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: 15 of 90 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Bill Elliott, Richard Petty, Danica Patrick, Noah Gragson, Matt DiBenedetto, Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon, Ryan Vargas

Rookie Cards (logo) (4) – Sheldon Creed, Ryan Repko, Kody Vanderwal, Bayley Currey

Insert/short-print cards: 11 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Illumination (1) – Ryan Newman
Spotlight (1) – Denny Hamlin
Heroes (1) – Anthony Alfredo
Heroes Silver Prizms (1) – Christopher Bell
Photo variations (1) – Kyle Busch (Note: Find via the checkered flag on backs.)
Reactive Orange Prizm Photo variations (1) – Brittney Zamora (Note: Find via the checkered flag on backs.)
Blue Hyper Prizms (3) – Jesse Love, Tommy Joe Martins, Clint Bowyer
Silver Prizms (1) – Denny Hamlin
Blue Prizms (1) – Noah Gragson

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Patented Penmanship Prizms (1) – John Hunter Nemechek

What's Buzz-worthy: Yep, I did it again. 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. Two previous times, I pulled a parallel autograph and a 1/1 parallel insert. This time? A 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 that are almost guaranteed to deliver nothing but bare bones basics. This box wasn't quite as generous on the variations front this time but I still landed two. ... As I noted in past breaks, the subsets here 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, though I did drop it a small bit as this box did have some botched cards with weird surface issues among the base. Everything else was pretty clean.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: A- (yet another auto ... and I haven't opened many blasters)
Fun Grade: A

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