Topps
has decided to bring Magic Football back to the shelves after being an online-only
release last year. Boxes, no price
announced yet, will be released in January 2014 and will include 24 packs. Each
box will also contain three autographs.
The
set is pretty large, 330 cards on the checklist, with 110 short prints. There will
be retired players, veterans and rookies on the checklist. Each pack will
contain 8 cards with one mini and one parallel. This year’s parallels will be
Green, Black, Blue and Red (#/50).
The
base autograph checklist will have at least 150 players, there will be two
parallels (maybe more) Black (#/5) and Red (1/1). Additionally there will be
Dual Autographs (#/25) and Six Autographs (#/5). There are also Mini Autographs
(#/10) and Mini Autographed Books (#/5) which will be a dual auto booklet.
Relics
are not a big part of the set and there is only one relic insert, Magic Rookie
Relics, which contain a large swatch and are #/99, there will be a Magic Rookie
Relics Patch parallel #/5 each.
Finally,
there will be four base inserts, Ground & Pound (25 Running Backs), Aerial
Attacks (25 Quarterbacks), Rookie Enchantment (33 Framed Rookies) and ’48 Magic
(25 All-Time Greats based on the 1948 Topps Magic set).
I
will do a more in-depth review as more information is released.
The past few years, Topps Magic has been one of my favorite designs. Looking forward to picking up the set after the dust settles in 6 months.
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