2023-24 Upper Deck Allure Hockey aims to take collectors down a rainbow road once again. The chrome-forward release embraces color throughout its checklist, from the base set through the many inserts. This includes several returning themes as well as some new ones. Among the box hits is either an au
2024 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Vol. 2 Series 2 is the middle of three separate but connected releases that aim to be an anthology of sorts for the vast comic universe. It in itself is an update of a similar series of three sets more than a decade ago. Like the originals (and Vol. 2 Series 1), the
2024 Topps Pro Debut Baseball takes things to the minor leagues. Travelling through various levels of the game, prospects star, albeit at the local level rather than the Bowman approach of showcasing them in their MLB uniforms. As has been the case for the past couple of years, hobby and HTA jumbo c
2023-24 Upper Deck AHL Hockey rides the bus, bringing minor league cards to some of the sport’s top juniors. Like other recent AHL sets from the card maker, the checklist is straightforward but still delivers a mix of autographs, low-numbered parallels and a smattering of other inserts. The main p
2023 Leaf Eclectic Baseball takes from a variety of the company’s lines and puts them under a single umbrella. Think Panini Chronicles, only for Leaf products. Everything on the Eclectic checklist is autographed and no individual card has more than 10 copies. Like any anthology-style release, vari
2024 Donruss Baseball looks forward and back with a checklist that highlights greats from the past, prospects and other young standouts. It’s a similar theme for the cards themselves, which bring both a retro aesthetic and modern technology. There’s a lot going on in every box including three to
The 2024 Topps Chrome Baseball checklist is growing. The overall focus of Refractors and autographs remains the same, but the base set is significantly larger this year with several new inserts also joining the mix. Once again, there are multiple hobby configurations. Standard hobby boxes have one a
2023 Panini Contenders Football is a ticket to autographs, especially for those hunting down rookie ink. The longstanding brand returns familiar mix of ticket-themed cards and lots of autographs. Hobby boxes have five signed cards including at least one that is on-card. Inserts and parallels also co
2023-24 Topps Seleção UEFA Champions League takes the company’s online-exclusive offerings to a place other than the United States, UK or Japan. Available only through Topps’ Brazilian website, players for the super-premium product all hail from the famed soccer hotbed. Everything on the check
2023-24 Panini Select Premier League Soccer offers some colorful cards for some of the game’s most colorful personalities. The chrome release offers a balance of elements including parallels, inserts and three total autographs and memorabilia cards per hobby box. The base set sticks with Select’
2023 Fleer Ultra Wolverine trading cards take Marvel’s rugged mutant hero and makes him the focal point of a new art-based release. Like other Fleer Ultra Marvel releases, this one has plenty of premium elements throughout the checklist. All 100 cards in the base set use original artwork made spec
2023-24 Topps Chrome Sapphire Bundesliga offers an abbreviated and more limited spin on the main set. Besides being the exclusive home to the blue pattern (and ensuing parallels), there is some additional content not available in standard Topps Chrome as well. This is a Topps Chrome Sapphire release
