This week, Panini debuts an NCAA Basketball version of their popular Chronicles Draft Picks set, Topps celebrates some of the most sought after up and coming MLB prospects with 2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball, and Yu-Gi-Oh! delivers a new tin that adds to the never-ending battle between Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Read up on all of these trading card releases and more in the latest edition of The Rip.
2021 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Collegiate Basketball
The Panini Chronicles line has always packed a variety of trading card sets and designs into one master set, and for the first time, the set utilizes NCAA Basketball for its subject with 2021 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Collegiate Basketball. For the debut, 13 different base sets will make an appearance including Select, Donruss, Prestige, Hoops, plus more. The set will include cards for many top picks from the 2021 NBA Draft including Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs, and Evan Mobley primarily wearing their collegiate uniforms.
The 2021 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Collegiate Basketball Hobby Box comes filled with 24 cards per pack, and two packs per box. In addition to the 13 different base sets, there will also be autograph and memorabilia subsets. You can expect to add two autographs, two memorabilia cards, and eight optichrome cards to your collection with each box. The 2021-22 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks Collegiate Basketball Hobby Box releases on September 29th and can be found at local and online trading card hobby shops.
2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball
2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball is back for a third straight year since it returned to the hobby in 2019. The base set is composed of 100 cards and includes nine color variation parallels for each card in the set. Of course, the most appealing part of the set is the abundance of autograph cards that include highly touted prospects like Spencer Torkelson and rookies such as Alec Bohm.
The 2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball Hobby Box comes stuffed with six cards per pack, and five packs per box. Within each box, you should find five total autograph cards. The 2021 Bowman Sterling Baseball Hobby Box will release on October 1st at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball
Garnering its inspiration from Volcanoes, the 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball set holds cards that primarily feature black Optichrome backgrounds. In addition to the base set you will be able to find a wide range of inserts, autographs, and memorabilia cards. 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball includes rookie cards from the 2020-21 NBA season such as LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, plus more.
2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball only comes in the hobby format so you will not find these boxes at retail stores. The 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball Hobby Box contains seven cards per pack, and one pack per box. Each box will add two autographs, and two parallels or inserts to your collection. The 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Hobby Box is set to release on September 29th at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021 Topps Gold Label Baseball
2021 Topps Gold Label Baseball is back for its sixth straight year and again brings a high level of quality to its base cards, plus premium on-card autographs. The base set is divided up into three classes with each of the 100 featured players making an appearance in all three classes. Class 1 cards will be the most common to find, with Class 2 cards appearing once per pack, and Class 3 cards found in one out of every two packs in the set. The autograph and relic subsets include some of the top names in Major League Baseball including current stars Mike Trout, Ronald Acuna Jr, and Bryce Harper, and Hall of Famers such as Derek Jeter.
The 2021 Topps Gold Label Baseball Hobby Box holds five cards per pack, and seven packs per box. Inside of each hobby box, you should hit one Framed Autograph card. You will be able to find 2021 Topps Gold Label Hobby Boxes starting on October 1st at local and online trading card hobby shops.
2021 Panini Spectra Baseball
2021 Panini Spectra Baseball brings the Spectra line to the Major League Baseball Players Association for the first time ever. Aside from the base set, 2021 Panini Spectra Baseball has the potential to bring a wide variety of autograph and memorabilia cards to your collection. While some subsets do feature sticker autographs, the Spectra Rookie Jerseys set and Spectra Signatures set will include on-card autographs.
The 2021 Panini Spectra Basketball Hobby Box holds four cards per pack, and four packs per box. Half of the cards in each box are hits that will come in the form of four autograph cards and four memorabilia cards. The 2021 Panini Spectra Hobby Box releases on October 1st at online and local trading card hobby shops.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tin of Ancient Battles
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Tin of Ancient Battles honors the eternal battle between Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon with the artwork on the front of the tin as well as the chance to find three brand-new World Premiere cards that help give the monsters a power boost. Each Yu-Gi-Oh! Tin of Ancient Battles is loaded up with three extra-large Mega Packs with each pack containing one Prismatic Secret Rare, two Ultra Rares, two Super Rares, one Rare, and 12 Commons. The cards you will find in the packs come from the sets Ignition Assault, Eternity Code, Rise of the Duelist, Phantom Rage, plus more. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Tin of Ancient Battles releases on October 1st for a retail price of $20 wherever Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are sold.
