The Rip 05/10 Trading Card Releases

Collectibles - May 10, 2021

The Rip 05/10/2021

Ian Semivan

Ian is a content creator at StockX with a focus on trading cards and collectibles.

Panini and Topps lead the way this week with trading card releases. Meanwhile, Upper Deck unleashes its first PGA exclusive product in seven years.

Panini and Topps lead the way this week with trading card releases. Meanwhile, Upper Deck unleashes its first PGA exclusive product in seven years.

Score Football debuts the first rookie cards for the 2021 NFL Draft Class. Topps responds by offering one of the most expensive baseball card boxes of the year with the Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition. Upper Deck closes out the schedule this week with 2021 Artifacts Golf, their first Golf only set since 2014.

2021 Score Football Hobby Box

2021 Score Football Trading Card Release

2021 Score Football is officially the first football card product of the 2021 NFL season. This set will include the first rookie cards for players selected in the 2021 NFL Draft that took place in late April. Top rookie quarterbacks will be a highlight of the set including Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, and Justin Fields in their collegiate uniforms. 

The 2021 Score Football Hobby Box comes with 40 cards per pack, and 10 packs per box. If you are looking to collect the newest NFL rookies, this box will jump-start your collection promising an average of 90 rookie cards. You can also look to find four autographs, one Tom Brady Tribute card, 36 inserts, and ten color-variation parallels.

The 2021 Score Football Hobby Box releases on May 12 with presales going for around $325.

2021 Topps Baseball Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition

2021 Topps Baseball Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition Trading card releases

2021 Topps Baseball Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition is one of the most limited and high-priced trading card releases we will see this year. This version of the Transcendent Collection only includes players who are currently in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame, from more recently added members like Derek Jeter, to MLB legends such as Jackie Robinson and Honus Wagner.

The box is a baseball card collector’s dream as it is home to 40 Transcendent Autograph cards with print runs of 20 or less, six one-of-one autographs, a one-of-one Hall of Famers Original Art Sketch by James Fiorentino, and an invitation to an exclusive Topps VIP Event that will include gifts, meet and greets, and once in a lifetime baseball experiences. There will only be fifty 2021 Topps Baseball Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition Boxes made.

The 2021 Topps Baseball Transcendent Collection: Hall of Fame Edition releases on May 12 with prices expected to be north of $20,000.

2021 Upper Deck Artifacts Golf

2021 Upper DEck Artifacts Golf Trading card release

2021 Upper Deck Artifacts Golf marks the first golf-only set the hobby has seen since 2014. Artifacts Golf is one of three Upper Deck Golf products we will see this year. The base set checklist holds 50 cards, but there is also a 30 card base rookies set (each with a print-run of 999), and an additional ten card horizontal rookie set (with a 199 card print-run). The top rookie cards to chase in the set include Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa who currently rank second and sixth in the PGA Tour World Rankings.

The 2021 Upper Deck Artifacts Golf Hobby Box comes with four cards per pack, and eight packs per box. Each box contains three hits in the form of memorabilia cards, autographs, Aurum cards, or Diamond Relics. Aurum cards use etched Gold Light FX technology that gives them a golden finish. You will also receive four low-print run serial numbered cards, and one additional hit or serial numbered card.

2021 Upper Deck Artifacts Hobby Boxes release on May 12 at online and local card stores with pre-sales going for over $1,000 per box.