Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Chrome baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2022 Topps Chrome baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 4 or 5
Cards in this box: 36
Base set completion: 
24 of 220 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Mookie Betts, Luis Robert, Corey Seager, Jesse Winker

Rookie Cards (3) – Lars Nootbaar, Jake Burger, Alexander Wells

Insert cards: 12 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Refractors (2) – Aaron Ashby, Charlie Blackmon
Prism Refractors (1) – Eloy Jimenez
Sepia Refractors (2) – Rhys Hoskins, German Marquez
Pink Refractors (2) – Jakson Reetz, Anthony Rizzo
Purple Speckle Refractors (1) – Tim Anderson (/299)
Green Refractors (1) – Kyle Lewis (/99)
1987 Topps (2) – George Springer, Miguel Cabrera
Heart of The City (1) – Jose Ramirez

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My third of five blasters picked up on sale for this one defied the odds twice with the Purple (one in 209 packs) and the Green (one in 633) leading the way with some other decent names in all spots. Statistically, this is a home run box though how big some of these names are is a tad iffy. My streak of finding Paul Goldschmidt good for $20 in the Topps MVP Buyback promo ended here but that's OK as two in a row was nice but perhaps not to be expected -- though the blasters do deliver a lot of shots at parallels, making these perhaps a great spot to do some chasing. I think while the buyback program exists, these blasters might be your best buy if you can find them on the cheaper side. Why? You never know how those Refractors or color might flow and you get several per box here ... with Aaron Judge and Goldschmidt possible in all those spots.

Product Grade: B (huge auto checklist hurts in my view)
Box Grade: A+ (two long-odds cards in one blaster is a win no matter who they are)
Fun Grade: B

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