What: 2024 Wild Card Alumination Just The Hits Edition football cards
Arrives: March 14, 2025
Basics: Five encased and serial-numbered cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card continues with its encased-card approach with a release that's got long-odds potential of the biggest kind -- Patrick Mahomes auto 1/1s -- as well as plenty of other fun finds.

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Mini Helmets Championship Edition
Arrives: March 28
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line arrives with a focus on championship players from the past and present with this year's Super Bowl stars in play as well as some all-time greats.

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What: 2024 Donruss Optic football cards
Arrives: April 2, 2025
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Optic drops for a new year as a flashier take on Donruss football cards with 20 Rated Rookies cards per box for starters and even more to chase.

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What's Buzzing: Jalen Hurts is your Super Bowl MVP, talking Patrick Mahomes cards, Aaron Rodgers, 2025 Topps and more in this Monday edition.

1 -- Super Bowl LIX reactions

2 -- Checking in on the Jalen Hurts thread

3 -- Talking Patrick Mahomes cards

4 -- Adios, Aaron Rodgers ...

5  -- Plenty of baseball chatter is here

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives soon

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz.

GETTING EVEN BETTER?
The Card: Victor Wembanyama 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: I'm basically casually ripping at best when it comes to NBA these days -- just can't collect it all at today's prices (and might not want to with that) -- but the holiday-flavored version of Hoops got me to bite a few times since it's got a good volume of stuff in a box and a pair of Wemby RCs on the checklist. Is this a big card in the big scheme of things? Nah, but the printing and cutting here was so clean I knew I needed to grade it. Why?
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: Because this should be the result more often than not as long as the centering is there ... and the stats here show that to be the case roughly half the time. The phenom seems to be getting better with time and once the wax dries up for even stuff like this there could be interesting trends that buck the idea that stuff is overproduced these days -- it is ... but not when there's increased demand for a popular player. I need to scout singles more for this guy and cards I like ... I think there's more potential here over time than people might think based on soft prices for raw cards. (Even if boatloads of his cards are already graded.)

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What's Buzzing: Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, Jalen Hurts, MVP cards, new pulls, 2025 Topps and more.

1 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

2 -- New NFL rips are here

3 -- Talking a new MVP set ... 

4 -- Jalen Hurts ... overlooked?

5  -- New MLB pulls

6 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... read more here

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What: 2024 Wild Card Dino-Might football cards
Arrives: Feb. 21, 2025
Box basics: Three autographed cards per case on average (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's prehistoric-powered insert set gets a full football release packed with nothing but stars in the pro and college ranks -- and sometimes they're found on the same card.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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ICONIC ARRIVAL
The Cards: Caitlin Clark 2024 Panini Instant WNBA (All-Rookie Team) -- Rookie Card (/26,980)
The Price: Whatever a 10-pack cost was from Panini
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: There's no doubt that Clark owned the WNBA in her rookie year and for most of this year her only pro cardboard came via Instant ... but I passed. Why? I figured I'd wait and see what popped up that I liked in packs -- and then when I opened one of her college career boxes I found interesting stuff but not cards all that slab-worthy with the details for cutting and printing. (Too messy for the risk to me.) As an easy slabbing decision, I grabbed a 10-pack of this card within hours of its arrival online. Why? It's clean and simple -- iconic -- and I knew that I'd want one or two of these in a slab with a high mark. How does that happen? Well, you have to have a few to pick from -- to eliminate obvious flaws like centering or corners -- and in this case three of my 10 might get sent in. The rest were too off-centered for my taste. There were plenty of these made so there's no rush, but it'll happen at some point in 2025.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but WNBA cards are here.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Seven Card Studs High Stakes Metal football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: 84 autographed cards per case (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card ups the ante with a follow-up to its Seven Card Studs line of nothing but quarterbacks past, present and future with an all-autograph edition.

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What: 2024 Wild Card 7 Card Studs Metal All Quarterback Edition football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Four autographed cards and four 1/1 Joker cards per case (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation but this time it keeps the boxes more affordable with scarcity being the norm in every pack but the autographs and 1/1 chase cards arriving a few times per case -- with some of the biggest names in the game among those possibilities.

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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: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

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What: 2024 Panini Mosaic football cards
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: Two autographs per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Mosaic arrives for its fifth NFL campaign with not only the familiar looks and colorful, texture-filled finds from this brand but also with some new stuff to chase.

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What: 2024 Panini Rookies & Stars football cards
Arrives: Nov. TBD, 2024
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards per six-pack box (14 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Rookies & Stars hits the field with its familiar format and plenty to find inside as it celebrates the top veterans and top rookies this year.

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The box: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

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The packs: 2022 Party Animal Sport NFL Collectible Sport Stamps (two)
Where to buy: Will take some hunting ... BlowoutCards.com for other NFL

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The box: 2024 Score football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Mini Helmets Season Edition
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line drops for a second time this year with a new assortment of NFL helmets in the mix and some of the biggest names in the history of the game among them.

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What: 2024 Panini Certified football cards
Arrives: Sept. 20
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Certified is back with its familiar foilboard for a new NFL season with plenty of flash and plenty of inserts in the mix.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Footballs Season Edition
Arrives: Sept. 20
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line of autographed footballs hits the field during the season once again with its familiar format and mix of pro and college balls in play.

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What: 2023 Donruss Optic football cards
Arrives: April 19
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Optic arrives once again a flashier take on Donruss football cards with 20 Rated Rookies cards per box for starters and with some new looks in the mix.

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The box: 2023 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2023 Panini Illusions football cards
Arrives: March 13, 2024
Box basics: Three autos and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (16 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The seventh version of Illusions arrives for NFL fans with its familiar approach and some new stars and inclusions in the mix.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Mini Helmets
Arrives: March 29
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line drops for a new year with a new assortment of NFL and college helmets in the mix and some of the biggest names in the history of the game among them.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Footballs
Arrives: March 22
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures blind-boxed football line returns for a new year with nothing but autographed footballs -- logo and replica to keep costs lower -- in the mix from NFL and college football stars from the past and present.

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What: 2023 Panini Zenith football cards
Arrives: Feb. 9, 2024
Box basics: One patch auto and one other auto per six-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Zenith returns with a new batch of recent retro cards with new looks -- a package that Panini says will "have collectors covered from A to Z."

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