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2020 Panini Donruss Elite Football 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.
- 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.
- tmall edition
- Panini's edition for the Chinese market, sold through the Tmall platform. It carries Asia-exclusive parallels you cannot pull from North American boxes.
- 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 |  |
$1,000 | ||
| Hobby Box tmall edition | |
$200 | ||
| Blaster Box Case tmall (20) | |
$4,000, $200 per box | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 3 retailers we follow for 2020 Panini Donruss Elite, 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 Panini Donruss Elite for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What are the key rookie cards in 2020 Elite Football?
The top rookies are Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow, Chase Young, and Justin Herbert. All 100 rookie cards are numbered to 799 copies. Pen Pals autographs are the only place rookies appear in their NFL uniforms, making those particularly sought after.
How many autographs come in a hobby box?
Every hobby box has exactly two autographs. One is a Pen Pals rookie signature, and the other is an additional autograph from either Turn of the Century or Back to the Future Signatures.
What's the difference between Pen Pals and Turn of the Century autographs?
Pen Pals feature on-card rookie signatures in their NFL uniforms and are the only place you'll see rookies in pro gear. Turn of the Century also has rookie signatures but is numbered to 199 or less. Both have multiple ink and parallel variations.
What are the base card parallels?
Base parallels include Pink and Green (retail exclusives), Red /399, Purple /99, Aspirations and Status (both /99 or less), Orange /49, die-cut versions /24, Blue /10, Gold /10, and 1/1 Black. Razzle Dazzle is a new unnumbered parallel that's a case hit.
How many inserts should I expect per box?
Hobby boxes average eight insert cards. These come from sets like 2000 Elite, Full Throttle, Spellbound, and Star Status, plus memorabilia inserts like Spark Plugs and Swagger relics.
What makes 2020 Elite different from previous years?
The big new addition is Razzle Dazzle, an unnumbered parallel that's a case hit. Pen Pals autographs are also new, offering on-card rookie signatures in NFL uniforms. The product also features the 2000 Elite throwback set celebrating Tom Brady's rookie season.
Are there exclusive versions for First Off the Line boxes?
Yes. FOTL boxes feature one exclusive Black Gold parallel autograph instead of a standard Pen Pals, plus one Gold FOTL parallel and five additional parallels. They also include one exclusive relic and eight inserts.
When did 2020 Panini Donruss Elite come out?
It dropped July 29, 2020.
What's in a 2020 Panini Donruss Elite hobby box?
5 cards per pack, 20 packs per box, 12 boxes per case
What's the cheapest 2020 Panini Donruss Elite hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $999.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2020 Panini Donruss Elite?
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 Panini Donruss Elite Football
2020 Donruss Elite Football delivers two autographs and a relic per hobby box, anchored by rookie cards of Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow, and Chase Young numbered to 799 copies each.
Autographs
2 Autographs per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 1 Pen Pals autograph (rookie on-card signature)
- 1 Additional autograph (Turn of the Century or Back to the Future)
- 8 Insert cards (2000 Elite, Full Throttle, Spellbound, Star Status mix)
- 6 Parallel cards (various colors and tiers)
- 3 Rookie base cards
Inserts to watch
- Pen Pals 1 per box On-card rookie autographs in NFL uniforms, the only place rookies appear in pro gear.
- Turn of the Century Autographs Rookie signatures numbered to 199 or less, with parallels down to 1/1 Black versions.
- 2000 Elite 50-card set of rookies with a retro design throwback, averaging about one per box.
- Full Throttle Spotlights the NFL's fastest players, numbered to 349 with multiple parallel tiers.
- Razzle Dazzle 1 per case New parallel type in 2020, case hit featuring both veterans and rookies.
Fast facts
- Released
- July 29, 2020
- Box config
- 5 cards per pack, 20 packs per box, 12 boxes per case
- Set size
- 200 cards
- Top rookie
- Joe Burrow
Last 30 days
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.