What: 2025 Leaf Metal baseball cards
Arrives: July 25
Box basics: Five autos per seven-card hobby box (12 per case) or 10 autos (one being a slabbed 1/1 proof) per 14-card jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Metal is back for another go once again with its two box formats -- and still having exclusives and encased proofs among possible finds.

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What: 2025 Leaf Optichrome football cards
Arrives: Aug. 29
Box basics: Six autos and two base cards per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or 12 autos and three base per jumbo (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Optichrome "will deliver the most-comprehensive football checklist of the season, featuring a spectrum of football stars ranging from prep school phenoms to Hall of Fame legends," according to Leaf.

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What: 2024 Leaf Trinity Baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 26, 2025
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity showcases the stars of the diamond -- and sometimes beyond -- in a release that packs nothing but ink from past and present stars in there along with a number of potential newcomers, too, via college and even high school standouts on NIL deals.

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What: 2025 Leaf Pearl Multi-sport cards
Arrives: August
Box basics: 11 premium cards per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's high-end celebration of sport in seemingly every direction arrives for a new edition with some monster 16-auto booklets, a rare cut auto in every box and some of the biggest names in all the games found together right here.

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What's Buzzing: About Bo Jackson's football Rookie Card, offseason NFL chatter, Downtown cards, an interesting foil botch, Topps Dynasty and Topps Heritage.

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1 -- Bo Jackson's NFL Rookie Card: A lot of correct answers here

2 -- Offseason NFL chatter is here

3 -- Downtowns ... now or later?

4 -- An interesting foil botch

5 -- Awaiting Topps Dynasty

6 -- Still talking Topps Heritage

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What: 2025 Wild Card Pre-historic football cards
Arrives: May 23
Box basics: Four autographed cards per case on average (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's dinosaurs once again get all pre-historic on the gridiron showcasing football stars in colorful ways with all cards in this one capped at no more than 25 copies apiece.

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What: 2025 Leaf Signature Series sports cards
Arrives: May 28
Box basics:  Four 1/1 autographed cards or three 1/1 autos and one inscription auto per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Signature Series is back with a wide array of colorful rarities for top sports stars in all directions all in one spot -- and sometimes they meet on the same cards.

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Baseball Photos
Arrives: July 30
Box basics: One autographed photo per pack (15 packs per display)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed mystery memorabilia line offers up a round of signed baseball photos with some big chases in the mix, too, for this release timed to arrive at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Black baseball cards
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: One autograph in every box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: This brand returns for a sixth time with the same approach of the past -- an encased autograph and more in every box -- and some new looks and signers in play.

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What: 2025 Leaf Glory Of The Game football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Four premium hits -- at least two of those autographs -- per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the cardboard gridiron once again with a new line packed with big potential -- big names, big cards and big surprises -- as it includes stars from the past, present and future with a booklet card in every case.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: Five autos and two base/parallels per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or nine autos, one slabbed 1/1 auto proof and four base/parallels per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal is back for another season on the gridiron with its two box options once again and with plenty of ink from past, present and future standouts all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the diamond once again with some legendary signers in the mix as well as plenty of star power from today in both selected veterans and promising prospects.

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What: 2024 Leaf Collective football cards
Arrives: March 2025
Box basics: Four autos and three base cards per hobby box (12 per case) or eight autos and six base cards per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf meshes three brands into one line for just football this time with Press Pass, Leaf Metal and Pro Set all leading the way.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Dino-Might football cards
Arrives: Feb. 21, 2025
Box basics: Three autographed cards per case on average (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's prehistoric-powered insert set gets a full football release packed with nothing but stars in the pro and college ranks -- and sometimes they're found on the same card.

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What: 2024 Leaf Eclectic Football cards
Arrives: March 14, 2025
Box basics: Four autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case) or eight autographed cards per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Eclectic takes the football field for a new year with a few brands joining together all in one spot with stars of the past, present and future all in play as part of an autograph-packed release that's mostly cards limited to no more than 10 copies.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes cards
Arrives: Dec. 6, 2024
Box basics: Three Metal or acetate autos per box (15 boxes per case) or one Metal or acetate auto per Solo Edition box (25 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Sports Heroes starts off 2025 a little early with an array of stars from around the sports world all in one spot and with a number of autos possible on some cards to amp up the star power even more.

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What: 2024 Leaf Heroes & Prospects football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack hobby box (12 per case) or 12 autographs per 12-pack jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest foray into football will mesh the past and present together -- sometimes on the same card -- with some of today's stars from the recently drafted and college ranks as well as legends of the game all in play here.

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What: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 6
Box basics: Two autos per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case); One auto per eight-pack compact box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club arrives once again with a pair of box formats for rippers and with plenty of MLB stars and energy inside.

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What: 2024 Topps 206 baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 3 via Topps.com
Box basics: Four packs per box ... one autograph per four-box case
Checklist: Click here
Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits T206 tobacco cards for a fifth edition but this time around it arrives with four-box cases that will guarantee an autograph.

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What: 2022 Panini Contenders Optic football cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Two autographs per six-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders Optic drops for a new year with some new inclusions, new stars, some new looks and plenty of colorful autographs with big-pull potential.

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: July 17
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); three autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: Click here
Logofractor Checklist: Click here ... Logofractor odds here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The full Topps Chrome details are still to come but a checklist and early teasers are here for when the neon of 2024 Topps flagship goes Chrome next month.

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Have you looked at your 2024 Bowman card backs yet?

It's fine if you haven't -- we know you're busy looking for the new big names, their colorful Chrome parallels and, of course, their autographs -- but for years now there have been tons of trivial nuggets that appear on cards that can be downright odd.

They're found on the "Up Close" blurbs across all base and prospect cards in this release -- and plenty of past ones -- and after ripping my first blaster of the year I did my check for them ... and again they delivered ... even with a small sample size.

The Adley Rutschman card above was perhaps the standout of the small bunch in my box with "bountiful hugs," the origin of "Rooster" as part of a Top Gun: Maverick name-drop and a nod to family sports, too. They're not all that jam-packed, but every card has Up Close details from what I've seen this year.

Let's take a look at 20 more card backs from 2024 Bowman cards ...

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 What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Dugout Dreams Encapsulated Autograph Edition
Arrives: July 24
Box basics: One autographed item per pack (eight packs per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's new mystery brand arrives at The National with a special edition at the show this year -- and with some of the biggest names in the history of the game possible.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Bats
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: One autographed baseball bat per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new line in TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase lineup ups the ante on what can be found -- this time it's nothing but signed bats -- and there's a big chase item in this one of legendary proportions. How legendary? Well, it's got 44 Hall of Famers in play -- and more -- all in one spot

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Best Of All Time autographed memorabilia
Arrives: May 10
Box basics: Four autographed memorabilia pieces per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR dips into the autographed memorabilia realm with a crop that reflects its name -- only the best of all time are in play.

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