1996 Metal Universe

Description

1996 Metal Universe is a 250-card set released by Fleer in the summer of 1996. All cards are printed on etched foil with a unique design that intermingled fantasy comic book elements with baseball -- not surprising since Fleer was owned by Marvel Entertainment at the time.

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack.

Retail Jumbo: 36 packs per box, 6 cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Platinum	250	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Platinum Portraits	10	-	1:4	1:4
Heavy Metal	10	-	1:8	1:8
Mining for Gold	12	-	N/A	1:12
Mother Lode	12	-	1:12	N/A
Titanium	10	-	1:24	1:24

Checklist

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Brady Anderson
• 3 Bobby Bonilla
• 4 Chris Hoiles
• 5 Ben McDonald
• 6 Mike Mussina
• 7 Randy Myers
• 8 Rafael Palmeiro
• 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 10 B.J. Surhoff
• 11 Luis Alicea
• 12 Jose Canseco
• 13 Roger Clemens
• 14 Will Cordero
• 15 Tom Gordon
• 16 Mike Greenwell
• 17 Tim Naehring
• 18 Troy O'Leary
• 19 Mike Stanley
• 20 John Valentin
• 21 Mo Vaughn
• 22 Tim Wakefield
• 23 Garret Anderson
• 24 Chili Davis
• 25 Gary DiSarcina
• 26 Jim Edmonds
• 27 Chuck Finley
• 28 Todd Greene
• 29 Mark Langston
• 30 Troy Percival
• 31 Tony Phillips
• 32 Tim Salmon
• 33 Lee Smith
• 34 J.T. Snow
• 35 Ray Durham
• 36 Alex Fernandez
• 37 Ozzie Guillen
• 38 Roberto Hernandez
• 39 Lyle Mouton
• 40 Frank Thomas
• 41 Robin Ventura
• 42 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 43 Carlos Baerga
• 44 Albert Belle
• 45 Orel Hershiser
• 46 Kenny Lofton
• 47 Dennis Martinez
• 48 Jack McDowell
• 49 Jose Mesa
• 50 Eddie Murray
• 51 Charles Nagy
• 52 Manny Ramirez
• 53 Julian Tavarez
• 54 Jim Thome
• 55 Omar Vizquel
• 56 Chad Curtis
• 57 Cecil Fielder
• 58 John Flaherty
• 59 Travis Fryman
• 60 Chris Gomez
• 61 Felipe Lira
• 62 Kevin Appier
• 63 Johnny Damon
• 64 Tom Goodwin
• 65 Mark Gubicza
• 66 Jeff Montgomery
• 67 Jon Nunnally
• 68 Ricky Bones
• 69 Jeff Cirillo
• 70 John Jaha
• 71 Dave Nilsson
• 72 Joe Oliver
• 73 Kevin Seitzer
• 74 Greg Vaughn
• 75 Marty Cordova
• 76 Chuck Knoblauch
• 77 Pat Meares
• 78 Paul Molitor
• 79 Pedro Munoz
• 80 Kirby Puckett
• 81 Brad Radke
• 82 Scott Stahoviak
• 83 Matt Walbeck
• 84 Wade Boggs
• 85 David Cone
• 86 Joe Girardi
• 87 Derek Jeter
• 88 Jim Leyritz
• 89 Tino Martinez
• 90 Don Mattingly
• 91 Paul O'Neill
• 92 Andy Pettitte
• 93 Tim Raines
• 94 Kenny Rogers
• 95 Ruben Sierra
• 96 John Wetteland
• 97 Bernie Williams
• 98 Geronimo Berroa
• 99 Dennis Eckersley
• 100 Brent Gates
• 101 Mark McGwire
• 102 Steve Ontiveros
• 103 Terry Steinbach
• 104 Jay Buhner
• 105 Vince Coleman
• 106 Joey Cora
• 107 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 108 Randy Johnson
• 109 Edgar Martinez
• 110 Alex Rodriguez
• 111 Paul Sorrento
• 112 Will Clark
• 113 Juan Gonzalez
• 114 Rusty Greer
• 115 Dean Palmer
• 116 Ivan Rodriguez
• 117 Mickey Tettleton
• 118 Joe Carter
• 119 Alex Gonzalez
• 120 Shawn Green
• 121 Erik Hanson
• 122 Pat Hentgen
• 123 Sandy Martinez
• 124 Otis Nixon
• 125 John Olerud
• 126 Steve Avery
• 127 Tom Glavine
• 128 Marquis Grissom
• 129 Chipper Jones
• 130 Dave Justice
• 131 Ryan Klesko
• 132 Mark Lemke
• 133 Javy Lopez
• 134 Greg Maddux
• 135 Fred McGriff
• 136 John Smoltz
• 137 Mark Wohlers
• 138 Frank Castillo
• 139 Shawon Dunston
• 140 Luis Gonzalez
• 141 Mark Grace
• 142 Brian McRae
• 143 Jaime Navarro
• 144 Rey Sanchez
• 145 Ryne Sandberg
• 146 Sammy Sosa
• 147 Bret Boone
• 148 Curtis Goodwin
• 149 Barry Larkin
• 150 Hal Morris
• 151 Reggie Sanders
• 152 Pete Schourek
• 153 John Smiley
• 154 Dante Bichette
• 155 Vinny Castilla
• 156 Andres Galarraga
• 157 Bret Saberhagen
• 158 Bill Swift
• 159 Larry Walker
• 160 Walt Weiss
• 161 Kurt Abbott
• 162 John Burkett
• 163 Greg Colbrunn
• 164 Jeff Conine
• 165 Chris Hammond
• 166 Charles Johnson
• 167 Al Leiter
• 168 Pat Rapp
• 169 Gary Sheffield
• 170 Quilvio Veras
• 171 Devon White
• 172 Jeff Bagwell
• 173 Derek Bell
• 174 Sean Berry
• 175 Craig Biggio
• 176 Doug Drabek
• 177 Tony Eusebio
• 178 Brian L. Hunter
• 179 Orlando Miller
• 180 Shane Reynolds
• 181 Mike Blowers
• 182 Roger Cedeno
• 183 Eric Karros
• 184 Ramon Martinez
• 185 Raul Mondesi
• 186 Hideo Nomo
• 187 Mike Piazza
• 188 Moises Alou
• 189 Yamil Benitez
• 190 Darrin Fletcher
• 191 Cliff Floyd
• 192 Pedro Martinez
• 193 Carlos Perez
• 194 David Segui
• 195 Tony Tarasco
• 196 Rondell White
• 197 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 198 Rico Brogna
• 199 Carl Everett
• 200 Todd Hundley
• 201 Jason Isringhausen
• 202 Lance Johnson
• 203 Bobby Jones
• 204 Jeff Kent
• 205 Bill Pulsipher
• 206 Jose Vizcaino
• 207 Ricky Bottalico
• 208 Darren Daulton
• 209 Lenny Dykstra
• 210 Jim Eisenreich
• 211 Gregg Jefferies
• 212 Mickey Morandini
• 213 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 214 Jay Bell
• 215 Carlos Garcia
• 216 Jeff King
• 217 Al Martin
• 218 Orlando Merced
• 219 Dan Miceli
• 220 Denny Neagle
• 221 Andy Benes
• 222 Royce Clayton
• 223 Gary Gaetti
• 224 Ron Gant
• 225 Bernard Gilkey
• 226 Brian Jordan
• 227 Ray Lankford
• 228 John Mabry
• 229 Ozzie Smith
• 230 Todd Stottlemyre
• 231 Andy Ashby
• 232 Brad Ausmus
• 233 Ken Caminiti
• 234 Steve Finley
• 235 Tony Gwynn
• 236 Joey Hamilton
• 237 Rickey Henderson
• 238 Trevor Hoffman
• 239 Wally Joyner
• 240 Rod Beck
• 241 Barry Bonds
• 242 Glenallen Hill
• 243 Stan Javier
• 244 Mark Leiter
• 245 Deion Sanders
• 246 William VanLandingham
• 247 Matt Williams
• 248 Checklist
• 249 Checklist
• 250 Checklist

