Panini Absolute · NFL game-day photos · Growing insert · about two years
Sunday Best, filed under inserts. Scored on four axes, because a type that gains value but can't be sold quickly is a different proposition from one you can move in a weekend.
Appreciation 70, liquidity 60 — a middling, workable profile. Nothing about the shape of it forces a decision, which means the price you pay decides whether it was a good idea.
Accessibility of 40 means you'll pay somewhat over the sensible number but not absurdly so. Worth watching, because this score moves faster than any of the other three.
Set against the 14 insert card types scored here, its appreciation of 70 ranks 11th of 14, liquidity 60 ranks 11th, accessibility 40 ranks 4th, and risk 38 is the 5th-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Fireworks, which scores 72 and 60 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
Two years gives the situation time to develop past its first impression, which is usually when the price is set by whoever shouted loudest. It also means two years of not touching it, including through the stretch where it looks wrong.
A risk score of 38 means ordinary risk — the failure modes are the boring ones, which is also why they're easy to talk yourself out of worrying about.
You can realistically find Sunday Best at a local card shop, a card show and online.
There is no big-box option for this one. Hobby configurations are allocated to card shops and distributors and do not reach Walmart or Target shelves at all, so a wasted trip is the likeliest outcome of looking there.
A card show is worth the trip for this because you are buying a specific card rather than a sealed product: you can compare several copies side by side, check the centring and corners yourself, and negotiate — none of which a listing photo lets you do.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: what Kabooms, Downtowns and Color Blasts are worth.
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