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eBay Live’s Sudden Death event gives collectors 30 seconds to secure teams in a box break for some of the most iconic and in-demand boxes in the hobby today. With starting bids as low as $1, this is your opportunity to get cards for a fraction of what you’d have to pay for a box.
You can read more about how eBay Live’s sudden death box break auctions work here.
Here’s a breakdown of all the boxes featured in the eBay Live Sudden Death event from Thurs, 9/4 to Sat, 9/6.
Top Football Boxes to Celebrate NFL Opening Weekend
2024 Panini One (releases 9/4/2025)
Panini One is the one-card-per-box product that delivers only premium cards. Every card is either an autograph or an autographed memorabilia card encased in a magnetic holder. The product is known for acetate designs, jumbo patches, and sleek Rookie Patch Autos.
Panini One features a mix of rare inserts, short prints, and case hits upgraded with metal stock such as Night Moves, Color Blast, Blank Slate and Team Titans. Every hit should be an on-card autograph or an on-card autograph relic.
2025 Panini Origins (released 8/27/2025)
Origins is back in 2025 and stands out with its bold artistic designs and thick stock cards. It’s beautifully illustrated throughout the base, rookies and insert sets, headlined by the likes of Origin Story, Blank Slate, single autographs, dual autographs, and triple autographs.
This year’s autograph memorabilia booklet content is some of the most desirable of the season and features the game’s brightest newcomers and its biggest legends. Find Hobby-exclusive autograph and memorabilia sets like International Origins, Rise to the Hall, Hometown Inscriptions and more!
2024 Panini Immaculate
ISome of the most desirable autograph memorabilia content of the product season can be found only in Immaculate Football, headlined by on card Rookie Patch Autographs and Premium Patch Autographs. Immaculate features only the highest-level memorabilia-card chases from the highly desired Rookie Logos to Immaculate HOF Jerseys and Immaculate Dual NFL Shields.
Immaculate features the popular Signature Moves, Immaculate Moments, Immaculate Dual Autographs, and more.
2024 Panini National Treasures Football
National Treasures is always one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Look for booklets, shields, low-numbered cards, and of course rookie patch autograph of the most sought after rookies in the 2024 class.
The one callout with this set is that due to the Topps contract with Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, and Drake Maye, these QBs will not have autographs in this set.
2025 Panini Luminance
Luminance has carved its niche as one of the best-looking entry-level premium products. The photography is full-bleed and action-packed, making the cards stand out visually. Look for Arch Manning autos.
Among the other signature themes in 2025 Luminance Football are Autograph Jerseys, Illuminated Ink and Portrait Signatures. Among the product’s inserts are three short print sets. Moments commemorates specific achievements and when they happened. Animation goes with an artistic approach. These are similar to Panini’s Manga cards only with more movement.
2020 Panini Prizm
The 2020 edition of Prizm is one of the most iconic modern football releases thanks to its stacked rookie class. Featuring players like Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, Jordan Love, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Jefferson, and CeeDee Lamb, it’s a cornerstone product in the hobby. Its parallels from Silver Prizms to Color Blast inserts are some of the most recognizable cards in the modern market.
Premium Mixers (Optic and Absolute, 2020–2025)
Optic provides the clean design and chrome finish while Absolute is known for Kaboom inserts.
Top Baseball Boxes to Celebrate the Last Month of the Regular Season
2025 Topps Chrome Jumbo, Topps Chrome Logofractor, and Topps Chrome Breaker’s Delight
You can read about the best cards to look for in 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball.
2025 Topps Chrome Logofractor
Topps Chrome Logofractor editions bring a unique twist with exclusive parallels. The logofractor design adds rarity and visual appeal, making hits from this set stand out. With limited print runs, it’s one of the more sought-after Chrome variations. There are 2 exclusive 5-card logofractor Chrome packs.
2025 Topps Chrome Breaker’s Delight
Topps Chrome Breaker’s Delight is designed specifically for breakers to maximize the hits you get. Each box consists of one pack with 12 cards with on average of 2 Chrome Autographs and 3 numbered base or insert parallels per box on average.
2025 Topps Finest
Finest has a long-standing history as one of the most attractive Topps designs. Known for its refractors, insert sets, and rookie cards, it offers a mid-tier option with consistent value. The autograph checklist often features both rookies and established stars.
2024 Topps Inception
Inception offers a premium feel at a lower price point than NT or Immaculate. The cards feature artistic designs. On-card rookie autographs and patch variations make it highly collectible.
