Single Card Mail Day:2025 Panini Phoenix Tyrone Tracy Base

Yes, I am posting a base card.

Yes, I still collect those.

Being one of the very few collectors who collect base I know ahead of time writing a post like this may not always draw in the big viewers. If it had said, 1/1 Tyrone Tracy autographed patch piece of fingerprint handheld to mouth card licked then this would be drawing in the viewers. 

But, this is simply just a base card of 2025.

 

The Panini Phoenix base design is pretty simplistic, basic but it is chromed. 

I only have a couple of Giants from the Panini Phoenix product in terms of base, still need Hakeem Nicks whom I am chasing the rainbow of, and a few others including key rookies Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter.

So, let me know, do you collect base cards still? Or are you chasing the big hits?

Single Card Mail Day:2009 Prestige Prestigious Picks Autograph Hakeem Nicks

The NY Giants have always been known for being an old school team of running and playing good defense.

But, to me, a part of this team that seems to always gets forgotten is the amount of good wide receivers they have had over the years.

We have had Gifford, Hilliard, Toomer, Baker, McCaffrey, Cruz, Beckham, Burress, Rote, Ingram, Jones, Smith, Manuel, and so on and so forth. I think a lot of these guys don't get enough recognition as many lived in the many, many rebuilding Giants years. So, they don't stand out like the stars they are.

One of my favorite ones I didn't list yet was Hakeem Nicks who not only played in over 70 games, had over 4500 yards along with over 20 TDs in his big blue career, but had a huge role in the Giants Super Bowl 46 run where he dominated throughout the playoffs.

Anytime I find a cheap card of him, I will add it.

When it's a rookie card autograph numbered to 100 for under $5, you bet I grab it.

 

 

Not the prettiest card in the world, but still a nice one to have.

I was thinking that I should add my Nicks collection to Trading Card Database sometime. See where I stand among the crowd with mine.

Who is your favorite wide out on your team?

Have a great Tuesday!

The Chase To 84 Part 1

I originally was going to post this series on Cards Over Coffee since that is where I put up my original post, but I changed my mind-I do this too often-so instead you will have to follow along on here to see my Chase of the 84 parallels in 2025 Panini Phoenix of Hakeem Nicks.

Today, I am showing off the three latest adds to this chase and an upgraded family picture at the bottom. I will try to update the family picture every time I post one of these updates.

In case you missed the original post and chase, here it is: Is 84 An Insane Number Or Is It Fun?

Here are the latest three adds,

 

White Shimmer

 

Silver

 

Silver Lava

Here is the full checklist with ones I still need and the ones that are crossed out I have,

1. Base
2. Silver
3. Silver Hyper
4. Silver Lava
5. Silver Lazer
6. Silver Mojo
7. Silver Pandora
8. Silver Pyramids
9. Silver Seismic
10. Silver Winter
11. White Shimmer
12. Red Hyper /399
13. Red Winter /399
14. Light Blue Pyramids /385
15. FireBurst /350
16. Light Blue Lava /325
17. Pink Hyper /299
18. Pink Winter /299
19. Lime Green Pyramids /285
20. Purple Hyper /249
21. Purple Winter /249
22. Lime Green Lava /225
23. Teal Pyramids /225
24. Blue Hyper /199
25. Blue Winter /199
26. Red Lazer /199
27. Wave /199
28. Orange Pandora /189
29. Yellow Pyramids /185
30. Teal Lava /175
31. Green Hyper /149
32. Green Winter /149
33. Phoenix /149
34. Pink Lazer /149
35. Bronze Pandora /125
36. Yellow Lava /125
37. Orange Hyper /99
38. Orange Winter /99
39. Purple Lazer /99
40. Red /99
41. Red Seismic /99
42. Ash Pyramids /85
43. Light Blue Mojo /85
44. Pyramids /85
45. Ash Lava /75
46. Blue Lazer /75
47. Lime Green Mojo /75
48. Pink Seismic /75
49. Blue /50
50. Bronze Hyper /50
51. Bronze Winter /50
52. Teal Mojo /50
53. Green Lazer /49
54. Purple Seismic /49
55. Blue Seismic /35
56. Orange Lazer /35
57. Yellow Mojo /35
58. Ash Mojo /25
59. Green /25
60. Green Seismic /25
61. Orange Seismic /20
62. Bronze Lazer /15
63. Bronze Seismic /15
64. ColorBurst /10
65. Gold /10
66. Gold Hyper /10
67. Gold Lava /10
68. Gold Lazer /10
69. Gold Mojo /10
70. Gold Pandora /10
71. Gold Pyramids /10
72. Gold Seismic /10
73. Gold Winter /10
74. Dreamweaver /4
75. Black /1
76. Black Hyper /1
77. Black Lava /1
78. Black Lazer /1
79. Black Mojo /1
80. Black Pandora /1
81. Black Pyramids /1
82. Black Seismic /1
83. Black Winter /1
84. Celestial /1

 

Here is the updated family picture for this post. Don't they look so happy together? I think so too.

