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Victor Wembanyama RC
2023 Prizm Pink Ice, #136
PSA Grade: GEM MT 10
There’s a total of 2,347 cards in the 2023 Prizm set; however the top trending card in the ’23 prizm set is the Wembanyama #136 base card. This version is the “pink ice” parallel.
Victor Wembanyama
2023 Prizm #1
Deep Space RC
Beckett Grade: GEM MT 9.5
Centering 9
Edges 9.5
Corners 9.5
Surface 9.5
This “Deep Space” Rookie Card is the silver Prizm insert for the 2023 year. Although Wembanyama is the hottest rookie in the modern era, inserts tend to be a little less desirable than actually base cards for any rookie. More often than not, the true rookie card is the base version. Every set is different, and rarity does come into play of course. For this example, the insert is “more rare” than a base card, but still less valuable. This is mainly because Prizm is the ‘gold standard’ for basketball cards.
Inserts are not as sought out these days as they were in the 1990s-00’s, but that’s because there are more inserts than rookie cards now. All of this means that these can be found for quite the deal, financially, and the fact that it looks like they took his picture dribbling in the Millennium Falcon cockpit makes it even cooler.
Victor Wembanyama
2023-24 Panini Prizm Monopoly
Purple Rookie Card #81
CGC Grade: GEM MT 10
The seemingly unlikely partnership got a second edition with 2023-24 Panini Prizm Monopoly Basketball. Collectors can combine chrome cards with the classic board game, or they could just collect the cards. The main set had 90 cards, veterans and rookies mixed together -including Victor Wembanyama. The set closely resembles a typical Prizm release. The chromium stock is the most noticeable element, give cards the signature metal shine. Parallels do incorporate some color but this is where the Monopoly side of things comes in as well. Icons and logos from the game also get a starring role in these, appearing in some cards’ borders. The base set checklist includes 90 players, and multiple parallels. The purple, seen here, was only sold in blasters.
Following a historic rookie season in the NBA in which he led the league in blocks per game, Wembanyama was unanimously named the 2024 Rookie of the Year, finished second in the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year voting to compatriot Rudy Gobert, and became the first rookie ever to be named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Victor Wembanyama #5
2023-24 Panini Premium Stock
Anti Gravity - Rookie Card
CGC Grade: Pristine 10
Find a full roster of rare inserts that showcase top players from across the league, past and present, in Retro Net Marvels Premium, Animations Premium, Trophy Case Premium, High Voltage Premium and HIPnotized Premium. Look for other Inserts such as Attack the Rack, Hoopla, Anti Gravity, Sheesh, and City Edition in the Mega Box.
A CGC “Pristine 10" label signifies the highest grade a card can receive from CGC (Certified Guaranty Company), meaning the card is considered virtually flawless under magnification and appears perfect to the naked eye, representing the absolute best condition possible for a collectible card; essentially, it's the equivalent of a "perfect 10" grade with no visible flaws.
Victor Wembanyama
2023-24 Topps Chrome
#1 Rookie Card
CGC Grade: GEM MT 10
2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball saw one of the hobby’s juggernauts return with NBA stars, rookies and legends — but no NBA logos. Despite this, there are plenty of Refractors, colorful inserts and autographs, including rookie ink from Victor Wembanyama and some of the first LeBron James autograph cards in a long time. Topps lost the exclusive license to produce NBA cards to Panini in 2010, but after a long hiatus, Topps Chrome Basketball made its return in 2024, reintroducing the product with Wembanyama rookie cards and autographs as the set’s main attraction. However, you won’t find a Topps Chrome Wembanyama rookie or autograph card with a Spurs logo.
In his rookie season (2023-24), Wembanyama dazzled, averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 3.8 blocks per game in 71 games. Leading the Spurs to a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, he also earned unanimous Rookie of the Year award. Collectors had been snatching up cards of the San Antonio Spurs’ center with hopes that he becomes the best big man of all-time.