The Cardfest Finale: Master Case of 18-19 Revolution

I  think it was pretty fitting to end Cardfest and Prizmpalooza on 2018. I'll do a blog post on the finale of Prizmpalooza later this week, but as with many things, all good things must come to an end. Yesterday I opened the final product I had for 2018 Cardfest and unlike last year's "main event" which took all of 2 minutes to finish, this was a 16 box master  case of Revolution. It was going to take a little bit longer to finish.

 

I got a good price on this and it's generally a product where there's not a lot of risk, although I did try this back in 16-17 and felt like I got slaughtered. The good thing is they upped the autos to 8 (it was 4 in 2016-17) and the checklist is pretty strong. So here we go..the finale to Cardfest!

Notable Base Rookie CardsLuka Doncic (3)
Trae Young (3)
Kevin Knox
Michael Porter Jr. (2)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2)
Collin Sexton (2)
Mo Bamba
Jaren Jackson Jr.
DeAndre Ayton

Rookie Revolution
Shai Gilgeious-Alexander (2)
Donte DiVicenzo (2)
Mikal Bridges
Trae Young
Mo Bamba
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Kevin Knox
Lonnie Walker IV
Grayson Allen

Rookie Revolution Impact
Grayson Allen


Rookie Revolution Cubic
Kevin Knox (#27/50)


Vortex
Jayson Tatum
Dwight Howard
Ben Simmons (2)
Victor Oladipo
Karl Anthony Towns (2)
Dennis Smith Jr. (3)
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Jimmy Butler
Bradley Beal
CJ McCollum
Damian Lillard
Dirk Nowitzki
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Donovan Mitchell

Vortex Impact
DeMarcus Cousins
Lonzo Ball


Vortex Cubic
Kevin Durant (#11/50)

Shockwave
Chris Paul (2)
John Wall
Blake Griffin
Anthony Davis (3)
Kyrie Irving
DeMar DeRozan
Kristaps Porzingis
Russell Westbrook
Paul George (2)
Jayson Tatum
Dwight Howard
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Stephen Curry
Joel Embiid
Kevin Durant
Donovan Mitchell
Lauri Markkanen

Shockwave Impact
Kevin Durant
Paul George
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ben Simmons

Shockwave Cubic
Blake Griffin (#44/50)

Supernova
Kyrie Irving (2)
Stephen Curry
Russell Westbrook

Supernova Impact
Anthony Davis (2)

Supernova Cubic
Donovan Mitchell (#27/50)


Liftoff
Zach LaVine
Kevin Durant (2)
Anthony Davis
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Donovan Mitchell
Blake Griffin
Russell Westbrook
LeBron James

Liftoff Impact
DeMar DeRozan

Astro
Lebron James
Jaren Jackson Jr. RC
Jacob Evans III RC
Donte DiVincenzo RC (2)
Mikal Bridges RC (2)
Elie Okobo RC
Kevin Huerter RC
Vincent Edwards RC (2)
Aaron Holiday RC (2)
Khryi Thomas RC
Troy Brown Jr. RC
Zhaire Smith RC
Robert Williams III
Draymond Green
Andrew Wiggins
Lauri Markkanen (3)
Ben Simmons
Demarre Carroll
Kyle Lowry (2)
Clint Capela (2)
Marcin Gortat (3)
Dennis Smith Jr.
Jabari Parker
Dwight Howard
Jaylen Brown
Jeremy Lin
Goran Dragic
Kristaps Porzingis
Lou Williams
Dejounte Murray
Reggie Jackson (2)
Kevin Love
Eric Bledsoe
Enes Kanter
Blake Griffin
Trevor Ariza

Groove
Luka Doncic RC
Jaren Jackson Jr. RC
Miles Bridges RC
Dzanan Musa RC
Justin Jackson RC
Landry Shamet RC
Hamidou Diallo RC
Chandler Hutchinson RC
Troy Brown Jr. RC
Collin Sexton RC
Nicolas Batum
Andre Drummond (2)
Chris Paul (2)
Otto Porter Jr.
Lonzo Ball
Klay Thompson
Derrick Rose
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Kristaps Porzingis
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Hassan Whiteside
Willie Cauley-Stein
DeMarre Carroll
James Harden
DeAndre Jordan
Goran Dragic
Clint Capela
Devin Booker
Kevin Durant

