Buzz Break: 2022 AEW Metal Universe wrestling (blaster)

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The box: 2022 AEW Metal Universe wrestling cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery from this one.

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 35
Base set completion: 24 of 100 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Hook, Julia Hart, Ruby Soho, The Bunny, Jamie Hayter, Jon Moxley, Ricky Starks, Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe, C.M. Punk, Sammy Guevara, Shawn Spears, Excalibur, Jim Ross, Miro, Ortiz, Brody King, Tony Schiavone, The Blade, Paul Turner, Q.T. Marshall, Prest10 Vance, Wardlow, Nick Jackson

Rookie Cards – None are noted on-card via a RC logo, but anyone in base set without previous-year 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. (So there are some this time but perhaps not as many as last time.)

Inserts/short-prints: 11 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Blue Spectrum parallels (5) – Kris Statlander, Matt Menard, Adam Cole, Angelo Parker, Chris Jericho
Purple Spectrum parallels (1) – Brody King (/199)
Technicians (1) – Adam Cole
The Merch (1) – Chris Jericho
Turn Up The Heat (1) – Scorpio Sky
1997-98 Retros (1) – Anthony Bowens
SPs (Nos. 101-150) (1) – Ricky Starks

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: While my very first blaster of this one was an odds-defying one loaded with an auto (one in 40 blasters) as well as some other rarities that got it an A+ grade, this was one that included a slightly rarer numbered card (at least a rarer find in this format) and then a lot of the basics with a decent mix of young stars and notable veterans in the game. ... I was on the fence here initially but I'll be tempted more at some point (once more hit discount bins or hobby prices drop) to rip some more. I'll grab some more singles as a number of younger names are here and these are looking clean -- other than minor corner and edge issues from packaging so watch the top edges and bottom corners closely. There are still some minor corner issues and then top left edge issues at times, too, but this box wasn't as rough on that front as perhaps my last one was ... so that may be hit and miss. Overall, this one has some good potential on everything except ink every time you rip, though its slightly premium SRP is going to make the lean boxes sting a little more than, say, an average AEW flagship blaster.

Product Grade: A- 
Box Grade: B+ (included a numbered parallel but not the best name for value there)
Fun Grade: B

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