The main base set clocks in at 350 cards. Veterans and rookies are the main focus. They’re joined by such subsets as Future Stars, League Leaders and team cards. It is worth noting that this is the first of two planned releases for 2025 Topps Baseball. Both are intended to go together to form one larger base set. This means some big stars are missing from Series 1. That’s likely because they’re already planned for Series 2.

Foil is the theme for many of the parallels, offering more colorful takes on the base set. All told, every card in the set has more than 50 different versions. This includes several exclusives including a new batch of spring-themed Holiday cards found only in tins.

Despite the large number of parallels, some long-running themes like Black, Father’s Day Blue and Mother’s Day Pink are not on the 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball checklist. First Card versions come with a special stamp. These are intended to indicate the first copies of each card that were produced. For the third consecutive year, every base card has a Golden Image Variation as well. These SSP cards carry the same base design at first glance on the front but have a different photo