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Placeholder image policy
The MVP intentionally uses placeholder art rather than copyrighted scans. The gallery asset model is already ready for rights-cleared replacements later.
2005-06
The dual Scripted Swatches branch is part of what makes the 2005 insert stack feel genuinely mature, and the LeBron-Jordan pairing shows that the family is not filler. It is another reminder that some of the year's best cards live in the insert architecture, not only in the rookie lane.
| Year | 2005-06 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Scripted Swatches Dual |
| Insert family | Scripted Swatches |
| Card number | #DSS-JJ |
| Players | LeBron James / Michael Jordan |
| Teams | Cleveland Cavaliers / Chicago Bulls |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /5 |
| Appearance kind | dual |
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This Jordan-LeBron /5 is exactly the kind of card that keeps seasoned collectors from writing 2005 off as a quiet Exquisite year. The set repeatedly pairs icons and contemporary stars in deliberate, premium ways, and this is one of the clearest examples of that authored pairing logic.
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A debut-year Scripted Swatches sample that reinforces how broad the 2003 insert stack was even outside the set's most famous flagship cards.
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Jordan's 2005 Limited Logos card is one of the best examples of why the set deserves more than a rookie-only reading. By this point Limited Logos is not a debut-year novelty at all; it is an established visual signature of the brand, and Jordan remains one of the clearest ways to feel that continuity.
