What: 2022-23 Leaf Multigraphics basketball cards
Arrives: Late March
Box basics: Two multi-player autographs or one multi-auto and one Bill Russell on-card autograph per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf unveils another new brand that's all about basketball ink on Metal stock and this time it's all about multi-signed card with one legendary exception if you happen to get lucky. There are also some surprises in the midst, too, as you can see above.

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The Super Bowl is just days away and this is Pack 1 of a 12-pack break of 2021 Panini Chronicles NFL that will predict the winner of the big game ... or something. Look for a Buzz Break of this one every day this month until we hit Super Bowl LVII.

The pack: 2021 Panini Chronicles NFL football cards (value pack)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (this and other formats)

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What: 2023 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Mini Helmets
Arrives: March 10
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line drops for a new year with a new assortment of NFL and college helmets in the mix and some of the biggest names in the history of the game among them.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Showing off bat knob cards, the Super Bowl is set, Bobby Hull dies at 84, pondering the future of some QB's cards now and more.

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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 pack: 2022 Panini Prestige NFL cards (jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (in a few 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 pack: 2022 Panini Prestige NFL cards (jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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What: 2022 Panini Phoenix football cards
Arrives: Feb. 22
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Phoenix arrives for its seventh NFL edition with another colorful and meaty base set, plenty of inserts and more inside.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: NFL 1/1s, a vintage question that can't be answered, Spencer Strider, Leaf Exotic and more in this Sunday edition.

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What: 2022 Panini Rookies & Stars football cards
Arrives: Feb. 15
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards per six-pack box (14 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Rookies & Stars returns to the field with the familiar format but plenty of new names -- rookies -- and then, of course, the stars to go with them.

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What: 2022 Panini Classics Premium Edition football cards
Arrives: Dec. 15 via Panini America's site
Box basics: Two autographs per six-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Classics returns as a single-pack Optichrome box with guaranteed hits every time as part of an online-first release.

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What: 2022 Leaf Exotic Football cards
Arrives: Feb. 24
Box basics: Three autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf goes wild with an ink-only product limited to only 537 cases for its football debut and every card is limited to no more than 10 copies.

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Mini Helmet Platinum Edition Series 2
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR finishes out its 2022 releases with a second batch of Platinum Hidden Treasures autographed minis where every box once again includes either a Hall of Famer or an active player.

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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 Score football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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What: 2022 Leaf Exotic sports cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: One autographed card per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf gets a little wild with an ink-only product that it says has a beast of a checklist.

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What: 2022 Panini Mosaic football cards
Arrives: Dec. 30
Box basics: Two autographs per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Mosaic arrives for its third NFL season with more color, plenty of inserts and the look that collectors have come to expect from this one -- but also with some new looks like Tesselation parallels above.

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Official Footballs
Arrives: Oct. 19
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures blind-boxed football line is back for a new season with nothing but official autographed footballs in the mix from the NFL, college football and the Super Bowl and with legendary ink from stars of the past as well as the present.

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What: 2022 Pro Set Pure sports cards
Arrives: Dec. 30
Box basics: Four autos per hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf adds a new Pro Set product to its lineup with every card being an acetate autograph using memorable past designs from all around the sports world all in one spot.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: NFL Week 1, a big discussion about a big card, new pulls, non-sports chatter, 1990s NHL cards and ... bailing on Joe Burrow?

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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 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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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 Panini Chronicles NFL football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets 2
Arrives: Sept. 21
Box basics: One autographed full-size replica helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand of full-size helmets arrives for a second time this year with a new batch of full-size signed helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players of today as well as top newcomers.

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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 ...

THIS IS WHY YOU GRADE ...
The Book: The Amazing Spider-Man #361 -- first full appearance of Carnage (Marvel cards here)
The Reason Graded: As you probably read in a past piece where I previously graded my other newsstand copy of this iconic issue, I have a stash of early 1990s books that are all quite clean as I was picking off stuff from a bookstore without rack damage. I was more of an art fan/collector than a reader -- it was all about art and condition -- and this cover-price pickup came at a time where cards were starting to get too expensive to me in 1992 so I dabbled. I have had this stashed all this time and while the pop report here is heavy for sure ... how many of them can be newsstand 9.8s? I suspect it's a definite minority of that 5,000-some books.
The Grade: CGC 9.8 (Universal)

Reality Check: When I graded my other copy of this its pop was at 20,179 and there have been big gains at 9.4, 9.6 and 9.8. The eBay asking prices on this one for newsstand include $6,999 (not getting hit), $2,500 for a pair, just under $2,200, $2,000 and a bunch down to $750. Not that helpful. Actual eBay sales? Highs around $1,200 down to around $600 ... so definitely still a little all over the place. Recent sales are also still in that range for this key issue. No matter the timing or the price paid ... this is an example of why you grade good stuff. All it cost me $1.25 and grading fees.

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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 pack: 2021 Panini Phoenix football cards (Fire Burst factory set with bonus pack)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for other formats)

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What: 2022 Donruss Elite football cards
Arrives: Aug. 10
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Elite arrives for a new season with its familiar foilboarded approach, plenty of parallels and patterns as well as new Rookie Cards (last year's players in mocks here) and more to chase.

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What: 2022 Panini Luminance football cards
Arrives: Aug. 3
Box basics: Three autographs and one memorabilia card per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Luminance arrives on the NFL gridiron for a fifth time and it's got a similar approach to past editions but with a new crop of rookies (last year's players in some mocks here) and more waiting to be found.

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