2026 Wild Card SlimGem Variety Pack: America 250, MangaMotion and RubberHose

2026 Wild Card SlimGem Variety Pack has a physical identity that is immediately visible: tall, narrow cards with the athlete and illustration stacked into a slim portrait composition. The National preview of Richard Petty uses a cowboy-styled illustrated figure and sweeping red-white-and-blue artwork; Barry Sanders’ Gold Vinyl preview places a running image above a compact signing window.

Wild Card maintains separate National Variety Pack and September 2026 Variety Pack checklists. Both combine several design worlds, but their rosters and individual chase groups differ.

America 250

The National America branch includes Founding Fathers, American Hero, Liberty Chrome and American Landmarks base themes, plus True Color Match, Gold Vinyl, National Parks and Founding Fantasy cards. Its base autographs are Rainbow-foil one-of-ones, while unsigned cards use a numbered foil ladder.

The September checklist gives America 250 its own 30-player roster and a 10-board base structure. Gold Vinyl has Blue, Gold, Red and White Gold colorways on Gold Circles foil; National Parks has three one-of-one designs.

The TCM labels also need to be read by edition: the National page calls its branch True Color Match, while the September page describes Trading Card Man cards in its TCM group. Those are the manufacturer’s different descriptions for the two checklist entries.

MangaMotion and RubberHose

September MangaMotion has seven base designs across three foil boards, with Rainbow one-of-one autographs and numbered unsigned versions. Golden Dragon adds five one-of-one designs on Gold Circles foil. Its 30-player roster includes Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Brooks Koepka, Dan Marino and Johnny Bench.

RubberHose uses three base designs across six foil boards, plus Modern 1/1, Modern Gold Vinyl and Steamboat Willie branches. Its own 30-player roster includes Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson, Christian McCaffrey, Eli Manning, Lionel Messi and Peyton Manning.

National differences

The National checklist has a combined 75-subject list, with its own design selections and 10 dual-autograph pairings. Those include Giannis Antetokounmpo/Hakeem Olajuwon and Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle, each on a wide-format Rainbow one-of-one card.

SlimGem’s narrow silhouette is the link among its very different illustrated themes. The National and September checklists provide the edition-specific rosters and variants; Wild Card’s release index records the September Variety Pack timing.