1996-97 Metal

Produced by Fleer/SkyBox, the 1996 Metal set is comprised of 250 cards with eight-card packs carrying a suggested retail price of $2.49. Borderless fronts feature the player in a full-color action cutout against an etched color and silver foil background. The player's name is printed in silver foil and embossed along the right side of the card. Backs picture the player in a full-color action shot with his team's logo printed at the bottom against a "s… [Read More]

Produced by Fleer/SkyBox, the 1996 Metal set is comprised of 250 cards with eight-card packs carrying a suggested retail price of $2.49. Borderless fronts feature the player in a full-color action cutout against an etched color and silver foil background. The player's name is printed in silver foil and embossed along the right side of the card. Backs picture the player in a full-color action shot with his team's logo printed at the bottom against a "steel" background. The player's name and statistics run vertically along the right side of the card. The cards are grouped alphabetically within teams and checklisted below alphabetically according to team. The Series one Fresh Foundation subset contains the Rookie Cards of Stephon Marbury, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash. Card #73 (Jerry Stackhouse) was also used for promotional purposes. [Collapse]