The sticker system, explained in one page

2026-09-13 · craft

Stickers are the only decoration on a card, and there is a hard rule: one per card. Rank, or shelf, or new — never two, never a combination.

Rank stickers

Numbers appear only where a list is genuinely ordered, such as a cup or a top-five. Ranks are re-cut whenever the list changes, so a sticker can move.

Shelf stickers

The shelf name tells you which promise the game keeps. If a game changes its strongest tag after a design revision, its sticker changes too, and the guides are rebuilt the same day.

New stickers

New means added in the last thirty days. After that the sticker is removed automatically — an old 'new' badge is just noise.

Why no rating stickers

Ratings exist in the data, but stamping a score on every card turns browsing into shopping. The number is available on the game page, one tap away, which is the right distance for it.

What a missing sticker means

Nothing bad. Most cards carry none. A bare card is the norm, and stickers are for the exceptions.