After a 50+ day trip from Russia to Canada... it finally arrived!
Updated my Enroth collection today with a very cool 'Promo Card' from the 2017-18 SeReal KHL Exclusive Collection. Before this European collector reached out to me about this card, I had no idea Promo versions of the Game-Used stick set from this product existed, and there is a very good reason for that.
If you look at the bottom of this card, you'll notice
"Promo Card" stamped in gold foil where the serial number is normally located.
Apparently, these 'Promo Cards' from this 2017-18 Exclusive Collection were distributed and gifted directly to the players by SeReal, who are the main KHL card manufacterers. I've seen some KHL promo stuff over the years coming from team/set redemptions, but these "player-given" promo cards take that to the next level and obviously were never meant to become availible on the secondary market. I also really like how the card features all of the pack-inserted attributes, which includes the game-used stick piece. Since these Promo Cards cards were given to the player, I am sure they thought a game-used stick card of themselves would be cool to own.
The collector who I recieved this card from said that only 10 copies of these Promo cards exist and all 10 were given directly to Enroth. He then received his copy directly from Enroth, personally, and now this card is home in my collection. How cool is that?
But now the bigger questions remain: Are there more Promo Cards from other sets that I don't know about? Will they ever see the light of day? Honestly, who knows. But the fact that I was able to track down at least one of these mysterious cards makes it all worth it.
As always, thanks for viewing my recent collection update!