Buzz Break: 2024 UD AEW All Elite Wrestling cards (blaster)

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The box: 2024 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: 4
Cards per pack: 12
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 40 of 100 (40 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Billie Starkz, Jay White, Toni Storm, Konosuke Takeshita, Saraya, Jon Moxley, Thunder Rosa, Sting, Anna Jay, Adam Copeland, Taya Valkyrie, Chris Jericho, R.J. City, Death Triangle, The Hardys, House of Black

Rookie Cards – None are noted on-card via a RC logo, but anyone in base set without previous AEW, 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: 8 (all in gallery below with some base)
Gold parallels (2) – Samoa Joe, Bandido
Diamond Plate parallels (1) – Wheeler Yuta
Pyro parallels (1) – Saraya
Pink Pyro parallels (1) – Mogul Embassy (/79)
We Are All Global (1) – Jamie Hayter
Stepping Into The Ring (1) – Nick Wayne
Dazzlers Orange (1) – Yuka Sakazaki

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The fourth AEW flagship release hits retail with bigger packs but fewer of them and fewer cards per box -- and that mostly hits the inserts -- but this might be the best AEW flagship set yet based on the crispness of the photos (and the checklist not being as dated) and the overall clean-up of the cards vs. others that had condition issues regularly appearing out of these packs. There's still some of that but not on nearly every card such as in previous years. The base set is small in the big picture -- 100 cards with 70 stars, 20 tag teams and trios and then 10 card labeled as crew, which are announcers and referees. There are a lot of parallels to be found and even in these small boxes there are a few ... just not as much depth for inserts in the boxes this time. I landed some favorites right away -- several in my first pack which made a good first impression -- and it delivered well. The bigger packs and fewer inserts mean a big chunk of the set every time in every blaster. That may not help values in the long run but it does give you volume to collect and more good names, too. (If the set was three times larger, then stars would arrive less often.) All in all for a small box this delivered pretty well. I'll likely do some more.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B+

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