2021 Topps X

Description

2021 Topps X is a series of separate sets "curated" (Topps' words, not ours) by a selected player/fixture. All eight sets were exclusive to topps.com.

Derek Jeter Captain's Crew

2021 Topps x Derek Jeter Captain's Crew is a 41-card set released on a print-to-order basis on topps.com and available for one week beginning April 29th, 2021. Each pack contained ten cards and sold for $19.99 with parallels and autographs randomly inserted.

A total of 16,227 packs were sold and produced.

Base Set

• 1 Dave Winfield
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Don Mattingly
• 4 Alan Trammell
• 5 Ryne Sandberg
• 6 Deion Sanders
• 7 Reggie Jackson
• 8 Andre Dawson
• 9 Mike Schmidt
• 10 Wade Boggs
• 11 Ozzie Smith
• 12 Ron Guidry
• 13 Robin Yount
• 14 Barry Larkin
• 15 Rickey Henderson
• 16 Bo Jackson
• 17 Chipper Jones
• 18 Mariano Rivera
• 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 20 Pedro Martinez
• 21 Andy Pettitte
• 22 David Wright
• 23 Bernie Williams
• 24 Nomar Garciaparra
• 25 Roger Clemens
• 26 John Smoltz
• 27 Hideki Matsui
• 28 Adrian Beltre
• 29 David Cone
• 30 Mo Vaughn
• 31 Frank Thomas
• 32 Paul O'Neill
• 33 Jason Varitek
• 34 Ichiro
• 35 Alfonso Soriano
• 36 David Ortiz
• 37 Tim Raines
• 38 CC Sabathia
• 39 Derek Jeter / Mariano Rivera
• 40 Derek Jeter / Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 41 Derek Jeter

Parallels

All 41 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Purple (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold (one-of-one)

Autographs

Each Autograph is serial-numbered to 50 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Purple (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold (one-of-one)

NOTES

• Cards #1-A, #6-A, #9-A, #10-A, #11-A, #13-A, #14-A, #22-A, #24-A, #28-A, and #31-A are not available in the base set.
• Cards #2-A, #5-A, #7-A, #15-A, #16-A, #17-A, #26-A, and #36-A are not available in the base set or the Purple parallel.
• Cards #18-A, #19-A, #20-A, #21-A, #25-A, #27-A, #34-A, and #38-A are not available in the base set, or the Purple or Red parallels.
• Cards #39-A, #40-A, and #41-A only exist in the Orange and Gold parallels.
• Cards #23-A, #29-A, #37-A, do not exist.

• 1-A Dave Winfield
• 2-A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3-A Don Mattingly
• 4-A Alan Trammell
• 5-A Ryne Sandberg
• 6-A Deion Sanders
• 7-A Reggie Jackson
• 8-A Andre Dawson
• 9-A Mike Schmidt
• 10-A Wade Boggs
• 11-A Ozzie Smith
• 12-A Ron Guidry
• 13-A Robin Yount
• 14-A Barry Larkin
• 15-A Rickey Henderson
• 16-A Bo Jackson
• 17-A Chipper Jones
• 18-A Mariano Rivera
• 19-A Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 20-A Pedro Martinez
• 21-A Andy Pettitte
• 22-A David Wright
• 24-A Nomar Garciaparra
• 25-A Roger Clemens
• 26-A John Smoltz
• 27-A Hideki Matsui
• 28-A Adrian Beltre
• 30-A Mo Vaughn
• 31-A Frank Thomas
• 32-A Paul O'Neill
• 33-A Jason Varitek
• 34-A Ichiro
• 35-A Alfonso Soriano
• 36-A David Ortiz
• 38-A CC Sabathia
• 41-A Derek Jeter
• 39-A Derek Jeter / Mariano Rivera
• 40-A Derek Jeter / Cal Ripken, Jr.

1989 Bowman Keith Short

2021 Bowman x 1989 Bowman Keith Short is a 40-card tribute to Ken Griffey, Jr's of the 1989 Bowman rookie card, by artist Keith Shore. The set was released, exclusive to topps.com, in four ten-card "waves" with a new wave each week, beginning the week of May 3rd. Each pack, which retailed for $19.99, contained all ten cards for that wave, with parallels and inserts randomly inserted. Like the original set, each card measures 2 1/2" X 3 3/4". Each wave was printed to order.

