Topps Returns to Licensed NBA Cards with a Deep 2025-26 Flagship Set
Topps is back in the NBA with its first fully licensed basketball release since 2009, kicking off a new long term era under the Fanatics and NBA agreement. A Topps.com presale starts at 12 p.m. EST o…
A Fresh Guide to 2025-26 Basketball Cards, Checklists, and Key Dates
The 2025-26 season is a busy one for basketball card collectors. Whether you chase NBA stars, WNBA veterans, or college standouts, there are sets at every price level and format. The landscape is shi…
Mega Evolves Again: A collector’s guide to today’s Pokémon TCG release with ETBs, booster bundles, 3-packs, and the full chase checklist
Pokémon TCG’s new Mega Evolution era kicked off today, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the biggest retail launches of the year. Stores are putting out two different Elite Trainer Boxes, new…
2025 Bowman Chrome University Football preview, checklist guide, and how to collect it right
Bowman Chrome University is back for another scouting season on cardboard. If you like getting in on prospects before they hit the draft, this is one of the easier ways to build early autos and paral…
2024-25 Panini Flawless Basketball preview, checklist guide, and what to chase
Flawless is back in briefcases and it is leaning all the way into the luxury lane. On-card ink, game-used swatches, and real gemstones are the core of the brand, and this season adds one more card pe…
2024-25 Panini Immaculate Basketball, a full preview for hit chasers and set builders
Immaculate is one of Panini’s true showpieces. Thick stock, acetate windows, hard signed ink, and those Rookie Patch Autographs that end up in display cases for years. The 2024-25 release sticks to t…
2025 Topps Finest WWE is back, and it feels like the right kind of return
Topps Finest took a three year break from WWE, which left a chromium shaped hole on the wrestling shelf. With licensing back in the Fanatics camp, Finest returns with a design language wresting fans…
2025 Topps Update Series Baseball, my hands-on preview and collector guide
Update is the last chapter of Topps’ flagship story each year, and I like thinking of it as the season’s scrapbook. Series 1 and Series 2 set the scene, then Update ties up the threads with call-ups,…
2025-26 SP Hockey preview and collector guide
SP has always been the quiet workhorse in Upper Deck’s calendar. It is not the loudest chrome show, and it is not a monster hit factory. What it does well is give retail collectors a clean design, an…
A myth turns real: Prerelease Base Set Raichu sells for a record $555,000
For decades it was a whisper at trade nights. An English Base Set Raichu with a green “Prerelease” stamp that wasn’t supposed to exist. Over the weekend, that myth crossed the auction block, slabbed…