Topps Finest 2025 UEFA Hobby Box: Full Breakdown, Checklist & What to Expect
What’s Inside?
6 packs per hobby box, with 10 cards in each pack (60 cards total).
Every box is guaranteed 2 autograph cards, ranging from Base Autographs, Arrivals, Finest First‑Class Rookies, and Prized Footballers variants, to the rarer Dual Autographs (including Rivals and Dual sets), plus the special Bound by Origin autograph books and coveted Marks of Excellence (on-card autos) featuring icons like Haaland, Kaká, Messi—and legends too.
The Base Set and Parallels
The base set includes 150 cards, showcasing top-tier stars, emerging rookies, and beloved veterans from the
Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League.
A rainbow of 18 parallel levels offers chase appeal:
Refractors (1:2 packs), Purple (/299), Sky Blue (/275), Pink Raywave (/250), Purple Lava (/199), Blue Raywave (/150), Pink Prism (/125), Green & Green Lava (/99), Blue (/75), Gold & Rose Gold Mini-Diamond (/50), Orange (/25), Black & Black Prism (/10), Red (/5), and the ultra-rare 1-of-1 SuperFractor (1 per ~3,098 packs).
There’s also a new Extended Base Rookie Variations subset (10 cards), with parallels down to 1:44,294 for Red SuperFractors.
Insert Highlights
Topps didn’t hold back on insert sets:
Finest Idols – polished tributes to legends and a few active stars (e.g. Salah, Lewandowski, De Bruyne).
Top of the World, Prized Footballers, Prized Footballers Fusion (premium parallels), The Man, Total Football’s Finest, Finest Skillset, and Finest Symphony.
The Grail insert continues—featuring just one Lionel Messi card in this release, part of a nine-card subset with ultra-scarcity (~1:9,228 packs).
Autograph Variety
Base Card Autographs provide signed versions of base cards.
Arrivals and Finest First-Class Rookie Autographs are all about fresh, signed talents—like Lamine Yamal—adding strong rookie chase appeal.
Autograph fans can hunt for Prized Footballers variants, Dual Autographs, Rivals Duals, and those standout Bound by Origin Book Cards.
And you’ll find elegant Marks of Excellence on-card signatures, including iconic players Haaland, Kaká, and Messi.
Release & Pricing
The UK Topps store had pre-sales from June 3, 2025. The official release rolled out on June 26, 2025.
Retail prices hover around £180–£190, roughly $199.99 or €215 .
Community Buzz & Analysis
Soccer Cards HQ points out a higher print run this year (roughly 9,500 cases), with slightly fewer numbered parallels—so expect excellent hits but a tad more accessibility.
Design-wise, the set is bold and busy: some collectors loved the vibrant inserts like Skillset, while others—on Reddit—flagged challenging print quality on refractors:
“These cards are 10 footers… terrible in terms of quality… small little pits”.
Still, satisfaction is strong among hobbyists:
“Bought a case of hobby boxes and they are the best quality cards I have ever seen. They’re truly beautiful.”.
Final Take
This is a premium, layered chase experience blending iconic signatures, rookie shine, and collector-favourite inserts. You’re paying for a thoughtfully assembled product with clear autograph guarantees. But while the hit potential remains high, print quality on refractors and a denser, “busy” design may not appeal to everyone.
Still, if you’re after star autos, rookie chase, and those rare autograph book cards or super‑fractors, it's a beautifully packaged hobby box worth the hype.