2024 Topps Chrome Sapphire
Sapphire editions take the flagship Topps design and elevate it with a polished finish. The limited production run creates scarcity making the rookie cards especially desirable.
2024 Panini Prospect Edition
This release focuses on upcoming stars before they reach the majors. As a prospect driven product with autographs and parallels, this set appeals to prospect investors. Look for Ethan Holliday autos.
Top Basketball Boxes
2024-25 Panini Select (Full Case Breaks)
Select Basketball is known for its tiered card system that consists of Concourse, Premier, and Courtside. Each level carries increasing rarity making Courtside cards some of the most desirable parallels in the product. A full case break offers multiple opportunities for rare inserts like Zebra and Tie-Dye parallels. Search for Hobby-Exclusive inserts such as En Fuego and Select Future, as well as the new Clutch, Score Select Throwback and Sky High. Collectors can also find short-printed Color Wheel inserts as well as the new Visionary and Solar Eclipse.
2024-25 Panini Optic Hobby and Blasters
Optic continues to deliver the Rated Rookie brand collectors love. Search for the popular Phazes super short print insert and the brand new super short print insert Mythical.
2024-25 Panini Mosaic
Mosaic is known for its colorful parallels and expansive checklists that cover stars, rookies, and legends. The highly coveted short-printed chases include Stained Glass, the second year of Micro Mosaics, and the debut of Color Blast to the Mosaic line.
2023-24 Topps Motif NBA
Motif is a newer basketball entry from Topps offering new artistic designs and themes. Look for Splatter Signatures, Statistical Showpiece Signatures, Acrylic Drip Autographs, and Legends of the Court Dual & Triple Autos.
2024-25 National Treasures Basketball
National Treasures Basketball is the premier NBA release every year. Rookie Patch Autos are often grails that command record breaking prices. The combination of jumbo patches, booklets, and on-card signatures makes NT very attractive for collectors.
Top Soccer Boxes
2020–21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga
Bundesliga Chrome offers collectors the chance to chase stars from Germany’s top league. Refractors and rookie cards make it a staple for soccer collectors.
2019–20 Topps Chrome UEFA Soccer
Topps Chrome Soccer highlights UEFA competition and showcases some of Europe’s biggest stars. Collectors consider it one of the more important Chrome soccer releases.
2018 Panini Donruss Soccer
Donruss Soccer combines a wide-ranging checklist of international stars with iconic Rated Rookie cards.
Impeccable, Obsidian FOTL, and Immaculate Soccer
Impeccable is known for its elegance, Obsidian for its stunning parallels, and Immaculate for its oversized relics. Each brings the same high-end feel Panini applies to football and basketball into the global game.
Top Formula 1 (F1) Racing Boxes
2020 Topps Chrome Sapphire and 2020 Topps Chrome
The first Chrome Sapphire F1 release is legendary among collectors and was available as an online exclusive. It features iconic designs with a premium sapphire finish and rookies of future stars. This product is a cornerstone of the modern F1 collecting boom. Features the top F1 Drivers including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, George Russell, and Mick Schumacher!
The 2020 Topps Chrome and Topps Chrome Sapphire sets are considered one of the most important sets in modern F1 collecting.
2020 Topps Chrome F1 Racing
As the inaugural F1 Racing Chrome release, this box changed the hobby landscape.
2021 Topps Dynasty F1
The Topps Dynasty tradition continues to Racing and features an on-card autograph or patch auto often numbered to 10 or fewer. This is the set that delivers true grails for racing collectors.
2021 Topps Chrome
The 2021 set marks the second year for the F1 racing product line. As the sequel to Topps Chrome F1 racing, new configurations and more parallels are introduced in this release.
Top MMA Box
2021 Panini Immaculate UFC
Immaculate’s entry into MMA brought fight-worn memorabilia and on-card autographs to the sport. Oversized relics like gloves, shorts, and patches make this product stand out.
Why Join eBay Live’s Sudden Death Auctions?
This Sudden Death box lineup is as diverse as it is exciting. There are some massive boxes and cases being offered at a starting price of only $1. Collectors and fans of every sport have a chance to chase rookies, legends, short prints, case hits, and grails. eBay Live is putting on an event that can’t be missed. The eBay Live Sudden Death event takes place Thursday, September 4, 2025 through Saturday, September 6, 2025.
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