Best Modern Jayson Tatum Inserts — Downtown, Kaboom & Color Blast

Once you’ve worked through the 2017-18 rookie chase and the Prizm rainbow, the next Jayson Tatum rabbit hole is inserts — the short-printed, often hand-illustrated subsets that live inside modern Panini products. These aren’t rookies and most aren’t autographs, but the marquee families are some of the most eye-catching (and most expensive) non-auto Tatum cards in the hobby.

This page doesn’t publish print runs or card numbers — those move by set and product, and are best confirmed against live listings. Instead, here’s how the insert families rank for a Tatum collector, with eBay buttons that surface the real market for each.

The marquee illustrated inserts

These are the case-hit families — short-printed, rarely pulled, and chased for their artwork as much as the player:

• Downtown — the iconic city-skyline illustration behind the player. A true case hit and one of the most recognizable Tatum inserts.
• Kaboom! — the comic-book-cover design that became a hobby phenomenon. Kabooms are pulled far less often than base cards and command strong prices across every player who has one.
• Color Blast — an explosive splash-of-color illustration, another premium short print that collectors chase for its eye appeal.

Because these are illustrated case hits rather than serial-numbered parallels, scarcity is driven by how rarely they’re inserted — which is exactly why the live eBay listings above are the honest way to gauge each one’s market.

The set-driven inserts

Below the marquee illustrations sit the recurring insert programs that ship inside the flagship chrome products:

• Prizm case hits — themed inserts (the various Prizm-brand subsets) that carry their own color rainbows, so a single insert design can have a base, a Silver-style finish, and numbered color versions.
• Mosaic inserts — Mosaic’s stained-glass and choice-style subsets, a more accessible entry point into Tatum inserts that still delivers the shine.

These are more attainable than the Downtown/Kaboom/Color Blast tier, which makes them a smart way to add color and variety to a collection without four-figure outlay.

How to approach inserts

1. Decide illustrated vs. attainable. The Downtown/Kaboom/Color Blast tier is a chase; the Prizm and Mosaic inserts are collectible on most budgets.
2. Buy graded above four figures. Illustrated inserts are premium targets for counterfeiters, and a PSA/BGS/SGC slab authenticates the card and its condition.
3. Watch sold comps, not asking prices. The buttons above open live listings so you’re always looking at the current market, not a hopeful ask.

For the named Donruss and Donruss Optic insert families specifically — Franchise Features, My House!, Net Marvels and the rest, with the card numbers listings actually show — see the Jayson Tatum Donruss insert reference, and for the NBA Hoops side — Hard Wired, Pure Players, Skyview, Sheesh and the Premium Stock exclusives — the Jayson Tatum Hoops insert reference. For signed cards, see Jayson Tatum autographs & top cards; to understand how the color rainbows on parallel cards are tiered, see Best Jayson Tatum Prizm parallels. New to Tatum cards entirely? Start with the collecting guide.

Use the buttons above to jump straight into live eBay listings for each insert family.