Buzz Break: 2021 UD AEW All Elite Wrestling cards (blaster)

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The box: 2021 Upper Deck AEW All Elite Wrestling  cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery from this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 61
Base set completion: 33 of 100 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Sammy Guevara, Adam Page, Britt Baker, Brandi Rhodes, Hikaru Shida, Penelope Ford, Tony Schiavone, Arn Anderson, Evil Uno, Brodie Lee, Tully Blanchard, Rey Fenix, Billy Gunn, Cash Wheeler, QT Marshall, Dax Harwood, Joey Janela, Isiah Kassidy, Stu Grayson, Lance Archer, Santana, Scorpio Sky, Powerhouse Hobbs, Miro, Britt Baker, Rey Fenix, Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Cody Rhodes, Orange Cassidy, Nyla Rose, Brian Cage, FTR, The Butcher & The Blade, Young Bucks

Rookie Cards – None are noted on-card via a RC logo, but anyone in base set without previous WWE, WCW, Impact, Panini Lucha Libre AAA or BBM (Japan) or Leaf in-pack cards is likely a RC here based on traditional definitions.

Inserts/short-prints: 23 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Gold parallels (8) – Hikaru Shida, Penelope Ford, Lance Archer, Arn Anderson, Dax Harwood, Powerhouse Hobbs, Young Bucks, Brian Cage
Pyro parallels (3) – Kip Sabian, Christopher Daniels, Private Party
Canvas (2) – FTR, Colt Cabana
Main Features (7) – Orange Cassidy, Tay Conti, Kenny Omega, Darby Allin, Luchasaurus, Nyla Rose, Jake Hager
Main Features Gold (2) – Cody Rhodes, PAC
Rhodes To Success (1) – Cody Rhodes

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Silver Relic (1) – Adam Page

What's Buzz-worthy: My second blaster of this one delivered well on the names front with key players in several insert spots and on the hit but I didn't get anything on the rarer side of things this time. The names part helps keep this one as an A-level box (along with the name on the hit ... he's champ) though it can be topped. As I noted last time, autographs are rare here (and in both formats) while it looks like memorabilia cards are the heaviest in both formats, too. I did a trio of boxes at SRP ($19.99) with similar results on all three (a memorabilia card per) so that's likely the norm more than its not with the set being pretty small so this one will be do-able, though some subsets are slightly SP'd if you look at the odds closely. Over time, I don't think those will be rare -- and e-Pack is still to come on this one. This box still had a lot of cards with tweaked top-left corners as well as a lot of surface dents and upper right edge issues (a big deal if you contemplate grading) but overall it's a comfortable first release -- though delays between its creation and arrival did mean a lot of new additions were not found here. There are tiers for cards here so some autos are going to be a lot rarer than others but overall I think the singles prices will get smoother over time despite its landmark status as the first official AEW set.  Will I do more beyond my first three blasters? Perhaps, though I will pick off singles as they stack up from the e-Pack routine first. Prices on a lot of the autos right now -- Jim Ross ink, for example was over $100 despite him not being a tough signer -- are high for my taste so I'm playing the long game with what I want to track down ... after all, the second release is in the works and has been revealed as you can see at the store link up top.

Product Grade: B+ (delays hurt this one ... a lot of notables not in the set)
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: A (a lot of variety even in these small boxes between subsets and inserts)

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