First Buzz: 2023-24 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions

What: 2023-24 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: May 15, 2024
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Finest once again focuses on the stars of Champions League and Europa League competition in this one with the familiar mini-box format yielding ink in both halves of each box and plenty more every time.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

The Basics: Only basics have been revealed for this one -- a 150-card set -- with inserts including Top of the World and "very limited" Finest Idols along with Prized Footballers and The Man. ... Among the hits will be Finest Rivals dual-auto cards with one showcasing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Topps said this one will have "the most powerful checklist ever."

Update (April 18): No full info yet but more images were added and boxes started at $179.99 via Topps with cases at $1,439.99. There are six packs per box this time.

Update (April 23): The full info is here. ... The base set will be 150 cards with. There will be nearly 20 parallels per standard card here (see gallery for breakdown). ... Among the inserts will be four main sets with a deep rainbow of parallels -- Prized Footballers (four per box, First Class Rookies (two per box), Finest Comebacks (one per box) and Top Of The World (two per box.) These will all have will have Purple, Blue, Green Lava, Rose Gold, Gold, Orange, Red and Supers for parallels. ... Also in the insert lineup will be Prized Footballers Fusion Variations (one per case) with those parallels including Blue/Gold, Black/Red, Yellow/Red, Purple/Red, Blue/Red (/50), Orange/Red, Green/Red (/30), Pink/Red, Red/Red (/5), Black/Gold and 1/1 Rose Gold/Gold. There also will be a new take on The Man with Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers, while Finest Idols will be "ultra-rare" cards with Bronze, Silver and Gold version. The Grail card is also back.

Autos will be Refractor variations of base cards with Purple (/199), Blue (/150) Neon Green (/99), Neon Green Wave (/99), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Orange Wave (/25), Red (/5), Red Wave (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. Joining them will be the four insert auto sets -- Finest Rivals Duals, Finest Duals, The Man, Finest First Class Yearbook, Prized Footballers, Top Of The World and Finest First Class Rookies. The dual sets will have Gold, Orange, Orange Wave, Red, Red Wave and Supers, while The Man will only have Red and Supers and that same pairing will be found for the First Class, Yearbook Prized and Top sets.

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