What: 2025 Leaf Football Nation baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 28
Box basics: Five autos per six-card hobby box (12 per case) or 10 autos per 12-card jumbo box (eight per case)
Checklist: See gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new name in the Leaf lineup hits the gridiron and includes a mix of past and present stars with a meaty mix of flashy signed and unsigned cards in both box formats.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Halloween autograph cards
Arrives: Late September
Box basics: Three autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Metal holiday releases take a turn with this one -- carrying a wider distribution beyond just online -- with fewer than 450 cases made for a release that teams the pop culture stars of this holiday with icons from the sports realm.

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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: 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)
Order: Click here

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: 2024 Leaf Collective Multi-sport trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: Three autographs and two 1/1 base cards per hobby box (10 per hobby case); One autograph per Solo Edition  pack (30 packs and 10 1/1 base card packs per Solo case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf meshes its three brands into one for this new line with Press Pass, Leaf Metal and Pro Set all leading the way in a multi-sport release that's packed with only ink and 1/1 cards.

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What: 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA EURO soccer cards
Arrives: Nov. 13
Box basics: One autograph per eight-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Chrome hits the pitch for this competition for the first time with a relatively small box that includes ink every time and has stars known around the world in play.

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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: 2021-22 Panini Prizm Premier League soccer cards (Fanatics blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome soccer cards
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Merlin once again gets more Chrome time on the pitch with a fourth edition in this popular line that has nods to the past cards and stickers under the mystical name while showcasing stars from UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Signature Series Live Edition
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: Four autographed item per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series vault-style big box is back with a wide array of sports finds all in one spot and with four items in every box.

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If you like to crunch the numbers and chase things without breaking the bank, this box might be for you.

Especially if you're a soccer fan and into Prizm.

Buzz was scrolling The Soccer Sale and noticed that the 40-box lots of 2021/22 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer cereal boxes were up for grabs with a slasher price that might entice anybody to rip in there.

Why? Keep reading ...

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What: 2023-24 Topps UEFA Champions League Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); Three autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest stars of the soccer world hit Chrome once again with this one again including a pair of box formats.

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What: 2024 Leaf Decadence sports cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Three framed autographed cards per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again meshes chromium-stock autographs with a framed presentation for legends from all around the sports world in a high-end, autographs-only release.

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What: 2023-24 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: May 15, 2024
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Finest once again focuses on the stars of Champions League and Europa League competition in this one with the familiar mini-box format yielding ink in both halves of each box and plenty more every time.

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What: 2024 Leaf Signature Series sports cards
Arrives: June 28
Box basics:  Two 1/1 autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Signature Series is back "newly revamped and reinvigorated" with new themes and "tons more multi-signed cards, inscriptions and some exciting new designs."

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What: 2023 Topps Pristine Road to Euro 2024 soccer cards
Arrives: April 26, 2024
Box basics: Three autographs or auto Relics per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This modern throwback gets a run for soccer fans "showcasing Europe’s flawless footballers on ultra-modern and clean designs" in what Topps calls "a box-breaker’s dream."

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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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What: 2023-24 Topps Finest Road to UEFA Euro soccer cards
Arrives: March 22
Box basics: Two autos per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Finest turns its attention to international soccer for the first time with this one.

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What: 2022 Leaf Trinity Soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 29, 2023
Box basics: Four autographed cards and one steel base card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity arrives for soccer collectors a bit later than planned but includes almost nothing but ink ... but also some surprises beyond the stars of the global game.

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What: 2023 Leaf Magnificence sports cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: One "extremely limited premium" autographed card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf goes high-end to start the new year with a multi-sport release where every card is limited to no more than five copies and the array of past and present greats comes from all realms of the sports world.

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What: 2023 Leaf GOAL Soccer soccer cards
Arrives: November
Box basics: One autographed card and one game-used jersey card per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers up nothing but the hits in this one with a release "loaded with value" but "at an entry-level price."

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What: 2023 Leaf Art of Sport trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 26, 2024
Box basics: Four "premium hits" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings some artistic flair to collectors once again with a follow-up to its debut art release -- and this time it "expands on that artistic endeavor with new and exciting athletes, artwork and designs" in a release that "is truly a work of art."

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What: 2022-23 Topps UEFA Champions League Museum Collection soccer cards
Arrives: July 12
Box basics: One autograph, one auto Relic and one Relic per eight-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Museum Collection arrives for Champions League soccer fans once again with some monster finds like the booklet above among the possibilities.

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What: 2022 Leaf Ultimate Soccer cards
Arrives: Sept. 29, 2023
Box basics: At least five autographs per six-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings Ultimate to soccer fans with a mix of hits being the only cards found inside its boxes with some of the biggest stars in the world, too.

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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 ...

WILD THING!
The Card: Ricky Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) 2014 Topps Archives Major League 
The Reason Graded: As you can tell by the green label, this one is an older submission of mine ... but since spring training will be upon us soon I figured I'd lead off with an oddball classic and a card that has been pretty pricey in recent years despite being from a set where they showed up one per blaster box (if I remember correctly). The challenge here? Now even finding blasters is not easy ... they got ripped. Why? There weren't just basic inserts for some of the stars of Major League who got carded ... they signed, too. (Roughly one auto per hobby case.)
The Grade: CSG 9.5 (now 10)

Reality Check: This one was clean so I knew I wanted to slab it -- the backs here have black borders that can be an issue -- and as it turns out this is the only 10 of a small bunch graded. That's a win for me.

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What: 2022-23 Panini Select La Liga soccer cards
Arrives: March 8
Box basics: Three autos or mem cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest stars of top division in Spanish soccer arrive in this one as part of a colorful and parallel-packed release that adheres to its brand legacy.

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