Leaf Trading Cards will have some chase cards up for grabs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention. 

The company revealed on Wednesday a box-break redemption program for the show that kicks off on July 27 in Atlantic City, N.J. -- that's two weeks from today.

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YourDozen.com is back for another week with free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner. This time, we're predicting the MLB All-Star Game and its Home Run Derby -- so you have until 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday to get your picks and predictions in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.)

This week's prize is a mystery once again and it could be revealed at any time between now and then. Or, it may only be known to the winner, which could be you ... if you take the minute to make 13 simple predictions at the link below.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What's Buzzing: The National is two weeks away, Pumped Metal Gems, shop robberies, a soccer Project, Prizm NFL wins and ... what's a high pop report?

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What: 2022 Wild Card Matte basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 19
Box basics: Four numbered autographs per six-pack box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card returns for another season on the court with its Matte release that includes plenty of parallels for nearly 30 first-round draft picks and again has two colors of boxes that include unique chases.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome Paris Saint-Germain soccer cards
Arrives: Aug. 12
Hobby box basics: 20 on-card autographs per 40-card set
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This legendary franchise's loaded lineup gets a focused look in this high-end Chrome release with ink guaranteed every time for three top stars -- Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr. and Kylian Mbappé -- each time. And, yes, Superfractors are in the mix.

Keep reading to learn more and see a full gallery of images.

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

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The Card: Bo Bichette 2019 Choice International League Top Prospects #2
The Buzz On This One: With Bowman and other prospecting brands giving players cards as early as possible -- and stuff like USA Baseball and Perfect Game getting us cards before guys are even pros -- pre-rookie MiLB cards like this don't have as much oomph as they used to (though they may not have ever been super-popular) ... but I still like them. This one comes from an All-Star-style set that includes many more other notables like Bichette here and they're actually among the easier sets to find most often as most teams in the leagues sell the sets ... so there are likely more of these made than your typical sets. Nonetheless, I like grabbing anything for notables in MiLB team sets as they're easily tougher (or at least less plentiful) than anything Bowman. That's why I have this one batting lead-off ... the rest of the stuff you'll see this time is on the oddball side of things.

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards you can (almost) only find in MiLB.

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What: 2022 SAGE Artistry football cards
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE brings their inserts to the masses as a standalone brand that is only available in blaster-box form with a mix of drafted players as well as active college star on NIL deals all in one spot.

Keep reading for more info.

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What's Buzzing: Kenneth Lofton Jr. cards are in demand, new breaks, The National, stupid card photos, Hall of Fame chatter, five NBA cards that are tank-proof?

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview/checklist: Click here

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The pack: 2021 Panini Prizm football cards (retail jumbo)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: An odd variation presents itself, The National, Austin Riley, a very notable Superfractor pull and ... you're not ready for this Asuka collection.

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Loupe has a busy month ahead of it before The National opens on July 27 -- and they're just getting warmed up.

As you might have seen on Twitter, earlier today we revealed that Loupe will add to the BlowoutMegaMix this year with credits as high as $1,000 that the finder can use on the app. Those will be randomly seeded as bonus items in the 'Mix this year, which is available now (click here to pre-order -- note your shipping option at the drop-down). Or, you can pick it up in-person at the show while supplies last.

Beyond that, Loupe's voting for America's Best Card Shop has one week remaining (vote here) and the winner will be revealed at the show. The Final Four candidates are Baseball Card Connection (Effingham, Ill), The Card Vault (Foxborough, Mass.), Honey Hole Collectibles (Escondido, Calif.) and Real Sportscards (Champlin, Minn.) The winner gets a grand-prize package worth more than $50,000 as well as an exclusive Loupe streaming deal.

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What's Buzzing: A bad-auto follow-up, new pulls, The National, Star NBA cards, Yordan Alvarez and more.

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Topps is fixing the problem.

Collectors who find any dual-autograph card of Tampa Bay Rays outfielders Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena in boxes of 2022 Topps Definitive Collection baseball cards will be able to get a replacement card and more from Topps, according to a letter released by the company on Friday.

"We believe the autographs are not of the players pictured," Topps said in its announcement letter (see it in full after the jump) addressing the problem. "While these types of issues are exceedingly rare, we take this extremely seriously and will work with customers holding this card to make the situation right."

In fact, Topps is going above and beyond with the fix for this -- any collector who receives the card will receive a full replacement box of the pricey Definitive release (that's around $2,000) as well as a replacement card of equal value.

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PSA will have on-site grading and authentication services at The National this year as well as a submission special at the show -- and that's not all as its parent company's plans also include other options for fans of grading, authentication and more.

"This will be a great chance for Collectors to show off not only what PSA brings to the table every year, but what its other entities like Card Ladder and WATA have to offer as well," said PSA President Kevin Lenane. "We’re really looking forward to a great show."

The show is set for July 27-31 in Atlantic City, N.J. -- keep reading for more details.

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This year's National Sports Collectors Convention is just weeks away -- it's set for July 27-31 in Atlantic City, N.J. -- and Upper Deck has revealed its promotional plans for the event.

The company will produce a VIP Prominent Cuts set along with a wrapper redemption program as part of its lineup for the show.

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The box: 2021 Goodwin Champions sports cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: Click here for hobby

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What: Decision 2021 Rainbow Edition trading cards
Arrives: Late July/early August
Box basics: Two cut signature cards per case (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Decision political cards will be making a comeback this year and this one offers up a preview of that while also revisiting some of the greatest hits of past editions in parallel form.

Keep reading for more.

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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What's Buzzing: A big move leads to questions, prospects you can't quit, some questionable autographs, The National and more.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Collectors react to Baker Mayfield's trade, The National, MLB chatter, a winning Contenders Optic break, the tank is coming and "Why do you collect vintage?"

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview/checklist: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of that energy just a few degrees away from cards (we'll still have plenty of them here) for a different kind of cardboard. What am I doing? Simple ... this is an occasional dip into some random ticket lots -- a show and tell showing something small with a story.

This time? We fast-forward to football season after today's big NFL trade.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud.

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