Parallels

Each pack contains one Platinum parallel card.

• 1 Garret Anderson
• 2 Marty Cordova
• 3 Jim Edmonds
• 4 Jason Isringhausen
• 5 Chipper Jones
• 6 Ryan Klesko
• 7 Hideo Nomo
• 8 Carlos Perez
• 9 Manny Ramirez
• 10 Rondell White

• 1 Albert Belle
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Juan Gonzalez
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Mike Piazza
• 7 Sammy Sosa
• 8 Frank Thomas
• 9 Mo Vaughn
• 10 Matt Williams

Mining for Gold

Mining for Gold is exclusive to retail packs.

• 1 Yamil Benitez
• 2 Marty Cordova
• 3 Shawn Green
• 4 Todd Greene
• 5 Brian L. Hunter
• 6 Derek Jeter
• 7 Charles Johnson
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Hideo Nomo
• 10 Alex Ochoa
• 11 Andy Pettitte
• 12 Quilvio Veras

Mother Lode

Mother Lode is exclusive to Hobby packs.

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Jim Edmonds
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Kenny Lofton
• 5 Raul Mondesi
• 6 Rafael Palmeiro
• 7 Manny Ramirez
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Tim Salmon
• 10 Ryne Sandberg
• 11 Frank Thomas
• 12 Matt Williams

• 1 Albert Belle
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Tony Gwynn
• 5 Greg Maddux
• 6 Mike Piazza
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 8 Frank Thomas
• 9 Mo Vaughn
• 10 Matt Williams