First Buzz: 2022 Bowman Chrome baseball cards

What: 2022 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: No autos guaranteed in 10-pack LITE boxes (16 per case); two autos per 12-pack Hobby boxes (12 per case); three autos per HTA Choice box (12 per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Bowman arrives with the same format changes from last year -- LITE, Hobby and autograph-only HTA Choice boxes -- that let collectors chase what they want in different ways.

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The Basics: Starting with the HTA Choice boxes ... The Chrome Prospect auto lineup is a deep one with rainbow of at least 18 different versions to chase. Standard Refractors (/499) will be joined by Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), new Blue RayWave (/150), HTA Choice (/150), Atomic (/100), Green (/99), Green Atomic (/99), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange Wave (/25), Red (/5), Red Shimmer (/5), Red Wave (/5) and 1/1 Black Mojos as well as Superfractors. Some of those will only be found in these HTA boxes -- HTA, Green Atomic, Gold Shimmer, Orange Wave, Red Wave and Black Mojo just like last year.

Joining them will be Chrome Rookie autos with a smaller rainbow of Refractors (/499), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers just like last year. ... A number of insert autos also will be found in HTA boxes -- Prime Chrome (/50), It Came To The League  (/TBD), Shades of Greatness (/99), 2021 AFL All-Stars (/TBD), AFL All-Stars SPs (/100), Bowman Ascensions (/TBD) and prep All-American autos (/TBD). Joining them will be Bowman Invicta autos (/TBD) and Chrome Auto Relics (/TBD) as well as AFL Relic auto parallels (/TBD). Most of these will have Orange parallels (/25) as well as 1/1 Supers but not all -- and Invicta will have Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers.

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For master hobby boxes (two six-pack mini boxes per), you'll find basics from the 100-card base set and then a 100-card prospect set. There will be plenty of parallels -- at least 20 per Chrome Prospect base card. Those will include Shimmer, Refractors (/499), Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Purple Shimmer (/250), Fuchsia/Pink Vapor (/199), Fuchsia Shimmer (/199), Blue (/150), Aqua (/125), Fuchsia/Pink Vapor (/125), Green (/99), Green Shimmer (/99), Yellow (/75), Yellow/Orange Vapor (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange (/25), Orange Shimmer (/25), Red (/5), Red/Aqua Vapor (/5), Red Shimmer (/5) and 1/1 Black Shimmers as well as Superfractors. ... The base set's rainbow will be simpler just like the autos with Refractors, Fuchsia (/299), Purple (/250), Aqua RayWave (/199), Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Orange, Red and Superfractors. ... For inserts, there will be Shades of Greatness Bowman Invicta, 2021 AFL All-Stars, an 2021 AFL MVP SP, It Came To The League and rarer Bowman Ascension cards the bring some artists into the mix -- two artists at Invisible Creature will create four "stunning design variations" thoughout that insert that will be one in 144 pack with Orange (/25) and 1/1 Super versions, too. The standard instead will have Atomic (/150), Orange (/25) and Supers at minimum with Invicta adding Atomic, Gold and Red into its rainbow.

For autographs in this format, there will be another deep rainbow -- some of what was in Choice but with some exclusives. There will be Standard Refractor (/499), Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Blue RayWave (/150), Atomic (/100), Green (/99), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Mini-Diamond (/50), Orange Shimmer (/25), Orange (/25), Red (/5), Red Shimmer (/5), and 1/1 Superfractors. ... Chrome Rookie autos will again only have Refractors, Blue, Green, Gold, Orange, Red and 1/1 Supers. ... Joining them will be insert autos just like in the first format -- Prime Chrome (/50), It Came To The League, Shades of Greatness, AFL All-Star, AFL MVP, Bowman Ascensions, Invicta and prep All-Stars. Also here will be Chrome Auto Relics (/TBD) with Gold, Orange and Supers as well asl AFL Relics and AFL Relics Autos.

For LITE boxes, which will not include autographs every time, there will be exclusive Black & White Mini Diamond Refractor parallel cards to chase (five per box) as well as the full array of parallels for both sets. ... The insert lineup appears to be the same as hobby boxes, while the only other exclusive addition here will be Black & White Mini Diamond Refractor autos -- the only type of ink found in these boxes.

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