This week, Panini leads the way with Contenders Basketball. Topps and Upper Deck both offer releases with a global appeal, and Pokémon closes out the week of trading card releases with a new ready-to-play deck.
2020-21 Panini Contenders Basketball Hobby Box
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2020-21 Panini Contenders Basketball is here just in time for the NBA Playoffs. One of the main draws of this basketball card set is the Rookie Ticket Autograph cards that feature player signatures directly on the card and utilize the now-iconic ticket stub design. Other autograph sets will be included as well including Sophomore Contenders Autographs for players in their second NBA season, and Veteran Ticket Autographs that highlight established stars. There are 45 players in the Rookie Season Ticket checklist including top rookies like LaMelo Ball, and Anthony Edwards, but it also includes several intriguing prospects such as Aaron Nesmith, Aleksej Pokusevski, and Tyrese Haliburton.
The 2020-21 Panini Contenders Basketball Hobby Box holds ten cards per pack, and 12 packs per box. On average you will find two autographs, two base card variation parallels, and eight inserts or insert parallels from subsets such as Superstar die-cuts, or License To Dominate.
The 2020-21 Panini Contenders Basketball Hobby Box officially releases on May 19, 2021. Last week, the 2020-21 Panini Contenders 1st Off The Line Box sold via the Panini dutch auction format with a starting price of $1,250 and fell every few minutes until it sold out or hit $350.
2020-21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer
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2020-21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer marks the third straight year for the set that captures the top talent from the number one league in Germany. The base set checklist includes 100 cards, but as it is extremely difficult to define what a rookie is in soccer, you can turn to the Future Stars insert set that takes the place of rookie cards. This subset holds rising talents like Alphonso Davies and Giovanni Reyna. Future Stars cards can be found in one out of every six packs. There will also be a Future Stars autograph checklist with each card being serial numbered and having a print run of 99.
The 2020-21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer Hobby Box is filled with four cards per pack, and 18 packs per box. You can look for one autograph, six Base Refractor parallels, and five inserts on average.
The 2020-21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Hobby Box releases on May 19, 2021, presales right now can be found for as low as $800.
2020-21 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey
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2020-21 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey is one of the best sets for collectors to turn to if you are looking for this year’s rookie class. There are two base sets, the Veteran Base Set composed of 50 cards, and the Base Rookies Set made up of 100 cards. The Base Rookies Set is divided into four tiers – Common Rookies (print-runs of 999), Uncommon Rookies (print-runs of 499), Rare Rookies (print-runs of 299), and one Rare Rookies Triple card (print-run of 99) that features Connor McMichael, Bowen Byram, and Alexis Lafreniere. There is also an additional 18 card Extended Base Rookies checklist that uses the same tiered system. Top rookies such as Kirill Kaprisov, Jason Robertson, and Tim Stutzle all have base, autograph, and relic cards included in Trilogy Hockey.
The 2020-21 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey Hobby Box holds four cards per pack, and six packs per box. Inside you can look to find about two autographs or relics per box, and four low print-run serial numbered cards.
The 2020-21 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey Hobby Box releases on May 12 at online and local trading card stores.
Pokémon TCG Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck
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The Pokémon TCG Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck provides fans of the Pokémon card game with a convenient ready-to-play deck that features the secret agent Pokémon Inteleon VMAX. The deck is built around stealthy attacks that rely on striking your opponent when the time is right.
The Pokémon TCG Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck includes one playable sixty-card Pokémon TCG deck featuring two Pokémon V and two Pokémon VMAX, one deck box, two condition markers, six damage-counter dice, one competition-legal coin-flip die, a quick guide of deck strategies, a Pokémon TCG rulebook, and a code for the online Pokémon card game.
The Pokémon TCG Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck releases on May 21 for a retail price of $29.99 wherever Pokémon card products are sold.
