What: 2026 Leaf Spectacular football cards
Arrives: May 29
Box basics: Seven premium cards -- six football and one sports -- per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new line in the Leaf Trading Cards lineup hits the gridiron with a number of past notables in play for both autographs and memorabilia cards as well as some surprises from beyond the field.

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What: 2026 Pulse Aura Chrome Football cards
Arrives: June/July
Box basics: Four encased autographs per six-card hobby box (10 boxes per case) or one autograph per Heat Seeker box (24 boxes per case) or two autographs per 24-card Max box
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pulse takes its cardboard to Chrome -- as in plastic Chromium stock -- with a trio of formats for football collectors to choose from with this one.

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What's Buzzing: World Baseball Classic chatter and so much more on a Sunday.

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1 -- All your World Baseball Classic chatter ... and a Shohei Ohtani thread 

2 -- Talking Topps Now and other online releases

3 -- Still pondering on Kyle Schwarber

4 -- Talking football ...

5 -- Basketball is on their minds

6 -- Rules of engagement ... err collecting?

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What's Buzzing: Konnor Griffin, Jose Canseco, Lou Holtz, Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 2026 NFL Draft and a good question.

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1 -- Konnor Griffin

2 -- A new Jose Canseco card set

3 -- Collectors react to the Lou Holtz news

4 -- 2026 NFL Draft 

5 -- Good question ... 

6 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... baseball card collector 

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Many people collect autographs -- but not in the same ways -- and not all autographs are made alike. Some are mass-produced, some are in packs. Some are personalized, some are not. Some have all kinds of documentation and many more have none ... here's a look at a few that entered my collection in recent months.

CERTIFIED INK (AUTOS FROM PACKS)
The Item: Germie Bernard 2024 Bowman University Best of 2024 Autographs Gold Refractor (/50)
What It Cost Me: $30
What's It Worth: We’ll see ...
The Buzz: Bernard was a go-to receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide last year with 64 receptions for 862 yards and seven TDs along with 19 carries for 101 yards and a pair of scores on the ground. Are they dominating numbers? Not really -- they’re more of a reminder that the Nick Saban era is definitely over -- but he did lead the team in receiving yards. The next stop for Bernard should be somewhere in the NFL in some kind of role and now’s the time to be picking off any promising names you like -- their season hype has fallen off by and draft talk has perhaps not picked up that heavily just yet ... but it’s coming. I picked off this just to cross him off my list -- I try to have something for most names who make it to the next level for my team and call it good. Since a lot of players have NIL deals, you can find a lot more than you might think leading up to the NFL Draft in late April.
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What: 2025 Panini Silhouette football cards
Arrives: March 27, 2026
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per four-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Silhouette arrives for the first time covering NFL action with all kinds of different looks, new rookies, college standouts and some other surprises in there, too.

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What: 2025 Panini Prizm Black football cards
Arrives: March 11, 2026
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm Black arrives for the first time covering NFL action with all of the color and flash, new rookies, college standouts and some other surprises in play.

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What: 2026 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum Autographed Mini-helmets Honors Edition
Arrives: March 20
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The newest arrival from the TRISTAR Hidden Treasures portfolio of autographed memorabilia arrives this spring with an array of stars from the past and present, a number of chase and variant helmets and some big names.

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What's Buzzing: Indiana wins it all, Cooperstown calls tonight, Drake Maye, NFL chatter, 2026 Topps and ... Freddie Freeman or Mike Trout?

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1 -- Indiana wins it all

2 -- Cooperstown calls tonight + more MLB chatter

3 -- Freddie Freeman or Mike Trout? (Really.)

4 -- Talking Drake Maye

5 -- NFL: Looking forward to this weekend

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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The box: 2026 SAGE Low Series football cards (mega)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)

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What: 2025 Panini Mahomes Icons Collection football cards
Arrives: March 4, 2026
Box basics: One memorabilia card per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Panini's focused look on Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes arrives with this lower-end release that's a companion to the ultra-premium set with a different name and inclusions (click here for that).

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What's Buzzing: Love-hate players, college football madness, custom cards, new pulls and more in this first edition of a new year.

