Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen MLB cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one five-card parallel pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 47
Base set completion: 
39 of 320 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Andrew Benintendi, Albert Pujols, Trevor Story, Felix Hernandez, Yasiel Puig, Joey Votto, Willson Contreras

Rookie Cards (4) – Dillon Peters, Walker Buehler, Miguel Gomez, J.P. Crawford

Insert/short-print cards: 8 (gallery of these and more below)
Missing black plate (bonus pack cards) (5) – Jack Flaherty, Tim Beckham, Christian Yelich, Jacob deGrom, Tommy Pham
Tarot of the Diamond (1) – Aaron Judge
Fortune Teller (1) – Bryce Harper
Missing Nameplate (1) – Matt Moore

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This blaster box can't really compare with a Monster box we ripped here last week but the general feel of the cards aside from the inserts is about the same. Save for a few highlight players in the base cards, the selection was a bit bland player-wise, though GQ might be as aesthetically strong as ever. This particular box included one variation and a couple of big names among the inserts, but really feels very similar to other breaks of this one here -- not that flashy off a break but still well-crafted cardboard. ... It appears a lot of the hobby finds are also potentially found here with standard autographs one in every nine boxes or so just like the Monster boxes. Design-wise, this might be the best GQ set, but it needs more variety -- something along the lines of minis -- to add to the packs. The short-prints (Nos. 301-320) are one in 48 packs here, so even that chase isn't something to check each pack for like it is in Heritage -- if you get a dud pack at least you might add an SP to your set. If you like Gypsy Queen's past, you'll like this one -- it's solid but not super-flashy. Tearing into hobby boxes might be your best bet for this one if you're in it for the chase of something big. We'll do one of those here soon.

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

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