1996 Emotion XL

Description

1996 Emotion-XL (stylized, "E-XL") was produced by Fleer/SkyBox and was a 300-card set released in the summer of 1996.

The card design was complex and multi-layered, which became staple of this brand in subsequent years. Each card front featured a color action player photo on a color-themed background with either a blue, green, or maroon frame and the player's name and team printed in a foil-stamped medallion. Further, an emotive term was again featured on the card front, continuing the trend from the previous year's set. The cards were numbered/grouped alphabetically by team with AL preceding NL.

Distribution

36 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
D-Fense	10	-	1:4	1:4
N-Tense	10	-	1:12	1:12
Legion of Boom	12	-	1:36	N/A
Rare Breed	10	-	1:100	1:100

Checklist

Promos

• P55 Manny Ramirez

Base Set

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Brady Anderson
• 3 Bobby Bonilla
• 4 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 5 Chris Hoiles
• 6 Mike Mussina
• 7 Randy Myers
• 8 Rafael Palmeiro
• 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 10 B.J. Surhoff
• 11 Jose Canseco
• 12 Roger Clemens
• 13 Wil Cordero
• 14 Mike Greenwell
• 15 Dwayne Hosey
• 16 Tim Naehring
• 17 Troy O'Leary
• 18 Mike Stanley
• 19 John Valentin
• 20 Mo Vaughn
• 21 Jim Abbott
• 22 Garret Anderson
• 23 George Arias
• 24 Chili Davis
• 25 Jim Edmonds
• 26 Chuck Finley
• 27 Todd Greene
• 28 Mark Langston
• 29 Troy Percival
• 30 Tim Salmon
• 31 Lee Smith
• 32 J.T. Snow
• 33 Harold Baines
• 34 Jason Bere
• 35 Ray Durham
• 36 Alex Fernandez
• 37 Ozzie Guillen
• 38 Darren Lewis
• 39 Lyle Mouton
• 40 Tony Phillips
• 41 Danny Tartabull
• 42 Frank Thomas
• 43 Robin Ventura
• 44 Sandy Alomar
• 45 Carlos Baerga
• 46 Albert Belle
• 47 Julio Franco
• 48 Orel Hershiser
• 49 Kenny Lofton
• 50 Dennis Martinez
• 51 Jack McDowell
• 52 Jose Mesa
• 53 Eddie Murray
• 54 Charles Nagy
• 55 Manny Ramirez
• 56 Jim Thome
• 57 Omar Vizquel
• 58 Chad Curtis
• 59 Cecil Fielder
• 60 Travis Fryman
• 61 Chris Gomez
• 62 Felipe Lira
• 63 Alan Trammell
• 64 Kevin Appier
• 65 Johnny Damon
• 66 Tom Goodwin
• 67 Mark Gubicza
• 68 Jeff Montgomery
• 69 Jon Nunnally
• 70 Bip Roberts
• 71 Ricky Bones
• 72 Chuck Carr
• 73 John Jaha
• 74 Ben McDonald
• 75 Matt Mieske
• 76 Dave Nilsson
• 77 Kevin Seitzer
• 78 Greg Vaughn
• 79 Rick Aguilera
• 80 Marty Cordova
• 81 Roberto Kelly
• 82 Chuck Knoblauch
• 83 Pat Meares
• 84 Paul Molitor
• 85 Kirby Puckett
• 86 Brad Radke
• 87 Wade Boggs
• 88 David Cone
• 89 Dwight Gooden
• 90 Derek Jeter
• 91 Tino Martinez
• 92 Paul O'Neill
• 93 Andy Pettitte
• 94 Tim Raines
• 95 Ruben Rivera
• 96 Kenny Rogers
• 97 Ruben Sierra
• 98 John Wetteland
• 99 Bernie Williams
• 100 Allen Battle
• 101 Geronimo Berroa
• 102 Brent Gates
• 103 Doug Johns
• 104 Mark McGwire
• 105 Pedro Munoz
• 106 Ariel Prieto
• 107 Terry Steinbach
• 108 Todd Van Poppel
• 109 Chris Bosio
• 110 Jay Buhner
• 111 Joey Cora
• 112 Russ Davis
• 113 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 114 Sterling Hitchcock
• 115 Randy Johnson
• 116 Edgar Martinez
• 117 Alex Rodriguez
• 118 Paul Sorrento
• 119 Dan Wilson
• 120 Will Clark
• 121 Juan Gonzalez
• 122 Rusty Greer
• 123 Kevin Gross
• 124 Ken Hill
• 125 Dean Palmer
• 126 Roger Pavlik
• 127 Ivan Rodriguez
• 128 Mickey Tettleton
• 129 Joe Carter
• 130 Carlos Delgado
• 131 Alex Gonzalez
• 132 Shawn Green
• 133 Erik Hanson
• 134 Pat Hentgen
• 135 Otis Nixon
• 136 John Olerud
• 137 Ed Sprague
• 138 Steve Avery
• 139 Jermaine Dye
• 140 Tom Glavine
• 141 Marquis Grissom
• 142 Chipper Jones
• 143 Dave Justice
• 144 Ryan Klesko
• 145 Javy Lopez
• 146 Greg Maddux
• 147 Fred McGriff
• 148 Jason Schmidt
• 149 John Smoltz
• 150 Mark Wohlers
• 151 Jim Bullinger
• 152 Frank Castillo
• 153 Kevin Foster
• 154 Luis Gonzalez
• 155 Mark Grace
• 156 Brian McRae
• 157 Jaime Navarro
• 158 Rey Sanchez
• 159 Ryne Sandberg
• 160 Sammy Sosa
• 161 Bret Boone
• 162 Jeff Brantley
• 163 Vince Coleman
• 164 Steve Gibralter
• 165 Barry Larkin
• 166 Hal Morris
• 167 Mark Portugal
• 168 Reggie Sanders
• 169 Pete Schourek
• 170 John Smiley
• 171 Jason Bates
• 172 Dante Bichette
• 173 Ellis Burks
• 174 Vinny Castilla
• 175 Andres Galarraga
• 176 Kevin Ritz
• 177 Bill Swift
• 178 Larry Walker
• 179 Walt Weiss
• 180 Eric Young
• 181 Kurt Abbott
• 182 Kevin Brown
• 183 John Burkett
• 184 Greg Colbrunn
• 185 Jeff Conine
• 186 Chris Hammond
• 187 Charles Johnson
• 188 Terry Pendleton
• 189 Pat Rapp
• 190 Gary Sheffield
• 191 Quilvio Veras
• 192 Devon White
• 193 Jeff Bagwell
• 194 Derek Bell
• 195 Sean Berry
• 196 Craig Biggio
• 197 Doug Drabek
• 198 Tony Eusebio
• 199 Mike Hampton
• 200 Brian L. Hunter
• 201 Derrick May
• 202 Orlando Miller
• 203 Shane Reynolds
• 204 Mike Blowers
• 205 Tom Candiotti
• 206 Delino DeShields
• 207 Greg Gagne
• 208 Karim Garcia
• 209 Todd Hollandsworth
• 210 Eric Karros
• 211 Ramon Martinez
• 212 Raul Mondesi
• 213 Hideo Nomo
• 214 Chan Ho Park
• 215 Mike Piazza
• 216 Ismael Valdes
• 217 Todd Worrell
• 218 Moises Alou
• 219 Yamil Benitez
• 220 Jeff Fassero
• 221 Darrin Fletcher
• 222 Cliff Floyd
• 223 Pedro Martinez
• 224 Carlos Perez
• 225 Mel Rojas
• 226 David Segui
• 227 Rondell White
• 228 Rico Brogna
• 229 Carl Everett
• 230 John Franco
• 231 Bernard Gilkey
• 232 Todd Hundley
• 233 Jason Isringhausen
• 234 Lance Johnson
• 235 Bobby Jones
• 236 Jeff Kent
• 237 Rey Ordonez
• 238 Bill Pulsipher
• 239 Jose Vizcaino
• 240 Paul Wilson
• 241 Ricky Bottalico
• 242 Darren Daulton
• 243 Lenny Dykstra
• 244 Jim Eisenreich
• 245 Sid Fernandez
• 246 Gregg Jefferies
• 247 Mickey Morandini
• 248 Benito Santiago
• 249 Curt Schilling
• 250 Mark Whiten
• 251 Todd Zeile
• 252 Jay Bell
• 253 Carlos Garcia
• 254 Charlie Hayes
• 255 Jason Kendall
• 256 Jeff King
• 257 Al Martin
• 258 Orlando Merced
• 259 Dan Miceli
• 260 Denny Neagle
• 261 Alan Benes
• 262 Andy Benes
• 263 Royce Clayton
• 264 Dennis Eckersley
• 265 Gary Gaetti
• 266 Ron Gant
• 267 Brian Jordan
• 268 Ray Lankford
• 269 John Mabry
• 270 Tom Pagnozzi
• 271 Ozzie Smith
• 272 Todd Stottlemyre
• 273 Andy Ashby
• 274 Brad Ausmus
• 275 Ken Caminiti
• 276 Steve Finley
• 277 Tony Gwynn
• 278 Joey Hamilton
• 279 Rickey Henderson
• 280 Trevor Hoffman
• 281 Wally Joyner
• 282 Jody Reed
• 283 Bob Tewksbury
• 284 Fernando Valenzuela
• 285 Rod Beck
• 286 Barry Bonds
• 287 Mark Carreon
• 288 Shawon Dunston
• 289 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
• 290 Glenallen Hill
• 291 Stan Javier
• 292 Mark Leiter
• 293 Kirt Manwaring
• 294 Robby Thompson
• 295 William VanLandingham
• 296 Allen Watson
• 297 Matt Williams
• 298 Checklist
• 299 Checklist
• 300 Checklist

