2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball Details
2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball has the broad mix of cards like the earlier flagship Donruss release with an added layer of flash thanks to its chrome construction. Colorful parallels, wild inserts and autographs all find a place on the Optic checklist.
Collectors have a few configurations to choose from on the hobby side. Despite they’re varying sizes and set-ups, traditional hobby, Fast Break and Choice boxes all promise an autograph a piece.
2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball Checklist Overview
The base set has a 250-card checklist includes 200 veterans and 50 first-year players under the Rated Rookie banner.
With the various configurations comes a lot of parallels. Those found in hobby include:
- Holo
- Jazz
- Photon
- Aqua – /249
- Orange – /199
- Lime Green – /149
- Red – /99
- Pink Velocity – /79
- Blue – /49
- Black Velocity – /39
- Gold – /10
- Green – /5
- Gold Vinyl – 1/1
Fast Break-exclusive parallels are highlighted by a repeating circular pattern in the background:
- Holo
- Purple – /99
- Red – /75
- Blue – /49
- Pink – /25
- Gold – /10
- Red and Yellow – /7
- Neon Green – /5
- Black – 1/1
Choice-only versions have a geometric backdrop. In other sets it’s often referred to as Mojo. Levels of these come in:
- Dragon
- Red and Green
- Red – /88
- Blue – /24
- Black Gold – /8
- Nebula – 1/1
Autographs and Other Inserts
Rated Rookies Signatures are the key autographs in 2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball. According to Panini, these also happen to come with on-card signatures. Like their base counterparts, there’s a full rainbow of parallels including lots of exclusives.
Rookie Dual Signatures is a new addition to the line for 2023-24.
Like 2023-24 Donruss Basketball, the Optic checklist goes deep with other inserts. Many of these come with big, standout designs.
Among them are Elite Dominators, Lights Out, Raining 3s and The Rookies.
Others include the debuting Rising Suns — which are not speicific to Phoenix players — and Red Hot Rookies.
Caricature-inspired Slammy inserts make their debut. Alongside Alter Ego, these are some of the product’s toughest inserts. Gold parallels, which have 10 copies each, add a further chase layer. These are similar in style to Whammy inserts found in Donruss Baseball.
2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball cards at a glance:
Cards per pack: Hobby – 4, Fast Break – 9, Choice – 8
Packs per box: Hobby – 20, Fast Break – 10, Choice – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12, Fast Break – 20, Choice – 20
Set size: 250 cards
Release date (subject to change): May 24, 2024 / Choice – June 7, 2024 / Fast Break – June 19, 2024
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What to expect in a hobby box:
- Autographs – 1
- Inserts or Parallels – 20 Total
Fast Break box:
- Autographs – 1
- Inserts or Parallels – 18 Total
Choice box:
- Autographs – 1
- Parallels – 7
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The full 2023-24 Donruss Optic Basketball checklist and team set lists will be up as soon as they’re available, likely shortly before the product’s release.
Will there be retail Blue Velocity like other years?