2020-21 Panini Obsidian Soccer Checklist

2020-21 Panini Obsidian Soccer is a high-end, hit-heavy release built on Obsidian's dark card stock and Electric Etch parallel finishes, released April 16, 2021. Its 582 cards spread across 19 sections, most of them autograph, memorabilia or signed-relic sets, with Electric Etch color parallels running all the way to Blue Finite 1/1s.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 100 cards with Electric Etch Purple /75, Orange /50, Blue /30, Green /25, White Pulsar /11, Yellow /10, Contra /9, Red /5 and Blue Finite 1/1
• Inserts: Eruption (40), Lightning Strike (39), Cutting Edge, Galaxy Gear, Pitch Black and Vitreous (30 each), Tunnel Vision (20), Supernova and Black Colorblast (10 each)
• Autographs: Aurora Autographs and Obsidian Autographs (about 30 each), plus a single Private Signings card
• Memorabilia: Atomic Material and Mosaic Material relics, with signed Jersey Autographs, Dual Jersey Ink, Matrix Material Autographs and Volcanic Material Signatures

Key players

The base set opens with Manuel Neuer and Cristiano Ronaldo and includes young names such as Giovanni Reyna, Sergino Dest, Chris Richards and Joshua Zirkzee. Atomic Material relics feature Mats Hummels, Andrea Pirlo, Mesut Ozil, Petr Cech, Memphis Depay and Olivier Giroud.

Grading considerations

Electric Etch autograph parallels and Ronaldo base cards are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Obsidian's black stock shows edge and corner wear plainly, and thicker memorabilia cards may need a larger holder. See our pricing.