[kq76]

I love a lot of the designs, especially the decades I focus on, the 60s-80s.

The one design I don't care for is the Special Edition, to the point that sometimes I'll buy a worse overall card for that player than keep the SE. But that's not all on the design. It's largely due to how unfortunately common they are / how good ratings-wise they are. I feel like the word "special" should mean something "better than others", and I guess some would argue they are "better", in a way, but they're not at all to me. I guess I'd like some of these special cards to be designated "limited edition", like the tournament only cards which are hard to get (or rename them "tournament edition"). Then maybe the ones that are gotten by missions, rename them "mission edition" so it's clear that they're a dime a dozen. Besides the commonness, I feel like the SE text takes up too much of the card.

It'd be nice to see a difference between the 1900s-1920s cards although I realize there's not much to go on.

I think the weakest decade design is the 50s. I'd like to do a 50s themed team next year, but maybe not if they stay the same.

I think some of the patches (e.g., unsung heroes, hardware heroes, snapshot) should be differentiated more, like the others. HH should at least have a trophy, Snapshot should have a camera, UH maybe a laurel wreath. And give Rookie Sensations something more meaningful than a bat, which really doesn't make sense for any pitchers, like a baby bottle or a pawn.

I'd also like to see "Record Breakers" brought back.

And I'd love to see some other types too although I'm not sure what. Maybe something for players who hung around for a long long time, but weren't hall of famers? Maybe their ratings could be a bit like peak cards, but instead be an average of their entire careers? Maybe high draft pick cards and/or very low draft pick cards?