What: 2015-16 Panini Anthology hockey cards
Arrives: May 4
Box basics: At least four hits guaranteed per six-card box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini returns to hockey for one final release with a all-hits brand with plenty of mystery as no images for the cards were released.

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What: 2016 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: Late May
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers "the introduction of Clear technology autographed cards with the goal of improving the overall card grade quality for its customers" in this one while including the biggest autographs from players in the NFL Draft. It's also the final Leaf draft picks release of the year.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Excalibur basketball cards
Arrives: May 18
Box basics:  Three autographs or memorabilia cards per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The regal feel of Excalibur returns with the same explosive inserts but a new lineup of rookies and a heavy number of RCs and inserts per box.

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What: 2016 Topps High Tek baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: One autograph per six-card box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The heavily paralleled and hit-driven adventure called Tek returns for another season with a new batch of designs and textures to captivate those who have chased it the last few years and dazzle those who didn't.

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What: 2016 Leaf Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf puts some of the biggest names from the sports world all in the same box -- a brand that even includes a 27-signature book for the 1972 Miami Dolphins and a triple-auto for The Hanson Brothers from Slap Shot for a few surprises.

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What: 2016 Historic Autographs Art of Football cards
Arrives: April 27
Box basics: One autograph per box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs guarantees two short-printed autographs, two quarterback and two running backs per case in a product that features nothing but PSA/DNA certified autographs of Hall of Famers.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Premier hockey cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Five hits guaranteed per seven-card box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest young names on some of the biggest Rookie Cards with some of the biggest swatches sums up what Premier delivers most -- but that's not all.

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What: 2016 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 21
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The High Series once again arrives as an in-pack brand continuing this year's journey back to 1967 with a new wave of base cards, inserts and hits.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions trading cards
Arrives: July 6 (and also later via e-Pack)
Box basics: three hits per 20-pack box, 16 boxes per case (two eight-box inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: Upper Deck's eclectic mix of everything goes in heavy on MMA stars this year with the first certified autographs of Holly Holm along with other notables such as Miesha Tate, CM Punk and Paige VanZant, while also including an impressive array of the unusual and the historic.

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What: 2016 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 7
Box basics -- Hobby: six packs and one autograph per mini-box, two mini-boxes per box (12 boxes per case); Vending: 80 cards total -- 33 Chrome base cards, 33 Chrome Prospects cards, three autographs, five Bowman Chrome Prospects exclusive Refractors, six Bowman Scouts Updates inserts.

What's buzz-worthy: One of the hobby's heavyweights returns with a new mini-box format for standard boxes and a vending box option -- complete with exclusives -- for those who rip in bulk.

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What: 2016 Super Break Football Memorabilia Edition
Arrives: April 15
Box basics: One autographed jersey and two signed 8-by-10s per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's newest release includes autographed jerseys and photos for every team in the NFL.

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What: 2016 Panini Flawless baseball cards
Arrives: June 1
Box basics:  Six autographs, two memorabilia cards and two jewel cards per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless comes to baseball with the elite names from the past and the biggest names of the present to go with the elite high-end price tag.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck MVP hockey cards
Arrives: Aug. 3 (and Aug. 17 or later for e-Pack)
Box basics: No hits guaranteed per 20-pack box but two autos and three memorabilia cards per case (20 boxes per case)

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What's buzz-worthy: A 360-card base set opens the new season with plenty of inserts and parallels along with a mix of new rookies and stars.

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What: 2016 Panini Prestige football cards
Arrives: June 8
Box basics: Four autographs per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prestige arrives packing 40 cards and an autograph per pack with NFL rookies in action photography and their new pro teams listed.

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What: 2016 Leaf Metal U.S. Army All-American Bowl football cards
Arrives: Late April/early May
Box basics: Eight autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf returns with a new feel for its All-American Bowl presence with Metal cards and an array of possibilities that includes inscriptions, patch cards and more for this prep all-star showcase event.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Champ's hockey cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics: One autograph or and two memorabilia cards per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: After a few years off, Upper Deck revives its retro brand that brings big names and big surprises from the world of hockey and beyond and an overall package that, of course, includes the latest Connor McDavid Rookie Cards and autographs.

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What: 2016 SAGE HIT High Series football cards
Arrives: Late March
Box basics: 12 autographs per 18-pack box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Packing plenty of ink and some big names, the second series of SAGE HIT arrives later this month (and on the heels of the recently released first wave) with many of the players you'll be seeing on draft day and perhaps some guys you won't see on cardboard anywhere else.

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What: 2016 Panini Classics football cards
Arrives: May 25
Box basics: One autograph per box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Classics gets back in the game on the gridiron with 14 packs per box with a mix of past and present stars, new rookies, and an autograph in every box.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Threads basketball cards
Arrives: Late March (Target stores only)
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per six-card hobby premium box; One memorabilia card per one-pack blaster box; also gravity boxes.

What's buzz-worthy: The retail-exclusive Threads arrives in Target stores once again with an array of pack options that all include features not found in other versions of the packs. Atop that, there are new Voices of the Game and other inserts bound to entice.

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What: 2016 Topps Anthology Series 1 baseball cards
Arrives: Now on Topps.com.
Box basics: 66 5-by-7 cards per set

What's buzz-worthy: Topps looks back at the most-iconic cards in its 65-year history of MLB cardboard with Anthology, a new online-only release that reprints past classics in a larger format.

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What: 2016 Onyx Platinum Elite baseball cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Two autographs per four-card box (25 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prospecting heads high-end with this product that includes "an epic checklist" according to the company with at least two autographs per box from a roster of signers that includes No. 1 draft pick Dansby Swanson, Brendan Rodgers, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and plenty more with a rainbow of parallels, too.

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What: 2016 Topps WWE Heritage wrestling cards
Arrives: August 3
Box basics: Two autographs or Relics in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its 1986 baseball card design to the world of World Wrestling Entertainment with the latest Heritage brand set to arrive late this summer.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Noir basketball cards
Arrives: May 25
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-card box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Noir returns for another run on the court and it's bringing with it the premium NBA Championship tags from players' jerseys, striking rookie variations and "star-studded autograph checklists that showcase rookies, veterans and retired players."

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What: 2016 Panini Flawless soccer cards
Arrives: May 25
Box basics: 10 cards -- six autographs, two memorabilia, two gems -- per box (two boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Panini takes the stars of the pitch to its highest of high-end levels -- at least so far -- with the debut of Flawless, which will include "a wide assortment of the world’s best footballers of the past and present with all players shown in action for either their club team and/or their national team."

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection hockey cards
Arrives: July 6 for standard, July 20 for e-Pack
Box basics: five autographs or memorabilia cards per box (five boxes per inner case; two per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Ultimate will be the next product to hit Upper Deck's e-Pack format with all hits in this one there and also in its physical form.

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