I like the look of the cryptic stripe better. I have always wanted a patternless snake, but the super cinnies and BELs are out of my price range. I have drooled over VPI's patternless (the one that was bred via WC normal x WC normal, unexpectedly) and he reminds me of that. The lack of patterning on this snake, coupled with the stripe being ghostly in places, really made me have to buy him. I definitely feel confident that his eventual offspring will pay for him, and do not see him as a bad purchase I will be eager to see what comes out of him eventually; planning on saving up some miney and getting a het GS that's some visual morph.