2026 Panini Absolute Football KABOOM! Countdown Calendar: Box Contents, Checklist, Release Date and Autographs

Panini’s Absolute Football advent-style calendar returns for 2026: 24 three-card packs, with holiday parallels, a Holiday Suit memorabilia card and a Kaboom chase.

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At a glance

Fact	Detail	Source
Contents	24 packs x 3 cards (72 cards)	Panini product page
Per calendar	24 Red and Green base parallels, 1 Holiday Suit memorabilia	Panini product page
Chase	Kaboom Horizontal, Solar Eclipse Horizontal, White Snow /299	Panini product page
Release	Nov 13, 2026 (hobby calendar)	; Panini blog Oct 26, 2026

Details are subject to change until the manufacturer finalizes them.

What’s in a box

24 packs of 3 cards (72 cards).
Per calendar: 24 Red and Green base parallels and 1 Holiday Suit memorabilia card.

2026 Panini Absolute Football KABOOM! Countdown Calendar holiday-design base sample card (Eli Manning), image from Panini — Sample card image from Panini. Final cards may differ.

Key inserts

Ultra-rare Kaboom Horizontal and Solar Eclipse Horizontal inserts.

2026 Panini Absolute Football Kaboom! sample card from the Absolute Football hobby set, not the calendar (Julian Sayin), image from Panini — Sample card image from Panini. Final cards may differ.

Autographs and parallels

White Snow base parallels numbered to /299.
Autographs aren’t listed as part of the calendar’s contents.

Rookies and headliners

Follows the 2026 Absolute Football checklist.

Release date

Listed for Fri, Nov 13, 2026 by one hobby calendar; Panini’s blog confirms it’s back but gives no date. Subject to change.

Checklist

Panini hasn’t posted a calendar-specific checklist. The checklist is subject to change until the manufacturer finalizes it.

Partial checklist: View the known sets for 2026 Panini Absolute Football KABOOM! Countdown Calendar so far. The full card-by-card list has not been released yet.

Odds

Panini hasn’t published pack odds yet.

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What’s inside the 2026 Absolute Football KABOOM! Countdown Calendar?

24 packs of 3 cards. Each calendar has 24 Red and Green base parallels and 1 Holiday Suit memorabilia card, with a chance at Kaboom Horizontal and Solar Eclipse Horizontal inserts.

When does the 2026 Absolute Countdown Calendar come out?

It’s listed for Nov 13, 2026, subject to change.

Can you pull a Kaboom from the Absolute Countdown Calendar?

Yes. Kaboom Horizontal inserts are an ultra-rare chase in the calendar.