Random Card of the Day

My comment was supposed to say "Now, not so much" at the end. No idea how I messed that up. I don't even drink alcohol so I can't blame that. 

I knew what you were saying, Billy. I agree with you too. I wish the Prizm parallels would scan with some colors now as well. They just show up as a silvery color now. Topps Refractors used to show some color blurs too when scanned. Now they just show up silvery as well.

I like the Prizm base designs overall, but the parallels get ridiculous. Too many of them and some just aren't good. The 2018 Camo Prizm cards look horrible in-hand and nothing like the ones from past years. They are obvious (and look good) in scans, but are so hard to see when in-hand.

This set, the 2013-14 NBA and NHL sets, they look like they are glowing from within in scans. After that they don't scan anywhere near as bright and with lines across them that don't appear in hand. They seem to have gotten better with 2017-18 NBA Prizm and 2017 Select NASCAR, but I don't have enough to really be sure. I got a blaster of 2018 Prizm NASCAR for Christmas which gave me 7 Prizm parallels. I'll find out how they scan tomorrow...six of them need to be posted here. 

The Camos are kind of subtle, but the three guaranteed in each blaster are the first in my collection so I don't have much to base them on. Two of the three were my all time favorite driver so I can't complain either way.

The layout is fine but I am not a fan of Chrome, Prizm, etc. The surface of the card is not conducive to condition sensitive collecting. I am not a card grader guy but these things are a nightmare straight out of the pack. You breathe on the cards wrong and they are scratched. They also can barely hold an auto thus; the need for stickers. Though I own my fair share of these cards, I like good old rough paper cards.