Buzz Break: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL (Draft Pack)

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The box: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Cards in this box: 60 -- 56 player cards, four player foil cards in a sealed pack (right)
Base set completion: 
I'm not fully sorting this one this time, but there are 192 players in the basic set each with four base colors -- Blue, Green, Red, Yellow -- and then foils. That's 768 base cards -- but that's not all that's found in this one.

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Notables on base cards in this box – Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Brian Robinson Jr., Matt Stafford, Joe Burrow, Cooper Kupp, George Kittle ... and plenty more.

Rookie Cards – N/A ... gaming releases aren't Rookie Cards by the standard definition, though there are likely some rookies and first appearances in this release given the depth of the set as it includes a lot of defensive players, linemen and even kickers ... not your typical finds in a typical basic set.

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Interactive Checklist: Click here

Note: Atop the four base color versions per player, there are also base color foil, dual color foil and wild foil. Here's the rundown of Patrick Mahomes' cards via the Mattel site. That should mean more than 2,100 total cards in a master set, unless some things are tweaked for some players. (Buzz admittedly did not check every card.)

Insert cards: 4 (all cards from this box in the gallery below)
Green foil (1) – Patrick Mahomes
Blue foil (1) – CeeDee Lamb
Yellow foil (1) – Kolton Miller
Wild foil (1) – Christian McCaffrey

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Need something to rip on the cheap out in the retail wild? These packs are $5 and this one shows how they can deliver big for that small price -- and that's why this will bee the first of a few of these to pop up here as Buzz Breaks this month. ... A Mahomes foil, Mahomes base, a Wild foil and more make this one an A+ pack on the cheap. ... As I noted for a different format break of this one, the breakdown above shows you the potential and you can rough out odds on finding players and approximate the foils with some math (assuming the duals and wilds are not short-prints within the foils). ... I like what's in here and it's a somewhat dry-A to me as a release overall, but there's potential I think as a lot of traditional fans (or ones looking at value ceilings) won't rip and will instead just buy singles. That's a potential win for those who can find some Draft Packs like this and clear a shelf for, say, $50 and then have some luck with what they find. If there are no short-print shenanigans for foils, for example, then your odds of finding any one card there is one in 336 packs. Even if they made a lot, that's still going to make some players -- stars or commons -- not the easiest finds and then there will be a volume of the run that gets played. Lay on grading potential atop this, I think this one is a winner with big potential for the price ... hit the gaming aisle for a look after you check out the typical card stuff next time you're out and about. A $5 buy might not get you a lot these days -- cards or not -- but this box shows there's some potential with these.

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: A+ (foil Mahomes and wild foil of McCaffrey = win on their own)
Fun Grade: A-

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