2023 Topps Allen & Ginter In Stores Now

One of the hobby’s most popular products is back with the recent release of 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter. Created in the image of the original tobacco cards made by the Richmond, Virginia based tobacco company Allen & Ginter, this product resurrects the inclusion of the non-baseball related cards and includes tobacco-sized cards while creating a card that appears hand painted instead a modern-day photography and slick computer graphics.

2023 Topps Allen & Ginter is a 350-card product with the final 50 cards listed as short prints. The product’s checklist is filled with veteran stars, rookies, and retired stars while mixing in different non-baseball figures. If you’re not interested in the non-baseball cards, I’d suggest you avoid buying packs and aim to buy whatever it is you want from the set from eBay or other secondary market sellers.

Each pack of 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter includes a tobacco sized mini-card. The product also has several autographs and memorabilia cards, including Framed Mini Autographs, however, the autographs and memorabilia cards are not limited to the baseball players. In year’s past, I’ve pulled a Framed Mini Autograph of Nick Saban and a memorabilia card of Keith Law.

The Mets cards included in 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter is a bit of a mixed bag. Considering the team traded away so many players at the trade deadline, the inclusion of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer has lost its luster.

Mets’ rookies are prominently featured with Mark Vientos, Francisco Álvarez, and Kodai Senga in the base set and Brett Baty’s rookie included as a base card and as a short print. The Mets somehow have a whopping seven cards included in the 50 short prints with retired stars Mo Vaughn, Endy Chávez, and José Reyes back in the orange and blue, but they aren’t the only former Mets included in the product. A Framed Mini Autograph of former second baseman Wally Backman can be found in the product and Rip Cards of Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, and Tom Seaver are also included, plus many others.

The 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter product is in stores now. Below is a full checklist of the Mets cards included in the product.

Base

15 Justin Verlander
55 Max Scherzer
71 Pete Alonso
80 Brett Baty (rookie card)
101 Mark Vientos (rookie card)
123 Francisco Álvarez (rookie card)
132 Brandon Nimmo
154 Francisco Lindor
177 Starling Marte
257 Kodai Senga (rookie card)
278 Edwin Díaz
306 Mo Vaughn (short print)
338 Endy Chávez (short print)
339 José Reyes (short print)
358 Justin Verlander (short print)
362 Francisco Lindor (short print)
374 Brett Baty (short print)
392 Pete Alonso (short print)

Allen & Ginter Relics A

AGRA-BBA Brett Baty
AGRA-David Wright
AGRA-FA Francisco Álvarez

Allen & Ginter Relics B

AGRB-BN Brandon Nimmo
AGRB-DG Dwight Gooden
AGRB-ED Edwin Díaz
AGRB-JM Jeff McNeil
AGRB-PA Pete Alonso
AGRB-TP Tommy Pham

Autographed Relic Book Cards (serial numbered to 10)

ARBC-BB Brett Baty
ARBC-PA Pete Alonso

Boxloader Autographs

BA-BB Brett Baty
BA-DW David Wright

Boxloader Cards

BC-7 Justin Verlander

Boxloader Rip Cards

BRC-BBA Brett Baty
BRC-FA Francisco Álvarez
BRC-JV Justin Verlander
BRC-KS Kodai Senga
BRC-TS Tom Seaver

Double Rip Cards

DRC-AG Gary Carter/Pete Alonso
DRC-AV Justin Verlander/Sandy Alcantara
DRC-BA Brett Baty/Francisco Álvarez
DRC-SV Justin Verlander/Max Scherzer
DRC-VS Justin Verlander/Tom Seaver

Framed Mini Autographs

MA-BB Brett Baty
MA-DWR David Wright
MA-FA Francisco Álvarez
MA-KSE Kodai Senga
MA-MV Mark Vientos
MA-PA Pete Alonso
MA-WBA Wally Backman

Framed Mini Cloth (serial numbered to 10)

15 Justin Verlander
55 Max Scherzer
71 Pete Alonso
80 Brett Baty
101 Mark Vinetos
123 Francisco Álvarez
132 Brandon Nimmo

Framed Mini Relics

MFR-GC Gary Carter
MFR-TS Tom Seaver

In Action Variations

55 Max Scherzer
80 Brett Baty

Metal Minis

15 Justin Verladner
55 Max Scherzer
71 Pete Alonso
80 Brett Baty
101 Mark Vinetos
123 Francisco Álvarez
132 Brandon Nimmo

Mini Artist Originals (one of one)

MAO-JV Justin Verlander

Mini Exclusives

358 Justin Verlander
362 Francisco Lindor
374 Brett Baty
392 Pete Alonso

N43 Boxloaders

N43-8 Justin Verlander

Only In Boxloaders

OIB-18 Apple

Only In Minis

OI-18 Apple

Rip Cards

RC-BB Brett Baty
RC-BN Brandon Nimmo
RC-DG Dwight Gooden
RC-FA Francisco Álvarez
RC-FL Francisco Lindor
RC-GCA Gary Carter
RC-JV Justin Verlander
RC-KSE Kodai Senga
RC-MS Max Scherzer
RC-PA Pete Alonso
RC-TGL Tom Glavine
RC- TS Tom Seaver