2021 Panini Contenders Baseball Forum

So today I swing by one of the only local stores that sells sports related trading cards and bought a box. I didn't realize that this year's Panini Contenders wasn't supposed to release till December 18. I'm not sure if I was supposed to be able to purchase the box this early but it happened.

So the standard box will have 5 cards per pack with 6 total packs in the box for 30 total cards. In the version I purchased it claims that there are on average 6 Season Ticket Green Inserts and 3 wave parallels as well. On top of this it claims on average there are 1 Auto or Memorabilia cards per box. So besides the advertised season ticket, and rookie ticket base sets the additional inserts include a Rookie Contenders line which I pulled a Alex Bohm and Jonathan India, First Rounders which will contain cards for the last first round draft picks taken this season, Future Stars featuring up and coming prospects (I received a Bobby Witt Jr FS) and finally Ticket to Stardom which I assume will feature younger players in the Majors that are becoming Stars (I received a Yordan Alvarez version). Currently I am working on putting together a imgur link with photos of all the cards I pulled from the box.

Card Images from My Packs

Overall I really like the card styles that I've pulled so far. Not sure how I feel about the Wave parallel style though. It seems really gaudy or too flashy for my taste but I'm sure people will enjoy them regardless.