YourDozen.com and its simplified picks format continues its march toward the Super Bowl this week -- both conference title games this Sunday against the spread -- with some in-game stats questions to go with them. Perfect weeks remain rare, especially after this weekend's action.

How rare? We've had perfection just three times all year -- and only once where ties didn't come into play.

The NFL conference championship picks prize is a 2019 Blowout Holiday Pack Party football box -- a mix of many popular NFL releases all in one place with plenty of big-card potential.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. 

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What: 2020 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: June 24
Box basics: One auto per six-pack mini box with two minis per master (eight masters per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Finest is back for another season on the ballfield with a familiar format but a number of new inclusions and players, too.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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 Today: Plenty of NFL card-value chatter after dramatic weekend games, big pulls and more in today's edition.

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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 Today: Derrick Henry is a freak, Drake's Rookie Card reaction, big pulls from around the collecting world and "What happens with Patrick Mahomes prices when Houston wins?"

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The headline says it all here, though I'll admit that this one is firmly written tongue in cheek because I'm not 100 percent sure if that is the answer.

But what I do know is that entertainer and Toronto Raptors superfan Drake can be found on a card in packs of 2019-20 NBA Hoops -- you know, the first set of the year where collectors could chase Zion Williamson Rookie Cards in his NBA uniform.

You'd think that Drake might have shown up on cards before -- it's possible he has and I just don't know -- but he's definitely there on one card in the release. Keep reading for the details ...

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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 Today: Big pulls and other discussions lead the way in today's edition.

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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 Today: Some collecting goals for 2020, discussing part of an uncut sheet, clearance-bin gems and other big pulls as we head into the weekend.

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We know all of those group-breakers out there are busy ... but this one's for you.

And it's free -- so keep reading.

The first 100 group-breakers to enter the Blowout Cards 2020 Superb Owl Breaker Edition Promotion will get a spot in a grid for the big game once the Blowout team confirms their info. There's a big prize to be had with this one -- and it can be used however you want if you win, of course -- but if the winner decides to use prize as a group-break, then Blowout Cards will help promote that event.

What's the prize?

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2019 Donruss Optic NFL cards (memorabilia blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 13 of 100 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Derrick Henry, Mark Ingram, Amari Cooper, George Kittle, Jared Goff, T.J. Watt, Matthew Stafford, Deshaun Watson, Ryan Kerrigan, Brandin Cooks, Kirk Cousins, Travis Kelce, Darius Leonard

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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: 2019-20 Panini Contenders basketball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 32 of 100 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kyle Lowry, Aaron Gordon, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Vucevic, Devin Booker, Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Love, Victor Oladipo

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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: 2019 Panini Illusions football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 6
Cards per box: 36
Base set completion: 
31 of 100 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What: 2020 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 26
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); or one autograph and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The second series of Topps' flagship 2020 set arrives with more of what we'll see for the first time soon as well as some new surprises and other inclusions not found in Series 1. Among those things? A Mike Trout Player of the Decade tribute set.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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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: 2017 Donruss football cards (jersey hanger box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 50
Base set completion: 
29 of 300 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jared Goff, Tony Romo, Richard Sherman, Dez Bryant, Eli Manning

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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
65 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Chris Sale, Willson Contreras, Paul Goldschmidt, Noah Syndergaard, Andrew Benintendi, David Price

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Rookie Cards (7 cards, 15 rookies) – Kyle Tucker, Cionel Perez, Michael Kopech, Caleb Frare, James Norwood, Duane Underwood Jr., Brandon Lowe, Michael Perez, Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, Nick Burdi, Alex McRae, Ryan Borucki, Sean Reid-Foley, Danny Jansen

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Normally, this Collecting Game-used series spotlights a recent find of mine of the complete-item variety -- a pieces of equipment matched to a specific moment from a game where I take you beyond the authentication to see precisely when it was used via photo-matching.

This is not that time -- we're going from card swatch to action.

