First Buzz: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards

What: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: July 7
Box basics: Seven auto cards, two auto-Relic cards and one Relic per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: "The high-end collector’s best friend" is back once again with a familiar format of autographs and memorabilia with diamond cards and more all among the possibilities.

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The Basics: There will be on-card autos, multi-colored patches and diamond cards in the mix with all ink on-card and limited to no more than 25 copies. On the autograph front there will standard ink (/25 or less) each with Purple (/10), Red (/5) and 1/1 Gold parallels just like previous years, while there will be red-ink autos (/25 or less) with Purple (/10), Red (/5) and 1/1 Gold versions, too. Joining them with the same lineup will be silver-ink autos and Diamond Icons autos (/25) with the same parallel rainbow, too. The cut auto lineup will include cards limited to just four copies and with a Gold 1/1 parallel just like last time along with 1/1 Immortal Cut Signatures cards back, too -- all the same as last year. ... Auto Relics will include Jumbo Patches (/25 max) with the Purple-Red-Gold rainbow, single-player auto Relics (/10 max) with Red and Gold versions, single-player dual-team auto Relics (/10 max) and single-player dual auto Relics (/10 max) as well as dual-player auto Relics. The last three will have Red and Gold parallels. Also no changes there vs. 2020.

Also in play will be autographed diamond Relics (/10) that will only have 1/1 Gold parallels as well as dual-player auto diamond Relic books (/10) with Red (/5) as well as a 1/1 Gold version. There also will be dual books (/3) with a gold version. A new inclusion this year will be Diamond in the Rough auto Relics (/5) with an uncut diamond and only 1/1 parallels. Also in play will be Pre-eminent Pieces Relics (/3) where players sign directly on pieces of game-used cleats embedded into the cards. They will also have Gold parallels. ... For standard Relics, there will be single-player cards (/10), dual-player books (/10), Diamond Relics (/5 with four diamonds per card), Pre-eminent Pieces (/10) with 1/1 spikes versions and MLB logo patches that are 1/1 cards. Relics will have Red (/5) and 1/1 Gold parallels.

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