Sticker | paiN Gaming (Holo) | Budapest 2025

This is the Holo team sticker for paiN Gaming from the StarLadder Budapest 2025 set. It is a team sticker, not an autograph, released as part of the Budapest 2025 Legends Sticker Capsule and carries Valve credit as designer.

The piece is a Holo, which in the usual finish ladder sits above the base paper film and below top-tier films like Gold or special lenticulars. Within a capsule's hierarchy, Holo is treated as a premium presentation of the same artwork rather than a separate design.

Collectors chase this Holo because the film adds depth and color pop that the paper version lacks; the holo sheen lifts the team mark and makes it show differently on weapons. The finish_rank marks it as a premium choice for display and crafts compared with the base film.

This sticker is positioned in the mid bracket among peers, meaning it sits comfortably above budget options but below the most premium, grail-level pieces. For collectors that sort by budget tiers, it is a mid-level collectible that still benefits from a stronger finish and higher rarity.

paiN Gaming's org mark is the visual anchor here; team stickers live and die on fan loyalty and org recognition, and paiN's badge carries that straightforward team demand. Team collectors will key into this design when building loadouts or completing regional sets.

This sticker belongs to the StarLadder Budapest 2025 set, tying the artwork to that specific event name. Event provenance gives the sticker a clear origin and places it within the run of items produced for that tournament.

It was released in the Budapest 2025 Legends Sticker Capsule, so it shares its run with the other stickers printed for that capsule. Origin from that capsule links it to the capsule's sibling mix and the fixed print run associated with tournament capsules.

Applied to a weapon a sticker can be scraped thinner over time and is destroyed if fully removed; every craft consumes a copy so clean stock only shrinks. Keep in mind applied examples are mechanically altered from their original mint state and cannot be reverted.

The sticker carries an Exotic rarity classification and sits in the higher rarity tier for collectors, so it is treated as a scarce piece relative to common grades. That grade underpins collector interest and the relative scarcity of pristine examples.

Painters and crafters favour Holos for center placement and layered builds because the sheen plays well with weapon finishes and other stickers. A Holo paiN Gaming sticker typically reads stronger on darker faceplates, which is why certain craft placements drive steady demand.

This sticker is part of the StarLadder Budapest 2025 release window and fits into the ongoing stream of tournament capsule drops; its release context ties it to that moment in the sticker chronology. Collectors use those release markers to group pieces from the same capsule era when assessing sets.