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2012-13 Panini Certified Hockey 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.
- 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 |  |
$200 | ||
| Hobby Box Inner Case | |
$1,600 | ||
| Hobby Box Case | |
$4,800 | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 5 retailers we follow for 2012-13 Panini Certified, 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 2012-13 Panini Certified for?
For collectors who want hits without Cup money. Figure on an auto or relic every box or two, with rookies you'll actually recognize.
What makes 2012-13 Certified worth opening?
You're guaranteed at least one autograph per box, and four hits total. That's a solid hit rate for a mid-tier product. The rookie autographs, especially Freshman Fabric Signature cards, are the main draw.
What are the key rookie cards?
There are 60 rookie cards split three ways: 15 base Certified Rookies, 25 Freshman Signature Rookies (autographed), and 20 Freshman Fabric Signature Rookies (game-worn fabric autos). The autographed versions are the chase.
How do the Mirror parallels work?
Mirror cards come in Red, Blue, Gold, and Emerald versions. You'll pull one Mirror parallel per box on average, and they're numbered to different print runs (Red /100, Blue /50, Gold /25, Emerald /5, and Black /1 for the rarest).
What's a Hot Box?
Hot Boxes are special boxes with enhanced hits. They fall at a rate of one per mini-case (and there are three mini-cases per master case), so roughly one per 24 boxes.
What's the base set like?
The base set is 100 cards of current NHL players. It's straightforward and not particularly scarce, so most of your value comes from the inserts and autographs.
Are there any veteran or legend cards?
Yes. Certified Icons feature Hall of Famers like Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Bobby Hull. There's also an Immortals insert set and Masked Marvels (goalie-focused) that mix current and retired players.
What are the best inserts in 2012-13 Panini Certified?
Worth keeping an eye out for: Freshman Fabric Signature Rookies, Certified Rookies, Freshman Signature Rookies, Goalie Pulls, Face Off Dual Sticks, Path to the Cup.
When did 2012-13 Panini Certified come out?
It dropped November 8, 2012.
What's in a 2012-13 Panini Certified hobby box?
10 packs per box, 5 cards per pack, 4 hits per box with at least 1 autograph guaranteed
What's the cheapest 2012-13 Panini Certified hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $199.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2012-13 Panini Certified?
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.
2012-13 Panini Certified Hockey
2012-13 Certified is a mid-tier hockey product built around autographed rookies and veteran inserts, with four hits per box guaranteed and at least one autograph in every pack.
Autographs
1 Autograph per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 1 Mirror parallel card (Red, Blue, Gold, or Emerald)
- 3 Other inserts or parallels
Inserts to watch
- Freshman Fabric Signature Rookies Game-worn fabric autographs of rookie players, part of the 60-card rookie subset.
- Certified Rookies 15 base rookie cards that are the core chase for new player collectors.
- Freshman Signature Rookies 25 autographed rookie cards, a major pull for rookie hunters.
- Goalie Pulls New insert where you pull the goalie in front of the net or leaving the goal undefended.
- Face Off Dual Sticks New game-used card subset featuring dual stick memorabilia.
- Path to the Cup Multi-tiered insert set tracking Stanley Cup playoff progression with various serial-numbered parallels.
Fast facts
- Released
- November 8, 2012
- Box config
- 10 packs per box, 5 cards per pack, 4 hits per box with at least 1 autograph guaranteed
- Set size
- 188 cards
- Top rookie
- Torey Krug
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.