For the ultra-modern, it's just Cubs. I only add one player representative card to the collection once they've played long enough (or bought early, speculating) to be considered a Cubs notable/good/great. Cost is so insane on the new shiny stuff that I don't open a lot of packs or boxes these days. The buy-in to the casino is too high and I'd rather just buy the single I want. I can buy a medium-to-high end example bypassing the pack busting gamble.
I have another very broad graded 1950-2011 collection of notable/good/great players (no dupes for players) that's near complete because I'm waiting for my price, not just adding cards for the hell of it. 418 cards currently with another 20-ish I want to add (and maybe more to discover). It's full of no-doubters and "oh yeah, that guy was good" types. It used to end at 2001 (the Pujols/Ichiro era of ballcard re-excitement), but there's a lot going on with Bowman 1st and other stuff worth taking it through 2011. It may expand in the future, but I'm not even considering it right now.
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