Aesthetic RCs of 2009-10

[Tallboy]

Alright, so I'm one of the folks who is into cards because they resonate with me aesthetically and I like going through by year in seeing what pops out to me.

RCs have such a huge place in the hobby that I think it makes sense to focus threads based on them, and focusing threads so that we're seeing the same designs pit against each other.

If there's interest, will do other threads along these lines. Starting in '09-10 because it marks the handoff between the Open era and the Panini era, and so it's a time we can go both forward and backward from with some sense of continuity.

For reference, here's b-r's 2009 draft page. I'll be going through the guys that are most worthwhile to me from that group, I expect I mostly would pick the same guys as anyone else, but those who feel passionately about any guy - even a bust if they have nostalgia for'em, should feel free to post that guy's stuff.

I'm personally going to follow a rule of only including "Best in Category" cards. Meaning, the card's got to be my favorite based on some category I care about rather than just another cool card. I'd like y'all to try to do the same. I'll list some categories, but feel free to add your own (particularly if you feel like sharing a card that doesn't fit under any existing categories).

Some categories to consider (don't feel like you need to list out for all of these combos):

w/NBA team or w/out
auto or patch or RPA or non
base or insert or parallel or insert parallel
action vs portrait