Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 1993 Pro Set Power Football
1993 Pro Set Power Football features a 200-card base checklist. All cards have a holofoil brand stamp on the card front. There are also Gold Holofoil parallels. As far as rookies featured in the base set, there are only four: Larry Centers, Reggie Rivers, Charles Mincy and Adam Schreiber.
In addition to the base set and Gold parallels, there are four inserts to find in this one. Power Combos, Power Draft Picks, and Power Moves are all extremely common and easy to pull. In fact, it is common to find more than one insert in a pack. These also have Gold versions. Emmitt Smith Hologram Redemption cards are a chase for the product. I’m n sure on odds, but I can tell you there is no guarantee to pull one in a single box.
1993 Pro Set Power Football Box Break
Cards per pack: 12
Packs per box: 36
Price paid: $22
Shop for 1993 Pro Set Power Football boxes on eBay.
Pack 1 highlights:
Boomer Esiason Power Moves, Jim Kelly, Qadry Ismail Draft Pick & Drew Bledsoe Draft Pick Gold (one Gold per pack)
I really do like these black and white Draft Picks cards.
Pack 2:
Andre Rison, Jerome Bettis Draft Pick & Deion Sanders/Tim McKyer Power Combo
Pack 3:
Cortez Kennedy, Derrick Thomas Gold & NFC Draft Pick
Pack 4:
Junior Seau/Gary Plummer Power Combo
Pack 5:
Rodney Hampton, Jay Novacek & O.J. McDuffie Draft Pick
Novacek was a Pro Bowl selection the last five seasons of his career, from 1991 to 1995.
Pack 6:
Dan Marino, Junior Seau & Jim Harbaugh Gold
Pack 7:
Art Monk & Bruce Smith
Pack 8:
Joe Montana Power Moves, Randall Cunningham, Sterling Sharpe, Ronnie Lott Power Moves, Warren Moon/Webster Slaughter Power Combo & AFC Draft Pick Gold
Pack 9:
William “Refrigerator” Perry, Emmitt Smith & Randall McDaniel Gold
McDaniel is in the Hall of Fame after a dozen Pro Bowl selections during his 14-year career.
Pack 10:
Don Beebe & Vinny Testaverde Power Moves
Pack 11:
Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre, Irving Fryar Power Moves, Kevin Greene Power Moves Gold & Bryan Cox/Marco Coleman Power Combo
Pack 12:
Morten Andersen, Boomer Esiason Power Moves, Jim Kelly & Dale Carter Gold
Pack 13:
Bernie Kosar, Jerome Bettis Draft Pick & Andre Rison
Bettis was the Offensive Rookie of the Year winner following the 1993 season. He finished with 1,429 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.
Pack 14:
NFC Draft Pick, Cortez Kennedy & Bruce Smith Gold
Pack 15:
Junior Seau/Gary Plummer Power Combo
Pack 16:
Andre Reed, Jay Novacek, O.J. McDuffie Draft Pick & Barry Sanders Gold
Pack 17:
Qadry Ismail Draft Pick, Dan Marino, Junior Seau & Ismail Draft Pick Gold
Qadry recorded 158 less career receiving yards than his brother, Raghib “Rocket” Ismail.
Pack 18:
Art Monk & Deion Sanders/Tim McKyer Power Combo
Pack 19:
Joe Montana Power Moves, Randall Cunningham, Sterling Sharpe, Ronnie Lott Power Moves & Moon/Slaughter Power Combo
Pack 20:
William Perry, Emmitt Smith & Clay Matthews Gold
Pack 21:
Rodney Hampton, Nate Newton Gold & Bruce Smith/Darryl Talley Power Combo
Smith and Talley were both selected to the 1990 Pro Bowl.
Pack 22:
Jerry Rice, Daryl Johnston Gold, Rod Woodson, Drew Bledsoe Draft Pick & Terrell Buckley/Sterling Sharpe Power Combo
Pack 23:
Bruce Smith, Barry Sanders & Garrison Hearst Draft Pick Gold
Pack 24:
Warren Moon & Rich Gannon
Pack 25:
Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White Power Moves & Pepper Johnson Gold
Following his playing career, Pepper Johnson was a coach in the NFL from 2000 to 2016.
Pack 26:
Kevin Greene Power Moves & Thurman Thomas
Pack 27:
Sterling Sharpe & Warren Moon
Pack 28:
Qadry Ismail Draft Pick, Dan Marino & Junior Seau
Pack 29:
Greg Lloyd & Drew Bledsoe Draft Pick Gold
Bledsoe was the first pick of the 1993 draft.
Pack 30:
Thurman Thomas & Bryan Cox Gold
Pack 31:
Steve Young, Ken Norton & Buckley/Sharpe Power Combo
Pack 32:
Andre Rison, Art Monk, Natrone Means Draft Pick Gold & Deion/McKyer Power Combo
Pack 33:
Jerome Bettis Draft Pick & Andre Rison
Pack 34:
Emmitt Smith & Brett Favre
Pack 35:
NFC Draft Pick
How bummed would you have been with that pack back in the day?
Pack 36:
Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre & Emmitt Smith/Barry Sanders Power Combo
Saved the best Power Combo on the checklist for last.
Aside from the super common inserts, I actually liked this rip. The holofoil stamps on the cards definitely add to the look.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find one of the tough Emmitt Smith hologram redemptions in. Not that it would be valid, but it’s still fun to pull the tough cards.
Shop for 1993 Pro Set Power Football cards on:
Want more installments of Shane Salmonson’s Cheap Wax Wednesday? Check out his other breaks in the archives.
