Raptors Mega-Post

Coming off a historic performance that featured a 31-0 run on Sunday, it is the perfect time to show off a bunch of Raptors content, whether it was packed into a pair of PWEs from Kerry @  Cards on Cards, or part of my latest COMC incoming shipment.

John Wallace was the only card that I couldn't group with anything else from the PWEs, so it was the opener.

While it is probably true for anybody on the championship team, Fred VanVleet is among the upper tier of 18-19 Raptors that will be forever loved in Toronto.

Time to start into the portion of posts where the scans include current members of the team. I was surprised to still see Gary Trent Jr included in last year's team set, since he signed away just a couple weeks after the draft and Mogbo's joining the team.

Mosaic's entries were probably the least comment-worthy in the bunch. At least the design sort of goes with the uniform design/colors.

Panini's portion of the envelope closes with some cards from Haunted Hoops. Immanuel Quickley's entry provides one of the better views of last season's City Edition jerseys you'll find, and considering its salute to Vince Carter, it was the best of the Raptors' version of those.

Of course there were parallels! Why wouldn't there be! But we do get to see the purple jerseys as well. 

With these, and following my pack/blaster break of 25/26 Topps basketball, I've completed this year's team set. With the blurred background, Scottie's photo almost has a 3-D quality for his base card. It may not have the quality of  OG Anunoby's entry this year, but it is really good. 

With these Holiday editions, the 2025 rookie portion of my collection continues to expand. 

Finally, a few inserts. Like with Archives/Heritage, the 1980 throwbacks allow me to realize how the cards for the team would have looked had the team existed at the time. Red jerseys, as well as the purple ones are really garish on the Power Players backdrop. While Topps might have had few photo options for CMB, surely they could have found something a little more understated for Scottie.

So, thanks for all these Raptors additions to my collection, Kerry. I'm reloading for another envelope heading your way.

I'll throw in some COMC shipment Raptors as well. There's an encore performance of that Ingram jersey hold photo.

As well as another nice photo of that City Edition jersey.

Here's two new faces in the collection. Jamison Battle making a licensed appearance easily wins this grouping, although Mitchell did make a licensed appearance in the photo on this year's Topps checklist card, alongside a couple sticker-dump autos.

Speaking of an auto, here's one! Alijah Martin was a second round pick in the most recent draft, and has been used sparingly by the big club, but has done really well in his time with the Raptors 905 in the G-League. And that's precisely what you like to see out of a second rounder. 

There you have it!