What: 2025 Panini National Treasures baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 19
Box basics: Eight autograph or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The 12th edition of National Treasures baseball cards arrives with a handful of today's young stars, other notables from the prospect ranks and many icons from rich history of the game's past all in one spot.

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What: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 29
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: TBD
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The full hobby details for the Update series of Topps' flagship baseball cards are still to come, but the box subject has been teased and it's Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images for this one once they are available.

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

A HIGH-GRADE DOMINATOR
The Card: Paul Skenes 2025 Topps Heritage
The Reason Bought: I'll fully admit I'm a sucker for high-grade Heritage Rookie Cards and, while this isn't an RC, this one captured my attention just like one as I've ripped my fair share of Heritage this year and, well, not much of the cards that matter that I pulled could have checked in at a perfect grade. All that perfection, the clean photo and the color scheme here got me to bite.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: I didn't check the pop report before grabbing it, so it was an extra bonus to see that it's the lone card in the top slot with a decent number of cards below it -- and that goes as low as a CGC 7. That reinforces that Heritage isn't the easiest grade. That makes this one even more of a win in my book.

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What: 2025 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 22
Box basics: Nine autographs and one Relic per 11-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line arrives once again with a base card in every box this time along with plenty of hits.

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What: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 22
Box basics: One autograph, Relic or Chrome variation in mega boxes -- TBD on other two formats, advent calendar or tin (also with three-tin hobby & retail boxes ... full details below)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The annual Holiday version of Topps baseball cards is on its way with some variety on formats -- each with some exclusive parallels -- and some new looks.

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What: 2025 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Five autos per Base Series box (30 packs per box, six boxes per case); 10 autos per Mega Series box (10 packs per box, six boxes per case)
Checklist: See gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx's Vintage brand takes the field with a two-format approach for a second time this season -- a big box or a box with autos in every pack -- while showcasing young stars of the game in a retro-styled fashion.

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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: 2023 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all years of USA)

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

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What: 2025 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 5
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Select returns to the field once again with some notable signers in the mix as well as plenty of star power from today's promising prospects.

Keep reading for a gallery and more info.

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What: 2025 Topps T205 baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Four packs per 40-card box ... one autograph in every four boxes
Checklist: Click here
Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits old-timey tobacco cards with a T206 companion that carries a little more color, the T205 series, but with the same general approach of past editions.

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What: 2025 Wild Card Haunted Hits Multi-sport Premium Autograph Edition sports cards
Arrives: Oct. 3
Basics: Five encased cards per box (20 boxes per case) -- four autographs per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card moves away from its ink-only approach with this one while embracing the ghouls of the fall along with the stars of the sports world as part of a lineup that includes a number of card types, some other chases and autographs a few times per case.

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What: 2025 Pulse Dual Signature Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 31
Box basics: Five encased on-card autographs and one encased dual-autograph card per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See a partial player list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pulse revisits a release from last year and adds new dual-auto cards featuring some of this season's best possible combos together on the same card.

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Update: The card sold for $12,932,000 -- an all-time record for any sports card -- at 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning.

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It's already topped the $7-million mark with time to go before the auction ends tomorrow night, but there's no telling the heights this card might reach.

There's a realistic chance that the Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs card will become the priciest sports card of all time -- not just priciest basketball card ever -- when the dust settles at ends Heritage Auctions on Saturday and it's really only got two rivals.

Right now, with its buyer's premium attached, this card sits at $7,015,000 after 46 bids (click to view) and that already gives it the title of the biggest basketball card of all time. The previous NBA high was for a similar modern card, a 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Steph Curry Logoman auto, that sold privately for $5.9 million to an investment fund July 2021.

And there aren't too many past auctions that top that.

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What: 2025 Pulse Retail Baseball Series 2 autograph cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: One encased autograph card per pack (36 packs per case)
Checklist: See a partial player list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pulse revisits some recent releases with some of those cards also found here -- an autograph every time -- and with some notables in today's game among the possibilities.

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It's not from The Big Guy, but it's not a bad baseball for the price ... and I've actually pulled this move off twice.

This month's ball in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game. The baseballs from this game that were thrown by the reigning National League Rookie Of The Year (and future Cy Young winner) Paul Skenes command a big premium price over the rest of baseballs from this day, so I knew I wouldn't land one with his name attached. But ... I didn't get some meaningless ball in the dirt as this one was a hit in support of the phenom and part of a pretty solid day for the batter.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What: 2025 Topps Tier One baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 17
Box basics: Two autos and one Relic per four-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new year of Tier One arrives soon with "no fluff, just hits" -- and with one base card in there each time, too, as it delivers "serious weight" as part of what Topps says is "a high-end dive into the heart of the hobby."

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Splat baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 19, 2025
Box basics: One autograph per five-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card keeps with the encased card approach with a mix of signed and un-signed cares in this one, which as you might guess by the name, is a colorful one.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Stacked Deck baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 5, 2025
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards (/5 max) per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card literally stacks the deck with this one including more than one 1/1 in every box on average atop the numbered pack format that this brand has used in the recent past -- that's 60 autographed cards per case with everything capped at no more than five copies per card.

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What: 2025 Topps The Joy of Baseball Bob Ross X MLB
Arrives: July 31 via Topps.com
Box basics: Two autographs and one paintbrush pen per eight-pack Collector's Edition box; autos found one in four Happy Little Boxes
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: MLB fans get a second helping of "happy little trees" on happy little baseball cards, with a "unique collection showcases MLB legends, past and present, silhouetted atop Bob Ross’ unmistakable landscape motif to create trading cards that are sure to be works of art."

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What's Buzzing: The National nears, Paul Skenes, Shohei Ohtani, waiting on Topps WWE, fake autos and ... the future of sticker autos?

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1 -- The future of sticker autographs? 

2 -- The National nears

3 -- Talking Paul Skenes

4 -- Waiting on Topps WWE ... 

5 -- Talking Shohei Ohtani

6 -- Reactions to an alleged autograph forgery ring

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What: 2025 Pulse Baseball All-Star Edition
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: Six encased autographed cards per hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in the gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This newer player in the card realm hits the diamond once again with a release that's all about the ink with a number of young stars and promising prospects in play.

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum Achievements Edition autographed baseballs
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field with a focus and one of the strongest Grand Treasure packages possible its ever offered for players of the modern era.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What: 2025 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 29
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The checklist and odds are not yet in for a new year of Finest, but we have the basics for the flashy and colorful brand arrives when once again with a new batch of players and plenty of artistic flair next month.

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What: 2025 Topps Archives Signature Series baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 6
Box basics: One encased and numbered buyback autograph per box (20 boxes per case)
Player list: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' long-running brand arrives once again with "a curated lineup of autographed buybacks — each one a piece of hobby history reimagined."

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What: 2025 Onyx Rips baseball cards
Arrives: July 29
Box basics: Eight autographs per 16-pack box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx Rips hits the field for a sophomore season with a selection of young MLB stars and a bunch of promising prospects in the mix with autos in every other pack.

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What: 2025 Leaf History Book Sports Edition Chapter 2 sports cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Two "premium" booklet cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers up a second chapter for one of its newest high-end multi-sport brands -- a mix of multi-player autograph and memorabilia groupings from around the sports world all in one spot -- and it's once again nothing but booklet cards.

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