This week, MetaZoo Wilderness provides us with the third expansion to the Kickstarter-backed TCG. Topps drops the latest installment of Inception Baseball, plus the first edition of Topps Chrome Basketball in over a decade, and Panini releases the acetate designs of Clearly Donruss Football for the first time ever as a standalone set. Read up on all of these releases and more in this week’s issue of The Rip.
MetaZoo Wilderness 1st Edition Booster Box
MetaZoo Wilderness is the third main expansion to release for the TCG that has seen a meteoric rise since launching last summer thanks to a viral Kickstarter campaign. MetaZoo Wilderness holds 165 cards including several new Beasties based on cryptids from North American legends such as the Cumberland Dragon and Bigfoot.
The MetaZoo Wilderness 1st Edition Booster Box holds 36 packs per box and 12 cards per pack.
You can look to find the MetaZoo Wilderness 1st Edition Booster Box starting on March 31st wherever MetaZoo cards are sold.
2022 Topps Inception Baseball
2022 Topps Inception Baseball carries a 100 card base set plus limited print run color variation parallels for each card. However, the set’s primary draw is its focus on relic cards and on-card autographs. Like all MLB sets this year Wander Franco is the rookie card to chase and he will have several different autograph and relic options featured in this set.
The 2022 Topps Inception Baseball Hobby Box holds seven cards. One card in each box will come in the form of an autograph or an autograph relic card.
2022 Topps Inception Baseball will release on March 30th.
2021-22 Topps Chrome Overtime Elite Basketball
2021-22 Topps Chrome Overtime Elite Basketball brings the iconic set back to the hardwood by using players working on developing their skills in the Overtime Elite League as its subject. The 100 card base set includes a full rainbow of a limited print run color variation parallels. Autographs are also a part of this set and can be found in the Chrome Autographs subset.
The 2021-22 Topps Chrome Overtime Elite Basketball Hobby Box holds four cards per pack, and 18 packs per box. You can look to find two autographs inside each box.
2021-22 Topps Chrome Overtime Elite Basketball will release on March 30th.
2021 Panini Clearly Donruss Football
2021 Panini Clearly Donruss Football marks the first time that the acetate set has broken away from the Chronicles line as a standalone release. The 100 card base set is made up of 50 veterans and 50 Rated Rookies from the 2021 NFL draft class including Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Mac Jones, Trey Lance, plus more. Autographs will also be a part of the set, with one of the more intriguing subsets being Clearly Rookie 2017, which features acetate rookie autographs for players taken in the 2017 NFL draft like Patrick Mahomes.
The 2021 Clearly Donruss Football Hobby Box holds five cards per pack, and four packs per box. On average, you can expect to add one autograph, eight acetate Rated Rookies, eight acetate Base Cards, two limited print run color variation parallels and one insert.
2021 Panini Clearly Donruss Football will be released on April 1st on the Panini America website.
2020-21 Upper Deck Premier Hockey
2020-21 Upper Deck Premier Hockey sees a 100 card base set made up of 50 rookies and 50 veterans with each card being limited to a print run of 299. The rest of the cards in the set are made up of autograph and relic cards, making this one of the most premium NHL sets of the year. The rookie cards in this set actually come from the 2020-21 NHL season which means players like Alexis Lafreniére and Tim Stutzle are included as rookies.
The 2020-21 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Hobby Box holds six total cards: one Acetate Autograph Patch, three additional autographs or relic cards, one veteran base card or parallel, and one rookie base card or parallel.
2020-21 Upper Deck Premier Hockey will release on March 30th.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box allows you to take the Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament experience wherever you go. The box allows for up to eight players to draw from a pool of about 200 cards to construct a variety of strategic decks and do battle with each other and determine the ultimate champion. The box will carry a handful of Secret Rare variants of cards from Yu-Gi-Oh’s GX-era.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box will release on April 1st wherever Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are sold for a retail price of $30.
