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Brandon Wenerd from BroBible rips open 2026 Topps NFL Blasters
Every blaster box is a small bet on yourself. You hand over the cash, peel back the plastic, and spend the next half hour convincing yourself the next pack is the one.
I picked up two boxes of 2026 Topps Football, which is 12 packs and 144 cards. The early returns were the usual mix of base cards and guys I had to look up. Then a Jonathan Taylor card showed up, and the mood in the room changed.
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“For something special, J.T…. Jonathan Taylor,” I said while ripping, to nobody in particular. “All right, we got something going now…”
A few packs later, it happened.
“What? We got an autograph. We got an autograph, baby.”
It was an Anthony Colandrea signed card. If you don’t follow college football closely, Colandrea is Nebraska’s starting quarterback, by way of Virginia and UNLV, where he won Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year in 2025. He’s earned the nickname “Whoopsie Daisy King” for a playing style that swings between highlight reel and blooper reel. He’s also given us plenty to write about, from promising UNLV he wasn’t entering the transfer portal right before he did, to admitting he drives 45 minutes to Omaha for a good meal because Lincoln’s restaurant scene wasn’t cutting it. In other words, a fun guy to have in the binder.
The only question left was what the card was worth, so I gave it the old scan in the CollX app.
If you haven’t used it, CollX is a trading card marketplace that lets you snap a photo of a card and get an instant value estimate based on recent sales. It also keeps your whole collection organized and connects you with other collectors who want to buy, sell, and trade.
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The Colandrea auto came back at $29.
“Dude, let’s go! That is a card.”
Is it going to pay off a mortgage? No. But the boxes didn’t cost a fortune either, and pulling a $29 autograph out of a retail blaster is a win I’ll take every single time. That was our lottery hit of the day.
The ceiling on CollX goes a lot higher, for what it’s worth. A rare 2008-09 Topps Kobe Bryant card numbered to 51 recently sold for a record $65,000 on the platform. A couple of days later, two Mickey Mantle cards went for a combined $10,250, led by a 1953 Topps Mantle that fetched $8,250 despite a PSA 4 grade. That card is nearly 75 years old and still moving like a new release. Most of us are hunting Colandreas, not Kobes or Mantles, but it’s nice to know where the top floor is.
If you’ve got a shoebox of old cards at your parents’ house, or you just ripped your own blaster, the move is simple.
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Download CollX, scan everything, and find out if you’re sitting on something. New users who sign up with code BROBIBLE get $10 in CollX credit to spend in the marketplace, which is a pretty good head start on your next card.