2020-21 Contenders Optic · parallel

Red Wave

Print run: unnumbered
Serial numbered: no
Family: Wave

Where it was sold

not documented

Applies to

the full 100-card base set of 2020-21 Contenders Optic

Notes

tcdb "2020-21 Panini Contenders Optic - Red Wave" Total Cards "178" (= 100 base + 39 autographs + 39 autograph variations) and NO SERIAL FLAG ON ANY ROW across the base range delivered (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/290984/2020-21-Panini-Contenders-Optic-Red-Wave). The unnumbered/no written here is evidenced for the BASE range only; the same tcdb set extends over the 101-140 block, which is recorded separately at scope=Rookie Ticket and scope=Rookie Ticket Variations. cardboardconnection base ladder: "PARALLEL CARDS: Black Pandora, Gold Wave, Red, Red Wave, Silver, Blue #/99, Orange #/49, Green Pulsar #/25, Gold #/10, Gold Vinyl 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1." (https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2020-21-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-cards); checklistcenter "Black Pandora; Gold Wave; Red; Red Wave; Silver; Blue #/99; Orange #/49; Green Pulsar #/25; Gold #/10; Gold Vinyl 1/1; Printing Plates 1/1" (https://www.checklistcenter.com/2020-21-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-card-checklist/). The two agree exactly and may be one opinion; tcdb's per-row serial flags adjudicate independently and agree with both. CHANNEL DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN: no source consulted places this tier in any channel. It is left UNKNOWN rather than inherited from the product-level hobby-box note, because in the 2019-20 sibling release (data/contendersoptic-bkb-2019-20) the Wave finishes were a China/T-Mall exclusive, so assuming hobby here would be exactly the inference EXTRACTION_SPEC 1.5 forbids. See gap G-010. [NORMALIZED 2026-09-12: channel_basis was written `unsupported`, but migrations/003_parallels.sql constraint basis_iff_channel_known requires channel_basis to be NULL exactly when channel is UNKNOWN - `unsupported` is only meaningful for a KNOWN channel. The basis is blanked for conformance; the finding it recorded (no channel evidence covers this tier, and inheriting the product-level hobby note would be the CLAUDE.md rule-7 error) is unchanged and lives in this note and in G-010.]

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