Description

2020 Topps Sapphire Chrome Update was released January 27th, 2021 -- with members of Topps' 582 Montgomery Club getting access a day earlier. Unlike the Topps Chrome Update set, the Sapphire Chrome edition is a full parallel of the 300-card 2020 Topps Update set. Each eight-pack box will yield one Refractor parallel serial-numbered to 45 copies or fewer and one autograph.

This was the first Sapphire Chrome set to be made available at retail with a limited number of boxes available at Target stores and target.com. In addition, a limited number of boxes were also distributed to Hobby stores.

Distribution

Eight packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $150)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	300	-	?
Green Refractor	300	45	1:16
Orange Refractor	300	25	1:27
Purple Refractor	300	10	1:66
Red Refractor	300	5	1:130
SuperFractor	201	one-of-one	1:917
Padparadascha	99	one-of-one	1:2121
Autographs	41	-	1:10
Autographs Green Refractor	41	50	1:116
Autographs Orange Refractor	41	25	1:232
Autographs Purple Refractor	341	10	1:518
Autographs Red Refractor	41	5	1:1040
Autographs SuperFractor	41	one-of-one	1:5185

Checklist

Base Set

See 2020 Topps Update for checklist.

Parallels

All 300 base cards are also available in the following parallels.

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 45 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to ten)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: It was believed that those players who appeared in the previously released, retail-only, 2020 Topps Chrome Update set, (which has its own one-of-one SuperFractor parallel) would NOT have a SuperFractor in the Sapphire Chrome Update set, but would have a one-of-one Padparadascha Refractor parallel instead (see below). It appears that some of those Padparadascha-only players had a second SuperFractor issued in packs of Sapphire Chrome Update. (One collector acquired BOTH the Chrome Update AND the Sapphire Chrome Update SuperFractors of Padres rookie Trent Grisham. The two cards are indistinguishable from each other with the only differences being the card's sequential number and the legalese on the back. See links below.) It is unclear if SuperFractors exist for all Padparadascha-exclusive cards.

https://twitter.com/kburleypdx/status/1368310399850795009/photo/1
https://twitter.com/kburleypdx/status/1368355355651153923/photo/1

Padparadascha

The 99 cards that appeared in BOTH 2020 Topps Chrome Update and 2020 Topps Sapphire Chrome Update have a one-of-one Padparadascha parallel.

Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to ten)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

RA-AA Aristides Aquino
RA-AJ Aaron Judge
RA-AR Anthony Rendon
RA-AT Abraham Toro
RA-BB Bo Bichette
RA-BH Bryce Harper
RA-BM Brendan McKay
RA-BO Brian O'Grady
RA-DM Dustin May
RA-EA Elvis Andrus
RA-GC Gerrit Cole
RA-GL Gavin Lux
RA-GS George Springer
RA-JD Justin Dunn
RA-JF Jake Fraley
RA-JG Joey Gallo
RA-JL Jesus Luzardo
RA-JM James Marvel
RA-JT Jesus Tinoco
RA-JY Jordan Yamamoto
RA-KG Kyle Garlick
RA-KH Kwang-Hyun Kim
RA-KHI Keston Hiura
RA-KL Kyle Lewis
RA-LR Luis Robert
RA-MD Mauricio Dubon
RA-MM Manny Machado
RA-MT Mike Trout
RA-NH Nico Hoerner
RA-NS Nick Solak
RA-PL Peter Lambert
RA-RA Randy Arozarena
RA-RD Randy Dobnak
RA-RH Rhys Hoskins
RA-SA Shogo Akiyama
RA-SY Shun Yamaguchi
RA-TL Travis Lakins
RA-TT Tyrone Taylor
RA-WCA Willi Castro
RA-YA Yordan Alvarez
RA-ZG Zac Gallen