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2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball Hobby Box
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What are these options?
- Hobby Box
- The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.
- Blaster Box
- The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.
- h2
- Panini's compact take on a hobby box, short for Hobby Hybrid. Fewer packs, one guaranteed autograph, and parallels found only in H2 boxes. On this productH2 boxes hold 4 packs of 10 cards with 2 Holo Prizms, 8 H2-exclusive Pulsar Prizms and 2 inserts, plus a chance at H2-exclusive Red, Blue and Gold Pulsar (/10) base and Rated Rookie parallels.
- Cases
- The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.
| Format | In USAUSD | In CanadaCAD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Box |  |
$370 | ||
| Hobby Box h2 |  |
$140 | ||
| Blaster Box | |
$30 | ||
| Hobby Box Case (12) | |
$1,975, $165 per box | ||
| Blaster Box Case (20) |  |
$700, $35 per box | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 6 retailers we follow for 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.
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Frequently asked
Who's 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What makes 2021-22 Donruss Optic different from regular Donruss?
Optic uses chromium stock instead of standard cardboard, giving it a slicker finish and opening up tons of parallel possibilities. The base set is the same 200 cards (150 veterans, 50 Rated Rookies), but the chromium treatment and parallels are what collectors hunt.
Who are the key rookie cards?
The 2021-22 class includes Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, and Jalen Suggs. These are cards #151-200 in the base set and appear in Rated Rookie Signatures autograph versions.
How many autographs come in a hobby box?
One autograph guaranteed per hobby box. You'll pull either a Dominators Signatures, Fast Break Signatures, or Rated Rookie Signatures card.
What are the rarest parallels?
Gold Vinyl (1/1), Black (1/1), and Green (/5) are the hardest to pull. Numbered parallels range from /199 (Orange) down to 1/1. Photon is a short print but not numbered.
What's the difference between hobby and factory set?
Hobby boxes have 20 packs with 4 cards each and guarantee one autograph. Factory sets (like the Target exclusive) contain all 200 base cards plus 50 Rated Rookies and come with exclusive parallels like Purple Pulsar versions.
Are there any hobby-exclusive parallels?
Yes. Photon is hobby-exclusive and a short print. Numbered parallels like Orange (/199), Lime Green (/149), Red (/99), and others are also hobby-only. Retail and factory sets have their own exclusive parallels.
What insert sets should I chase?
Rated Rookie Signatures are the marquee pull for most collectors. Dominators Signatures and Fast Break Signatures offer autographs of established stars and legends. All-Stars, Elite Dominators, Lights Out, and Raining 3s are other named insert sets in the product.
When did 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic come out?
It dropped September 2, 2022.
What's in a 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic hobby box?
20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack, 1 autograph guaranteed per box
What's the cheapest 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $369.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic?
We track listings across the major North American card shops and surface the best price up top. The Buy on eBay links go through the eBay Partner Network.
2021-22 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball
Donruss Optic takes the base 2021-22 Donruss set and prints it on chromium stock for a slicker look and tons of parallel possibilities. Hobby boxes deliver one autograph and chase cards like Rated Rookie Signatures featuring Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, and Cade Cunningham.
Autographs
1 Autograph per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 20 Parallels or inserts total per box
Inserts to watch
- Rated Rookie Signatures On-card autographs of first-year players like Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, and Cade Cunningham with multiple parallels including 1/1 Gold Vinyl versions.
- Dominators Signatures 40-card autograph set featuring established stars and legends, numbered down to /10 and 1/1 Gold Vinyl parallels.
- Fast Break Signatures 99-card autograph set mixing current players and Hall of Famers, with Gold (/10) and Black (1/1) parallels.
- Photon Hobby-exclusive parallel with a chromium sheen; short print but not numbered according to Panini.
- All-Stars Insert set highlighting top NBA talent.
Fast facts
- Released
- September 2, 2022
- Box config
- 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack, 1 autograph guaranteed per box
- Set size
- 200 cards
- Top rookie
- Evan Mobley
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Canadian prices in CAD, American in USD. A break in a price line means every shop was sold out that day; a day we did not scrape carries the last known price forward.