I Hit The BEST POSSIBLE AUTO From This $7,000+ CASE Of Pristine Basketball! 😱
Card Collector 2 opens a $7,500 case of Pristine basketball cards containing six boxes with guaranteed autographs. While the base cards, rookies, and parallels are high quality, most autographs are underwhelming until the final box yields a Cooper Flagg jersey number card, making it the best pull of the case.
Summary
The video showcases the opening of an expensive Pristine basketball case worth over $7,500, marking the creator's first time opening this product despite its popularity in baseball. The case contains six boxes, each guaranteed to have at least three autographs in capsules. The creator emphasizes responsible spending, warning viewers that these are high-risk, high-reward boxes that don't always pay off.
Throughout the opening, the creator notes that the base cards and parallel cards are of excellent quality, featuring notable players like Wembanyama, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, and various rookies. However, the autographed cards prove disappointing in most boxes, with pulls including Chaz Williams, Zubac, Isaiah Collier, and Miles Turner—players without significant card value. Notable veteran autographs include Hakeem Olajuwon (limited to 99) and Amare Stoudemire, which the creator appreciates but doesn't consider sufficient to justify the box cost.
The creator expresses appreciation for products with multiple valuable elements (inserts, rookies, parallels) beyond just autographs, contrasting Pristine favorably with products like Dynasty and Panini 101. The turning point comes with the final box, which yields a Cooper Flagg refractor early on, and critically, a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander jersey number autograph card numbered 32 of 99. The creator describes this as what was needed to make the case worthwhile, calling it the clear winner and best pull of the entire case.
The video also includes promotional segments for Columbus Card Fest and a giveaway offer for Zion cases, with the creator predicting the Spurs will win the NBA Finals.
Key Insights
- The creator prefers premium products with multiple value elements beyond autographs because you can generate value from base cards, rookies, parallels, and inserts rather than depending entirely on pulling one star autograph to recoup costs
- Pristine base cards feel exceptionally high quality compared to other products, with good parallels and refractors included throughout regular packs
- NBA card value is heavily skewed toward star players, making mid-level rookie and sophomore autographs nearly worthless, whereas NFL cards maintain more consistent value across player tiers
- The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander jersey number card numbered 32 of 99 from the final box was identified as the clear winner and best pull of the entire $7,500 case
- Pristine basketball autographs in the first five boxes were disappointing, with the best being Hakeem Olajuwon limited to 99, but not sufficient to justify the case cost alone
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Transcript
[0:01] Hey, there it is. Jersey number, let's go. No one has a great evening like we do. This is a travel warning. What are you doing? They drove. Yes, sir. I mean, try to get this across to the next generation and other people to hopefully inspire them. This is impossible without you. What's going on, YouTube? Card [0:31] Collector 2 is back with a brand new video. Ladies and gentlemen, today I have a whole case before me right here. This is a brand new Pristine basketball, and we're going to crack this whole case to see if we can hit the jackpot. We have six boxes of Pristine basketball. For the first time, for the first time…
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