First Buzz: 2022 Topps Update baseball cards

What: 2022 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 26
Box basics: One auto, one Relic and one manufactured Relic per HTA jumbo box; one auto or Relic per hobby box
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What's buzz-worthy: The third wave of the Topps flagship brand will arrive with veterans in new uniforms, some new names and plenty of the energy and inclusions from the first two releases -- along with the return of All-Star Game and Home Run Derby highlights from this season.

Keep reading for more info.

The Basics: The base set for this will include 330 cards with each having at least 15 parallels -- Gold foil (HTA only), Rainbow foil, Gold (/2,022), Green Foilboard (/499), Orange Foilboard (/299), Red Foilboard (/199), Vintage Stock (/99), Independence Day (/76), Black (/71 Hobby/HTA only), Mother's Day Pink (/50), Father's Day Powder Blue (/50), Memorial Day Camo (/25) and 1/1 Platinum along with printing plates. Clear parallels (/10) will once again only be found in hobby boxes. ... Among the inserts in this one will be 30 Generation Now cards, Paragons of the Postseason, Topps Black Gold, 25 Diamond Greats Die-cuts, 50 2022 MLB All-Star Game players and another wave of 1987 Topps cards. Each will have Blue, Black (/299), Gold (/75), Red (/10) and 1/1 Platinum versions. There also will be autographed parallels for the Greats (/10) and 1/1 Wood parallels for the 1987s. ... Joining them in jumbo boxes will be 25 oversized rookie reprint box-topper cards with some having an autographed version (/10 max) as well as 1/1 sketch cards and then manufactured Relic "special event patch cards" with Black (/199), Gold (/50), Red (/10) and 1/1 Platinum versions as well as autos (/10 max) for some players.

For Relic autos, there will be Topps Reverence patches (/10) with Red (/5) and 1/1 Platinum versions. Joining them will be Major League Materials (/50) with Red (/25) and 1/1 Platinum versions as well as All-Star Stitches dual-auto cards (/25 max) with Red (/10) and 1/1 Golds. There also will be All-Star jumbo patch autos (/10) with Red (/5) and 1/1 Golds. ... For standard autos, Baseball Stars cards are back with Black (/199), Gold (/50), Red (/25) and 1/1 Platinum parallels as well as dual autos (/5 max) just like Series 2 as well as 1987 autos with Black (/199 max), Gold (/50 max), Red (/25 max) and 1/1 Platinums. There also will be 1/1 cut autos. ... For standard Relics, there will be Major League Materials with Black, Gold, Red and Platinum versions and a selection of All-Star Stitches with only Silver, Red and Gold versions. They'll be joined by jumbo patches (/5) with 1/1 Golds to be found as well as All-Star Stitches duals (/25) and triples. There also will be Own The Name 1/1s only found in jumbo boxes.

Silver packs also return inside boxes -- one per hobby, two per jumbo -- with Chromed cards as well as parallels and autographs inside them.

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