The Topps ring mat Relic you see above shows Georges St-Pierre and is from UFC 158 and is a jumbo piece with three distinct stripes of color that seem like they aren't the norm -- and a simple image search showed me where it was from. And then when I went to the video tape, well, it became even more obvious.

You can keep reading to see the details ... and the item in action.

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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 Today: A big Contenders NBA box, other big pulls, pondering Tom Brady's next team, buying a case for a 10-year-old and which Ronald Acuña Jr. card would you want?

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's six-pack: Autographs on my mind right now ...

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GRAB THEM EARLY BIRDS ...
The Card: Lamar Jackson 2018 autos (any)
The Price: They're not cheap at all right now -- this slightly damaged one is $569.99 (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This isn't the best time to shop for early autographs of this game-changer, but he's a perfect example of how a ton of newcomers (or returners) to collecting with deep pockets along with people buying to hold and then sell stuff out of high-end not-readily-available boxes are helping create some crazy cardboard markets out there for hot players. And yet I'd say that this card ... with some edge damage ... is still actually priced as a bit of a steal. Jackson has put on a show this season and I'd say that any of his 2018 autos should be given a hard look but with more attention given to rarer stuff with on-card ink preferred or at least cleanly signed specimens if you're considering stickers. Why? He's got big potential right now both in what's left for this season and in future campaigns -- and somebody has to compete for the big hobby dollars once people can't grab the elite Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes cards out there. Check out the 2018 NFL boxes here for your shot to pull his ink. If you don't want to pay as much, just shop for his 2019 stuff -- it's still stiffly priced but not as tough as rookie-year cardboard.

Keep reading for five more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What: 2020 TRISTAR Signature Series Entertainment Live Edition
Arrives: Feb. 19
Box basics: Seven autographed memorabilia pieces per case
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series line turns its focus to the entertainment world with a release that includes a pretty good volume of items per case as part of a product that's rare -- just 50 cases will be made.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2018 Panini Playoff football cards (hanger box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Base set completion: 42 of 200 (21 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford, Todd Gurley, Julian Edelman, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kenyan Drake, Jameis Winston

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"JerryWorld" will be the scene for some baseball card madness next month.

Topps revealed that AT&T Stadium in Dallas will be the site for its Million Card Rip Party -- what it calls the "world's largest group break" on the day before the arrival of 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards on Feb. 4.

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering 2020 Allen & Ginter signers, designing a new product, "my best case ever" and a number of big pulls, including this Zion Williamson gem.

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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: 2019 Bowman's Best baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
22 of 70 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Prospects set completion: 
10 of 30 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable base cards – Ronald Acuña Jr., Walker Buehler, Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Rizzo, Justin Verlander, Nolan Arenado, Christian Yelich, Jacob deGrom

Rookie Cards (3) – Will Smith, Justus Sheffield, Kyle Tucker

Prospect cards (10) – Adley Rutschman, Wander Franco, Bo Bichette, Riley Greene, Corbin Carroll, Taylor Trammell, Nolan Gorman, Forrest Whitley, J.J. Bleday, Josh Jung

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What: 2020 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 8 trading cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: Two autographed cards (one with inscription) per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The series may be done, but the cardboard is not as Game of Thrones returns with the final season getting a first look.

Keep reading for more info and images.

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YourDozen.com and its simplified picks format is back for the postseason -- all four games this weekend in NFL action but against the spread -- with some in-game stats questions added atop those. Making score picks alone has presented challenges for many expert collectors out there as perfect weeks remain rare.

How rare? Perfection has happened just three times all year -- and only once where ties didn't come into play.

The NFL Divisional Weekend picks prize is a 2019 Blowout Holiday Pack Party football box -- a mix of many popular NFL releases all in one place with plenty of big-card potential.

>>> CLICK HERE TO ENTER <<< 

Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. 

>> Click here to buy cards on BlowoutCards.com

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 Today: Tua Tagovailoa, Panini Blockchain, big pulls and ... Zion Williamson Silver from a $20.20 box? (Yep.)

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