Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Holiday Box baseball cards

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The box: 2018 Topps Holiday Box baseball cards
Where to buy: Click here

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 98
Base set completion: 
92 of 200 (46 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kris Bryant, Andrew Benintendi, Jose Altuve, Christian Yelich, Jose Altuve, Adrian Beltre, Anthony Rizzo, Trea Turner, Giancarlo Stanton, Gary Sanchez, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager

Rookie Cards (17) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Walker Buehler, Victor Robles, Mike Soroka, Tyler O'Neill, Nick Williams, Amed Rosario, Jack Flaherty, Jordan Hicks, Willie Calhoun, J.D. Davis, Brian Anderson, Chris Stratton, Fernando Romero, Tyler Mahle, Joey Lucchesi, Chance Sisco

Insert cards: 5 (all in gallery below with some base)
Metallic Snowflake (5) – Clayton Kershaw, Miles Mikolas, Mike Moustakas, Nomar Mazara, J.A. Happ

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Holiday Relic (1) – J.D. Martinez

What's Buzz-worthy: Can't stop, won't stop ... at least when I see them. ... These are a safe alternative to Topps Update blasters in that they guarantee you about a 50 percent shot at any particular rookie in the set and they guarantee a hit every time -- with a likely lower print run, too, despite the boxes delivering plenty. This box? It delivered the Ronald Acuña Jr. I'm always looking for and a few other notables so it's an A box -- but not the strongest A based on the rookie potential alone. ... The overall format of this one is in line with past versions -- a 200-card, rookie- and star-packed base set with glittery parallels to mix things up and then a hit. The parallels could end up being a longer-term sleeper here as it will take 40 boxes with perfect collation to build a set -- see the checklist here -- and you can do the math when it comes to finding any particular card. The key rookies here will be the bigs for the parallels while the basic cards should be relatively available as you get almost half of a set in a box. There are some much-rarer gold parallels and the hits also have parallels and autograph versions at long odds. Your easiest autograph is one in 297 packs (30 boxes) so those might make for interesting auctions. You can find rare ink from Bryce Harper, Jose Altuve, Juan Soto, Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., Rhys Hoskins, Shohei Ohtani and Walker Buehler among others here, while auto Relics include Santa Claus, Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, Trout, Albies, Bryant, Acuña and others. This isn't the flashiest break but it's a safe one with potential without breaking the bank.

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

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