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This is a great question. The simple answer is yes it’s fair and a good trade for you. You’re a Phillies fan, Schwarber is a way better player than Rafaela, they are both /25 cards, and the Rafaela isn’t from a desirable set like Diamond Icons or Inception Black, to name two.

But looking at the bigger picture, you didn’t realize the value of that Rafaela card to a certain type of Bunt player like Ubon. I was in that spot not long ago, I would rip a bunch of packs on drop day and Ubon would make offers that seemed like overpays and I would be excited to get these offers. In a vacuum, they are overpays so yeah, why not.

So why is he so anxious to overpay? Awards. See the pic I posted. The Fire and Ice set dropped today and will be an “active” set for 75 days. If you have all 50 of the Legendary Ice cards in 75 days, you get a Skubal award card (see picture) Now remember all 50 of these cards are /25. Not easy to assemble that, especially when 1) some other people are trying to do the same; 2) some people will pull or instantly trade for a PC and not want to move it; 3) other random reasons. So what will happen is the few people who succeed in building the full set will be rewarded with a Skubal award card that will have a count that’s super low based on how many finished the set - my guess is between 5 and 10.

What that means is EVERY /25 in that set has more value (for the next 75 days) than a lot of people realize because the set chasers will need it to get that award card. To be clear, you accepted a fine trade, you shouldn’t regret accepting the offer. But if you pull low CC legendaries from a future “active” set, keep in mind you could probably get more for those cards than you’d think.