OG Capsules
Cases keep dropping, however rarely. Major sticker capsules never did: they were sold during one event window, years ago, and the print run closed forever. This basket holds the oldest cohort you can still realistically accumulate — Cologne 2014, DreamHack 2014, and Katowice 2015.
The index, live
One point per day: the sum of every item's Steam Market median price, divided by the number of items — an equal-weight price index for the whole basket, from the first day all members existed.
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The thesis
Every capsule has two supply clocks running against it, and both only tick down. The first stopped years ago: capsules were only sold while their Major ran, so the total ever created is a fixed number from 2014 or 2015. The second never stops: every time someone opens a capsule and applies the sticker to a gun — or scrapes it off — supply burns. Fixed issuance plus continuous destruction is the strongest scarcity structure in the entire skin economy.
The proof of the endgame already exists. Katowice 2014 capsules — one Major older than anything in this basket — became five-figure collectibles, and their singles (the Titan Holo, the iBUYPOWER Holo) are the most famous items in Counter-Strike. Those are out of reach now. The rational move the market keeps rediscovering is to walk one shelf down: the 2014–2015 cohort has the same mechanics, the same era, the same dead-org stickers — at prices you can still dollar-cost average into.
What's inside
Cologne 2014 Challengers & Legends. The second Major ever to ship stickers, one event after Katowice 2014. Same golden era, same teams — several of which no longer exist, which permanently caps the supply of their stickers. Whenever Katowice 2014 prices make headlines, this is the capsule collectors turn to next; it has spent a decade being the "still affordable" version of the same trade, and gradually becoming less affordable.
DreamHack Winter 2014 Legends. The capsule of the most dramatic Major of the era — the tournament of the fnatic–LDLC overpass controversy, played in front of a fraction of today's audience. Small audience then means small print run forever: DreamHack 2014 capsules trade thinner than their Cologne siblings, and thin float is exactly what this basket is hunting for.
Katowice 2015 Challengers & Legends. The direct sequel to the most valuable sticker set in history, on the same stage one year later. It carries the era's iconic rosters at a fraction of its predecessor's price, and it has the deepest liquidity of the three events here — the practical entry point for a capsule stacker who wants fills, not just listings.
The basket at a glance
| Event | Sold during | Why it matters | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2014 | Aug 2014 | One Major after Katowice 2014, dead-org stickers | The heir apparent |
| DreamHack 2014 | Nov 2014 | Smallest audience of the era → thinnest print | The scarcity play |
| Katowice 2015 | Mar 2015 | Sequel set to the grails, best liquidity of the three | The workhorse |
How to hold it
Capsules are a slower, thinner market than cases: spreads are wider, listings are fewer, and a careless market-buy moves the price. That makes patient, capped, recurring buys the only sensible accumulation method — pick a weekly budget, set a per-item price ceiling, and take only the listings that come to you. It's the same discipline as capsule vs case investing always demands: the asset is stronger than cases on scarcity, weaker on liquidity, so the buying has to be gentler.