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2026 Wild Card Fantasy Football Steampunk: Plague Doctors and Mammoth Scenes

Mechanical frames, illustrated plague doctors and flying machines give the football release a distinctive fantasy world.

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Wild Card Fantasy Football Steampunk Josh Hoover base autograph-design preview

2026 Wild Card Fantasy Football Steampunk wraps football portraits in mechanical frames and illustrated machinery. Josh Hoover’s base preview uses concentric riveted rings, while Aaron Anderson’s Plague Doctor preview places a green, beaked figure beside the receiver. The broad white autograph panels sit within those elaborate environments.

Wild Card lists the standard release in February 2026 and Steampunk Mammoth in March. Both checklists contain 60 subjects, including Joe Montana, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and the Manning brothers.

Plague Doctor, Zeppelin and mechanical scenes

The standard Plague Doctor True 1 of 1 branch has Gold, Crimson, Obsidian and Toxic subsets on Rainbow foil. True Color Match versions use Dark and Light settings on Rainbow foil, with a separate Gold Vinyl branch on Gold Circles. Signed and unsigned versions are one-of-ones within those groups.

Zeppelin True Color Match adds an airship setting. The broader Steampunk True 1 of 1 family expands into Boat, Clock, Field, Steamworks, Train and Zeppelin scenes. That gives the release a connected mechanical world beyond the round metal base frame.

Unsigned base cards use color ladders across eight foil boards. Base autographs are listed as Rainbow-board one-of-ones in Black and Gold subsets.

Dual signatures and Mammoth differences

The standard Auto Dual branch uses Clock Tower, Colosseum and Pipes settings across 13 foil boards. Pairings include Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow, John Elway and Terrell Davis, Peyton and Eli Manning, and CeeDee Lamb and Drew Pearson. Each exact dual is numbered 1/1.

The Mammoth checklist has its own content mix. Punked Mammoth uses Clock, Gear, Lab, Mountain, Pipes, Street and Train settings, while Mammoth Base spreads eight colors across 20 foil boards. Its Punked, True Color Match, Zeppelin and Dual Mammoth branches are identified as unsigned issues; the two-player Mammoth cards should therefore be distinguished from the standard edition’s dual autographs.

Steampunk’s appeal lies in that detailed alternate setting: Hoover’s riveted portrait and Anderson’s illustrated Plague Doctor card feel related without looking interchangeable. The standard checklist, Mammoth checklist and release index map the two editions.

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