2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball – An All Hits Product from a Newer Player

By Mike D
on July 23rd, 2024
in Releases

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As the collecting year hits its mid-point, sometimes the release calendar can start to feel either repetitive, or at least predictable. Sometimes, something a little new and different can be refreshing.

2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball might be that something. But what does 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball bring to the table? What makes it different? And is this the breathe of fresh air your midsummer break schedule needed?

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2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball release date and release format

The release date for 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball is scheduled for July 22, 2024 (subject to change).

Hobby boxes of 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball contain 5 packs per box. Each hobby pack has a single card per pack. Each card comes in a top loader with a Wild Card sticker sealing the top.

Each hobby box of 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball contains:

1 Autograph #’d to 5 or less
1 Autograph #’d to 4 or less
1 Autograph #’d to 3 or less
1 Autograph #’d to 2 or less
1 Autograph #’d to 1

Hobby boxes of 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball are pre-selling for around $150.

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2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball – the basics

As stated above, hobby boxes of 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball contain 5 card per box. Each of those cards is both autographed and numbered out to 5 copies or fewer. Cards come in 8 different levels of parallels 5 different foil colors.

With Wild Card being from a smaller manufacturer, these cards are unlicensed, so don’t expect any team names or logos. The unlicensed nature of the cards also effects the checklist.

There are only a handful of current major league players included, with most of the checklist being made up of recent draft picks, prospects, and retired stars.

2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball value

2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball is an unlicensed, small manufacturer product that brings the ink and the super low print run cards. But are these a good candidate to buy-and-hold unopened in hopes of returns in the future? Let’s see what recent comps for hobby boxes from 2023 can suggest to us.

Year	Recent Comp Price
2024	$150
2023	$130

We don’t have a lot of data on Wild Card Five Card Draw on which to, well, draw. Nothing suggests these are likely to be a good buy-and-hold unopened candidate. Between the unlicensed nature of the product, the low number of cards per box, and the autograph/short print theme, these feel like they are meant to be opened, not stored away.

What about singles? What can a look at recent sales of 2023 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball tell us about the value proposition for these cards?

The high water mark was a Black 1/1 Auto of 2024 MLB Draft #2 pick Chase Burns, which sold for around $100. Another 1/1 Burns card and a 1/1 Auto of Tristan Casas sold for around $60 each.

An Anthony Volpe /2 and a few others sold for around $40, and prices drop from there. With five cards per box, there’s a chance at a profitable box for sure, although that’s far from guaranteed.

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2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball pros & cons

Every product has pros and cons when deciding whether to purchase and break them. What are some of the pros and cons with 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball?

Pros

With only five cards per box and them all being low-serial number, autographed hits, there’s no fluff here. It’s all about the good stuff.
These will make for a quick break and being from a small manufacturer, these are something different than the norm.
At $150 for a box with five autos, these are a lower cost premium offering.

Cons

As an unlicensed product that does not have logos or team names, and a checklist of not that many current major leaguers, singles prices are kept in check somewhat.
As a smaller manufacturer product the demand for these may not be incredibly high. These probably make these less of an investment than a more popular licensed product.
With only five cards per box, there is no guarantee of good ROI on a box.

Should you buy 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball?

Whether a particular product is the right one for you is very subjective and personal. Your preferences, hobby budget, and collecting focus all weigh in. If you’re a fan of (or at least don’t mind) unlicensed products like Panini, Leaf, and the like, these may be for you.

If you’re strictly a fan of licensed products, on-card autos, and current big leaguers, these may not be for you.

There is one other consideration worth calling out here, however. Fanatics move into the hobby, including the takeover of Topps and the purchasing of licenses for many of the major sports, has people talking. In many cases, people are not happy, and concerned about what a hobby monopoly could mean for prices, customer support, and innovation.

These concerns are certainly not unfounded. If you’re one of these people, then small, innovative companies like Wild Card offer you a chance to put your money where your mouth is.

Similar to buying from the small local shop instead of the local big box, there is sometimes a trade-off, but if you believe in innovation, competition, and supporting the little guy, here is your moment.

Final thoughts on 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball

2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball offers up something a little bit different. Depending on your collecting goals, it may or may not be in your wheelhouse. If you’re a fan of innovation and competition in the hobby, however, you may want to give it a second look on those grounds.

What’s your take on 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Baseball? Planning to break a box? Passing this one over? Tell us all about it at card_lines on Twitter.

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Mike D

Mike D. has collected cards for over 35 years, since he bought his first pack of Topps at the corner store in 1987. His fandom, collecting interests, and contributions to Cardlines center around baseball in general and the Baseball Hall of Fame specifically.

Mike's collecting focus is centered on graded cards, mostly rookie cards, of Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers. Lately, he's been enjoying dabbling in graded minor league cards. A collector/investor with a "buy and hold" approach, Mike takes the long-term view with his collection.