搶先看:2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA Champions League Soccer

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When you look at the sheer number of sets, chrome is king when it comes to the current soccer card landscape. 2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA Champions League takes collectors on a similar journey filled with color and the occasional autograph. But this is also a place to find bold designs compared to a lot of other sets, particularly when it comes to inserts.


Hobby boxes deliver one autograph plus a handful of both chase cards and parallels.


2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA Champions League Soccer Checklist Overview


The Merlin base set consists of 150 total cards. Both veteran stars and rookies are included.





Every card has a large parallel rainbow of more than 20 different colors and patters:

• Refractors – 1:3 packs
• Aqua Prism Refracotrs – 3 per retail blaster box
• Pink Mojo Refractors – /275
• Atomic Refractors – /250
• Yellow Wave Refractors – /225
• Aqua Refractors – /199
• Aqua Speckle Refractors – /199
• Speckle Refractors – /150 (hobby only)
• Green Refractors – /99 (hobby only)
• Green Mojo Refractors – /99 (hobby only)
• Blue Refractors – /75
• Blue Shimmer Refractors – /75
• Gold Refractors – /50
• Gold Atomic Refractors – /50 (hobby only)
• Orange Refractors – /25
• Orange Mojo Refractors – /25
• Purple Refractors – /15
• Purple Wave Refractors – /15
• Red Refractors – /10 (hobby only)
• Red Wave Refractors – /5
• Superfractors – 1/1
  

Autographs and Inserts

With one per hobby box, there’s a steady flow of signatures in 2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA. The majority of these are found on the Base Autographs portion of the checklist. Not only do these have a similar design as the main part of the product, but there’s also a sizeable number of parallels:

• Speckle Refractors – /150
• Mojo Refractors – /99 (hobby only)
• Blue Refractors – /75
• Gold Refractors – /50
• Orange Refractors – /25 (hobby only)
• Red Refractors – /10
• Superfractors – 1/1
  

Merlin’s Match Ball Signatures add a memorabilia layer to the product’s hits. Available exclusively in hobby packs, all have serial numbers including the set’s Orange Refractor (/25), Red Refractor (/10) and Superfractor (1/1) parallels.





The checklist has four additional insert sets. These have some of the boldest designs in not only this product, but for most soccer card sets in recent memory.


Youth is the theme in U23 Stars (1:6 packs). Collectors can also expect to find both Prophecy Fulfilled (1:9 packs) and Ageless Alchemy (1:18 packs) cards in every hobby box.





Renaissance, which has a stained glass influence for its design, is case hit landing 1:216 packs.





All four insert sets have additional Gold Refractors (/50), Orange Refractors (/25), Red Refractors (/10) and Superfractors (1/1). All but U23 Stars also have numbered autographs for select cards.


2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA is the follow-up to last year’s similar chromium release.


2021-22 Topps Merlin UEFA Champions League soccer cards at a glance:


Cards per pack: Hobby – 4
Packs per box: Hobby – 18
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12
Set size: 150 cards
Release date (subject to change): June 1, 2022


What to expect in a hobby box:

• Autographs – 1
• Ageless Alchemy – 1
• Prophecy Fulfilled – 2
• U23 Stars – 3
• Refractors – 6
  

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