It’s the one set where the focus is most definitely on photos. Topps Stadium Club Baseball is built on full-bleed images, many of which are taken from unique angles or show the game in a different light. The 2021 edition is set to arrive June 23.
2021 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Configuration and Base Set
Each box of 2021 Stadium Club will hold 16 packs with eight cards per pack. Topps says each box should have two autographs, one Chrome parallel card, one Triumverate insert and a box topper card.
The base set will consist of 300 cards, with these parallels in the works:
• Red Foil
• Black Foil
• Black and White – (hobby only)
• Blue Foil – #’d to 50
• 30 Years of Stadium Club – Limited to 30 (new)
• Rainbow Foilboard – #’d to 25
• First Day Issue – Limited to 10
• Members Only Parallel – 1 per case
• Photographer’s Proof – 1 in every 2 cases
• Gold Rainbow Foil – #’d 1 of 1 (hobby only)
Base Card Chrome Variation parallels:
• Refractor – 1:4 boxes
• Orange – #’d to 99
• Pearl White – #d to 30
• Gold Minted – 1 per case
• Superfractor – #’d 1 of 1 – hobby only
Insert Cards
This year’s edition will have some new insert sets including Stadium Club Greats, which looks back at memorable cards and players from the past 30 years. Virtual Reality harkens back to the 1995 insert, utilizing statistics from the 2020 season to show what a full season might have looked like.
Superstar Duos is a throwback to a similar insert from 1993 in which two stars share the same card.
Triumverates puts three players together in the form of interlocking Chrome die-cut cards.
The above inserts will receive the following parallels:
• Red – 1 per case
• Black – #’d to 99
• Orange – #’d to 50
• Gold Rainbow – #’d 1/1
A Stadium Club favorite since the 1990s, Beam Team features baseball’s top players.
They’ll be tough to pull with only one per case. Parallel versions will be even tougher and include:
• Red – 1:10 cases
• Black – #’d to 25
• Orange – #’d to 10
• Gold Rainbow – #’d 1 of 1
Instavision is a ten-player set that features a Chrome Refractor embedded within the card. Parallels include:
• Red – #’d to 50
• Black – #’d to 25
• Orange – #’d to 10
• Gold Rainbow – #’d 1 of 1
Autographs
Base Card Autographs will be on-card and parallel to:
• Red Foil – #’d to 50
• Black Foil – #’d to 25
• Rainbow Foil board – #’d to 10 (hobby only)
• Gold Rainbow – #’d 1 of 1 (hobby only)
Chrome Autographs will have a smaller checklist and be numbered to 10 or less with 1/1 SuperFractor parallels.
Insert sets will also have autographed versions. Each Stadium Club Greats auto will be numbered to 15, 5 (Orange) or 1 (Gold Rainbow). Virtual Reality and Beam Team Autographs will be numbered to 10, 5 (Orange) or 1 (Gold Rainbow). Superstar Duos Autographs will be numbered to 10 with 1/1 Gold Rainbow parallels. Lone Star Signatures will be numbered to 25 with Orange (# to 5) and Gold Rainbow (1/1) versions.
Box Toppers
Fifty cards from the base set will have oversized box topper versions that will be put into hobby boxes (one per box). There will be autographed versions, signed on-card and numbered to 10 or less.
Boxes are available on eBay for around $135.
2021 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Checklist
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