Base Set

Wave One

7015 Wave One sets were produced.

• 1 Mike Trout
• 2 Francisco Lindor
• 3 Max Scherzer
• 4 Fernando Tatis, Jr.
• 5 Freddie Freeman
• 6 Alec Bohm
• 7 Dylan Carlson
• 8 Joey Bart
• 9 Jasson Dominguez
• 10 Wander Franco

Wave Two

3864 Wave Two sets were produced.

• 11 Juan Soto
• 12 Bryce Harper
• 13 Shohei Ohtani
• 14 Aaron Judge
• 15 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
• 16 Ryan Mountcastle
• 17 Nick Madrigal
• 18 Alex Kirilloff
• 19 CJ Abrams
• 20 Spencer Torkelson

Wave Three

3422 Wave Three sets were produced.

• 21 Kyle Lewis
• 22 Cody Bellinger
• 23 Gleyber Torres
• 24 Casey Mize
• 25 Bobby Dalbec
• 26 Cristian Pache
• 27 Heston Kjerstad
• 28 Bobby Witt, Jr.
• 29 Deion Sanders
• 30 Bo Jackson

Wave Four

3534 Wave Four sets were produced.

• 31 Gerrit Cole
• 32 Mookie Betts
• 33 Ronald Acuna, Jr.
• 34 Jacob deGrom
• 35 Bo Bichette
• 36 Jo Adell
• 37 Ke'Bryan Hayes
• 38 Jarred Kelenic
• 39 MacKenzie Gore
• 40 Ken Griffey, Sr.

Parallels

All 40 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Green Foil (serial-numbered to 89 copies)
• Purple Foil (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Foil (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange Foil (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold Back (one-of-one)

Encased Artist's Proof

All 40 base cards were also available as an "Encased Artist's Proof." Each card was sold separately on an a la carte basis and is serial-numbered to 89 copies.

Inserts

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Randomly inserted were cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. There's a different Griffey card for each of the four waves, and each is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Autographs

Autographs of selected players were also available on an a la carte basis, at varying price points. All autographs are available in the following.

• Green Foil (serial-numbered to 89 copies)
• Purple Foil (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Foil (serial-numbered to ten)
• Orange Foil (serial-numbered to five)
• Gold Back (one-of-one)

NOTE: Topps could not get Bo Jackson to autograph his cards. As a replacement, orders for Jackson were fulfilled with an autograph of Shohei Ohtani, whom Topps did not originally solicit for autographs.

• 1-A Mike Trout
• 12-A Bryce Harper
• 13-A Shohei Ohtani
• 15-A Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
• 29-A Deion Sanders
• 33-A Ronald Acuna, Jr.

Efdot Iconic Stadium Series Two

A continuation of the previous year's set, Artist Efdot was commissioned to create five more prints of old ballparks. Unlike other Topps X sets, each card was sold a la carte -- not unlike the Project 2020 cards. All five cards were available for one week beginning June 3rd and sold for $19.99.

• 6 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1106
• 7 Tiger Stadium 939
• 8 Ebbets Field 1029
• 9 Forbes Field 836
• 10 Sportsman's Park 813

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Parallels

Artist's Proof

All five cards were also available as an Artist's Proof -- each limited to 50 hand-numbered copies and sold separately for $299.99.

Rainbow Foilboard

Every twentieth card ordered will be a Rainbow Foilboard parallel, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Gold

A one-of-one Gold parallel for each card was randomly distributed.

Mickey Mantle Collection

The 2021 Topps X Mickey Mantle Collection is a 52-card set released exclusively to topps.com on October 20th. The set consists of reprints of all 38 of Mantle's Topps and Bowman cards issued from 1951-1969 (many of which were previously reprinted in 1996 and 1997 Topps), three "cards that never were" from the time Mantle was exclusive to Bowman (a concept Topps already did ten years earlier), and nine cards done in the style of the Topps flagship set from 2013 to the present. (From 2007 to 2012, Mantle was included as card #7 in that year's Topps base set. After 2012, Topps lost Mantle's image rights, which they regained in 2021.) The last two cards are checklists, and are short-printed.

Every fifth pack will yield a parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer. Autographs of past Yankee greats and Mickey Mantle cut autographs (all limited to seven copies, each) are randomly inserted.

We estimate that 156,500 packs were produced.

Parallels

All 50 base cards except the two checklists are available in the following parallels.

• Yankee Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Orange (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Yellow (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Light Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Autograph (serial-numbered to fifteen)
• Seven (serial-numbered to seven)
• Red (serial-numbered to five)
• Platinum (one-of-one)

Autographs

Monumental Autographs

Each Monumental Autograph is serial-numbered to seven.

NOTE: While all these signers played for the Yankees, none actually played with Mantle.

Mickey Mantle Cut Signatures

A total of seven Mantle Cut Signatures were inserted into packs.