Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen MLB cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one five-card parallel pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 47
Base set completion: 
39 of 320 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Albert Pujols, Manny Machado, Craig Kimbrel, Clayton Kershaw, Addison Russell, Paul Goldschmidt

Rookie Cards (4) – Nick Williams, Luiz Gohara, Parker Bridwell, Richard Urena

Insert/short-print cards: 9 (gallery of these and more below)
Missing black plate (bonus pack cards) (5) – Rhys Hoskins, Ichiro Suzuki, Garett Richards, Anibal Sanchez, J.A. Happ
Tarot of the Diamond (1) – Chris Sale
Fortune Teller (1) – Dellin Betances
GQ Logo Swap (1) – Austin Hedges
Bazooka Back (1) – Dustin Pedroia

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This blaster box delivered pretty well with a pair of variations that aren't the norm odds-wise for a blaster box. The selection was a bit bland player-wise but the parallels pack delivered well with a top rookie and a future Hall of Famer. ... A lot of the hobby finds are also potentially found here with standard autographs one in every nine boxes or so just like the Monster boxes. Design-wise, this might be the best GQ set, but it needs more variety -- something along the lines of minis -- to add to the packs. The short-prints (Nos. 301-320) are one in 48 packs here, so even that chase isn't something to check each pack for like it is in Heritage -- if you get a dud pack at least you might add an SP to your set. If you like Gypsy Queen's past, you'll like this one -- it's solid but not super-flashy. Tearing into hobby boxes appears to be your best bet for this one now having ripped all three formats. The Shohei Ohtani presence in this one had led me to rip a few more than I had expected, though only the hobby box has delivered for me on that front.

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

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