Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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TWO OF BLACKHEARTS
The Card: Shotzi Blackheart 2025 Panini Instant MLW Autographs Water parallel (/10)
The Price: $39.99 each via Panini
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This former WWE star is taking over a prominent spot in indy wrestling with appearances downright everywhere these days but with only a handful of card appearances to show for it (at least for now). Panini's newer foray into cardboard for Major League Wrestling has so far spawned a trio of base cards with parallels and some with autographed versions. I've been lucky enough to be plugged in and online to land ink for a couple of those drop days and in this case landed a pair of these autos where only eight others exist. Generally speaking, I'm not that big of a fan of the elemental parallels used in Instant these days, but they are an upgrade over the previous year's parallels that merely colored in one of the stripes in a design similar to this instead of the border as it is here. Either way, this one I'm a fan of as she's arguably my top collecting target these days as WWE stuff has gotten too pricey to comfortably dabble/rip boxes and have fun with the typical returns. In this case, the only angst is battling bots -- cards like these vanish in seconds and end up on eBay with prices three (or more) times higher. At least when I plunk down the money for these I know what I'm getting. (For those curious, the auto stickers here are older when she was signing in higher volumes for WWE releases -- her auto is back to an every-letter sig now.)
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What: 2024-25 Topps Inception UEFA Club Competition soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 31
Box basics: One auto card and two serial-numbered parallels per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Inception, this time, has a "refreshed approach to autograph, Relic, and autograph Relic subsets" while "this release packs more on-card autographs than ever before."

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What: 2025-26 Panini Noir Road to FIFA World Cup soccer cards
Arrives: Jan. 28, 2026
Box basics: Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-card box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Noir joins the run-up to the World Cup with the same approach as the standard version but with an array of cards showcasing stars from around the world.

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What: 2025 Pieces of the Past Ancient World
Arrives: Jan. 30, 2026
Box basics: One "original piece of an Egyptian mummy" card and one other relic per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This brand brings a number of unique artifacts from long ago to cardboard, originating from the Eric C. Caren collection, with a piece of a mummy in every box.

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What: 2025 Historic Autographs Famous Americans Series 2 trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 28, 2026
Box basics: One cut autograph per five-pack hobby box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Notable individuals in American history get revisited once again as a follow-up to this brand's 2021 debut with a continuation of the base set -- but a new format that caters more toward breakers.

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What: 2025-26 Topps UEFA Club Competitions Deco soccer cards
Arrives: Jan. 30, 2026
Box basics: One autographed card and three serial-numbered cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The details are slim, but this new release for the new year from Topps will include some Razzmatazz (seen above) as it "promises to bring the Deco razzle-dazzle, with eye-catching designs, incredible inserts and the biggest players in European football."

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What: 2025 Topps Pixar Gold trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 7, 2026
Box basics: One encased card and eight Chrome cards per box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Mint model for Topps non-sports cards goes Gold for a Pixar-focused release with voice actors such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Larry The Cable Guy and John Ratzenberger among them based on early teasers.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: Gems of the Game & CGC baseball repack (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Retail outlets (price will vary depending on store) -- click here for MLB boxes

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2025 Historic Autographs Big League Photos Autograph Edition Series 2
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2025 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 29
Box basics: Five encased on-card autographs per six-pack box (three boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Five Star hits to the diamond for another year with a new format, some new looks, some deluxe inclusions and a mix of stars from the past and present ... sometimes on the same card.

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What: 2025 Topps WWE x BAPE wrestling cards
Arrives: Dec. 25
Box basics Five cards per pack
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: "A Bathing Ape" apparel gets in the WWE ring via drops on Complex and Topps this week with two base cards, two parallels and a Baby Milo insert card inside every time ... but also with a shot at autographs.

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Mystery Box Buzz Break is a new series here on The Buzz -- it's essentially a Buzz Break but only for "mystery boxes" that seem to be everywhere these days -- and not just in the sports realm. Like this and want to see more? Is there a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The mystery box: Pro Wrestling Crate Autographed 8-by-10 Mystery Grab Bag
Where to buy: Via Pro Wrestling Tees (now sold out) ... find new wrestling cards at BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 3
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case) or one autograph per Allen & Ginter X box
Checklist: Click here (Excel file)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Allen & Ginter arrives once again -- this time after the season -- with all the eccentricities, plenty of baseball players and a new retro design based on some of the 1880s tobacco card designs that helped bring some of the first baseball cards to the masses long, long ago. The 20th edition of the brand under Topps' revival will apparently include only two hits per hobby box, based on early info.

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What: 2025 Rolling Stone Bob Marley Keepsake Premiere Edition trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 21, 2026
Box basics: One memorabilia card per six-pack case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: "On the cover of a Rolling Stone" hits cardboard once again from Keepsake with one iconic name in play on every single card for this high-end release.

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What: 2025 Leaf Paydirt football cards
Arrives: January 2026
Box basics: Four autographs per 15-card hobby box (15 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers up a new line for football fans with a mix of past and present stars in what it calls an "extremely affordable product."

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What: 2025 Pulse Drift Football cards
Arrives: Feb./March 2026
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per six-card hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in the gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This newer player in the card realm hits the gridiron once again this year with a new brand in its lineup and with one thing remaining the same -- autographs on low-volume cards.

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Take a minute and answer some hot-take questions and make some NFL picks -- and if you're at the top of the mountain when it's all over then you get some free cards.

It's that simple.

YourDozen.com is back with more free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's for Sunday NFL action as well as some Majority Rules questions. Those questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until 1 p.m. on Sunday to get your picks in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize remains a mystery item.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gaets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What's Buzzing: Sleeping on Steph Curry cards (kind of), NFL chatter, Luke Skywalker's pricey debut, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Showing off certain Steph Curry cards

2 -- All your football chatter

3 -- Luke Skywalker's debut in elite grade = cash

4 -- New MLB pulls are popping here

5 -- WWE has 'em talking

6 -- All your off-season MLB chatter is here

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