Buzz Break: 2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 5
Base set completion: 
1 of 200 (0.5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (1) – Cameron Cannon (/999) -- all cards from box in gallery below

Insert cards: 2
Aspirations Purple parallel (1) – Jay Vargas (/250)
Pink parallel (1) – Andrew Dalquist

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2*
Autographs (1) – Panini Rewards, 150 points (* -- I actually turned it into three 50-point autos)
Prospect Materials (1) – Keibert Ruiz

What's Buzz-worthy: These one-pack boxes deliver an autograph and a memorabilia card each time -- unless you land Panini Rewards points like this one. And in this case I turned that into three 50-point autos but at a cost of $10.47. Normally I wouldn't complain about that but the price seemed to have gone up and the selection for 150 points and below seemed leaner than the past, too. Since I'm not going out looking for points or patient enough to see what I might land next time, I went with three cards ... that I've already landed before there. (School ties on a common player edge one card for the price in my mind.) As for this one, it's very similar to last year in many ways. This particular box included a couple of numbered cards and the memorabilia card is of a decently ranked overall prospect but the points were a bummer here. There are some solid finds and first-timer autos to be found in this brand and two hits for the price isn't bad at all here, because if you land a rarer parallel or a key name you should be ahead. It's a deep checklist, though, too. I'll talk more about that the next time I rip into a box here.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B- (points a bummer in a small box like this)
Fun Grade: C (tiny boxes ... and points sting for the ink here)

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