First Buzz: 2025 Panini Combat Anthology trading cards

[BlowoutBuzz]

This one will pack some punch.

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[djpotential]

If there's more Fedor cards, take my money.

[Tonic3]

Anybody buy any? I bought one box for my shot at a Mike Tyson Kaboom......don't worry....it's gonna happen

[Bob Ross]

I was going to buy until I watched the one break on Youtube.

[cardrcomeback]

It's Tyson Kaboom or bust

[majestik101]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

I was going to buy until I watched the one break on Youtube.

Same. I'm overly thrilled that I didn't get suckered into buying any of this crap

What a terrible product, just from the 3 box breaks I saw

WOOF

[Joshi City]

I'll put all the serial and auto cards I pulled over in the break thread, don't want to fill this one with just pictures, but here are the general highlights from my case (cross posting in the wrestling forum since it covers both):



Understanding of course the luck factor, my pros and cons:

Pros:

- In 2025 box prices, this is one of the more reasonable ones. Getting a box for $120 that has two autos and an auto list with some good hit possibilities is about all you can ask for these days.

- As an old school UFC fan, it was a walk down memory lane for sure. I can name more fighters from the early UFCs than I can from the current shows, so getting guys like Shamrock, Kimo, Oleg, and Smith was fun.

- While an odd variety to some, since I am a fan of UFC, wrestling, and boxing I knew 90% of the people I pulled so it wasn't a bunch of "huh?" even if not all have value.

(and don't laugh about the Butterbean Kaboom, as based on the one on eBay he has some fans)

Cons:

- Through a whole case I got one low serial non-autograph card, which probably just shows the sheer number of boxes made for this set. I only had two cards under /50 which for a full case you'd hope for a little better luck. Low serial base are really the key for ROI as you can clean up with a lot of serials sub 99, which hurts the value.

- Not an ideal box I don't think for newer MMA fans unless you are really into the classics as it definitely leans towards older MMA fighters. From personal experience from other sets, pulling an auto and then googling the person isn't fun.

- Limited market for a lot of the signers in this set, while I may genuinely think its neat to pull a Kimo or Oleg auto, its a tough one for those focused on re-sell as while there are a handful of good signers there are a fair number of more obscure fighters as well.

Overall a thumbs up from me since its literally my niche but definitely not for everyone.

[BlowoutBuzz]

I like the idea but see so many names I'd have zero interest about on any level.

I almost feel like they could have gimmicked the boxes into a wrestling pack and an MMA pack and had it feel more interesting with the same stuff.

[SteigerWRX]

Snagged one box at my LCS earlier today.

[PuddleMonkey]

How does Chael not get his cards sent back in time for release? It was the same for 2013/14 releases but at least he was fighting back then.

[eb12057]

That’s a really good case! I purchased 7 boxes, knew I should have sprung for the full case. Here’s my 7 boxes worth:

Notable parallels:
Simeon Powell Crimson Mask /5
Fabian Edwards Squared Circle /8
Butterbean Cracked Ice /25
Taila Santos Galactic

MMA Autos:
Maurice Smith Sweet Science /99
Josh Barnett Cracked Ice /25
Josh Barnett /99
Guy Metzger /99
Oleg Taktarov
A.J. McKee
Josh Thompson
Andrey Koreshkov
Marco Ruas

Wrestling Autos:
CW Anderson Ring Royalty Gold /10
Matt Riddle /99
Brock Anderson /99
Kushida
Donovan Dijak