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The box: 2025 Donruss baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a couple other formats)

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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: 2021 Pro Set Baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2025 Pro Athletes Direct Authentic Baseball Signature Edition
Arrives: April 7
Box basics: One encased autographed buyback card per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: Pro Athletes Direct Authentic offers up its first batch of buyback autographed cards for young stars and promising prospects of MLB.

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What: 2024 Pulse Baseball Futures Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: One encased/numbered Futures auto and four other Pulse autos per five-card box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new player in the prospect realm, Pulse Trading Cards, takes the field for a second time this year with an all-auto release that includes limited (/99 or less) ink every time and more inside its boxes.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

GRADE LIKE A BUTTERFLY ...
The Card: Muhammad Ali 2021 Topps Muhammad Ali The People's Champ Collection Black parallel (/56)
The Reason Graded: When I spotted this card (ungraded) at about the price of a blaster, I bit as that was a good number for a parallel from this set that was released week by week for a year on Topps' site. Since it was both a rarer parallel and, if you ask me, one of the better-looking cards in this retro-styled set with that exposure photo, I also opted to slab it. Why? Well that stock and color is a grading challenge -- but it was one I was willing to take as this one looked strong.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: I was right and it graded actually better than I had hoped (I figured a 9.5)  making this a win atop of a win.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Undertaker 2022 Panini Revolution WWE Sunburst Autographs (/99)
The Reason Graded: This cost me less than what two boxes would have when I bought it raw -- and then I submitted it to grade after seeing that some typical problem spots for cards from this brand weren't really issues. (In my view, the back corners and edges can be funky for both years.) Why grab this? Undertaker was not a regular signer for a long time and even when has signed cards in recent years he's been more limited since his signing fees are always high -- seemingly far higher than others -- based on public signing prices. I have his ink on a few items sold direct from WWE in the past, but I hadn't rally bothered with anything for cards and figured this could make for a nice slab -- even with sticker ink -- as the photo is as iconic as it gets for a legendary character in WWE history. This would be a perfect kind of auto card if it had an on-card sig ... and it's still not far off as it is with that photo. It's also a perhaps-overlooked brand in the Panini WWE portfolio.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: A nine I'm fine with -- so no worries here -- but anything less than that I would have been kind of mad at myself for trying it. Why? Generally, I don't like pricey surprises with grading, so I don't slab as much ink as I should as I own plenty of them raw. I need to do more slabs like this, but a miss on cheaper, oddball cards that are interesting aren't as risky in my book.

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What: 2022 Leaf Trinity baseball cards
Arrives: July 2023
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity hits the field once again with a 2022 release that's packed with young stars and promising prospects -- and it's nothing but hits.

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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: 2022 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards (hobby)
First Buzz Preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2022 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 9
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per four-card box (24 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Onyx's Vintage brand gets an update this year with new draft picks, notable veterans in new team colors legendary ink and more all in one spot.

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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: 2021 Pro Set Baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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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: 2022 Bowman baseball cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2021 Leaf Trinity baseball cards
Arrives: June/July 2022
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity hits the field once again with a 2021 release packed with young stars and promising prospects all in play ... and it's nothing but hits.

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What: 2021 Leaf Metal Draft baseball cards
Arrives: November
Box basics: Six autos per hobby box (12 per case) or nine autos and one 1/1 slabbed auto per jumbo box (six per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Metal Draft returns for another run with nothing but ink from some of biggest baseball prospects in the game today and the two-box format that lets rippers potentially add some slabs into their collections.

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