2024 SkyBox Metal Universe Champions is where athletes from across the sporting spectrum meet modern sports card designs. The checklist brings some familiar names, both in the players and the product’s themes, but plenty of new elements as well. Yes, that includes Precious Metal Gems. The base set has 150 total cards. The first 100 is the standard shell set with Stellar Cartography making up the balance. The high number subset is a modest short print with one landing every other pack. Athletes come from all corners of sports including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, golf and even pickleball. Parallels include: Some cards also get the autograph treatment (1:50 packs, Stellar Cartography – 1:240 packs) that also have Gold parallels with 25 or fewer copies. An iconic image of one of the hobby’s most popular athletes of all-time, Michael Jordan, has a special SP base card. The Jumpman MJ uses one of the earliest photos of the pose that would go on to become the Air Jordan logo. It was previously used as an oversized card in a 1985 Nike promo set. The Jumpman SP has Red (/100) and Green (/10) PMGs as well. New Discoveries (1:13 packs) is one of the fresh inserts on the 2024 SkyBox Metal Universe Champions checklist. Athletes one these are emerging young stars in their respective sports. Scoring Magnets (1:9 packs) is another debut.