Sticker | autimatic (Gold) | Rio 2022

This is the Gold autograph of autimatic, a signature sticker tied to his Evil Geniuses identity and issued for IEM Rio 2022. It is a team-affiliated autograph design rather than a community or non-autograph skin, presented in a premium Gold film and pulled from the corresponding event capsule.

Gold sits at the top of the typical finish ladder for a set, above Paper, Holo, Foil, and Glitter variants. In this lineup Gold reads as the premium film for collectors chasing visual and pedigree upgrades on the same signature artwork.

Collectors prize Gold for its elevated look and the way it distinguishes a signature from the base autograph version. The finish_rank here places this Gold above lower films, making it the obvious target when you want the most refined presentation of autimatic's signature.

This sticker sits in a mid tier by price, which means it trades above budget base copies while remaining more accessible than the absolute top-end grails. That positioning often attracts buyers who want a premium finish without stretching into the rarest echelons.

The autograph belongs to autimatic and officially ties the sticker to his time with Evil Geniuses; full provenance is present on the piece. That provenance anchors collector interest because the signature directly links the sticker to the player and team identity.

The design is tied to IEM Rio 2022, and that event provenance is printed on the sticker's identity. Event linkage like this is what lets collectors group and compare items across the same tournament run.

This came from the Rio 2022 Challengers Autograph Capsule, so it sits alongside the other autographs released in that capsule. Origin from that capsule tells you which sibling signatures share print runs and release timing.

Applied stickers can be scraped thinner with each scrape and are destroyed if removed from a weapon, and every craft consumes a copy. Clean, unapplied stock only shrinks over time as collectors use or craft with copies.

The sticker carries an Extraordinary rarity grade, placing it at the high end of the usual sticker grading scale. That grade underpins why collectors treat it as a scarce, top-tier autograph within its set.

Gold autographs like this are often chosen for crafts because the film reads strongly on weapon faces and complements high-contrast placements. The signature and finish combine to make clean, showy final crafts that drive demand among users who actually kit weapons.

This piece comes from the IEM Rio 2022 release window and belongs to the stream of tournament autograph drops from that period. Its placement ties it to the ongoing lineage of event autographs and the catalog of Rio 2022 capsule releases.