Buzz Break: 2019 Panini Prizm baseball cards (Mega Box)

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The box: 2019 Panini Prizm baseball cards (Target Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 12 (10 standard, two Pink parallel packs)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
20 of 100 (20 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Max Scherzer, Jose Ramirez, Felix Hernandez, Jose Altuve, Adrian Beltre

Rookie Cards (Tier One only) (5) – Rowdy Tellez, Luis Urias, Chris Shaw, Sean Reid-Foley, Cedric Mullins

Insert/short-print cards: 27 (all in gallery below)
Tier Two short-prints (3) – Wilson Ramos, Mike Moustakas, Tim Anderson
Tier Three short-prints (3) – DJ Stewart (RC), Kohl Stewart (RC), Juan Gonzalez
Pink parallel (5) – Dereck Rodriguez, Michael Kopech, Matt Olson, Shane Bieber, Chris Sale
Tier Two Pink parallel (2) – Christian Yelich, David Bote
Tier Three Pink parallel (1) – Kohl Stewart (RC)
Tier Three Carolina Blue Prizm parallel (1) – Ketel Marte
Blue Prizm parallel (2) – Nicholas Castellanos, Sean Reid-Foley
Silver Prizm parallel (1) – Enyel De Los Santos
Red Prizm parallel (2) – Jose Altuve, Luis Urias
Tier Two Red Prizm parallel (1) – Jake Bauers
Tier Three Neon Orange Donut Circles Prizm parallel (1) – Nick Ciuffo (/150)
Blue Wave Prizm (1) – Brandon Nimmo (/60)
Instant Impact (1) – Gleyber Torres
Fireworks (1) – J.D. Martinez
Numbers Game (1) – Ronald Acuña Jr.
Lumber Inc. Prizms (1) – Bryce Harper

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Rookie Autographs Carolina Blue Prizm (1) – Ryan Boruki (/100)

What's Buzz-worthy: This Target Mega Box delivered plenty of color and variety but with the three tiers for the base set make me wonder whether that's where all of the bigger names are because this box didn't seem to have as many of them in it. The frame of the standard Prizm cards is a little more complex this year and I like how the color applies to the Prizms. The parallels are a little weird to decipher -- especially the cards listed as Blue Wave Prizms that aren't Blue -- but that comes with the territory a bit with these releases. I got two numbered cards and a parallel auto, which seemed to be more than some other recent boxes of this type, but it seemed like there could have been more with all of the parallel styles in this release. The Mega Box may be the way to go vs. blasters with the guaranteed hit and more volume though hobby (hit that link above) is where you're guaranteed more.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (good variety but not a lot of big names in base/parallels)
Fun Grade: B+

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