The Rip 6/01/2021 Trading Card Releases

Collectibles - June 1, 2021

The Rip 06/01/2021

Ian Semivan

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

Soccer and Baseball dominate the trading card release calendar this week with both Panini and Topps contributing one set of each sport. Yu-Gi-Oh! delivers the lone TCG release of the week.

Soccer and Baseball dominate the trading card release calendar this week with both Panini and Topps contributing one set of each sport. Yu-Gi-Oh! delivers the lone TCG release of the week.

2021 Topps Finest Baseball

2021 Topps Finest Baseball Trading card release

On the surface, 2021 Topps Finest Baseball will look very similar to what it has in the past with intricate designs on chrome stock. This year’s edition will even feature the typical 100 card base set with a 25 card extended base set. However, 2021 Topps Finest Baseball adds nearly twice as many color variation Refractor parallels with limited print runs, as well as Finest Rookies Design Variations which swap out the typical card background for the best rookies in the set. In the 2021 set, you will be able to find rookies for players like Alec Bohm and Ke’Bryan Hayes.

Each 2021 Topps Finest Baseball Hobby Box comes with two mini boxes inside, within a mini box you will find six packs holding five cards per pack. Similar to past releases of Topps Finest Baseball, each mini box should contain one autograph card, meaning you should find two total autographs in the hobby box.

2021 Topps Finest Baseball releases on June 2nd at local and online trading card stores.

2021 Topps Tier One Bundesliga Soccer

2021 Topps Tier One Bundesliga

Although a familiar product to Topps Baseball card collectors, 2021 Topps Tier One marks its debut in the soccer card realm. 2021 Topps Bundesliga Soccer uses the top soccer league in Germany as its subject. While 2021 Topps Tier One Bundesliga Soccer is made up of several small subsets, the main set is the Break Out Autographs that holds autographs for forty young, up-and-coming players.

The 2021 Topps Tier One Bundesliga Soccer Hobby Box contains three total cards and guarantees a “hits” only experience when ripping it open. The hits will come in the form of two autographs and one relic card. 

2021 Topps Tier One Bundesliga Soccer releases on June 2, 2021, at local and online trading card stores.  

2020-21 Panini Chronicles Soccer

2020-21 Panini Chronicles Soccer

2020-21 Panini Chronicles Soccer is the second year for the multi-brand, multi-league soccer card line. Much like last year’s set, 2020-21 Panini Chronicles Soccer focuses on the English Premier League, La Liga of Spain, and Serie A from Italy. All 20 teams in each league will be featured in the set, and more than 15 Panini card brands will be represented. Contenders Optic, Donruss Optic, Select, and even the top of the crop National Treasures brand can be found in the line, in addition to many more, with a rare Lionel Messi triple patch National Treasures card being teased in the preview.

The 2020-21 Panini Chronicles Hobby Box contains three mini-boxes. Each mini-box is specific to one of the three leagues included and holds fifteen cards. You can look to get three autographs or relic cards per hobby box, along with ten limited print-run color variation parallels.

The 2020-21 Panini Chronicles Soccer Hobby Box releases on June 4th.

2021 Panini Absolute Baseball

2021 Panini Absolute Baseball

2021 Panini Absolute Baseball is the follow-up to the debut of the Absolute Baseball set in 2020. The main format change this year is each hobby box will only promise two autograph cards as opposed to the four that you could find in the 2020 edition. The base set contains 100 cards and features players who are members of the MLBPA. You will not see team logos or trademarks anywhere on these cards, as Panini does not hold the MLB license. Autograph and Memorabilia subsets are once again the most appealing part of the overall set, rookie autographs for Ke’Bryan Hayes and Cristian Pache have been teased in the preview from Topps.

Inside the 2021 Panini Absolute Baseball Hobby Box, you will find two packs that hold ten cards each. On average you will add two autographs, two relics, and one serial numbered limited print run insert to your collection. Also new to the 2021 Panini Absolute Baseball Hobby Box are some Hobby exclusive color variation parallels such as Holo Silvers that will have a print run of 199, and Spectrum Black one-of-one cards.

The 2021 Panini Absolute Baseball Hobby Box releases on June 4th at online and local trading card stores.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive

Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive trading card release

Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive is finally here after a three-week delay reportedly due to COVID-19, although more specific reasons were never given. Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive is a 100 card set made up of 10 Secret Rares, 14 Ultra Rares, 26 Super Rares, and 50 Commons. The set even offers you the chance of finding two of the highly coveted Starlight Rare cards, Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous, or Black Rose Dragon.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive Booster Box you will find nine cards per pack, and 24 packs per box. The set is the fourth Core Booster from Series 11. Yu-Gi-Oh! Lightning Overdrive is set to release on June 4th.