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Topps Breaks New Ground with Its First Tennis-Exclusive Card Set

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Topps is diving deeper into the world of tennis with its upcoming release of Topps Graphite Tennis, the company's first-ever product dedicated solely to the sport. Launching on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, this new line builds on Topps’ recent success with Topps Chrome Tennis and represents a bold step into an underappreciated area of the trading card hobby.

The name "Graphite" isn’t just clever branding; it nods to the material used in professional tennis racquets. Topps even carries the theme further by replacing the traditional Superfractor with the 1/1 Red Crystalline Refractor, mirroring the crystalline structure of graphite itself—a rare example of science meeting sports in the hobby.

The 200-card base set includes rookies like Mirra Andreeva and Ben Shelton, with each hobby box guaranteeing three hits: one relic autograph and an additional autograph. Collectors will also find signatures from tennis legends such as Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, and Bjorn Borg. With a retail price of $149.99, each hobby box includes just 20 cards, making every pack a high-stakes opening.

Refractors are a key feature of the set, with common versions appearing about once every four packs. Other parallels, including Aqua, Green, Gold, and the highly coveted Red Crystalline Refractors, are all numbered to 200 or fewer. Inserts like Active Metal and All Metal push the elemental theme further, with cards made from actual metal, while the Intricate Images portrait insert stands out as the most elusive and desirable chase card in the set.

Topps Graphite Tennis delivers on innovation, offering collectors a product that combines sleek design with iconic names and exciting new talent. Whether it will rally collectors to embrace tennis in the trading card world remains to be seen, but for now, this release is serving up plenty of intrigue.

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