Buzz Break: 2018 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2018 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5 (four standard, one Revolution)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in revolution)
Cards in this box: 23
Base set completion: 
2 of 60 (3 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Gleyber Torres, Starling Marte

Insert cards: 21 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Classics (2) – Cole Hamels, Rhys Hoskins
Crusade (1) – Aaron Judge
Crusade Prizm (1) – Amed Rosario
Illusions (2) – Shohei Ohtani, Joey Lucchesi
Limited Silver Spotlight (1) – Ozzie Albies (/199)
Donruss Optic (1) – Francisco Mejia
Phoenix (1) – Cody Bellinger
Prizm (2) – Ozzie Albies, Corey Seager
Prestige (1) – Ryan McMahon
Revolution (3) – Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, Scott Kingery
Rookies & Stars (1) – Kris Bryant
Score (1) – Nolan Arenado
Select (2) – Mookie Betts, Nolan Arenado
Studio (2) – Aaron Judge, Clint Frazier

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I hadn't worked my way back to one of these boxes after a very strong first one not long ago, but this one is a reminder that I should have. It wasn't a wowser of a box but it was stacked with names and un-matched variety. As said before, this one is easily a contender for the most-improved brand vs. the previous year in that this update-everything release that even offers updates brands that didn't previously exist has been flipped on its head. The base set? Found just twice per box here. Last year? The "other" sets were the inserts and most cards were from a non-traditional Chronicles set. The rest of the cards this year other than those base cards? They are essentially inserts, though you could, in theory, identify each set and call them all base cards if you wanted to with only their parallels being inserts. ... The Revolution cards are only in blasters and it's a 25-card set that's stacked with All-Stars from the present as well as the past (Ken Griffey Jr., Mickey Mantle) and key rookies such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies and Shohei Ohtani. This particular box included just one serial-numbered card (my first included two ... one limited to only 10 copies) but the rookie presence with Ohtani, Ozzie Albies and several others making it a solid break.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: A-

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