Are you struggling with the card economy right now? If so, you're probably not alone but things should (hopefully) get closer to "normal" in the coming months or next year.

That key piece of everything -- supply and demand -- is a big part of pretty much everybody's collecting existence right now whether they are a collector, a flipper or a dealer. Finding boxes is a challenge. Affording boxes? Probably a challenge for many, too. Demand for seemingly everything new in wax form is partly elevated due to hot new players like Zion Williamson, Luis Robert and Joe Burrow and then young veterans such as Patrick Mahomes, Luka Doncic and Ronald Acuña Jr. Old guys like LeBron James, Tom Brady and even Michael Jordan have had their moments this year in different ways, too, with all of their successes and then their card sales drawing attention. Also fueling things are returning collectors, new collectors, bot-buyers scooping up plenty of stuff and holding it all, and, of course, all of this is exacerbated by the coronavirus putting a dent in manufacturers' ability to flat-out make more cardboard for a few reasons.

So, why does a three-year old Sasha Banks wrestling card from Topps appear here? Here's one tale of trying to collect in 2020.

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Call this one a practical buy ... a bulk purchase that's worth it -- or maybe a Buzz Break that can't be beat.

The everyday realities of living with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted millions of people out there who are now venturing back into a different world to need face coverings -- and then new clean face coverings over time, too.

More than a few sports leagues, teams and other companies have presented their logos on stylish face masks, but we're keeping it simple here. If you need them, you can now throw in a box of masks into your order alongside those red-hot rarities like 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA or 2020 Bowman baseball cards with a single click on BlowoutCards.com. (No hand sanitizer in the store for you yet ... but we've thrown those into an occasional order ... so make sure to dig through those packing peanuts.)

You can land a box of 50 disposable masks right here -- no need to go out and hunt them down and there's no need to battle other bidders for them, either.

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Buzz has been doing a lot more grading in the last year and it's not the easiest thing to do -- you have to be ruthless in your cardboard scrutiny, smart about your submissions and willing to take the chance that you'll not come out ahead with what you grade.

Here are five tips I've got after doing a lot more slab submitting ...

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