2022-23 Panini Contenders Optic is a premium style release that has long been a mainstay of the hobby, both in its Optic and regular formats. The set is probably best known for its “Ticket” design cards, which make up the main rookie autograph cards, but also extend to the main base set and Veteran Autos. […]

2023 Panini Mosaic Football is a mid-range release that draws from across the NFL, including rookies, stars, and legends. The set, which includes large numbers of parallels, offers base, autos, and inserts. Signed cards appear to be mostly sticker autos, which is common for this level of release, but could hurt the overall value. Hobby […]

2022 Panini Flawless Football is a high-end release that is best known for its premium hard signed autos, game-used relics, and gem cards. The gem cards include both the base set, which is numbered to 20 or less, as well as select insert sets. Signed cards, which fall 6 per box, include the very best […]

2023 Panini Plates & Patches is a football card release that makes its return to the hobby as a stand alone product for the first time since 2020. Despite the name, the release does not actually offer any Printing Plates, but does offer several metal parallels. Additionally, the release includes a mix of base, parallels, […]

2023 Panini Immaculate Collection Baseball is a premium release that offers a total of 6 cards per hobby box. As an unlicensed release, Immaculate does not include MLB or team logos, but still manages to offer big names and great looking cards. The release offers both hard-signed and sticker autos, as well as game-used relics […]

2022-23 Panini Spectra Basketball is a high-end release that offers 4 packs per box, and uses the Chromium technology as a finish to the images. The release consists of base, parallels, autos, and inserts. Most auto sets appear to feature sticker autos, but there may be some hard-signed selections thrown in as well. Hobby format […]

2023 Donruss Elite Football is a classic release that combines base, parallels, autos, relics, and inserts under one brand. The set has a wide ranging checklist that includes top NFL rookies, current stars, and some of football’s top legends. Signed cards are mostly sticker autos, but the Pen Pals set does offer on-card signatures. Hobby […]

2022-23 Panini Mosaic Basketball is a mid-range release that focuses heavily on chromium mosaic designs. The release includes a mix of base, parallels, autos, and inserts, and have multiple box formats including Hobby, FOTL, Choice, and Fast Break, with some of these formats having exclusive parallel version. Each of these formats offer 1 signed card […]

2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Football is a NCAA release that features top young talent, current NFL stars, and legends of the sport, all in their college uniforms. The set mixes base, parallels, autographs, and inserts all under one release. Signed cards appear to be sticker autos, which is common in the Prizm brand. Hobby […]

2022 Panini Encased Football is a premium style release that includes 1 encased card in every hobby box. Encased cards come in sealed one-touch holders, rather than the graded cards that appeared in previous editions. The focus of the release is on-card autographs, which fall 2 per box, with one of them being the encased […]