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    2025 Topps 205 Baseball brings back gold borders and pocket size drama

    Topps is rewinding the clock to 1911 and doing it with care. After several years of T206 tributes, the company is pivoting to the T205 Gold Border look and shrinking the cards to true tobacco size, about 1 7/16 by 2 5/8 inches. The moment you hold one, the gold frame catches light, the portrait...
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    2024-25 Panini Immaculate Soccer puts real game pieces and on-card ink front and center

    Immaculate returns to the pitch with a small-box, big-impact formula that soccer collectors know by heart. Each hobby box has seven cards, one pack per box. Five of those cards are autographs or memorabilia, the other two are base, inserts, or parallels. Cases are six boxes, so a full case break...
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    Eminence returns to basketball with nine signatures, real gems, and real metal in every ten-card box

    Some products feel like an unveiling, not a break. 2024-25 Panini Eminence Basketball lands in that category the moment you lift the lid. The cards are thick, the foils are clean, the photos breathe, and nearly everything you touch carries a signature or a premium piece of the game. It is only...
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    2025–26 SPx Hockey keeps the holographic glow and adds a deeper modern chase

    SPx is back to its 1990s roots with shiny, holographic finishes and a checklist that rewards both nostalgia and low-numbered hunts. Hobby boxes carry eight packs with three cards per pack and several numbered guarantees, so every rip has a real chance to reveal something that pops. The base set...
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    2024 Panini Eminence Football returns with museum pieces for the gridiron crowd

    Eminence is back in football and the tone is luxury from the first card you lift from the box. Thick stock, clean foil, on card autographs and premium memorabilia share space with gemstones and even precious metal. The last time football saw Eminence was 2021, so this comeback arrives with a...
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    2025–26 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey brings back layered checklists, rookie redemptions, and a steady stream of hits for the pre-season itch

    Artifacts sticks to what it does best. Hobby boxes spread eight notable cards across eight packs: three total autographs, memorabilia cards, or premium tech inserts; four serial numbered base or base parallels; and either one Rookie Redemption or one acetate insert. It’s a clean, predictable...
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    2025 Panini Mosaic Football kicks off Panini’s chrome season with a massive checklist and a flood of color

    Mosaic returns as Panini’s first chromium football release of the year and it brings the familiar rainbow in force. Hobby boxes are stuffed with 150 cards and a steady stream of highlights: two autographs, five Silvers, fifteen Mosaic Prizms, and twenty inserts. With that mix spread over ten...
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    2025 Topps Knockout UFC loads every pack with a hit and turns the color dial way up

    Topps brings Knockout back for a second straight year and leans into action. Each hobby box has four packs with eight cards per pack, and every pack delivers a hit. Across the box you can expect three autographs and one memorabilia card, which keeps breaks moving and gives singles hunters...
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    Standard’s November 10 shakeup is coming, and the format is finally about to breathe

    Wizards of the Coast has moved its next Banned and Restricted update to November 10, an early date that all but announces changes for Magic’s Standard format. The shift follows weeks of event results and community feedback pointing to a single strategy crowding out everything else. Wizards has...
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    2024 Panini One Football turns a break into a reveal

    There is only one card in the box, sealed and ready to be the whole story. Panini One sticks to its name, every hobby box delivers a single encased hit that can be an autograph, an autographed memorabilia card, or the case’s metal insert. The slow peel on the lid is half the fun, the other half...
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    2025 Panini Impeccable Baseball leans fully into high-end design and delivers five on-card autos in every nine-card box

    Impeccable is back on the diamond with a tight, premium build that puts autographs front and center. Each hobby box is a single pack of nine cards, and five of those are on-card signatures. The rest of the box mixes three total base or base parallels plus one insert, so there is very little...
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    2024-25 Upper Deck Stature Hockey doubles up on rookies and keeps the rip clean and premium

    Stature is back in the NHL lineup with a twist, folding two seasons into one elegant release. The 100-card base set is split evenly between 2023-24 and 2024-25, each side built the same way with 25 veterans, five legends and 20 rookies. That dual-year approach gives player collectors twice the...
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    2024-25 Upper Deck Stature Hockey doubles up on rookies and keeps the rip clean and premium

    Stature is back in the NHL lineup with a twist, folding two seasons into one elegant release. The 100-card base set is split evenly between 2023-24 and 2024-25, each side built the same way with 25 veterans, five legends and 20 rookies. That dual-year approach gives player collectors twice the...
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    Marvel’s long game in Magic is already on the table

    Mark Rosewater has made the picture much clearer. In a string of Blogatog posts, Magic’s head designer explained that the Spider-Man release is not a one off. It is the opening move in a multi year collaboration with Marvel, with another set already penciled in for 2026 and more to follow. The...
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    Pokémon TCG Phantasmal Flames release date, what’s inside, and how to actually snag a pre-order

    Phantasmal Flames is officially on the calendar and it’s built to keep the Mega Evolution momentum going. The Pokémon Company has set the launch for November 14, 2025 in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with prerelease tournaments starting November 1 at participating shops. If you...
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    Deputies arrest San Marcos man in $4,500 trading card thefts tied to vending machine break-ins

    A San Marcos man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars in trading cards and memorabilia from a vending machine on West Mission Road, authorities said. Deputies took Weston Strawn into custody Thursday outside his residence after detectives served a search warrant at his apartment and a...
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    2025 Panini Black Football keeps the lights low and the hit rate high

    Panini Black returns for a seventh straight season with the same moody look that made the line a favorite. Boxes are compact and purposeful. You get five cards total and three are hits, one Rookie Patch Autograph, one additional autograph, and one memorabilia card. The other two cards are a base...
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    2025 Panini Absolute Football brings a compact rip with big hits and a familiar chase

    Absolute returns with the kind of box that punches above its weight. Each hobby box holds 15 cards split across three packs, and five of those cards are hits. You can expect one Rookie Premiere Materials Autograph, two additional autographs, and two memorabilia cards, plus a supporting cast that...
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    2024-25 Panini Prizm Black Basketball: dark finish, big color, and a box loaded with hits

    Panini is closing out the hoops calendar with a full-on Black spin for Prizm. Hobby boxes deliver twelve packs of twelve cards and are built for volume chasers: five autographs per box, twenty two base Prizm parallels, and ten inserts or insert parallels. That’s the kind of mix that keeps breaks...
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    Jayden Daniels, Next NFL Star?

    Jayden Daniels didn’t just show up, he changed the temperature in Washington. The Heisman winner hit the league with on-schedule accuracy, off-schedule burst, and the kind of poise that keeps coordinators guessing and ticket prices inching up. Hardware followed, including Offensive Rookie of the...
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