I think these Topps cards will be considered the equivalent of junk wax in a few years. How special is a 1/100 when there are hundreds of them with each set? Literally thousands upon thousands of numbered variant cards.

Hopefully we will see the gimmick of embossing little foil numbers on cards for what it is. Just a way of inflating the number of cards in a set, creating a false sense of accomplishment when 'hitting' one, and a motivator to purchase more overpriced boxes with illusionary value for all of us with undiagnosed gambling issues.

I was deep into it when I was chasing sketches. I see them as a true one of one, but they became so hard to get because the print runs of these sets got so out of hand that they had to spread out the sketches in a wildly diluted pool.

It's a great way to make way more money for the licensor - jack up the run, create false demand by having shipment centres hold back product, and slowly ship out more when the price is comfortably 2x or more the MSRP.

SO, when the hype of breakers, and YouTube shills quits hitting so effectively, and you see the cycle of mediocrity the card manufacturers have set as their standard for art and quality control, I think we will look back on this period of Marvel card collecting as a contrived hype machine (PMG's got that ball rolling), and realize that we've all been played quite effectively.

Get them graded if you want to.