2020-21 Paninibasketball

2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball Hobby Box

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2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball hobby box
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.
Mega Box
A mid-size retail box, bigger than a blaster and smaller than a hobby box. Mega-exclusive parallels are the main draw, and some megas guarantee a hit.
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.
Retail Box
A full box of the individual packs sold loose at big-box stores, often 24 of them. Same base set as the hobby version, with fewer or no guaranteed hits.
choice
Panini sells Choice as its own box tier, built around a single pack holding base cards, parallels and a guaranteed hit. The Choice-only parallels are the draw, and they carry the word in their names. Look for Choice Red, Blue, Black Gold and the one of one Choice Nebula, so the card itself tells you which box it came from. Autograph counts vary by product line.
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 productHobby Hybrid boxes have 4 packs of 10 cards and guarantee 8 exclusive Prizms, 2 Holo Prizms and 2 inserts, with Hobby Hybrid exclusive insert 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.
Canada and United States best prices by format
Format In USAUSD In CanadaCAD
Hobby Box Trading Card Market $500
Hobby Box 1st off the line fotl hobby DA Card World $1,300
Hobby Box choice Trading Card Market $380
Hobby Box h2 Cards HQ $175
Hobby Box hobby DA Card World $540
Mega Box DA Card World $75
Blaster Box Trading Card Market $35
Retail Box Blowout Cards $125
Blaster Box Case (20) Blowout Cards $725, $36 per box
Retail Box Case retail (24) Blowout Cards $3,000, $125 per box

These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 6 retailers we follow for 2020-21 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 2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What's the main autograph pull in this product?
Hobby boxes guarantee one autograph per box, typically a Rated Rookie Signature on-card. You'll also find Fast Break Signatures, which include 100 cards of veterans, legends, and rookies. The rookie class is strong here with Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, and Jayson Tatum among the key names.
How many parallels are there for base cards?
There's a rainbow of parallels for every base card. Veterans have 40 different parallels and Rated Rookies have 42. They range from common ones like Holo and Orange all the way to rare numbered versions like Gold (/10), Green (/5), and 1/1 Gold Vinyl.
What's Photon and why is it special?
Photon is a new parallel for 2020-21 with a bold pattern. It's hobby-only and extremely rare as a short print, though Panini hasn't published exact insertion rates. It's one of several hobby-exclusive parallels that make the product stand out.
What insert sets are exclusive to hobby boxes?
Hobby gets All-Stars, Elite Dominators, Lights Out, Rainmakers, Star Gazing, and The Rookies. Each of these has its own parallel lineup including Holo, Red, Blue, Gold, Green, and 1/1 Gold Vinyl versions.
What's the difference between a hobby box and a Mega Box?
Hobby boxes have 20 packs per box. Mega Boxes have 10 packs per box and are the only place to find exclusive Hyper Pink parallels for base cards and Rated Rookies. Mega Boxes also deliver 10 Hyper Pink Parallels, 3 Holos, and 7 Inserts or Parallels per box.
How many cards are in the base set?
The base set is 200 cards total. 150 are veterans and 50 are Rated Rookies. The rookie class includes Anthony Edwards (#151), LaMelo Ball (#153), and other top 2020 draft picks.
What's the pack and box structure for hobby?
Hobby boxes contain 20 packs with 4 cards per pack, for 80 cards total per box. A case is 12 boxes. On average you'll pull about 20 inserts or parallels per box, plus the guaranteed autograph.
When did 2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic come out?
It dropped September 17, 2021.
What's in a 2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic hobby box?
Hobby: 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack. Mega Box: 10 packs per box, 4 cards per pack.
What's the cheapest 2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $500.00 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2020-21 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.

2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball

2020-21 Donruss Optic Basketball brings the chrome treatment to the main Donruss set with a 200-card base of veterans and 50 Rated Rookies, anchored by on-card autographs from stars like Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, and Jayson Tatum.

Autographs

1 Autograph per box on average

On average per hobby box
  1. 20 Inserts or Parallels combined
Inserts to watch
  • Rated Rookie Signatures On-card autographs of the 2020 rookie class, the main pull in hobby boxes.
  • Fast Break Signatures 100-card autograph set featuring veterans and legends alongside rookies.
  • Elite Dominators Hobby-exclusive insert set with parallels including Holo, Red, Blue, Gold, Green, and 1/1 Gold Vinyl.
  • Lights Out Hobby-exclusive insert set with multiple parallel tiers.
  • Photon New parallel for 2020-21 with a bold pattern, hobby-only and extremely rare short print.
  • All-Stars Hobby-exclusive insert set with Holo, Red, Blue, Gold, Green, and 1/1 Gold Vinyl parallels.
Fast facts
Released
September 17, 2021
Box config
Hobby: 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack. Mega Box: 10 packs per box, 4 cards per pack.
Set size
200 cards
Top rookie
Anthony Edwards
Price history
Last 30 days
Canada USA

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.