What: 2022 SAGE Football High Series football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's second wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard this year arrives with an autograph in every pack and a relatively deep checklist that you can see above that includes Heisman winner Bryce Young as well as Hall of Famer Brett Favre.

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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 SAGE Low Series football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: SportKings Volume 3 sports cards
Arrives: Mid-March
Box basics: Two autographs, one memorabilia card and one other hit per seven-card box
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SportKings takes the field for a third time from SAGE for a few crop of retro-styled cardboard that showcases legends, current stars from perhaps non-traditional realms and a whole lot of chase in its hobby format.

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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 SAGE Low Series football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2021 SAGE Aspire football cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: 20 autographs per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's next wave of cardboard for new NFL draft picks and other prospects this year is a release that's solely about getting their autographs.

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What: 2021 SAGE HIT Premier Draft High Series football cards
Arrives: Late May
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's second wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard arrives with ink from the potential No. 1 pick and plenty more to be found.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 4.

The box: 2020 SportKings Volume 2 sports cards
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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The box: 2020 SportKings Volume 2 sports cards
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2021 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards
Arrives: March 26
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case), three autographed cards per 63-card blaster box (40 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE gets an early start on the card front for possible NFL Draft picks with this one that has an autograph in every hobby pack.

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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: 2018 SportKings Volume 1 sports cards
Where to buy: Click here

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What: SportKings Volume 2 sports cards
Arrives: Feb. 5
Box basics: Two autographs, one memorabilia card and one other hit per seven-card box
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SportKings takes the field once again in conjunction with SAGE for a few crop of retro-styled cardboard featuring greats from the past and all-time greats from around the sports world all in one place.

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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: 2020 SAGE HIT Complete Series football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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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: 2020 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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This one is a quick idea for a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's something to think about.

This time? Five boxes Buzz would be ripping right now ... for a few reasons.

IT'S DELIVERED FOR ME ...
2020 Topps Heritage hobby box
This year's MLB season may not be here yet -- just like a lot of its cardboard -- but this brand without a premium price tag has delivered well for me a couple times. If you're a fan of throwback styles and traditional stuff, you should know this already -- Heritage is a must-do -- but if you're more of a newer collector this is a brand that has been going for 20 years and been popular. You don't land ink every time but when you do it can impress with some big potential. The quirks and variations here also add to the potential.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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What: 2020 SAGE Aspire football cards
Arrives: June 5
Box basics: 24 autographs per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's next wave of cardboard for new NFL draft picks and other prospects is a release that's solely about autographs.

Keep reading for more info and the checklist.

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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: 2018 SportKings Volume 1 sports cards
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2020 SAGE HIT Premier Draft High Series football cards
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case), four autographed cards (and sometimes five) per 70-card blaster box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's second wave of cardboard for prospective NFL Draft picks with this one with plenty of ink even more inserts and a ton of cards in every box.

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What: 2020 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case), three autographed cards per 71-card blaster box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE once again gets an early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with this one with plenty of ink even more inserts and a ton of cards in every box.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals just might be to rip fewer blasters this year 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. Would they capture yours? I'd be interested to know -- sometimes they might, sometimes they won't and that's fine. It's a buyer's market out there with plenty of options and bargains as well as high-end gems to chase.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around it's nothing but football pick-ups.

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THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH?
The Card: Paul Finebaum 2017 Topps Allen & Ginter Framed Mini Autographs
The Price: $9.25
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: When it comes to college football, Buzz is pretty much SEC or nothing. The SEC Network wasn't around with this guy at the center of a lot of things when Buzz was around there, but he was still all over the place back then. Who's Paul Finebaum a small few of you might say? He's one of ESPN's top names covering the college game on the Network, though he's been a big part of radio and newspaper scenes for years covering the SEC. Finebaum's only card appearances are limited to a literal handful of autographs in this baseball set that often includes media personalities and he has no standard cards. Podcaster James Andrew Miller said this of him: "Paul Finebaum knows the American Southeast like Jay-Z knows Brooklyn. And that's a big blast of wind at your back if your job is covering college football. His instincts as an interviewer rank him in the top tier of the sports world. And he is beyond mere savvy when it comes to speaking very virally." While I'm not the biggest fan, it's a unique autograph and one that a lot of non-collectors would want if they knew it existed. I finally grabbed one since it was cheap.
Grab a box right here: 2017 Topps Allen & Ginter

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What: 2019 SAGE Autographed football cards
Arrives: Late May
Box basics: 21 autographs per 11-pack box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE Autographed is back after a year on the sidelines and it returns with a pair of autographed cards in every standard pack and a bonus pack atop of that.

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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 Today: Nothing but big pulls and big breaks in this new edition.

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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: 2018 SportKings Volume 1 sports cards
Where to buy: Click here

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one hit pack)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 36
Base set completion: 
26 of 48 (54 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Base cards – Joe Louis, Julie Krone, Jim Palmer, Chris Mazdzer, Shawn Michaels, Simone Manuel, Ferguson Jenkins, Fred Couples, Dara Torres, Jim Thorpe, Tim Brown, Micky Ward, Phil Mahre, Dave Scott, Don Newcombe, Tiki Barber, Bodacious, Shani Davis, Ann Meyers Drysdale, Bryan Trottier, Ben Hogan, Jim Brown, Steve Largent, Nate Thurmond, Harry Carson (2), Buddy Baker (2)

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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 Today: Nothing but big pulls from around the collecting world in today's edition.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals just might be to rip fewer blasters this year 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. Would they capture yours? I'd be interested to know -- sometimes they might, sometimes they won't and that's fine. It's a buyer's market out there with plenty of options and bargains as well as high-end gems to chase.

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

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DAK & THE DETAILS
The Card: Dak Prescott 2018 Panini National Convention Sparkle Relics (/15)
The Price: $4.95
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card has a few things going for it and it was found in a show promo pack instead of some super-pricey box, which is a plus for me and my bargain-minded buys. (I like good pulls from cheaper places. They just seem more interesting ... or at least more of a challenge.) I picked this one off primarily because it's got a "prime" type swatch from a game-used football on this parallel and these inexpensive cards are gimmes for me since there simply aren't as many game-used football cards out there vs. other pieces of equipment. I did a double-take when I saw the serial-number, though -- his jersey number -- and that made it a done deal.  To me that adds to the appeal of this card and I'm still a big fan of memorabilia cards. Is this a money card? Probably not, but I'm a collector not a flipper and it just seemed like a no-brainer for the price and scarcity.
Grab a pack/lot: Check out the promo packs section

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What: 2019 SAGE HIT High Series football cards
Arrives: April 18
Box basics: 12 autos per hobby box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: See gallery below
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE continues its HIT series for this season's NFL prospects with this release that will include autographs from Patrick Mahomes and Dwayne Haskins for starters.

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