2026 Leaf Metal Halloween: Depp, Pumpkin Die-Cuts and a Very Wide Autograph Cast

Johnny Depp's preview is almost entirely black, white and silver until the blue autograph reaches the bottom panel. Peyton Manning's Ghost Pumpkin takes the opposite approach: a broad, pale pumpkin shape edged in gold, with the quarterback tucked beside the signature. 2026 Leaf Metal Halloween makes its seasonal identity through the actual card designs, with both cinema and sports in the cast.

Leaf's release calendar puts Metal Halloween in October 2026. The official product page specifies three autographs per box, with ten boxes per case. Its advertised names range from Depp and Nicolas Cage to Manning, Barry Sanders, Steffi Graf and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

A frame built for the subject

Depp's preview places his dark-haired portrait inside a dense arrangement of skull imagery. The white signature panel is the clearest open space on the card, separating the autograph from the patterned surround. The photograph and the decoration share the same stark palette, so the design reads as a complete Halloween composition.

The returning Horror insert has five background designs. Leaf also introduces Ghost Pumpkin, Black Pumpkin and Howl at the Moon, giving the release several named seasonal treatments rather than a single themed base frame.

Manning's Ghost Pumpkin preview shows the effect of changing the card's outline. Its stem and curved edges make the pumpkin shape unmistakable; the small football photograph and large signing space sit inside that silhouette. It is a substantially different object from Depp's tall, rectangular autograph preview.

Masks and multiple signatures

Vintage Mask Die-Cuts draw on older Halloween mask designs. Their appeal is tied to that particular seasonal reference and shaped-card format. They sit alongside the new pumpkin and moon-themed groups, expanding the design choices for collectors following a specific signer.

Dual Auto and Quad Auto inserts add multi-signer combinations. Leaf's advertised roster extends through performers including Jamie Foxx, Michael J. Fox, Benedict Cumberbatch, Daisy Ridley and Samuel L. Jackson, plus athletes such as Manny Pacquiao, Anna Leigh Waters and Roberto Baggio. Those names describe the wider release; the individual combinations determine the subjects sharing a dual or quad.

The Depp and Manning previews offer two persuasive versions of the same seasonal idea. One makes the frame dense and dramatic; the other lets the entire card become a pumpkin-shaped autograph display. Metal Halloween's October release gives those visual choices as much importance as the breadth of its signer list.