Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Chrome Major League Soccer

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The box: 2022 Topps Chrome Major League Soccer (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 30
Base set completion: 
17 of 200 (9 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Rookie Cards (5) – Christian McFarlane, Erik Lopez, Michael Baldisimo, Leon Flach, Caio Alexandre

Insert cards: 13 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Big-city Strikers (1) – Gustavo Bou
1959 Topps (1) – Paxton Pomykal
Field Tested (2) – Carles Gil, Alejandro Bedoya
Refractors (1) – Franco Fragapane
Pink X-fractors (6) – Federico Navarro, Sebastian Lletget, Ayo Akinola, Edison Flores, Alex Ring, Mamadou Fall
Aqua X-fractors (2) – Sebastian Lletget, Ayo Akinola (/299)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Just like my other recent Chrome MLS break, this bargain-lot box isn't really one in my wheelhouse -- I wouldn't even qualify as a soccer newb -- but it did have a pair of serial-numbered cards this time as well as the same volume of RCs as before. It just had some minor shuffling in the inserts vs. last time but with all of the same sets represented. ... Why rip the affordable recent-year stuff? With newer boxes sometimes more premium-priced, stepping back a few years for stuff like this -- when it's so cheap -- can make for some low-risk ripping as all the good stuff just doesn't vanish from boxes after they are over a year old. Also, unless releases are red-hot, the overall clear volume of stuff being made these days means, realistically, you might be rewarded as a dabbler (that's what I am basically often these days) with lower prices later if you're not a diehard wanting to chase and grab big stuff right now. Yes, more might be opened, too, but if that's the case your singles will be cheaper over time. Until older stuff like this dries up and vanishes, then it's the stuff -- perhaps more like this box with a lower price but a longer-odds upside still possible -- that I think people should rip into more right now ... no matter the sport.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B (a good volume of inserts overall but that's heavy on parallels)

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