Game Used

Game used: Simply a piece of an item that has been used in an actual official game (allegedly), and put on a trading card. NASCAR trading card manufacturer Press Pass was the first to put out cards with pieces of material used in contests, using driver's fire suits, pieces of the car's sheet metal, and chunks of used tires. Upper Deck quickly followed with their first Game Jersey cards in 1996 UD Football. Since then, they have appeared in many of their sets in some form or other. Most other makers have since followed suit with at least a few cards, though UD is by far the leader in this trend. Uniforms, batting practice jerseys (how the hell are these "game-used?"), shoes, balls, bats, pucks, shorts, sticks, nets, gloves, hats, sweatbands, batting gloves, and even the floor of the Delta Center have all been shredded for these cards.