Falcons Champions Autograph Stickers & Highlight Charms: Investment Verdict

Falcons’ victory at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 brought two new groups of collectible items to CS2: Champion Autograph Stickers and Highlight Souvenir Charms. Valve added them to the Major Shop on July 1, after Falcons defeated FURIA 3:0 in the grand final.

The key market date now is September 29, 2026. Valve officially confirmed that the Cologne 2026 Shop will close after that day. While the shop remains active, the supply of new stickers and charms continues to grow, so the market still does not know the final rarity of these items.

That is why, right now, it is more useful not just to look at the word Champion, but to compare demand, current prices, and the story behind each item.

"1. Falcons Champions Autograph Stickers & Highlight Charms: Investment Verdict","1.1. Which Champion Autographs Falcons Received","1.2. How Much Gold Champion Stickers Cost Now","1.3. Why September 29 Matters More Than the Current Price","1.4. Which Champion Stickers Look More Interesting","1.5. Highlight Souvenir Charms","1.6. Our Investment Verdict"

Which Champion Autographs Falcons Received

Cologne 2026 has one important detail.

Falcons won the Major with the following lineup:

• karrigan

• NiKo

• TeSeS

• m0NESY

• kyousuke

karrigan replaced kyxsan before the tournament and effectively became the captain of the championship roster. However, in the registered Major lineup, he was listed as a substitute, which created an unusual situation with Valve’s Champion Autographs.

Champion versions were given to:

NiKo, m0NESY, TeSeS, kyousuke, and kyxsan.

There is no karrigan Champion Autograph Cologne 2026. At the same time, Highlight Charms featuring his moments do exist because he actually played at the tournament.

By that point, kyxsan was no longer part of Falcons’ active five, and on July 8 he officially moved to Aurora. As a result, his Champion sticker became an unusual item tied more to roster registration rules than to a player who won the final on the server.

How Much Gold Champion Stickers Cost Now

The most interesting segment for investment is Gold Champion, because this is where the difference between players is especially visible.

According to market data from the second half of August:

• NiKo Gold Champion — around $86-170

• m0NESY Gold Champion — around $39-77

• kyousuke Gold Champion — around $15-54

• TeSeS Gold Champion — around $8-12

• kyxsan Gold Champion — around $4-9

Prices differ between marketplaces, so these are market ranges rather than fixed prices.

Interestingly, Champion versions are often cheaper right now than regular Cologne 2026 Gold autographs. For example, regular NiKo Gold is around $170+, while Gold Champion is closer to $90. Regular m0NESY Gold is roughly in the $60-80 range, while the Champion version is around $40.

The reason is simple: Champion stickers appeared later and are still directly available through the Major Shop.

Why September 29 Matters More Than the Current Price

Cologne 2026 is very different from older Majors.

Valve moved away from the familiar system where players had to get the desired stickers randomly from capsules. In the Major Shop, you can choose a specific sticker directly, while its token price changes depending on relative demand. The more actively a specific design is bought, the higher its price can become compared to others.

In addition, on July 28, Valve released the Ranked Series - an additional Cologne 2026 series showing each team’s final placement. Valve acknowledged that the original dynamic system produced less-than-ideal prices, so Ranked Stickers received a lower cost.

For investors, this means one thing: the Cologne 2026 supply is still being formed.

Before September 29, the market may receive a large number of additional copies. That makes buying Champion Stickers purely on the assumption of post-shop scarcity risky.

Which Champion Stickers Look More Interesting

Among the five, the clearest candidate is NiKo Gold Champion.

Cologne 2026 was NiKo’s first Major title, so the sticker has a strong story of its own. It is interesting not only to Falcons fans, but also to collectors of NiKo items.

Next comes m0NESY Gold Champion. Here, the appeal comes from the player’s popularity and the relatively high liquidity of his items.

kyousuke Gold Champion is a riskier option. The price is noticeably lower, but future demand will depend heavily on how the player’s career develops.

kyxsan Champion, meanwhile, represents a completely different type of collectible interest. Its unusual nature comes from the fact that kyxsan did not play in Falcons’ championship lineup at Cologne, but still received a Champion sticker because of the team registration rules. That makes the item historically curious, but the unusual story alone does not guarantee strong demand.

Highlight Souvenir Charms

Valve released 61 Highlight Charms: ten moments from each of the six Major stages and one separate moment showing Falcons lifting the trophy.

The most obvious collector item is the Falcons Trophy-lifting Moment. Depending on the marketplace, it currently costs around $2-4 and is noticeably more expensive than most regular highlights.

There are also individual player moments. For example:

• m0NESY Major-winning Kill — around $0.69-0.85

• NiKo Quad Kill — around $0.60-0.78

• karrigan 4 Kills — around $0.44-0.57

• kyousuke 4 Kills — around $0.09-0.10

This is where the difference between registered Champion Stickers and the real playing roster is especially clear: karrigan did not receive a Champion Autograph, but his in-game moments are present among Cologne Highlights.

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Our Investment Verdict

Before the Major Shop closes, we would not treat mass buying Cologne 2026 items as an obvious investment. Until September 29, supply continues to grow, and the new direct-purchase model makes it harder to predict the final number of copies than with older Major capsules.

Among Champion Stickers, NiKo Gold Champion currently has the strongest story, followed by m0NESY Gold Champion. kyxsan is interesting as an unusual collectible case, but based on current demand, he remains the cheapest Falcons Gold Champion.

Among Highlight Charms, our main pick is the Falcons Trophy-lifting Moment, while among in-game moments, m0NESY Major-winning Kill looks the most interesting. The value here is easy to understand without extra explanation: one item captures Falcons’ first Major victory, while the other shows the final kill of the championship.

The key moment for reassessing the market will come after September 29, when Valve stops adding new Cologne 2026 items through the Major Shop.

While the market decides which Champion Stickers will truly become collectible, open a knife case on Farmskins - maybe the next valuable item will land in your inventory before the Cologne market settles on prices.