Card Identification Forum

Hello.  I opened a pack of 2019-20 Panini Illusions Basketball.  All the base cards have the same exact finish (almost a light reflective tiger stripe in the middle and dark on the sides), but this Tyler Herro card is different (Opposite, dark in the middle and lighter on the sides).  Looking at the list of parallels here, I would say it most closely resembles the "black parallels", but those are numbered to /49 and this card has no such numbering.  Help?

Was this pack from a Blaster Box, Mega Box, other? There are several excluvie parallel sets beyond the base set. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you can check them out [1]. Hard to tell from the photo, but if it is a parallel and I had to take a guess, it might be a Sapphire parallel [2], which is Mega Box exclusive.

[1] https://www.tcdb.com/Inserts.cfm/sid/239570/2019-20-Panini-Illusions

[2] https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/240350/2019-20-Panini-Illusions---Sapphire

Some Panini sets use a different finish for rookies, than for veterans. Did you get any other rookies in your pack?

Rookies are different than other base cards.

Thanks to those who have replied so far, I appreciate your time. I must have opened these awhile ago, I don't exactly remember the source.  I only have 13-cards so I'm thinking a Value Pack (Fat Cello Pack) of some sort.  There are 8 veterans (Curry, Looney, Wall, etc).  They all have the same finish, the undertone is a star expanding outwards that also kinda looks zebra stripey.  On the left is a 2nd picture of them with a darker background and on the right is their last name with a darker background.  Full name embossed in gold at top and team name at bottom.  The finish of these are all the same.  I pulled 4 rookie cards (Herro, Morant, Garland, and Roby). With the exception of the Herro card, these also have the lighter middle with the expandingstar/zebra thing going on.  The 2nd picture is flip flopped to the right side (instead of left like veterans) and instead of their last name going down the left side of the card, it says "Rookies". Same embossed name at top and team name at bottom. So three of the four are the same finish as the veterans, just the are work is flip flopped.  The Herro card is a different beast.  Everything about it is the same as the other rookie cards, except the middle section. It has the same darker background behind the 2nd picture and the Rookies sides of the card, but the middle of the card is even DARKER than the sides.

@TCDBKRN You mentioned Sapphire, I don't see any blue-ish overtones, but I will follow that link now and report back

Thanks again.

Chris

@TCDBKRN  I think you are correct, it's a sapphire parallel.  Inmy head I had written it off because when I think of Sapphire, I think of blue under tones which this card doesn't have. But it matches up with the couple of examples of other players cards on display.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for helping me look at it in a different way!

As always, thank you to everyone who lent a hand, I greatly appreciate all the replies!

Issue solved!