The MLBPA has approved a licensing deal for a new fantasy baseball game to arrive this spring that will utilize packs of cards as part of the action.

It's Honus Bonus Fantasy Baseball and it's being launched by Rittenhouse Archives president Steve Charendoff, who is also at the helm of Honus Bonus Partners.

"As a lifelong baseball card collector and long-time fantasy game player, it made perfect sense to combine these two overlapping passions in this unique series of cards," Charendoff said in a prepared release. "We're extremely pleased to partner with the MLBPA, particularly at this time when so many of its players are enjoying unprecedented popularity."

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What: 2016 Topps Limited baseball cards
Arrives: Now via Topps.com
Box basics: 700 cards in factory set

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings back its Limited version of its flagship baseball card set for another season.

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What: 2016 National Treasures baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Eight autographs or memorabilia cards -- including one booklet -- per box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the diamond for the third time with some big, big inclusions as you can see above as well as some other touches that enhance the popular high-end brand.

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What: 2017 Bowman baseball cards
Arrives: April 26
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case);
Three autographs per 12-pack Jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Topps celebrates the 70th anniversary of Bowman with a number of throwback inclusions as well as buyback cards while offering up the newest crop of rookies and prospects with plenty of color.

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What: Topps Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Series 2 trading cards
Arrives: March 22
Box basics: Two hits per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The next Star Wars movie comes to cardboard for a second time with a new wave of autographs, visuals and spoilers -- but that's just fine because the film arrives before this one does next spring.

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What: 2017 Leaf Cut Signature Edition History of Baseball
Arrives: January
Box basics: One cut signature card per box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's newest cut autograph product will be all Hall of Famers as part of a made-to-order product with all serial-numbered cards encapsulated and printed on Metal Prismatic stock.

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What: 2016 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics:  52 autographs per 168-card briefcase (one briefcase per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps is unleashing the priciest box of baseball cards in history as part of its 65th Anniversary celebration -- a box loaded with ink, nods to the past, sketches and, well, plenty more in what Topps calls a "once-in-a-lifetime extremely limited release" that "will represent the most premium of trading card experiences."

So, what comes in a case? Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2016 Limited football cards
Arrives: Jan. 11
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per three-pack box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: After some time off, Limited returns with a focus on hits (one per pack) but also with five cards per pack as part of a limited package focused on rookies and stars.

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What: 2016-17 Gold Standard basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 28
Box basics: Three autograph or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Gold Standard returns with a new crop of rookies and all of the metallic, ink and memorabilia expectations of the past.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Raging Tempest
Arrives: Feb. 10
Box basics: Twenty-four packs per box (12 boxes per case) or nine cards per blister pack (240 packs per case)

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What: 2017 Topps Wacky Packages 50th Anniversary sticker cards
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: One hit per Hobby Collector box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' long-running art parody brand looks back to its own past while mocking today's pop culture icons and events in this new release.

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What: 2016 Panini Immaculate Collection Collegiate baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 2
Box basics:  Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate's baseball presence goes collegiate with top young stars and legends from the past all in one place with on-card autos, outrageous memorabilia and more in what Panini says is "the smallest case run in company history."

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What: 2016-17 Black Gold soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Two autographs per two-pack box (eight boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Black Gold takes to the pitch with some of the biggest names in the global game here with a mix of autographs and metal cards. Among those stars? Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Robert Lewandowski to name a few.

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What: 2016-17 SP Game-used hockey cards
Arrives: Jan. 18, 2017
Box basics: One autograph or premium memorabilia card and three more autograph or memorabilia cards per six-card box (30 boxes per case via three inners)

What's buzz-worthy: This one returns with a new configuration that includes four hits per bo with base cards, rookies and parallels filling those last two spots per box.

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What: 2016 Graffiti baseball cards
Arrives: Out now
Box basics: One Hall of Fame certified ago and one Graffiti art card per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This buyback product includes nothing but Hall of Famer ink with 90 percent of them being on-card autos. At least one box per case will include a deluxe (case hit) type of auto that's an elite name or a 1/1 card. ... Among the autos to be found here? Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett and Stan Musial. ... For more info visit @graffiti_cards on Twitter.

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What: 2016 Panini Contenders football cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Five or six autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders returns with all the Tickets that collectors expect with plenty of inserts, parallels and ink.

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What: 2016 Leaf Cut Signature Edition
Arrives: November
Box basics: One cut signature card per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's newest cut autograph product will be one of its rarest with just 100 cases produced with a mix of big names from the sports, political and entertainment worlds ... and more.

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What: 2016-17 Absolute basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 14
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per four-pack box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: One of Panini's longer-running brands takes to the court with a full array of autographs and memorabilia.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2016 National Treasures NASCAR cards
Arrives: Dec. 28
Box basics:  One base card or parallel, two autograph-memorabilia cards, two memorabilia cards, one more auto or auto-mem and one booklet card per box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America's final NASCAR set of its rookie season takes the sport high-end with autographs and jumbo memorabilia from the racing ranks along with some of the executives who make the sport go.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Select soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 28
Box basics: One autograph and one two memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: There are three 100-card sets in one here and each will have their own parallels as Panini offers up a second wave of Select cards for fans of the international game.

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What: 2016 Super Break Hockey Deluxe
Arrives: Oct. 19
Box basics: Four blind-wrapped items per box. 

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's first Hockey Deluxe offering includes cards and memorabilia and more all in one box.

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What: 2016 Donruss Optic football cards
Arrives: Dec. 14
Box basics: One autograph card per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's Donruss football gets Optichromed with a hobby box that's set to deliver a rookie in every pack along with plenty of inserts and parallels.

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What: 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: Two autos and one Glassworks box-topper per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: One of Topps' vintage lines "has been revamped to represent a genuine throwback pack-opening experience" with a lower price than past years, according to the company.

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What: 2016-17 SPx hockey cards
Arrives: Feb. 1, 2017
Box basics: One autograph, one memorabilia and one "technology card" along with one additional type of those cards per four-pack box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: SPx gets a revamp with one card per pack but each box assuring the rundown above as part of a new hockey season with some new features.

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What: 2016 Panini Preferred football cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Four autographs and one booklet memorabilia card per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Preferred takes a turn on the gridiron with a new wave of memorabilia and on-card autos in a hits-only brand that packs stars from the past and present.

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