    So thank you to The Diamond King for the awesome cards! I feel like I've been thanking him a lot lately (this is the third post in a month where I've thanked him for cards). I still need to do my countdown the serial-numbered cards he gave me, but I keep forgetting. That'll be a project for the next week or two.

    Thank y'all for reading, have a great weekend, and happy collecting!

    Don't forget, I must announce the winner of my first Blogoversary's contest. I'm hoping to do a giveaway every year for the blog's birthday. Anyway, the winner, the first to have his name landed upon three times by the spinny wheel is.....

    Now John, if you could email me your shipping address, you can send it to doncardwellblog AT gmail DOT com, and I will get the cards sent out to you soon.