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)
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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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The pack: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The pack: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The pack: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The pack: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The pack: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What: 2024 Wild Card AutoMania American Football Edition football cards
Arrives: July 12
Box basics: Eight numbered autographed and encased cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card adds some patriotic themes to its football autograph chase for nearly 180 players of the past, present and future with an encased 1/1 auto in every box and with everything else limited to no more than 25 copies.

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What: 2023-24 Wild Card Five Card Draw basketball cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card brings its very numbers-based presentation to the basketball court with five serial-numbered cards inside numbered packs that add some certainty to the chase -- every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release and every box includes a 1/1 card.

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What: 2024 Wild Card MATTE Premium Edition baseball cards
Arrives: June 7
Box basics: Five numbered autos per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card is back with nothing but prospect ink, rookie autographs and a few legends in this one and with pack formats that detail the contents to a degree every time -- and there will be a 1/1 auto in every single box, too.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Alumination Special Rookie & Insert Edition football cards
Arrives: April 12, 2024
Basics: Two autographed cards per 12-box case (six cards per box)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card tries out a new approach with a line focusing on rookies and upcoming draft picks where every card is limited (/99 max) and encased with autographs being more of a case chase.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Five Card Draw Stacked Deck football cards
Arrives: May 17
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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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.

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What: 2023 Wild Card WildChrome Pro-Look Edition football cards
Arrives: March 8
Box basics: Six encased autos per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's latest line continues its approach with autograph-only releases and this time it's all about color and texture as applied to a chromium stock with familiar colors of pro football -- and all cards are numbered to no more than 25 copies.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Alumination C.J. Stroud Rookie COMIX football cards
Arrives: Feb. 28, 2024
Basics: One autographed card per 12-box case (six cards per box)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card tries out a new approach with a line focusing on the top NFL rookie this past season in a release that delivers his in-demand autograph in every case.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Auto Mania Pro-Look Football Edition
Arrives: Jan. 5, 2024
Box basics: Eight encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's Auto Mania brand gets a Pro-Look Edition once again with an autograph in every pack and a meaty checklist of young NFL stars and NIL notables.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Seven Card Studs football cards
Arrives: Nov. 24
Box basics: Seven encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case via two inner cases)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation and this time it's nothing but quarterback autographs from the past, present and future all in there with numbered packs that guarantee specific volumes inside -- and all cards here are limited to no more than seven copies.

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The box: 2021 Wild Card Alumination Collegiate Edition football cards (premium blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2023 Wild Card MATTE Football Premium Edition football cards
Arrives: Oct. 20
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case -- five Black, five White -- via a mini-case for each color)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card is back with nothing but autographs in this one with two top names guaranteed as part of a case that delivers 60 signed cards every time.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Five Card Draw football cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation for college football stars' autographs with five serial-numbered cards inside numbered packs that add some certainty to the chase -- every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release and every box includes a 1/1 card.

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What: 2023 Wild Card WildChrome Draft Edition football cards
Arrives: Aug. 25
Box basics: Six encased autos per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's latest line continues its approach with autograph-only releases and this time it's all about color and texture as applied to a chromium stock

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What: 2023 Wild Card Draft Alumination football cards
Arrives: May 26
Box basics: Six encased autos per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card revamps this line into an autograph-only release where the packs inside the box indicate scarcity and only an elite group of players appears on rarer insert autographs worked into the mix.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Auto Mania Baseball Rookie & Prospect Edition
Arrives: April 21
Box basics: Eight encased autographed cards per serial-numbered box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card turns its Auto Mania attention to baseball for this one with every card encased and every card autographed.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

BAD IN BLACK!
The Card: Julio Rodriguez 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter X
The Reason Graded: I ripped a pair of these boxes and haven't even sniffed at the regular stuff -- a first for me in its run since 2006 when I used to clear everything I saw on every shelf -- but instead I opted to grade a couple of key pulls from this and other postseason releases with notable newcomers in play. Why this one? It just looked perfect even vs. others I pulled -- and since I only pulled one and have really no plans at this moment to even dabble with regular Ginter I put it into my bulk sub.
The Grade: CSG 10

Reality Check: CSG may have a flub in its system as this didn't even show in the pop report (perhaps it was tagged as a regular card) but I'll present it here* with what I know ... and that's that I know at least this one exists. He's the face of 2023 Topps, so he's on the minds of a few fans right now -- and that's why he's batting lead-off despite this pop report anomaly.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Five Card Draw baseball cards
Arrives: March 10
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card applies its Five Card approach to baseball prospects with another numbers-based presentation for autographs with a 1/1 in every single box and every card in the release limited to no more than five copies.

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What: 2022 Wild Card Auto Mania Pro-Look Football Edition
Arrives: Feb. 8, 2023
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per box (24 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's Auto Mania brand gets a Pro-Look Edition that still pack an autograph in every pack and a deep checklist in a smaller box that was intended for retail but will be sold via hobby channels.

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On Draft Day he was "Mr. Irrelevant" -- the last guy that mattered and a bit of a punchline -- but today he's perhaps the NFL's new star on cardboard.

He's San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy and after his first career playoff game -- a 41-23 rout of the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday -- he's on the collecting radar even more. He's the lowest-drafted rookie QB to start a playoff game, win one -- something only three rookie non-first-rounders have done -- and that unlikely win is propelling interest in his already popular and relatively scarce overall volume of cards.

Why do we say that? While first-round quarterback Kenny Pickett appears on more than 3,600 different football cards so far, Purdy is at around 400 unique cards from Panini America, Wild Card, Leaf Trading Cards and others in 2022 packed out releases and online-exclusive singles releases. The good news? Almost 300 of those cards are the type that matter most to collectors -- autographs.

It's this overall scarcity that could propel his best cards into the stratosphere if the 49ers make a run this year but also help their values in the future if they come up short -- there's simply far less for collectors to grab vs. other high-profile rookies in 2022 releases. On Friday, the 2022 Panini Certified Mirror Gold Black autograph you see above sold as a PSA 10 on eBay for $22,500 -- and it's not alone being an in-demand card with potential.

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