2000 Pacific Paramount Tom Brady #138

How I Arrived at the Hobby Score

This card received a 78 for its overall hobby score. The 2000 Pacific Paramount set was part of Pacific’s final wave of NFL products before the company ceased operations in 2001. Known for its textured foil backgrounds and bold team color schemes, the set stood out visually but had limited distribution and collector reach compared to Topps or Upper Deck. Brady’s rookie card in this set is card #138, and while not as heavily graded as other mainstream rookies, it remains a tough PSA 10 with fewer than 200 in existence. Its scarcity and distinctive early-2000s aesthetic make it a quietly respected piece among hardcore collectors.

This card represents the beginning of a career that would come to define postseason resilience. Nowhere was that clearer than in Super Bowl LI, when Brady led the Patriots back from a 28-3 deficit against the Falcons. With surgical precision, he engineered five straight scoring drives, capping off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. That night cemented his legacy—and retroactively elevated even his lesser-known rookie cards like this one. The Pacific Paramount may not have been on many radars back in 2000, but today it serves as a relic of just how far Brady rose from overlooked draft pick to the face of NFL greatness.