Buzz Break: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 MLB cards

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The box: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 baseball cards
First Buzz Preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for many series)

Keep reading to see a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery.

Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this pack: 11
Base set completion: 
7 of 50 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Willie Stargell, Dave Winfield, Dennis Eckersley, Mark McGwire, Andrew McCutchen, Will Smith, Zack Greinke

Rookie cards – None

Insert/short-print cards: 4 (all cards in gallery below)
Piedmont back (2) – Dansby Swanson, Jack Flaherty
Sweet Caporal back (1) – Jacob deGrom
Cycle back (1) – Wade Boggs (/25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked up this one thinking it was the MiLB series in the run, but I was wrong ... this one is the series I have ripped a few times since it's the home of one of the players I collect and his Rookie Card, Bo Bichette. He wasn't in this one but this pack got a solid top grade from me as it over-delivered on the insert volume and included a numbered card of a Hall of Famer, which is about all one can expect on the high-end of the spectrum for this series, as an extra card in the pack. (There also is ink allegedly in this series but it wasn't ever formally unveiled on the checklist.) ... This series sold 29,341 packs with some of the player possibilities here including Bichette, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Derek Jeter, Willie McCovey, Juan Soto, Tom Seaver, Ernie Banks, Lou Gehrig, Ronald Acuña Jr., Luis Robert and Mark McGwire for starters. Generally, it's a strong but simple lineup of 50 cards with three parallels per pack. There are some rare parallels that could make for some good finds if they're attached to good names -- 1/1 Ty Cobb backs, blank backs (/10), and Cycle (/25) along with other traditional styles. This is a pretty solid pack for this series with with four Hall of Famers, though it's all from more recent decades vs. some of the iconic older names that are possible.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: A+ (extra card being a serial-numbered Hall of Famer = win)
Fun Grade: B

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