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

MY LONE AUTO ...
The Card: Aaron Judge 2015 Bowman Inception Prospect Autographs Gold (/50)
The Reason Graded: Back when I could open a lot of boxes, I'd actually also do some group breaks as well -- as long as they were sure things where an affordable spot would guarantee a hit or had a volume of actual hits inside (auto or mem cards) the case that was high enough to make the odds close to that. This is my lone Aaron Judge auto left from back in those days. I landed it in a spot somewhere around just $60 -- and I actually got two other Yankees autos in the break to make my cost for this particular card even lower. I only ever pulled one other Judge auto and I think I let it go in a trade long, long ago so this last one standing for me was always a candidate for grading -- and it finally made the cut with his monster year.
The Grade: CGC 8.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: The thick stock here made this one feel like a safe pick and it is -- the front is perfect -- but the back corners also count and some light fuzzing there is likely what dropped this one down. Otherwise, it definitely presents as a crisp card and a perfect card on the front. I was aiming for a nine, so this mark was a slight bummer -- but it's still a big card. Mine is the only Gold graded by CGC and among the 12 graded in all colors nothing checks in higher than a nine.

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The box: 2025 Score football cards (mega)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2025 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Nov. 26
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures goes back to school for another year with new draft picks, current college stars and past greats all in their school colors in a release that's once again nearly all about the hits -- and some cards in this will be Flawless creations, too.

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What: 2025 Wild Card COMIX Rookie & Legend Edition football cards
Arrives: Late September
Basics: Five encased serial-numbered cards (/25 max) per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card explores top stars of the past with promising players of today in a colorful release packed with variety and with four autographed cards per typical case here.

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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: 2024 Wild Card Alumination Just The Hits Edition football cards
Arrives: March 14, 2025
Basics: Five encased and serial-numbered cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card continues with its encased-card approach with a release that's got long-odds potential of the biggest kind -- Patrick Mahomes auto 1/1s -- as well as plenty of other fun finds.

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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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CROSSING HIM OFF 
The Card: Joe Montana autographed 1988 Topps card (BAS slabbed)
The Price: About $65
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Rewind the clock to the early/mid 1990s and Montana is the unquestioned top QB on cardboard with perhaps only a small number of RBs or WRs even coming close to competing with him for popularity on cards. Back then, in a new era of certified autographs from brands such as Pro Line and Classic or mail-order autographed items, there was ink to chase but Montana was never, ever on my radar. Why? Look at that auto ... there's still not much going on there that would have sparked me to pay a premium price for a glorified initialgraph with a slight more added on. Fast-forward to now and the Hall of Famer still has all those rings and all those MVP awards, but he's been surpassed on the stat sheets and cards ... it happens. The 68-year-old has done a lot of signing for Leaf for its releases and buyback brands -- I think this was one from there -- in recent years and it had been on my radar for literally months as I really like the look of many of his 1980s Topps cards. A relatively clean copy with an on-card auto is a no-brainer if the price is right and I got this one for about half of the asking price of man identical copy I'd been watching. All these years later, I can cross Montana off my ink-needed list.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but NFL cards are here.

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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)
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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)
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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 Wild Card Five Card Draw football cards
Arrives: Jan. 31, 2025
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's numbers-based presentation ups the ante this time with more big-name chases and other surprises for college and pro standouts -- and once again every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release, which also includes a 1/1 card in every box.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Seven Card Studs High Stakes Metal football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: 84 autographed cards per case (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card ups the ante with a follow-up to its Seven Card Studs line of nothing but quarterbacks past, present and future with an all-autograph edition.

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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)
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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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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ...

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IT'S POGPOOL!
The Books: Deadpool No. 5 (2024) -- Dogpool from Deadpool & Wolverine variant
The Price: About $13 total
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This pair of books came in and went right back out to CGC for slabbing within hours. I may or may not land 9.8s ... but I don't care. I simply needed that movie star in a gimmick slab and I opted to send both as they were clean but perhaps not perfect ... just like Dogpool. Well, they're closer to perfect than Dogpool, but ... I'll have more to say when I get the slabs back. There are a lot of Dogpool books from the past -- and I've noted two previous pick-ups in this series (including his debut) -- but this one is most-tied to the hit movie. If there are more movie covers like this coming -- or they already exist -- they'll get a look from me. In fact, I need to go look after I finish this.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but non-sports cards are here.

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What: 2024 Wild Card 7 Card Studs Metal All Quarterback Edition football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Four autographed cards and four 1/1 Joker cards per case (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation but this time it keeps the boxes more affordable with scarcity being the norm in every pack but the autographs and 1/1 chase cards arriving a few times per case -- with some of the biggest names in the game among those possibilities.

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Panini America has another new college quarterback on its team.

University of Alabama Crimson Tide star and Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe signed an exclusive autographed card deal with the company, which was formally unveiled this week.

"Jalen is one of the premiere players in college football and is another outstanding addition to our family of athletes," said Jason Howarth, Senior VP of Marketing and Athlete Relations. "He will be a great partner for us as we continue to grow our Panini College platform and product offerings."

As part of that deal, according to the company, the junior will have a inked spot in the Panini Instant lineup, Panini marketing and in, of course, in standard in-pack football releases.

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What: 2024 Leaf Trinity Football cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Trinity takes the field for another season with what Leaf says is "the most veteran content ever put into a Trinity product" while also including some new things and new NIL-deal players, too.

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What: 2024 Wild Card AutoMania American Football Edition football cards
Arrives: July 12
Box basics: Eight numbered autographed and encased cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card adds some patriotic themes to its football autograph chase for nearly 180 players of the past, present and future with an encased 1/1 auto in every box and with everything else limited to no more than 25 copies.

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What: 2024 Keepsake Sports Edition trading cards
Arrives: July 17
Box basics: One encased Keepsake Relic card and one other Relic card per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The newest Keepsake release is nothing but the hits with autographs, memorabilia, cuts and more in play in every box with an array of stars from around the sports world as well as some surprise from others adjacent to the realm.

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What: 2023-24 Wild Card Five Card Draw basketball cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card brings its very numbers-based presentation to the basketball court with five serial-numbered cards inside numbered packs that add some certainty to the chase -- every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release and every box includes a 1/1 card.

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The pack: 2023 ONIT Athlete University of Alabama NIL football cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy:  None for this one ... click here for more college football

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What: 2022 Super Glow Update Jumbo Edition
Arrives: Dec. 27, 2023
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's revisiting of its original release for a late update set gets a second run with a ton of big names among possible finds from all around the sports world in both the pro and college ranks.

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What: 2022 Super Glow Inaugural Update Edition
Arrives: Oct. 9, 2023
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Super Break revisits its original release for a late update set with a ton of big names among possible finds from all around the sports world in both the pro and college ranks.

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What: 2022 Keepsake Football Edition football cards
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: One encased Keepsake card and one four-card pack per illuminated display box (five boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's Keepsake brand goes high-end for football fans with with an array of possibilities for more than 50 top stars of the past, present and future as some names appearing in this one are active college players on NIL deals.

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What: 2023 Super Glow Super 7s sports cards
Arrives: July 17
Box basics: One autographed card per seven-card box (seven boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow once again turns to a one-auto-per-box approach with a new multi-sport release packed with star power and card designs and stocks familiar to other releases but with some new twists here, too, like the dual-autos seen above.

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What: 2023 Super Glow One Time Edition Series 1 sports cards
Arrives: April 19
Box basics: One autographed card per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow once again turns to a one-auto-per-box approach with a new multi-sport release packed with star power. How much? Each case will include one of the names you see above and there will be Hot Cases with a 1/1 card in every box out there, too.

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