Nuttin’ But The Hits:2022 Prizm football Blaster Box #2

Prizm football is one of my favorite Panini products when it comes to shiny and rookie cards. I think this is THE product and it has shown in the past for both basketball and football if you are looking to have the best rookie card of someone.

So, it's a yearly chase for me trying to add the top rookies to my collection.

Despite the 2022 rookie class being a bit weak, I still was planning to buy some if I found some in the wild and did.....TWICE.

Every blaster box of 2022 Prizm football comes with 6 packs of 4 cards each. Blasters are still a bit steep at $35 each. There are no blaster guarantees.

Here were my rookie card pulls this time. Got a QB, but he will never play and my rookies overall were much weaker than box one. Overall, there are 400 cards in the base set and 100 of them being rookies so it won't be easy to find a top rookie player unless you can afford to buy a ton.

This year, it seems Panini once again upped the Parallels in Prizm. You can find the following parallels,

PRIZMS PARALLELS: Black & Red Checker, Black & White Checker, Blue, Green, Green Ice, Light Blue, Orange Ice, Red, Red Sparkle, Red/White/Blue, Silver, Snakeskin, White Sparkle, Orange /249, Purple Ice /225, Blue Wave /199, Hyper /175, Red Wave /149, Purple /125, Blue Ice /99, Blue Sparkle /96, Green Scope /75, Orange Wave /60, Purple Power /49, Red & Yellow /44, Red Shimmer /35, Blue Shimmer /25, Navy Camo /25, Gold Sparkle /24, Forest Camo /15, Gold /10, Gold Shimmer /10, Green Sparkle /8, Gold Vinyl /5, Green Shimmer /5, Black Finite 1/1, Black Shimmer 1/1.
NO HUDDLE PRIZMS: Base No Huddle, Blue /79, Red /50, Purple /35, Pink /15, Neon Green /5.
PREMIUM BOX SET: Pandora /400, Black Stars 1/1.

 

Silver Stephon Gilmore.

 

I believe this is a rookie variation since I don't see a sepia version above in the parallels. Hopefully this guy pans out next season.

 

Here were my Red, White, Blue parallels. Not as good as box one by any means.

and my one lone insert pull of Skyy Moore, Emergent. Overall, there are 20 cards to collect in the Emergent base insert set.

Overall, this is my last break of Prizm football for this year. It will be cheaper to trade for the key rookies I need.

Thoughts on my break this time welcomed in comments!

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2021-22 Prizm Red White Blue Joel Embid

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2021-22 Prizm Red White Blue Sharife Cooper

Breakin' Wax:2020-2021 Prizm Basketball Hanger Pack

So far in 2021, I have had zero, I mean ZERO luck in my pack and box breaks both retail and in hobby.

But, yet I still keep chugging along and trying more.

Today I am breaking a hanger pack of 2020-2021 Prizm basketball and hoping my luck can turn around.

Each hanger pack of 2020-2021 Prizm basketball comes with 15 cards distributed in two packs. One is a 12 card pack with base, inserts and regular parallels and one 3 card pack featuring red, white and blue packs. Packs usually go for $15 but with pandemic prices they can be found for up to $50. Don't worry, I didn't pay this.

First I opened up the 12 card pack. I always save the bonus packs for last.

Base, Curry and Carter not bad finds.

I saw two Charlotte Hornet rookies and got excited, but once again, no Ball.

Up next, a silver rookie. Not sure who CJ Elleby is, but sure hope he pans out.

Matthew Dellavedova green prizm

And my one insert, Kawhi.

Now onto the Red, White, Blue parallel pack.

Tim Duncan...solid!

Well, nothing too huge in this break which isn't surprising for my luck so far this year.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

Breakin' Wax:2020 Panini Prizm Football Hanger Pack

All the cool guys break Panini Prizm. (picture me in sunglasses, leather coat and a toothpick in mouth while I post this)

But, this year because of what I call Pandemic Collecting, Panini Prizm wasn't easily available out there for the average collector like you and I. Yes, I am assuming if you are reading this you are a true collector and not a flipper.

I have been fortunate to have been able to open a few packs this year thanks to friends and traders. Otherwise, it would have been a no-go as my Walmart had zip on Prizm. I still think the vendor there is backdooring some of the items but I have no way to prove it as I am never there when they stock. It's just very odd not to see any or hear of anyone finding any.

Each of these 2020 Panini Prizm football hanger packs came with 15 cards. There is one pack of 12 cards and a 3 card bonus pack of Red, White and Blue parallels. They should have been going for normal price ($15?) but were selling for upwards of $50.

So if I had spent the $50, let's see what I would have scored.

First nine cards highlighted by Sterling Shepard.

The one rookie you bank on in the pack. I have no idea who this is.

Emergent Cam Akers. He started to emerge as the season went on.

Pretty slick Tyler Lockett Green Prizm parallel

There was the 12 cards in the pack. Not much in that pack to brag about.

Now onto the Red, White and Blue pack.

 

Ouch.

Not much to brag about in this pack. A few PC cards but the rest will be available for trade.

I am definitely glad I didn't pay for this pack and it should be a lesson taught to you, the readers, on why I wouldn't suggest overpaying flippers for stuff like this. Just be patient and wait it out til these prices drop.