Sticker | Wicadia (Holo) | Budapest 2025

This is a Holo Autograph sticker featuring Wicadia of Aurora from the StarLadder Budapest 2025 release. The piece is the Holo film version of the autograph run and was released inside the Budapest 2025 Challengers Autograph Capsule branded by Valve.

Holo sits above the base paper film in the finish ladder but below the absolute top-tier specialty films; within this set it reads as a premium film. Think of it as the elevated visual step collectors aim for when the base signature exists, visually richer and more reflective than paper without moving into the rarest finishes.

Collectors pursue the Holo because it materially changes how the autograph reads on-surface: the signature pops, the colors shift under light, and the overall presence is stronger than the paper twin. The finish_rank here is premium, so demand is driven by those visual gains rather than any mechanical difference.

The autograph is Wicadia's and it ties the sticker explicitly to Aurora; full provenance is attached, which is what collectors want when provenance matters. That direct player-team link is what turns an attractive design into a collectible autograph entry.

This sticker was released in the Budapest 2025 Challengers Autograph Capsule, so it sits with other autographs from the StarLadder Budapest 2025 release. Being from that capsule tells you the sticker's set-mates are other challengers autographs rather than community or team-only runs.

Applied to a weapon, a sticker gets thinner when scraped and will be destroyed if removed; every craft or application consumes a clean copy. That one-way mechanic means un-applied stock only becomes rarer over time as people craft and personalize weapons.

The sticker carries an Exotic rarity classification and the rarity_tier here is high, placing it up the rarity ladder within the sticker grades. That standing underpins collector attention because Exotic-grade autographs sit well above common set entries in perceived scarcity.

Autograph Holos like this get used on clean flats where the signature can run unobstructed, or on popular weapon canvases that show Holo shimmer best. Craft demand is tied to how the film and autograph read together: clean, centered placement preserves the visual premium and keeps the pool of fresh copies shrinking.

This belongs to the StarLadder Budapest 2025 era of releases and is part of Valve's printed autograph run for that event. As a Budapest 2025 Autograph, it joins the cohort of stickers tied to that tournament release rather than earlier or later event lines.