Impact
Moritz Wagner RC
Anfernee Simons RC
Khryi Thomas RC
Hassan Whiteside
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Russell Westbrook
Paul George
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Dennis Schroder
James Harden
T.J. Warren


Fractal
Gary Trent Jr. RC
Jerome Robinson RC
Chimezie Metu RC
Damian Lillard
Ricky Rubio
Donovan Mitchell (2)
Dion Waiters
Jayson Tatum
Lauri Markkanen
Bradley Beal

Cosmic
Kevin Huerter RC (#95/100)
Jerome Robinson RC (#19/100)
Devonte Graham RC (#46/100)
Omari Spellman RC (#38/100)
LaMarcus Aldridge (#25/100)
Dennis Schroder (#61/100)
Pau Gasol (#75/100)
Derrick Rose (#81/100)


Sunburst
Landry Shamet (#39/75)
Jeremy Lin (#54/75)
Lonzo Ball (#36/75)


Cubic
Joel Embiid (#22/50)

Lava
Robert Williams III RC (#4/10)

Galactic
Mitchell Robinson RC


Autographs
LUKA DONCIC
Kevin Knox
Mo Bamba
Wendell Carter Jr (2)
Zhaire Smith
Donte DiVincenzo
Jerome Robinson

First of all, LOVE the cards, especially those Cubic Parallels numbered to 50 (which you'll see in my pics). Even THOSE pics don't do the cards justice. So the big pulls are the Galactic parallels (1 per master case, VERY POPULAR, especially if you hit the right rookie, you're looking at big $$) and Lava Parallels (not guaranteed in a case and numbered to 10). I pulled both in my case, and I pulled two rookies....BUT just not the right ones. They are popular enough, that'll I'll probably still end up selling them in the $50-$100 range, but man what a missed opportunity. It could've been worse though and been a basic common Vet. As for the autos..yup….hit my main man LUKA AGAIN!!! This time ON CARD!!!  So thrilled to hit another Luka auto, which is 2 in 2 days and this one is the 2nd best pull obviously of the entire Cardfest. My only minor complaint..I didn't pull any Vet autos. The Vet checklist is pretty strong, so it would've been awesome to pull at least a couple of Vets. I also doubled up on Wendell Carter Jr. He's not a terrible rookie to get doubles of, but damn would've been nice to get a different auto there. The Knox and Mamba are nice on cards autos of popular rookies, while mediocre rookies round out the last 3 autos. All in all a GREAT fun break and an AWESOME way to end Cardfest 2018!! Here are pics of the Revolution cards followed by pics of what I believe are my top 10 pulls and final thoughts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall Thoughts on Cardfest 2018: I always do this, not with "money back" in mind but just to have a final big blowout before the end of the year. I LOVE busting Wax, it's way more fun pulling great yourself than just going to Ebay and buying what you want. That's just me though, and I go into knowing I'm probably throwing a lot of money away. So even though I doubt I came close to recouping all I spent, I feel like this was a success and was better than last year's Cardfest. I think the top 2 hits both beat out last year's top hit (Kobe) and there was some solid depth behind those two pulls as well. I literally didn't go a day, from a couple Thursdays back until yesterday without busting SOMETHING and that was the fun of it. Knowing that each day, you had something to open and wondering what gems could be inside. I feel like that higher end stuff delivered (the last 4 products I opened delivered 4 of my top 5 pulls) and it was perfect ending to what has been a crazy 2018. I pulled a TON of awesome stuff this past year. So much so that I highly doubt I'll ever come close to that again, but with 2019 here, we'll see what that brings! So here's what I considered my top 10 pulls of Cardfest. 

 

 

 

(The Wentz Redemption)

 

 

 

 

 

(The Judge Gold Parallel)