Now that Topps has finally put the odds up for 2025-26 Topps UEFA Flagship I can do a review. This product with all of it’s different SKUs was too hard to do a proper review without them. The review will be much more focused on print runs for unnumbered type cards since the product has been out for a week so you likely have a decent idea of what to expect if opening boxes. Just out the review below for all the info.
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2025-26 Topps UEFA Flagship Breakdown
Checklist – HERE
Box Makeup – Hobby (Search On Ebay) – 24 packs, 1 Auto or Relic, ~3 # cards, 1 Silver Pack
Blaster (Search On Ebay) – Exclusive Inferno, Epicenter, Starball Commemorative Relics
Hanger (Search On Ebay) – Exclusive Pink Dynamite
Print Run – ~ 2,050,000 Hobby packs (71000 cases), ~2,050,000 Blaster packs, ~190,000 Hanger packs
Soccer Cards HQ Review – First things first. Topps upped the print run for 2025-26 Topps UEFA Flagship so much compared to last 2024-25 UEFA Flagship. The retail SKUs almost double while hobby went up about 25%. That is not a good sign of what is to come considered this is a paper product. There are 3258 numbered parallels for each base card. I am pretty sure that is a record for any soccer product. The good news for them is they got an unexpected hot rookie chase in Lennart Karl (Search On Ebay) to go along with a ton of Wookies (cards with a RC of players who have rookie cards from previous years). There are Lionel Messi autos and a good bit of Messi Gold Frame 1/1 Sketch cards (Search On Ebay) which help any set.
Here are the print runs of unnumbered parallels.
Neon Yellow Flowfractor ~450
Neon Pink Flowfractor ~225
Neon Blue Flowfractor ~150
Neon Purple Flowfractor ~55
Neon Green Flowfractor ~27
Team Logo Border ~35 (Search On Ebay)
Easter Egg ~2 (Search On Ebay)
Short Prints ~485 (Search On Ebay)
Super Short Prints ~95 (Search On Ebay)
Home Pitch Advantage ~235 (Search On Ebay)
Epicenter ~300 (Search On Ebay)
Mindgame ~120 (Search On Ebay)
Carnival Mindgame ~55 (If different than regular Mindgame. If not just add to Mindgame)
Murals ~90 (Search On Ebay)
Jigsaw ~50 (Search On Ebay)
Hype ~30 (Search On Ebay)
The Grail ~75 (Search On Ebay)
Regency Chrome Base ~130
From early sales it seems like some people do not realize how rare or common some of these cards are. I do think the Home Pitch Advantage cards, especially the numbered, could be interesting if they don’t do them in Chrome as well. They do decent in baseball and have the “Downtown/National Landmarks” design effect. The Grail print run seems to have gone up from 50 to 75 this year. If you find an Easter Egg congrats. The 8-bit numbered cards (Search On Ebay) seem to be doing really well so far. People seem to either love them or hate them.
The 2025-26 Topps UEFA Flagship hobby boxes seem to be going for about the same price as 2024-25 Topps UEFA Flagship hobby boxes. I would rather have 2025-26 so in that regard it’s fine. At this price point you aren’t going to get absolutely killed. I wouldn’t recommend buying paper cards on release unless you plan on quick flipping. Once the barrage of other sets come, the Flagship cards slowly lose value. The Chrome case hit cards can be OK since they are Chrome.
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