More to come from this chase and some new Single Card Mail Days coming up.

Let It Burn(s)

Usher once sang Let It Burn, I want to sing, Let it Burns with my latest two pickups.

Brian Burns proved last season why the Giants made the bring trade for him back in 2024. He recorded 16 sacks which doubled his total from the first year as a Giant and also the most he has had in his career.

Up to this point, I didn't really have any cool cards of him.

Now I do. 

 

I don't have this Burns in front of me, but if I am remembering correctly it was numbered to 699. I just like the stars in the background. I was given this as a gift.

Then there is the autograph relic card. I landed this for under $4 for a player who is only on the rise. I couldn't believe I was the only eBay bidder on this one!

I am hoping that Spider Man has another big season this year. The front seven for the Giants looks to be the best one they have had since the last Super Bowl years.

With a new defense install and a new coach, hopefully big things to come.

Coach

Every time the Giants have gotten a new coach in the last ten years I have acquired an autograph of them. Usually, I send in a TTM to get them.

But so far this year I have slacked and haven't gotten my mail out. I may be too late to try it now since they are in the middle of a bunch of practice and OTA's. 

I still may send one in and hope to get it back at some point in a Giants uniform.

In the meantime, I did acquire his autograph thanks to a trade with Ravens fan Dion from 

Dions IP Auto Only blog.

He acquired this one back when Harbaugh was with the Ravens.

I am hoping this will be the last Giants coach autograph I will need to acquire for a very long time. We can't keep recycling through coaches like we have been. It's time to rebuild and move forward!!

I am very excited about this upcoming season and it's mainly because of this coaching hire.

Single Card Mail Day:2025 Elite Elite Coverage Jersey Card Jason Sehorn

As I put in the last post, I don't normally buy many newer jersey cards anymore due to the fact they don't contain actual game used jerseys or jersey even from the players featured.

But sometimes I will find one that will catch my eye anyway.

 

I picked up this up for pretty much nothing and I didn't grab it for the relic; I grabbed it for the moment. If I am looking at this right, this image is from Jason Sehorns incredible ground catching pick six moment in the 2001 NFL Playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Not only was it an incredibly focused catch and explosive moment, but it came against the Eagles who are my most hated team in the NFL. It was a very happy moment for me. I am glad that it is now captured on cardboard.

Let me know in comments if you have ever bought or acquired a card that features a moment.

Single Card Mail Day:2011 Panini Gridiron Gear Game Breakers Patch Hakeem Nicks

I don't find myself dabbling too much into newer relic cards like I used to.

It seems most relic cards aren't even worn or touched by the said player on the front. So basically, companies are buying jerseys off from store shelves and cutting them up. That's the easiest way to put it.

So, when I find a good game used patch card for under $5, I am scooping it up. Especially if it's one of my favorite Giants wide outs.

This is a nice two-color swatch of Hakeem Nicks.

 

Back of the card is numbered to 50.

I would love to find a few more in this set of the patch cards.

How many newer relic cards do you buy or do you stick with the classics that have game used pieces? Let me know in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard: End Of The Road?

Has it come time to end my reign of Rodney Hampton?

My once domination of owning every Rodney Hampton hasn't been the case the last few years. With companies pumping him out and prices of Rodney on the rise, this doesn't equal out well for a simple, low budget collector like myself.

In the last two months alone, the following Rodney's have been pumped out, all with parallels,

 

That's a lot. And what makes it worse, other than a few base ones from 2025 Prizm Black and 2025 Panini I don't see myself ever being able to add anymore.

Not when they are listed at $30 each or incredibly more. The rarer cards are being listed at $300+. This is for Rodney Hampton. I have seen 1/1's from Panini Select go for $70. It seems the combination of flippers and money makers in the hobby is having an impact on all areas and even a guy like Rodney Hampton isn't being left out.

The hobby is in a sad place right now and is dragging me down with it.

I have added four cards from the ones above that were actually priced correctly, but that maybe it for me and may be the end of the road for my Rodney chase in general. I also lost out on a 1997 Upper Deck Black Diamond Gold I had waited all these years to be listed and that even went for $13 and I got sniped. Prices for Rodney Hampton shouldn't be like this. There should be a happy medium for guys like this in the hobby and the collectors of them.

Let me know in comments if you are experiencing this with any of the people you collect.

Have a great Sunday and stay tuned for those four new Rodney's to be posted.