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

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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 and featured a similar design as the base set: 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.

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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.

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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 ironically foreshadowed the base design of the following year's product

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