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I was wondering if anyone has put together a complete rainbow of any players from this year's rainbow? For baseball, there are a whopping 36 color variations (including the base card). -- No, you heard me correctly, I said 36! 

Being an Aaron Nola player collector and given the relative cheap value Panini baseball cards can be had for, the last two years I have tried to gather as many Nola prizms as possible. From last year, I am only missing white sparkles (SSP -- probably only around 20 exist), gold (#/10), FOTL Shimmer (#/7), Forest Green (#/5), and Black Finite (#/1). But there were fewer colors last year. 

This year, I am only missing 7, which in my opinion is kind of amazing given the number of low numbered cards: Navy Blue Kaleidoscope (#/35), Gold (#/10), Gold Donut Circles (#/10), FOTL Shimmer (#/7), FOTL Purple Shimmer (#/7), Gold Vinyl (#/1), and black finite (#/1).

Frankly, with how rare the rarest are, I imagine this is about as close as I'll get to getting a complete rainbow. I was wondering if anyone has actually succeeded in putting a full rainbow together, especially from this year given there are now not one, but TWO 1/1s to chase, plus another 6 or 7 with a print run of 10 or less.

I did last years Prizm Archie Manning, a total of 26 cards.

I'd be shocked if anyone had completed a rainbow already. Like you pointed out, the number of parallels is huge. I've got one of the Lorenzo Cain 1/1's so far and maybe half the parallels (including some of the real tough ones) but I won't really be thinking about it unless that second 1/1 falls in my lap somehow lol. For last year I think I've got all but the 1/1 and maybe a shimmer for a couple of the Brewers 

I think there are 40 different parallels in basketball. It is getting rather stupid IMHO.

I started a Max Kepler 2020 rainbow, I haven't gotten that far yet though. Working on it is my main priority right now.

Interested how far you have got with this?

I personally enjoy the parallel thing, keeps you iterested if your into that, I did Braden Holtby in OPC Platinum all I need in the 1/1 golden treasures!! I;m waiting for Tinkerbell to tell me where it is LOL !!

I have only gotten 8 done so far.

I decided to hunt down Evan Longoria from this year's set becuase I landed the Gold /10. Now I have 10 different cards with 4 more on the way.

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