Card Types

Prizm

Panini's flagship chrome-style basketball and football card brand. "Prizm" also refers to the Silver Prizm parallel — the most popular modern parallel in the hobby.

Prizm is both a Panini card brand and a type of parallel. As a brand, Panini Prizm is the flagship chrome-style release for basketball (since 2012-13) and football — the equivalent of what Topps Chrome is to baseball.

As a parallel, "Prizm" or "Silver Prizm" refers to the silver-colored refractor-like variant that comes one per hobby box on average. The Silver Prizm is the most sought-after non-numbered parallel in the modern hobby — Luka Doncic's 2018-19 Prizm Silver in PSA 10 has sold for $2,000+.

Beyond Silver, Prizm parallels include: Green, Blue (/199), Red (/299 or retail exclusive), Orange (/49), Gold (/10), Black (1/1), Mojo (Target exclusive), and many more. Each color carries different scarcity and value.

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Refractor

A chromium parallel card with a rainbow-like reflective coating. Introduced by Topps in 1993 Finest. Refractors are rarer than base chrome cards and command significant premiums.

Parallel

An alternate version of a base card with a different color, finish, or serial-numbering. Parallels are rarer than base cards and increase in value as the print run decreases.

Base Card

The standard, most common version of a card in a set. Base cards form the numbered checklist (e.g., #1-330). While individually not valuable for most players, base rookie cards of stars can be worth hundreds or thousands.

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