This week, Panini drops their classic Donruss set for the upcoming NFL season, in addition to 2021 Prizm WNBA. Upper Deck joins the weekly trading calendar with a hockey set that seasoned collectors from the ‘90s will recognize. Read up on these releases in this week’s edition of The Rip.
2021 Panini Donruss Football
2021 Panini Donruss Football continues the long-running line that features vintage-inspired designs with its popular Rated Rookie cards, as well as some of the more well-known inserts in the hobby right now including the Marvels and Downtown subsets. The 2021 base set is composed of 400 cards, 100 of which are Rated Rookies covering the 2021 NFL Draft Class. Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields, and Mac Jones will be some of the top rookie cards to chase in the early season set. Sticker autographs and memorabilia cards can also be found in several subsets such as Retro 2001 Autographs, Jersey Kings, and Rookie Phenom Jerseys.
The 2021 Panini Donruss Football Hobby Box is loaded with ten cards per pack, and 18 packs per box. Plenty is promised with one autograph, one relic, 18 Rated Rookies, 12 parallels, and 42 inserts included in each box.
The 2021 Panini Donruss Football Hobby Box is set to release on September 8th at local and online trading card hobby shops. Retail boxes such as blasters will begin appearing on shelves of Target and Walmart at this time as well.
2021 Panini Prizm WNBA Basketball
After making its debut last year, the 2021 Panini Prizm WNBA Basketball set marks the second year for the Women’s Basketball product. As is true for all Prizm sets, the main draws are the rookie and rookie autograph cards. The 2021 Panini Prizm WNBA Basketball checklist will include rookie cards for top draft picks like Aari McDonald, Awak Kuier, and Charli Collier.
The 2021 Panini Prizm WNBA Basketball Hobby Box comes in the same format as last year, offering 12 cards per pack, and 12 packs per box. Inside each box, you will typically pull two autograph cards, 22 limited print run Prizm parallels, and ten inserts, such as the popular Color Blast cards. The 2021 Panini Prizm WNBA Basketball Hobby Box can be found at local and online trading card shops starting on September 8th.
2020-21 Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Hockey
2020-21 Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Hockey brings back the popular ‘90s set for modern hockey card collectors. The base set is made up of 200 cards that feature a mashup of metal and outer space motifs as the backdrop for each card. The rookies in the set are headlined by Alexis LaFreniere.
Each 2020-21 Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Hobby Box comes with seven cards per pack, and 15 packs per box. You will find one autograph, six inserts, one acetate insert, and three cards from the 1997-98 Metal Universe subset. The 2020-21 Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Hockey Hobby Box releases on September 8th at local and online trading card hobby shops.
