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, Justin Herbert, Tua Tagovailoa, Brock Purdy, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Nick Chubb, Bryce Young ... 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.

-- A VISUAL RUNDOWN --

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) – C.J. Stroud
Red foil (1) – Matt Stafford
Yellow foil (1) – Trevor Lawrence
Green & Blue foil (1) – Jakobi Meyers

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: That foil pack alone gets this one to an A -- easily -- but the volume of stars in the main card selection here was deep as well ... both on the stars and also a healthy amount of "Who?" And, for $5, this pack is good on all those fronts. ... As I noted before, 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 low 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+ (foils were loaded -- plus plenty of stars otherwise this time)
Fun Grade: A-

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