Panini's Halloween-themed Score-A-Treat line has run for years as a single-sport, officially licensed novelty product, first as football-only cards and later expanding into basketball under the Haunted Hoops name. That format changes for 2026 Score-A-Treat Multi-Sport, arriving September 4, 2026 with a mashup of baseball, basketball, football, and combat sports like boxing in one release, and unlicensed imagery in place of the officially licensed treatment prior versions used.
The bigger change is not the sport mashup, though. This is the first time autographs have appeared in the Score-A-Treat line at all, moving what has always been an affordable, trick-or-treat-adjacent seasonal product into territory that gives it a genuine chase element beyond just pulling a favorite player's base card.
This guide covers what is confirmed about the release directly from dedicated sports card checklist press, what changed from prior Score-A-Treat and Haunted Hoops releases, and how to think about protecting bundle pulls once it lands in September.
The following is confirmed via Checklist Insider's dedicated sports card release coverage:
An official MSRP has not been published yet as of this writing, so treat any specific bundle price you see elsewhere as an estimate rather than Panini's confirmed number until it is officially announced closer to release.
The three base subsets, Pumpkins, Haunted House, and Monster Bash, carry the Halloween theming that has defined every version of this product line, applied across the new multi-sport checklist rather than a single sport's roster. On top of the standard base cards, a set of bundle-exclusive numbered parallels gives the release a real short-print chase beyond the base checklist:
That numbered ladder gives collectors a clear chase structure even within what has always been positioned as an affordable, casual product rather than a premium release.
The most significant change for 2026 is the addition of autograph inserts, something no prior Score-A-Treat or Haunted Hoops release has included. Base Holo Autographs use the main design without the pumpkin border, while Haunted House Holo Autographs and Monster Bash Holo Autographs work from their respective base designs. Two additional super short print inserts, Altered and Spook-A-Palooza, are also confirmed as bundle-exclusive pulls, adding another chase layer beyond the numbered parallels.
Moving from a single-sport, officially licensed product to an unlicensed multi-sport mashup is a real shift in what this release is trying to be. Prior versions leaned on official team and league branding within one sport; the 2026 version instead spreads across four different athletic disciplines using unlicensed imagery, trading some of that official branding for broader roster variety in a single product. Combined with the first-ever autograph inserts, this reads as Panini testing whether the seasonal Score-A-Treat concept can support a more collector-focused release rather than staying purely as a casual, giveaway-friendly Halloween product. It also gives the product a broader audience at the pack level: instead of only appealing to fans of one sport, a single bundle now has a realistic chance of landing a card from whichever league a given collector actually follows, which is a meaningfully different value proposition than the single-sport releases this line has run for years.
With 3 cards per pack and 40 packs per bundle, most collectors opening this release will be handling a genuinely large stack of cards, most of which are base cards worth simple sleeve-and-binder storage rather than individual hard cases. For the numbered Holo parallels and the new autograph inserts specifically, a rigid toploader gives each one individual, stackable protection, and the rarest pulls, particularly the Holo Midnight 1-of-1 or any autograph hit, are worth a magnetic one-touch holder for secure, display-ready protection. For sorting through the bulk of base cards and common parallels, a 9-pocket binder with elastic closure keeps everything organized without needing individual cases for every single card.
If you are planning to open or protect anything from this release, these EVORETRO products are a practical starting point:
September 4, 2026, per dedicated sports card checklist coverage.
Baseball, basketball, football, and combat sports like boxing, using unlicensed imagery rather than the officially licensed single-sport format prior versions used.
Yes, for the first time in the Score-A-Treat line: Base Holo Autographs, Haunted House Holo Autographs, and Monster Bash Holo Autographs are all confirmed.
3 cards per pack, 40 packs per bundle, 20 bundles per case, averaging about 40 parallels per bundle.
2026 Score-A-Treat Multi-Sport is a genuine format shift for a product line that has stayed pretty consistent for years: trading single-sport licensing for a four-sport mashup and adding autographs for the first time gives this release more chase potential than any prior Score-A-Treat or Haunted Hoops set. Whether you are opening bundles for the numbered Holo parallels or hoping to land one of the new autograph inserts, having sleeves, toploaders, and a binder ready before September 4 is the simplest way to keep a large bundle pull organized from the moment the packs come open.
Keep an eye on Panini's official channels for the confirmed MSRP and full checklist as the release date approaches.
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