1999 Fleer Mystique
Description
1999 Fleer Mystique is a 160-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets in August 1999. Each four-card pack included one card covered in a blue, opaque, sticker which had to be peeled off to reveal what it was (hence the name "Mystique"). Peel off cards were either short printed super stars from the basic set (#1-#100), a serial-numbered Prospect (#101-#150) or Super Star card (#151-#160) or an insert card. For obvious reasons, the Fresh Ink autographs and Feel the Game game-used cards are not covered.
Mystique is notable for it was the first baseball card set that combined an ample number of "true" rookie cards with the scarcity (by late-90s standards) serial-numbering. While other products of the era had short-printed base cards, many of these sets did not have SPed rookies -- or if they did, the "rookies" were often cards of players whose "true" RC was in a previous year's release. The concept of base sets with serial-numbered RCs would be a feature part of most early 2000s card sets.
Pat Burrell's 99 Mystique card, in particular, was one of the hotter rookie cards of the era as, although he had 25 "true" Rookie Cards issued in 1999, the Fleer Mystique was the only one that was serial-numbered.
Distribution
24 packs per box, three cards plus one "covered" card per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 160 | - | 4:1 |
| short set | 75 | - | 3:1 |
| Short Prints | 25 | - | * |
| Prospects | 50 | 2999 | * |
| Superstars | 10 | 2500 | * |
| Gold | 100 | - | 1:8 |
| Masterpiece | 160 | one-of-one | ? |
| Prophetic | 10 | 1999 | * |
| Destiny | 10 | 999 | * |
| Established | 10 | 100 | * |
| Fresh Ink | 26 | varies | 1:48 |
| Feel the Game | 7 | varies | ? |
* One "covered" card per pack.
Checklist
Promo
A promo card featuring J.D. Drew was distributed to dealers and The Hobby media several weeks prior to the product's release. This Drew card is easily identified by the text "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" running diagonally across the front and back of the card.
113 J.D. Drew
Base Set
- 1 Ken Griffey, Jr. SP
- 2 Livan Hernandez
- 3 Jeff Kent
- 4 Brian Jordan
- 5 Kevin Young
- 6 Vinny Castilla
- 7 Orlando Hernandez SP
- 8 Bob Abreu
- 9 Vladimir Guerrero SP
- 10 Chuck Knoblauch
- 11 Nomar Garciaparra SP
- 12 Jeff Bagwell
- 13 Todd Walker
- 14 Johnny Damon
- 15 Mike Caruso
- 16 Cliff Floyd
- 17 Andy Pettitte
- 18 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
- 19 Brian Giles
- 20 Robin Ventura
- 21 Alex Gonzalez
- 22 Randy Johnson
- 23 Raul Mondesi
- 24 Ken Caminiti
- 25 Tom Glavine
- 26 Derek Jeter SP
- 27 Carlos Delgado
- 28 Adrian Beltre
- 29 Tino Martinez
- 30 Todd Helton
- 31 Juan Gonzalez SP
- 32 Henry Rodriguez
- 33 Jim Thome
- 34 Paul O'Neill
- 35 Scott Rolen SP
- 36 Rafael Palmeiro
- 37 Will Clark
- 38 Todd Hundley
- 39 Andruw Jones SP
- 40 Rolando Arrojo
- 41 Barry Larkin
- 42 Tim Salmon
- 43 Rondell White
- 44 Curt Schilling
- 45 Chipper Jones SP
- 46 Jeromy Burnitz
- 47 Mo Vaughn
- 48 Tony Clark
- 49 Fernando Tatis
- 50 Dmitri Young
- 51 Wade Boggs
- 52 Rickey Henderson
- 53 Manny Ramirez SP
- 54 Edgar Martinez
- 55 Jason Giambi
- 56 Jason Kendall
- 57 Eric Karros
- 58 Jose Canseco SP
- 59 Shawn Green
- 60 Ellis Burks
- 61 Derek Bell
- 62 Shannon Stewart
- 63 Roger Clemens SP
- 64 Sean Casey SP
- 65 Jose Offerman
- 66 Sammy Sosa SP
- 67 Frank Thomas SP
- 68 Tony Gwynn SP
- 69 Roberto Alomar
- 70 Mark McGwire SP
- 71 Troy Glaus
- 72 Ray Durham
- 73 Jeff Cirillo
- 74 Alex Rodriguez SP
- 75 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 76 Juan Encarnacion
- 77 Mark Grace
- 78 Barry Bonds SP
- 79 Ivan Rodriguez SP
- 80 Greg Vaughn
- 81 Greg Maddux SP
- 82 Albert Belle
- 83 John Olerud
- 84 Kenny Lofton
- 85 Bernie Williams
- 86 Matt Williams
- 87 Ray Lankford
- 88 Darin Erstad
- 89 Ben Grieve
- 90 Craig Biggio
- 91 Dean Palmer
- 92 Reggie Sanders
- 93 Dante Bichette
- 94 Pedro Martinez SP
- 95 Larry Walker
- 96 David Wells
- 97 Travis Lee SP
- 98 Mike Piazza SP
- 99 Mike Mussina
- 100 Kevin Brown
Prospects
Each Prospect is serial-numbered to 2999 copies.