Inserts

D-Fense

This 10-card set showcased outstanding defensive players. Each card had a colored border and cut-out of the player imposed on a sepia-toned background player photo to create a layered depth.

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Mark Grace
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Kenny Lofton
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Raul Mondesi
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Ivan Rodriguez
• 10 Matt Williams

N-Tense

This 10-card set highlighted passionate players featured on an "N"-shaped die-cut card front. Continuing with this set's theme of layers and depth, there were two layers on this card: the first layer was blank, all white, and served as the background of the card; the second layer featured the color player photo and the die-cut "N" and was imposed on top of the white background.

• 1 Albert Belle
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Jose Canseco
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Tony Gwynn
• 6 Randy Johnson
• 7 Greg Maddux
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Frank Thomas
• 10 Matt Williams

Legion of Boom

Exclusive to Hobby packs, this 12-card set featured the some of the best hitters in the game at the time. Each card was multi-colored and featured a portion that was translucent and curiously foreshadowed the base design of the following year's product.

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

Rare Breed

This 10-card set showcased young stars on lenticular card fronts, continuing with the theme of layers/depth.

• 1 Garret Anderson
• 2 Marty Cordova
• 3 Brian L. Hunter
• 4 Jason Isringhausen
• 5 Charles Johnson
• 6 Chipper Jones
• 7 Raul Mondesi
• 8 Hideo Nomo
• 9 Manny Ramirez
• 10 Rondell White