First Buzz: 2018 Panini Playbook football cards

What: 2018 Panini Playbook football cards
Arrives: Dec. 5
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards (including one booklet) per four-card box (16 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: Playbook is back after some time on the bench and it's back with some big, bad possibilities like the creation you see above called Vault.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

The Basics: Playbook's return includes on-card autos in some books for the first time since 2012 and three of every four boxes will include an on-card Rookie Playback jersey but limited to no more than 125 copies. Among the inclusions here will be acetate books for Armory, Game of Inches and Red Zone. New will be tri-fold booklets called Nexus and Vault. A number of coaches and veterans will be found among the other sets -- Playbook Material Autos, Front 4 Jersey Signatures, Split 6 Signatures, Hail Mary Signatures and Coaches Quotes. ... Rookie Playbook jersey autos (/125) will include 12 versions -- basic, Gold (/99 max), Platinum (/49), Green (/25), Red (/10), Glove (/5) and 1/1 NFL Shield, laundry tag and printing plate versions. ... Vault cards will include eight swatches and an auto with standard cards limited to 25, Gold (/10) and 1/1 Premium versions. ... Playbook Material Autos will include a number of notable veterans -- Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Rob Gronkowski, Brian Dawkins, Peyton Manning and Ray Lewis for starters -- and they'll be limited to no more than 49 copies. Parallels will include Green (/25 max), Red (/10) and 1/1 Shield, Swoosh and printing plate versions. Unsigned rookie booklets (/49) will also be found for 40 players with prime (/25) and 1/1 Swoosh, complete logo, NFL ball shield cards, NFL Shields and glove versions. ... For non-booklets there will be Rookie Signatures with Platinum (/49), Green (/25), Gold (/10), Black (/5), Red (1/1) and printing plates. Joining those will be Hail Mary Signatures (/199) with prime (/25) and 1/1 premium versions. ... Game of Inches books (/25) will be photo-driven creations with Gold (/10) and 1/1 premium versions. Meanwhile, Front Four Signatures (/25) will include swatches and ink from four stars in one book. They'll have prime (/10) and 1/1 tag versions. Nexus trifold jersey books (/25) will group three players from a team and include Gold (/10) and 1/1 premium versions. ... Boxes carry a suggested retail price of $150.

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