2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball Variations Guide

The 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball variations lineup covers a few areas. Alternate images play a big role on this part of the flagship checklist. However, there’s a new theme that takes a numerical approach instead.

2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball Variations Overview

Here’s a quick look at three types of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball variations and what to watch for when busting packs:

• Golden Mirror Image
• Dancing Dodgers
• Player Number

Golden Mirror Image Variations

Now in their third year, Golden Mirror Image Variations have become a flagship cornerstone. All 350 cards in the base set have one of these with each using a different photo. There are lots of fun shots on these.

Topps makes these fairly easy to spot. For starters, their logo on the front is in gold foil instead of the usual silver. Backs are even more obvious with a gold background.

With tough odds and the sheer number of different cards, these are a challenge. They command strong values in part because of rarity but they’re also a lot of fun, even for a set that has a lot of great photography to begin with.

2025 Topps Series 1 Golden Mirror Image Variations are available in all pack and box types. They’re 1:599 hobby, 1:148 jumbo and 1:778 blaster packs. Other configurations have them at similar rates depending on the type and pack size.

These will also continue in 2025 Topps Series 2 and Update Series.

Shop for 2025 Topps Baseball Golden Mirror Image Variations on eBay.

Dancing Dodgers Variations

The Los Angeles Dodgers had a lot of fun on the field in 2024 — and it wasn’t just winning the World Series or witnessing firsthand Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50/50 season. The Dodgers danced.

What started in celebration has become its own set of SSP variations in 2025 Topps Series 1. They look like standard cards, only the photos have them busting moves.

It’s worth noting that Teoscar Hernádez’s regular base card shows him in what appears to be mid dance celebration. While he does have one of the variations, this is just his regular card. Needless to say it has caused some confusion on eBay as people think its an SSP because it fits with the theme. Hernández’s actual Dancing Dodgers card has a more close-up shot and is flipped horizontally.

In case you’re wondering if you have one of the Dancing Dodgers Variations, you can use the codes on the back. Regular base cards end in 547. Dancing Dodgers Variations end in 713.

Odds on these have not been announced but they are hobby-exclusives.

Here’s a checklist of the 10 2025 Topps Series 1 Dancing Dodgers Variations (click on the links to see what’s on eBay).

1 Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
53 Chris Taylor, Los Angeles Dodgers
146 Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers
176 Teoscar Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers
201 Kiké Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers
204 Gavin Lux, Los Angeles Dodgers
212 Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers
214 Tommy Edman, Los Angeles Dodgers
231 Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers
239 Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers

Player Number Variations

Player Number Variations are new in 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball. The name is appropriate given that the player’s jersey number runs throughout the background of the card.

These have another twist, though. Each is serial-numbered to said jersey number. This means different print runs for the 25 featured cards. They range from a high of 99 copies for Aaron Judge to just two for Gunnar Henderson.

Odds are not known but with less than 800 total across all 25 cards, they’re not easy. Like the Dancing Dodgers, these are only in hobby packs.

Here’s the full checklist of 2025 Topps Series 1 Player Number Variations:

1 Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers /17
20 Coby Mayo, Baltimore Orioles /95
49 Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers /22
65 Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles /2
74 Dylan Crews, Washington Nationals /3
78 Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks /7
80 Jace Jung, Detroit Tigers /17
98 Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates /30
100 Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals /7
101 Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals /28
146 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers /22
150 Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds /44
163 Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays /27
181 James Wood, Washington Nationals /29
187 Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees /45
200 Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels /27
207 Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves /13
244 Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros /44
250 Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies /3
266 Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners /44
285 Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox /11
300 Aaron Judge, New York Yankees /99
314 Jacob Wilson, Athletics /5
317 Brooks Lee, Minnesota Twins /72
350 Francisco Lindor, New York Mets /12