RAFA DUARTE, EDITOR

Every review, guide, checklist, and calendar entry on futbol.cards comes across one desk, and Rafa Duarte's name is on it. Rafa is the voice of this catalog: the picks in the order sheets, the verdicts on the boxes, the counter advice in the departments — from Match Attax packs to World Cup Prizm.

Straight answer, because a hobby site should give you one: Rafa Duarte is a pen name — the byline for this site's editorial desk rather than one person's government name. What the byline stands behind is real: every product recommendation points at a live Amazon or eBay listing, availability comes from the marketplaces' own data, the release calendar tracks the Panini and Topps soccer programs, and the reference pages stick to checkable card logistics — set structures, parallels, box configurations — never guesses.

Two things you will never get from this desk: made-up card values (the only prices on this site are live marketplace numbers), and a recommendation we wouldn't put in the order sheet ourselves.

THE HOUSE RULES

• Live listings only. Prices shown come from Amazon's API or eBay's live auctions — never scraped, never invented.
• Checkable logistics. Set structures, parallels, and box configurations come from the products' own listings and published checklists — where a figure can't be checked, we generalize instead of asserting.
• Honest stock. Sold out means we say sold out — and point you at where the card is actually still moving.
• Disclosed rails. We earn from qualifying Amazon and eBay purchases; it never changes a verdict. Full disclosure in the order desk fine print.

Questions, corrections, or a card you think we got wrong? The contact desk is open.