Buzz Break: 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League

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The box: 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League soccer cards (hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images from this one.

Packs per box: 12 (via two mini-boxes)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
43 of 100 (43 percent)
Duplicates: 1

Base card notables – Erling Haaland, Jude Willingham, Christian Pulisic, Neymar Jr., Kevin de Bruyne, Weston McKennie, Joao Felix, Jadon Sancho

Rookie Cards (14) – Noah Mbamba, Nuno Mendes, Felix Nmecha, Liam Delap, Kaio Jorge, Luka Sucic, Nico Gonzalez, Jonathan David, Pepe, Gavi, Sidney Raebiger, Armindo Sieb, Ilaix Moriba, Goncalo Inacio

Insert/short-print cards: 14 (all in gallery below with some base)
Refractors (4) – Jude Bellingham, Jules Kounde, Amadou Onana, Josko Gvardiol
Purple Refractors (1) – Neymar Jr. (/299)
Yellow Prism Refractors (1) – Mohamed Daramy (/250)
Blue Refractors (1) – Sandro Tonaldi (/99)
Gold Speckle Refractors (1) – Christian Pulisic (/50)
Prized Footballers (4) – Ansu Fati, Lautaro Martinez, Alphonso Davies, Kevin de Bruyne
Finest Futures (2) – Amad, Jude Bellingham

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Autographs (2) – Kingsley Coman, Konrad Laimer

What's Buzz-worthy: The odds here were beaten. That Gold Speckle card? One in 110 packs. The Blue? One in 37. The Yellow? Still not guaranteed in a box at one in 22 and neither is Purple at one in 19. Of course, all boxes will deliver color of some type but I suspect that the Pulisic gets a good chunk of that back and Neymar is a good name to find along with Bellingham in a couple of slots there. My RC volume was slightly lower than last year but the overall feel here is fine -- I just liked the previous year's design a little better (and last year I somehow had a three-auto box). The mini-box format is a little more democratic with an auto and some color in both halves, so that could allow for some trying this one on the cheaper side of things for boxes, too, which is a move I think should happen more often throughout the industry. I think this box perhaps needed some better stuff in basics to get it an A+ grade but the odds-beating results here were very strong no matter what -- it's a strong box thanks to that Pulisic.

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

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