Sticker | JT (Gold) | Budapest 2025

This is the Gold autograph for JT, a signature sticker issued for StarLadder Budapest 2025. It's an autograph piece rather than a team or community design, and it carries the full provenance collectors care about since it comes from the event set.

Gold sits at the top of the finish ladder for this set above Paper, Holo, Foil and Glitter; it occupies the premium film tier that collectors treat differently from base films. In practice Gold is visually and materially distinct from the lower films and reads as the headline finish within the set.

Gold is chased because it elevates the autograph beyond the base signature - the finish_rank is top for a reason, offering a rarity and presentation that paper or holo versions don't match. Collectors prize that elevation for display and crafts, not just for having the name on a sticker.

This sticker sits in the mid bracket of the market profile, meaning it's not budget-level stock nor the absolute grail tier but it's firmly above ordinary releases. For a collector that means it's accessible relative to the topmost rarities while still carrying meaningful desirability.

The autograph is JT's and ties directly to his time on Passion UA, so the signature links the sticker to both player and team. Because provenance is full, that connection is explicit on the card and is a primary driver of collector interest.

The sticker is tied to StarLadder Budapest 2025 and exists as part of that tournament's release. Event provenance matters here because the sticker is identified with that specific StarLadder set rather than a generic drop.

This was released through the Budapest 2025 Challengers Autograph Capsule, which places it among the other autograph drops from that capsule. Origin from that capsule defines the sticker's set siblings and the release pathway collectors reference when tracking supply.

Applied to a weapon the sticker becomes a permanent part of that skin: scraping makes it thinner and removing it destroys the sticker entirely. Every craft consumes a copy, so untouched, clean stock is the thing that actually shrinks as collectors trade and craft.

The sticker carries an Extraordinary rarity grade, the sort of high-tier classification that underpins collector interest and scarcity narratives. That grade is why it reads as a top-level collectible within the sticker hierarchy rather than a common run.

Gold autographs like this are favored for premium crafts because the film holds detail and contrast well on many canvases, and JT's signature reads clean on popular weapon faces. Those visual outcomes drive demand among crafters who want a bold, polished final product.

As part of the StarLadder Budapest 2025 release, this sticker sits with the recent wave of event autograph drops and reflects the design language Valve used for that set. Its place in that release cycle shapes how collectors compare it to earlier and later event autograph runs.