- 101 Ruben Mateo
- 102 Roberto Ramirez RC
- 103 Glen Barker RC
- 104 Clay Bellinger RC
- 105 Carlos Guillen
- 106 Scott Schoeneweis
- 107 Creighton Gubanich RC
- 108 Scott Williamson
- 109 Edwards Guzman RC
- 110 A.J. Burnett RC
- 111 Jeremy Giambi
- 112 Trot Nixon
- 113 J.D. Drew
- 114 Roy Halladay
- 115 Jose Macias RC
- 116 Corey Koskie
- 117 Ryan Rupe RC
- 118 Scott Hunter RC*
- 119 Robert Fick
- 120 McKay Christensen
- 121 Carlos Febles
- 122 Gabe Kapler
- 123 Jeff Liefer
- 124 Warren Morris
- 125 Chris Pritchett
- 126 Torii Hunter
- 127 Armando Rios
- 128 Ricky Ledee
- 129 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
- 130 Jeff Zimmerman RC
- 131 Eric Chavez
- 132 Freddy Garcia RC
- 133 Jose Jimenez
- 134 Pat Burrell RC
- 135 Joe McEwing RC
- 136 Kris Benson
- 137 Joe Mays RC
- 138 Rafael Roque RC
- 139 Cristian Guzman
- 140 Michael Barrett
- 141 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
- 142 Jeff Weaver RC
- 143 Mike Lowell
- 144 Jason Phillips RC
- 145 Marlon Anderson
- 146 Brett Hinchliffe RC
- 147 Matt Clement
- 148 Terrence Long
- 149 Carlos Beltran
- 150 Preston Wilson
Super Stars
Each Super Star is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.
- 151 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 152 Mark McGwire
- 153 Sammy Sosa
- 154 Mike Piazza
- 155 Alex Rodriguez
- 156 Nomar Garciaparra
- 157 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 158 Greg Maddux
- 159 Derek Jeter
- 160 Juan Gonzalez
Parallels
Masterpiece
Each of the 160 cards is available as a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.
Gold
An unannounced partial-parallel, each of the first 100 base cards are available as a Gold card. The Gold cards were not covered and collectors can expect to find three in a 24-pack box.
Inserts
Prophetic
Each Prophetic insert is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.
- 1 P Eric Chavez
- 2 P J.D. Drew
- 3 P A.J. Burnett
- 4 P Ben Grieve
- 5 P Gabe Kapler
- 6 P Todd Helton
- 7 P Troy Glaus
- 8 P Travis Lee
- 9 P Pat Burrell
- 10 P Kerry Wood
Destiny
Each Destiny insert is serial-numbered to 999 copies.
- 1 D Tony Gwynn
- 2 D Juan Gonzalez
- 3 D Scott Rolen
- 4 D Nomar Garciaparra
- 5 D Orlando Hernandez
- 6 D Andruw Jones
- 7 D Vladimir Guerrero
- 8 D Darin Erstad
- 9 D Manny Ramirez
- 10 D Roger Clemens
Established
Each Established insert is serial-numbered to 100 copies.
- 1 E Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 2 E Derek Jeter
- 3 E Chipper Jones
- 4 E Greg Maddux
- 5 E Mark McGwire
- 6 E Mike Piazza
- 7 E Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 8 E Alex Rodriguez
- 9 E Sammy Sosa
- 10 E Frank Thomas
Autographs & Game-Used
Feel the Game
Each Feel the Game card features a piece of game-used equipment and is hand-numbered to the production figures below
- 1 Adrian Beltre SHOE 430
- 2 J.D. Drew JSY 450
- 3 Juan Gonzalez BTG GLOVE 415
- 4 Tony Gwynn JSY 435
- 5 Kevin Millwood JSY 435
- 6 Alex Rodriguez BTG GLOVE 345
- 7 Frank Thomas JSY 450
Fresh Ink
Each Fresh Ink features an on-card autograph and is hand-numbered to the production figures below.
- 1 Roberto Alomar 500
- 2 Michael Barrett 1000
- 3 Kris Benson 500
- 4 Micah Bowie 1000
- 5 A.J. Burnett 1000
- 6 Pat Burrell 500
- 7 Ken Caminiti 250
- 8 Jose Canseco 250
- 9 Sean Casey 1000
- 10 Edgard Clemente 1000
- 11 Bartolo Colon 500
- 12 J.D. Drew 400
- 13 Juan Encarnacion 1000
- 14 Troy Glaus 400
- 15 Juan Gonzalez 250
- 16 Shawn Green 250
- 17 Tony Gwynn 250
- 18 Chipper Jones 500
- 19 Gabe Kapler 750
- 20 Barry Larkin 250
- 21 Doug Mientkiewicz 500
- 22 Alex Rodriguez 200
- 23 Scott Rolen 140
- 24 Fernando Tatis 750
- 25 Robin Ventura 500
- 26 Todd Walker 1000
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