Buzz Break: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL (two Draft Packs)

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The boxes: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (two Draft Packs)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Cards in each box: 60 -- 56 player cards, four player foil cards in a sealed pack (right)
Base set completion: 
I'm not fully sorting this one this time, but there are 192 players in the basic set each with four base colors -- Blue, Green, Red, Yellow -- and then foils. That's 768 base cards -- but that's not all that's found in this one.

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Notables on base cards in these boxes – Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Jonathan Taylor, Ja'Marr Chase, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Lamar Jackson, Trevor Lawrence, George Kittle, Micah Parsons, Garret Wilson, George Kittle, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott, Breece Hall, Justin Herbert

Rookie Cards – N/A ... gaming releases aren't Rookie Cards by the standard definition, though there are likely some rookies and first appearances in this release given the depth of the set as it includes a lot of defensive players, linemen and even kickers ... not your typical finds in a typical basic set.

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Interactive Checklist: Click here

Note: Atop the four base color versions per player, there are also base color foil, dual color foil and wild foil. Here's the rundown of Patrick Mahomes' cards via the Mattel site. That should mean more than 2,100 total cards in a master set, unless some things are tweaked for some players. (Buzz admittedly did not check every card.)

Insert cards: 8 (a sampling of it all in the gallery below)
Red foil (1) – Jordan Love
Green foil (2) – Myles Garrett, Ryan Kelly
Yellow foil (1) – Marlon Humphrey
Blue foil (2) – Kyler Gordon, Zaven Collins
Red & Yellow foil (1) – Robert Spillane
Blue & Green foil (1) – Dexter Lawrence II

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This pair of packs delivered pretty well on both the foil front as well as the base cards ... so that's not a bad mix of stuff for under $10 with this low-risk release. ... I picked off a number of these on the cheap for some weekday NFL quickie-posts and biggest draw here in these $5-ish packs -- that are pretty meaty --  are the rarer foils of bigger names. They're not the easiest finds given the depth of the set -- but still not bad for the price. Some of the cards here also have really strong photos in their simple gaming frames and there are colors to collect for each players -- a simple parallel. ... As I noted before, if there are no short-print shenanigans for foils, for example, then your odds of finding any one card there is one in 336 packs. Even if they made a lot, that's still going to make some players -- stars or commons -- not the easiest finds and then there will be a volume of the run that gets played. Lay on grading potential atop this, I think this one is a winner with good potential for a low price. At worst, this is a cheap rip for a collector ... how many star-filled sub-$5 packs with this many cards inside can you find right now?

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: A (this pair of packs was loaded with star power and the foils were decent in spots, too)
Fun Grade: B+ (it's all about your foils, really, and then if you can load up on top names in the rest)

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