2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball Checklist

2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball – All Formats, Full Checklist, Autograph Odds

Product Overview

2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball is a premium, art-forward release built around bold design, a vibrant parallel ladder, and heavy autograph and relic content. The 2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball checklist opens with a 100 card base set and expands into on-card rookie signatures, veteran and retired-great ink, and game-used relic material. Rookies featured include Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, Kon Knueppel, and Egor Dëmin, alongside veterans such as Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James, Paolo Banchero, and Stephen Curry. Two boxes are offered — Hobby and FDI — sharing the same set structure but differing in autograph volume and a handful of exclusive parallels.

Available Formats

• Hobby — 1 pack per box, 7 cards per pack, 8 boxes per case. Home to a set of exclusive Inception 1/1 parallels, including the Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations, Dual Rookie Relic Autographs, Persistant Marks, and NBA First Milestone Relics Inception 1/1s. Every box: 7 cards across 1 pack. Guaranteed: 1 autograph or autographed relic. On average: 1 numbered parallel per 2 boxes and 1 insert per 8 boxes.
• FDI — 1 pack per box, 7 cards per pack, 8 boxes per case. Carries the FDI-exclusive Red Electricity and Green Electricity parallels of Rookie Autographs, Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations, and Inception Silver Signings. Every box: 7 cards across 1 pack. Guaranteed: 1 FDI autograph plus 1 other autograph or autographed relic. On average: 3 autographs, 1 numbered parallel per 2 boxes and 1 insert per 6 boxes.

Card Types

• Base: Base Cards (100 card set).
• Autographs: Rookie Autographs (40), Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations (20), Dawn of Greatness Autographs (20), Inception Silver Signings (20), Fountain of Youth Signatures (27), Rise to Fame Signatures (24), Persistant Marks (18).
• Autographed Relics: Rookie Jumbo Relic Autographs (39), Franchise Fundamental Relic Autographs (32), Dual Rookie Relic Autographs (10), Rookie Relic Booklet Autographs (20), NBA First Milestone Autograph Relics (33).
• Relics: NBA First Milestone Relics (5).
• Inserts: Launch (20), Endgame (10), Splashdown (20).

Parallel Guide

The base ladder shares a common colour structure across both boxes. Numbering below is as printed; parallel availability by set varies (see each autograph and relic entry).

• Base – unnumbered
• Green – unnumbered (Base Cards)
• Red Electricity – unnumbered, FDI only (Rookie Autographs, Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations, Inception Silver Signings)
• Green Electricity – unnumbered, FDI only (Rookie Autographs, Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations, Inception Silver Signings)
• Purple – #’d to 125 (Base Cards)
• Pink – #’d to 99
• Red – #’d to 75
• Gold Electricity – #’d to 50
• Gold Ink Inscription – #’d 1/1 (Inception Silver Signings)
• Blue – #’d to 25
• Camo – #’d to 10
• Sky Blue – #’d to 5
• Inception – #’d 1/1

Inception 1/1 is Hobby-exclusive for Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations, Dual Rookie Relic Autographs, Persistant Marks, and NBA First Milestone Relics.

Autograph and Relic Content

• Rookie Autographs – 40 card set. On-card rookie ink running from Pink /99 down to the Inception 1/1, with FDI-only Red Electricity and Green Electricity versions.
• Rookie Autographs Horizontal Variations – 20 card set. Same ladder in a horizontal format; the Inception 1/1 is Hobby-exclusive, with Red Electricity and Green Electricity found only in FDI.
• Dawn of Greatness Autographs – 20 card set. Numbered from Blue /25 down to the Inception 1/1.
• Inception Silver Signings – 20 card set. Gold Electricity /50 plus a Gold Ink Inscription 1/1; Red Electricity and Green Electricity are FDI-exclusive.
• Fountain of Youth Signatures – 27 card set. Numbered from Gold Electricity /50 down to the Inception 1/1.
• Rise to Fame Signatures – 24 card set. Numbered from Gold Electricity /50 down to the Inception 1/1.
• Persistant Marks – 18 card set. Numbered from Gold Electricity /50 down to the Inception 1/1, which is Hobby-exclusive.
• Rookie Jumbo Relic Autographs – 39 card set. Autographed jumbo relics numbered from Pink /99 down to the Inception 1/1.
• Franchise Fundamental Relic Autographs – 32 card set. Numbered from Pink /99 down to the Inception 1/1.
• Dual Rookie Relic Autographs – 10 card set, two signers per card. Numbered from Blue /25 down to the Inception 1/1, which is Hobby-exclusive.
• Rookie Relic Booklet Autographs – 20 card set. Booklet cards numbered from Blue /25 down to the Inception 1/1.
• NBA First Milestone Autograph Relics – 33 card set. Autographed relics featuring game-used nets, numbered from Sky Blue /5 to the Inception 1/1, with a base level as well.
• NBA First Milestone Relics – 5 card set. Base /10, Sky Blue /5, and Inception 1/1; the Inception 1/1 is Hobby-exclusive.

Insert Highlights

• Launch – 20 card set.
• Endgame – 10 card set.
• Splashdown – 20 card set.

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