First Buzz: 2022 Topps Series 2 MLB cards

What: 2022 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 8
Box basics: One autograph, one Relic and one manufactured Relic per HTA jumbo box; one autograph or Relic per hobby box
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What's buzz-worthy: The second wave of Topps flagship cards will arrive with new Rookie Cards, continuations of what's to come in the first wave and more.

Keep reading for more info.

The Basics: The base set for this one will include 330 cards with each having at least 15 parallels -- Gold foil (HTA only), Rainbow foil, Gold (/2,022), Green Foilboard (/499), Orange Foilboard (/299), Red Foilboard (/199), Vintage Stock (/99), Independence Day (/76), Black (/71 Hobby/HTA only), Mother's Day Pink (/50), Father's Day Powder Blue (/50), Memorial Day Camo (/25) and 1/1 Platinum (above) along with printing plates. Clear parallels (/10) will once again only be found in hobby boxes.

There will be several new insert sets in this one, including a new batch of Generation Now, Sweet Shades, Diamond Greats Die-cuts, Significant Statistics, No-Hit Club and 1987 Topps All-Stars. They will have Blue, Black (/299), Gold (/75), Red (/10) and 1/1 parallels as well as autographs for some players (/10 max). Joining them will be three more Salute To The Mick cards -- a "limited and very rare" nine-card insert set focusing on Mickey Mantle that will continue in Update. The 35th Anniversary cards continue with a 1987 Topps set showcasing today's players with the same parallels but with the 1/1 being a Wood card. Also in there will be jumbo 1987 box-toppers one per HTA box with autographed versions (/10 max) also possible as well as Gold (/50), Red (/10) and 1/1 Platinum versions.

For hits, there will be 1/1 sketch cards as well as manufactured Relics for starters. This time around there will be All-Star Alumni cards and Silver Slugger Award-winner Patches. They will have Gold (/75), Red (/10) and 1/1 Platinum versions and autographs (/10 max) for some players. For standard autos, Baseball Stars cards are back with Black (/199), Gold (/50), Red (/25) and 1/1 Platinum parallels as well as dual autos (/5 max) as well as 1987 autos with Black (/199 max), Gold (/50 max), Red (/25 max) and 1/1 Platinums. There also will be 1/1 cut autos. Also in play will be Major League Materials Relics with Black, Gold, Red and Platinum versions and there will be 1987 Relics with the same lineup. Joining them will be In The Name 1/1 Relics and Topps Reverence Autographed Patches (/10) with Red (/5) and 1/1 Platinums. Last but not least, are MLM autos (/50 max) with Red (/25) and 1/1 Platinums

Silver packs also return inside boxes -- one per hobby, two per jumbo -- with Chromed cards as well as parallels and autographs inside them.

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