What: 2024 Leaf Trinity Baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 26, 2025
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Trinity showcases the stars of the diamond -- and sometimes beyond -- in a release that packs nothing but ink from past and present stars in there along with a number of potential newcomers, too, via college and even high school standouts on NIL deals.

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The pack: 2024 Leaf Metal Signature Series Multi-sport 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click here for other Leaf Metal boxes

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TIFFY TIMES TWO
The Cards: Tiffany Stratton 2024 Panini Three Count WWE Prime Memorabilia Autographs Purple parallel (/25) & standard version (/99)
The Price: About half of a Three Count box these days
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card was immediately on my radar back when it first was revealed among the mock-ups for this high-end WWE brand and, I've said it before, if this set hadn't used sticker autos it would be perfect. The end of the Panini WWE run combined with a logjam of releases and then the collector (and definitely flipper) focus perhaps shining more on Chrome actually made secondary market prices on a lot of stuff here a bit softer than I had expected, allowing me to pony up on two of these at prices I could handle. (I had initially figured I wouldn't land one of these, let alone one and a parallel.) I was picky with these and wanted to make sure I landed one with a clean auto -- full name, not the abbreviated and half-empty-sticker "Tiff" that shows up sometimes. Both of these hit the spot on both auto quality and price ... and if they ever dip more, I'll do more. Why? It's a Tiffy Time world and we're just collecting in it.
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The pack: 2024 Leaf Metal Women of Sport 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click here for regular boxes (when available)

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What: 2025 Leaf Major League Table Tennis cards
Arrives: July 25
Box basics: Five autos per nine-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the table for the first time with a release that's packed with unique, first-time cards, plenty of autographs and some rarer finds overall in every box.

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What: 2025 Leaf Bronx Legacy baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 2025
Box basics: Four "premium hits" per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's brand documenting New York's premier baseball franchise arrives for a third time with the biggest legends in the history of the game and so much more to be found.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Football Blaster football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: 10 base cards or parallels plus one autographed card per box (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal's simpler counterpart arrives with a mix of players on NIL deals, some past stars and even some current names all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: Shedeur Sanders falls to Cleveland in the fifth round, NFL Draft reactions, Pop Century arrives and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values after the fall

3 -- Inside a new Pop Century case ... and another one

4 -- Still talking Topps Heritage ... and Heritage High Number

5 -- NBA postseason talk

6 -- Inside some football boxes 

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What's Buzzing: NFL Draft reactions, Shedeur Sanders, Tyler Shough, Topps Heritage and plenty more.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values now

3 -- "Old people prefer the term experienced"

4 -- Seasons In The Sun delivers

5 -- Talking Topps Heritage

6 -- NBA postseason chatter

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What: 2025 Leaf Lumber baseball cards
Arrives: August
Box basics: Four premium hits (at least one autograph) per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bats-focused brand arrives with some of the biggest and most-outrageous booklet cards in baseball card history with members of the 3,000 Hit Club, 500 Home Run Club and more inside some of them -- and not just their bat pieces, either.

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

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What: 2025 Pro Set Metal football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Seven autos per 11-card hobby box (10 per case) or 10 autos per 10-card super box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Pro Set's Metal returns with a pair of box formats that are both heavy on autographs of past, present and future stars on a mix of past and new designs.

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For years now, autographed books coming direct from the publishers -- or direct from the authors themselves -- have been an affordable way to collect ink from notable names in all realms of pop culture.

It's not a perfect system with stamped autos, fakes and autopens sometimes in the mix -- a problem for publishers to catch as they are not authenticators -- but thanks to dedicated collectors on the Blowout Cards Forum and elsewhere, those problems often get caught and fixed ... or at least become well-known enough to avoid if it's an issue that goes uncorrected.

Getting ink in-person is always best -- book tours still happen, of course -- but landing autographed editions from publishers, online sellers or celebs themselves via their websites or other appearances are common.

Our latest subject and autograph in this ongoing series? Comedian and actor George Lopez.

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What: 2024 Leaf Professional Bull Riders rodeo cards
Arrives: April 30, 2025
Box basics: Five autographs per nine-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf gets a little dirty with its newest Metal release, taking to the rodeo arena to showcase the stars of PBR with a release packed with plenty color and energy.

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What: 2025 Leaf Glory Of The Game football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Four premium hits -- at least two of those autographs -- per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the cardboard gridiron once again with a new line packed with big potential -- big names, big cards and big surprises -- as it includes stars from the past, present and future with a booklet card in every case.

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The packs: 2024 Leaf Metal Women of Sport 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs (two)
Where to buy: Click here for regular boxes (when available)

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: Five autos and two base/parallels per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or nine autos, one slabbed 1/1 auto proof and four base/parallels per jumbo box (eight per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal is back for another season on the gridiron with its two box options once again and with plenty of ink from past, present and future standouts all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, volume ripping, WWE chatter, buy the card not the grade, Cheers cards and more.

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1 -- Some volume ripping of Leaf Metal autos

2 -- What's next in WWE?

3 -- Some new basketball pulls

4 -- All your off-season football chatter

5  -- Buy the card, not the grade

6 -- Still talking Cheers cards ... Get your box here!

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LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki autographed 2001 Topps Rookie Card (BAS 10 auto)
The Price: Not as much as you might think ... but also not that cheap.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Clean copies of this iconic Topps flagship Rookie Card are not easy finds in general with the boxes and sets likely bricked now if they remain unopened -- that means the gloss will be snowy if you're lucky to peel the cards apart at all -- and then the dark green border and high-gloss on soft stock here is always going to be problematic. When I spotted this card among many where Suzuki has signed for literally years (Mill Creek Sports) without a premium price, I bit on this just before his Hall of Fame results hit. (We all knew he was going in ... but I didn't know if his prices were going to rise.) This copy is super clean vs. many cards out there with some very light roughness on maybe one edge and a light touch on the bottom-left corner ... but some of what's seen in my photo is just how the light is reflecting. I generally don't do a ton of bigger buys for my collection, but this one's cost wasn't that much more than some of the hot and plentiful new release hobby boxes. I went with a safe and iconic bet for my (for me) premium spend and went with the sure thing on an iconic card for a living legend. I pulled his ink once from an unlicensed release -- and it was in one of my earliest Making The Grade posts here -- but a signed RC means I'll likely never need to sweat his stuff again. (Might window shop, though, or bite if price is right for a nice certified.) One more fun part of my card? If that label had a simple added line of Beckett/Fanatics witnessed instead of signed for Mill Creek and then slabbed, the price likely would be double what I paid. I wouldn't pay that -- and this one is a win in my book.
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The packs: 2024 Leaf Metal Women of Sport 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs (two)
Where to buy: Click here for regular boxes (when available)

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What: 2024 Leaf Lone Star women's softball cards
Arrives: April 30, 2025
Box basics: Two autographed cards, seven parallels and one 21-card set per box
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf showcases the stars of the University of Texas Longhorns softball team with a release that includes ink and a Metal parallel card every time.

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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: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: May 2025
Box basics: Four autographed cards and two 1/1 proofs or printing plates per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release returns once again with some big names in store and a little more to be found in every box.

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