Buzz Break: 2021 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2021 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

Click to see the full breakdown and a gallery of highlights.

Packs per box: 7 (six standard, one Blue Hypers pack)
Cards per pack: 4 (three per Blue Hypers)
Cards in this box: 27
Set completion: 14 of 90 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, John Hunter Nemechek, Brandon Jones, Christopher Bell, Justin Allgaier, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jimmie Johnson (F), Jeff Gordon (F), Tony Stewart (L), Rusty Wallace (L), Ryan Blaney (W)

Rookie Cards (logo) (2) – Mason Massey, Kyle Weatherman

Insert/short-print cards: 12 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Teamwork (1) – Martin Truex Jr.
National Pride (1) – Kyle Larson
Heroes (1) – Chase Briscoe
Heroes Silver Prizms (1) – Christopher Bell
Legends Blue Hyper Prizms (1) – Rusty Wallace
Photo variations (1) – Hailie Deegan (Note: Find via the checkered flag on backs ... see gallery.)
Blue Hyper Prizms (2) – Ryan Blaney, Mason Massey
Silver Prizms (1) – Myatt Snider
Blue Prizms (1) – Alex Bowman
Reactive Orange Prizms (1) – Kasey Kahne
Carolina Blue Scope Prizms (1) – Kyle Larson (/99)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Endorsements Hyper Prizm Blue & Carolina Blue (1) – Corey Lajoie (/50)

What's Buzz-worthy: There's a reason you're seeing this one again ... they seem to be over-delivering well at times in my experience and they are dirt cheap out there in the wild. Last time, I pulled a 1/1 parallel insert. This time? A parallel auto with a big, impressive on-card signature. Can't beat that when this one is the price of some pack formats of newer retail issues in some sports. This box wasn't quite as generous on the variations front this time vs. others where I had them pop up as both standard cards and as parallels and its run of basic cards was light on top talent until I got to the subsets ut all in all it's still a win with the ink and a few finds like the Deegan variation and some of the color. ... As I noted in a past break, the subsets make these feel like there is more going on and it's a way to get some past names into the mix to help with the NASCAR ranks getting younger and younger it seems all the time -- at least that's my gut feeling based on what I see here. This one once again took the checkered flag for a bargain box.

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

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