Sticker | tarik | Boston 2018

This is a Paper autograph sticker for tarik tied to the 2018 ELEAGUE Boston collection. It is an official Valve design issued as an autograph rather than a team or community decal, and it comes from the Boston 2018 Returning Challengers Autograph Capsule.

The finish here is Paper, the base film for the set. Paper sits below the set's premium films such as Holo, Foil, and Gold, so its visual presence is understated compared with higher-tier variants.

Market position-wise this sticker lives in a mid bracket among peers: not entry-level budget anymore, but not at the premium ceiling either. That places it as a practical pickup for collectors chasing autographs without stepping into the top-end finishes.

The sticker bears tarik's autograph and lists Cloud9 as the associated team, so provenance is complete and explicit. That full provenance is what ties the ink to a documented identity collectors track when assembling autograph runs.

This sticker is connected to 2018 ELEAGUE Boston, the event named on the item. Event provenance like this matters because it fixes the sticker to a specific release and set, making it comparable with other stickers from the same event.

It was issued from the Boston 2018 Returning Challengers Autograph Capsule, which groups it with other returning-autograph pieces from the same release. Knowing the capsule helps you find sibling autographs and understand the sticker's original distribution context.

Applied stickers are one-way: you can scrape them thinner, and removal destroys the sticker entirely. Every craft consumes a physical copy, so intact, unapplied stock is the resource that only decreases over time.

This is cataloged as High Grade, a middle level in the sticker rarity ladder below Contraband. That grade underpins its relative scarcity and how it slots into autograph collections compared with lower or higher rarity brackets.

Collectors craft this autograph onto weapons for roster or thematic builds, favoring clean Paper autographs for subtle, roster-accurate placements. While premium films can draw attention on a craft, a Paper autograph keeps the focus on the player signature rather than flashy reflectivity.

As part of the 2018 ELEAGUE Boston lineup and released by Valve through its named capsule, this sticker sits in the wave of official tournament autograph releases from that era. Its release context places it among returning-challenger autograph runs that collectors reference when mapping autograph availability.