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1 -- Beloved by one, hated by another

2 -- College football has 'em talking

3 -- A year of custom card creations 

4 -- Check out NBA pulls

5 -- Non-sports pulls

6 -- This one has 'em talking 

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What's Buzzing: Talkin' baseball, football, autographs, non-sports, autographs and the FTC.

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1 -- All your offseason MLB chatter is here

2 -- Talking all directions when it comes to football 

3 -- Non-sports cards are on their minds

4 -- Testing ink: Might be some science up in here

5 -- NFL Week 16 reactions

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: Wemby returns and guides Spurs, John Cena smiles because it happened, NFL Week 15 and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- NBA: Wemby returns with a big night

2 -- Talking NFL Week 15

3 -- College football chatter and a new Heisman winner

4 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

5 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

6 -- See all of the new pulls here

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What's Buzzing: John Cena's final match and more on collectors' minds this weekend.

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1 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

2 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

3 -- Talking college football

4 -- Cooper Flagg

5 -- Thoughts from an NBA collector at a show

6 -- Talking NFL Week 15

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What: 2026 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Footballs
Arrives: Jan. 23
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line of autographed footballs hits the field for a new year with its familiar format and a variety of balls in play.

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What's Buzzing: Awaiting Baseball Hall of Fame news, NFL Week 14, college football, new MLB pulls and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 14 chatter is here

2 -- Hall of Fame chatter leading up to tonight's first reveal 

3 -- New MLB pulls

4 -- Interesting ... 

5 -- College football reactions

6 -- Inside a Bowman U case

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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.)
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but wrestling cards are here.

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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
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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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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MY EARLY INK FOR A BREAK-OUT STAR
The Card: Pete Crow-Armstrong 2018 Panini Elite Extra Edition 18U National Team Signatures Red (from 2019 USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets)(/100)
The Reason Graded: I landed this ink for the Chicago Cubs star in a rack set -- that's a set and then some bonus cards in pack form direct from USA Baseball back in the day -- and he was one of a number of good names I found there for a low price. They all sat with my stuff for a few years before his breakout 2024 season got this one put into a grading order. Why? So I could get some ink in a slab and cross him off my list of key names needed. Crow-Armstrong joined the 30-30 Club this season, won his first Gold Glove and was an All-Star, too. The cool part? I added his ink from a two-auto set for just $9.99. (Other colors of this card are in standard EEE boxes ... the Reds are only in the sets I bought.)
The Grade: CGC 9.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: The stock on these is the standard Donruss cardboard that can't decide if its chippy or soft -- it's generally pretty clean but a bottom corner could be soft here on the card backs where there's some color to make fuzz really obvious. This one was cleaner than other grading-worthy names but I'll likely slab others I found over time as more than a few here are in MLB now. He was the highest-profile name who needed to be graded now.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13 and plenty more is on collectors' minds as we recover from Black Friday.

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1 -- Ripping into a new NFL box

2 -- NFL Week 13 chatter continues

3 -- Two WWE stars who collect

4 -- All your college football chatter

5 -- Debating the Duke rookies

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks ... talking QC

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13, college football, Wild Card pulls, Topps NBA, 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 13 chatter is here

2 -- College football is also on their minds

3 -- Inside a Topps NBA box

4 -- Collecting some Wild Card football

5 -- Talking 2025 Ginter

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks

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What's Buzzing: Arch Manning had a day (and other college football chatter), NFL Week 12, graded cards, a big Marvel question, new pulls and signed books.

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1 -- All your college football chatter

2 -- NFL Week 12

3 -- Talking graded cards

4 -- A Marvel question

5 -- Talking signed books

6 -- New MLB pulls ... New NBA pulls

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The packs: 2024 Leaf Metal Collective Football 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs (three)
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2026 SAGE Football Low Series football cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: 16 autographs per hobby box (16 boxes per case) or three autographs per blaster box (40 per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's first wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard for 2026 arrives with an autograph in every pack for hobby boxes and a lineup that includes some established stars, current NIL guys and more while keeping with some of the formula of recent years but also adding a new twist.

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