🏀 What Is the 2025-26 Topps Flagship Basketball Display Box?
Product Basics
This is a retail display box of the 2025-26 Topps Flagship Basketball set. Steel City Collectibles+1
Contains 20 packs per box. Steel City Collectibles
Each pack has 14 cards: on average, 13 are base cards and 1 is an insert. Steel City Collectibles
Typical Box Contents / Break (per odds from the retailers):
~4 1980-81 Topps Basketball insert cards per box Steel City Collectibles
~26 additional insert cards per box Steel City Collectibles
🔍 What Makes the 2025-26 Flagship Basketball Set Special
Here are the key features, highlights, and what collectors are chasing in this flagship release.
Historic Return of Topps to NBA Cards
This marks Topps’ return to a fully licensed NBA flagship set, something they hadn’t done in years. Sports Card Portal+1
There’s a 300-card base set. Beckett+1
The base set includes a mix of veterans, rookies, retired legends, and combo cards. Beckett
Golden Mirror Short Prints
One of the big new parallel types: “Golden Mirror” cards are short printed variants of the base set, with a gold-themed back + alternate photo. Beckett
These are very collectible and give a strong chase element for the base cards.
Parallels (Base)
The base cards have a variety of numbered parallels, making them fun to chase:Parallel Type Typical Numbering / Notes Gold / 2025 Blowout Cards+1 Purple Rainbow / 250 Blowout Cards Blue Rainbow / 150 Steel City Collectibles Green Rainbow / 99 Blowout Cards Black / 68 Blowout Cards Gold Rainbow / 50 Blowout Cards Orange Rainbow / 25 Blowout Cards+1 Wood / 25 Blowout Cards Black Rainbow / 10 Blowout Cards Red Rainbow / 5 Blowout Cards FoilFractor 1-of-1 Blowout Cards First Card Variant 1-of-1 (for first card of each player) Blowout Cards Insert Sets / Themes
Expect a wide variety of inserts — both nostalgic and brand new:Retro-themed: 1980-81 Topps Basketball insert cards (with many numbered versions) Otia
New / modern inserts: Daily Dribble, Levitation, Comic Court, Home Court, Sonic Boom, Sole Ambition, Class of ’25, and more. Otia+1
Legacy and star spotlight sets: Stars of the NBA, Power Players, All Kings, plus MVP-focused sets. Otia
Autographs & Relics
There are autograph and memorabilia (relic) cards in the set. Otia+1
Some of the relic lines include: Own the Game, Real-One Relics, Franchise Fabrics, Rise to the Occasion, Rookie Roundball Remnants, Swish & Stitch, Woven Wonders. Otia
Autograph sets include “Real One” autographs (veterans + rookies) Beckett
There are also multi-player autograph cards, like Rookie Photoshoot dual autographs. Sports Card Portal
Some very rare “case hits”: Home Court and Comic Court autographs or relics. Topps
Notable Rookies / Name Value
The set is particularly exciting because of rookies such as Cooper Flagg, who is a major draw. Mavs Moneyball
There is also big-name veteran and legend autograph potential, which could make hits valuable.