In my opinion, here are 5 sports card packs that will provide a bang for your buck. Please leave your top trading pack in the comments section.
Best 2023-24 Trading Card Packs
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2020 Prizm Football
Release Date: 12/2/2020
Hobby Configuration: 12 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 12 boxes per case
This set is loaded with big names such as Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Tua, and Jalen Hurts, to name a few. The significant change compared to last year is one less autograph and one more Silver Prizm per Hobby box. The expected Hobby output is now two autographs and two Silver Prizms. Another plus is these cards hold up very well to PSA grading. Fresh pulls should have an excellent chance at a PSA 9 or 10 grade.
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Hobby Parallels
- Silver
- Snakeskin
- Orange – #/249
- Blue Wave – #/199
- Hyper – #/175
- Red Wave – #/149
- Blue Ice – #/99
- Green Scope – #/75
- Purple Power – #/49
- Camo – #/25
- Gold – #/10
- Gold Vinyl – #/5
- Black Finite – 1/1
Top Cards
- Justin Herbert RC #325
- Joe Burrow RC #307
- Jalen Hurts RC #343
- Tua Tagovailoa RC #339
2016 Bowman Chrome
Release Date: 9/7/2016
Product Configuration: 5 cards per pack, 12 packs per master box, 12 master boxes per case
Product Configuration: 80 cards per box, 12 boxes per case
Bowman Chrome once again!
These packs contain rookie prospect cards from Juan Soto, Tatis Jr., Vlad Jr., Bo Bichette, and Pete Alonso. A LOADED year for big names. Like Prizm cards, the Bowman Chrome grades well with PSA. Out of the 10 I sent in a few months ago, 6 returned with PSA 10 grades.
Chrome Prospect Autograph Parallels
- Refractor
- Blue Refractor (#’d)
- Green Refractor (#’d)
- Gold Refractor (#’d)
- Orange Refractor (#/25) – Hobby
- Red Refractor (#/5)
- SuperFractor (1/1)
- Gold Shimmer Ref (#/50) – HTA
- Orange Wave Ref (#/25) – HTA
- Black Refractor (1/1) – HTA
Chrome Rookie Autograph Parallels
- Refractor
- Blue Refractor (#’d)
- Green Refractor (#’d)
- Gold Refractor (#’d)
- Orange Refractor (#/25) – Hobby
- Red Refractor (#/5)
- SuperFractor (1/1)
Top Cards
- Juan Soto RC #CPA-JS
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Corey Seager RC #40
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Fernando Tatis Jr. RC #BCP17
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. RC #BCP55
- Pete Alonso RC #CDAPA
2023 Panini NBA Hoops
Release Date: 11/22/2023
Hobby Configuration: 8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 20 boxes per case
They are relatively cheap, and you can grab a Victor Wembanyama NBA Hoops base rookie card or one of the Victor Wembanyama special inserts. The only downside to the NBA Hoops card is they don’t grade particularly well. I sent a dozen 2023 Wemby Hoops rookie cards to PSA; only 3 returned with a 10 grade.
2023-24 Panini NBA Hoops Basketball Base Parallels
- Blue
- Hyper Blue
- Impulse
- Neon Green
- Purple
- Purple Winter
- Red Backs
- Teal Explosion
- Winter
- Yellow
- Premium Box Set – #/199
- Silver – #/199
- Green – #/99
- Hyper Red – #/99
- Gravity – #/75
- Red – #/75
- Blue Explosion – #/59
- Artist Proof – #/25
- Hyper Green – #/25
- Orange Explosion – #/25
- Red Explosion – #/15
- Artist Proof Gold – #/10
- Hyper Gold – #/10
- Artist Proof Black – 1/1
Top Cards
- Victor Wembanyama RC #277
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Victor Wembanyama Tribute RC #298
- Victor Wembanyama Holo Foil Presentations RC #20
2023 Bowman Draft Chrome
Release Date: 12/12/2023
Hobby Jumbo Configuration: 32 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 8 boxes per case
Super Jumbo Config: 120 cards per pack, 5 packs per box, 6 boxes per case
HTA Choice Config: 3 cards per pack, 1 pack per box, 6 boxes per case
Wow! I would love to have the above card. The 2023 Bowman Draft Chrome Tom Brady 1st Bowman RC #95B-TB SSP is the highlight of this set. I might buy an entire hobby box hoping to pull the Brady card.
The Tom Brady Expose baseball card is among the more popular cards to hit the industry in 2023/24.
Base Prospect Chrome Parallels
- Base Refractor
- Japan Refractor (3 per Asia pack)
- Sky Blue Refractor (1:8 Jumbo packs)
- Lunar Glow Refractor (1:12 Jumbo packs)
- Purple Refractor – #/250
- Sparkle Refractor – #/200
- Fuchsia Lunar Refractor – #/199
- Blue Refractor – #/150
- Aqua Lunar Crater Refractor – #/125
- Aqua Wave Refractor – #/125
- Green Refractor – #/99
- Green Grass Refractor – #/99
- Yellow Refractor – #/75
- Yellow Lunar Crater Refractor – #/75
- Gold Refractor – #/50
- Orange Refractor – #/25 (Jumbo only)
- Pearl Refractor (1:321 Jumbo packs)
- Rose Gold Refractor – #/10
- Rose Gold Lava Refractor – #/10
- Red Refractor – #/5
- Red Lava Refractor – #/5
- SuperFractor – 1/1
- Printing Plates – 1/1
Top Cards
- Tom Brady #95B-TB
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Paul Skenes #BDC14
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Ethan Salas #BCP171
2017 Bowman Chrome
Release Date: 09/29/2017
Product Configuration: Hobby – 5 cards per pack, 6 packs per mini box, 2 mini boxes per master box, 12 master boxes per case
Product Configuration: HTA – 3 cards per pack, 1 pack per box, 12 boxes per case
Aaron Judge and Ronald Acuna prospect rookie cards. Both of these bashers should have a solid ROI in the long term plus, as we mentioned previously, Bowman Chrome grades well with PSA. The only downside to the 2017 set is the cost and scarcity. Finding a single pack for sale will be difficult at best.
Base Chrome Prospect Parallels
- Refractor
- Bowman 70th Logo Refractor (limited)
- Green Refractor (#’d)
- Gold Refractor (#’d)
- Orange Refractor (#/25) – Hobby
- Red Refractor (#/5)
- SuperFractor (1/1)
- Purple Shimmer – Hobby
- Green Shimmer (#’d) – Hobby
- Gold Shimmer (#’d) – Hobby
- Orange Shimmer (#/25) – Hobby
- Black Shimmer (1/1) – Hobby
Base Chrome Parallels
- Refractor
- Purple Refractor (#’d)
- Blue Refractor (#’d)
- Green Refractor (#’d)
- Gold Refractor (#’d)
- Orange Refractor (#/25) – Hobby
- Red Refractor (#/5)
- SuperFractor (1/1)
Top Cards
-
Ronald Acuna Jr RC #BCP127
- Aaron Judge RC #56