2026 Topps Holiday Baseball releases on October 21, 2026. That is the date on Topps' release calendar and on its mega-box product page. A mega box is 10 packs of 10 cards with one autograph, relic or Chrome base card, at a $29.99 list price. Topps showed the mega box sold out for pre-order on Sep 29. On eBay, the lowest single-box presale ask that day was $45.99. Past boxes are the only sold read there is: 2025 Holiday mega boxes sold for a median $39.00 across 9 sales, Aug 31–Sep 27, 2026.
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Configurations are from Topps' mega-box product page and Topps' own box guide (Ripped, Sep 25). List prices are as Checklist Insider recorded them (updated Sep 22). The eBay figures are the lowest single-box asks on Sep 29, 2026, not sold comps.
| Format | Cards | What is guaranteed | Price | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega boxthe only format with a hit | 10 packs × 10 | 1 autograph, relic, auto relic or Base Chrome Variation; exclusive Glitter parallels; an oversized die-cut ornament box topper | $29.99 list · lowest eBay ask $45.99 (19 single-box presale listings, Sep 29) | Mega boxes on eBay → |
| Collector's tinretail | 59 per tin | 6 exclusive Holiday Lights parallels per tin; a chance at a Candy Cane die-cut ornament | $44.99 list · no clean eBay ask on Sep 29 | Tins on eBay → |
| Advent calendar24 doors | 24 packs × 5 | Exclusive Making the NICE List! die-cuts and Chrome Plaid parallels; 18 die-cuts, 2 Holiday Variation short prints, 2 Chrome Plaid and 2 sticker cards per calendar | $59.99 list · lowest eBay ask $90.00 (29 single-box presale listings, Sep 29) | Advent calendars on eBay → |
Mega-box configuration and street date: topps.com product page (read Sep 29, 2026). Tin and advent calendar contents: Topps' box guide on ripped.topps.com (published Sep 25, 2026). List prices: Checklist Insider (updated Sep 22, 2026). Asks are the cheapest of the 50 lowest-priced eBay listings for each format on Sep 29, 2026, after removing cases, multi-box lots, single packs and loose cards. The tin search returned only 2026 Series 1 Easter-tin cards, so there is no tin ask to quote. Asks are not sales. eBay links are live searches, not prices. ShopCardHub earns an eBay Partner Network commission on qualifying purchases.
What changed from 2025. The mega box kept its shape: 10 packs of 10 cards, one hit or Chrome card, $29.99 list. The advent calendar grew from 20 packs at $49.99 to 24 packs at $59.99. The tin is still $44.99 for 59 cards (Checklist Insider's 2025 and 2026 pages).
Card numbers are from Topps' own checklist file, which Topps says reflects the intended configuration and may vary. The checklist lists no autograph signers yet. No 2026 Holiday card has a sold comp, so every link below is a live eBay search, not a price.
| Card / insert | Why it matters | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami RC #H82 | The White Sox slugger's Holiday rookie. He also has a Hidden Elf card (HE-17), an oversized ornament (OO-20) and a relic. Our Murakami rookie card page tracks the rest. | Live search → |
| Roman Anthony RC #H170 | Red Sox outfielder, with a Hidden Elf (HE-14) and an oversized ornament (OO-16). See our Roman Anthony page. | Live search → |
| Konnor Griffin RC #H161 · Kevin McGonigle RC #H183 | Two of the top prospects on the rookie list, for the Pirates and the Tigers. | Griffin → · McGonigle → |
| Jacob Misiorowski RC #H131 | The Brewers' flamethrower. Also on the Hidden Elf, ornament and relic lists. See our Misiorowski page. | Live search → |
| Shohei Ohtani #H100 | The biggest name in the set. He has three Making the NICE List! die-cuts (MNL-3, 9, 10), a Hidden Elf and an ornament. See our Ohtani cards page. | Live search → |
| Hidden Elf | 25 cards, five variations for each of five players, with an elf hidden in the photo. Judge, Ohtani, Skenes and eleven rookies are on the list. | Live search → |
| Base Chrome Variation | A Chrome version of all 200 base cards (numbered HC). One of these can be the mega box's guaranteed card instead of a hit. | Live search → |
New parallels for 2026, per Topps: Metallic Gingerbread Man and Snow Days. Relics: 45 player Holiday Relics plus five faux relics (Elf, Gingerbread Man, Mrs. Claus, Nutcracker, Santa Claus), per the Topps checklist file read Sep 29, 2026.
2025 Topps Holiday Baseball released October 22, 2025, with the mega box at $29.99 list (Checklist Insider). Here is the dated sold record for that set and the 2024 box, from SportsCardsPro. Each figure is the median of the counted sales in the stated window, the same method every index on this site uses.
| Item | Sold median | Sales · window | Read | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Holiday mega boxsealed, 10 × 10 | $39.00 | 9 sales · Aug 31–Sep 27, 2026 | A $29.99 box sold for about $39 eleven months later. The 29 sales from Jul 19 to Sep 27 have a $35.00 median, so it has firmed up into the fall. | 2025 boxes → |
| 2024 Holiday mega boxsealed | $45.00 | 3 sales · Sep 24–27, 2026 | Two years on, three sales, from $30.00 to $49.95. Thin, so read it as a range. | 2024 boxes → |
| Nick Kurtz RC #H40 (2025)raw base rookie | $0.99 | 17 sales · Aug 31–Sep 28, 2026 | The 2025 set's top rookie. A raw Holiday base rookie is a one-dollar card. | Kurtz raw → |
| Nick Kurtz RC #H40 (2025)PSA 10 | $59.50 | 2 sales · Jul 18–Aug 27, 2026 (90-day) | No PSA 10 sale in the last 30 days. The latest was $65.00 on Aug 27. Two sales is a range, not a price. | Kurtz PSA 10 → |
| Shohei Ohtani #H200 (2025)raw base | $1.17 | 30 most recent sales · Sep 8–27, 2026 | The biggest name in the hobby, on a base Holiday card, sells for about a dollar. | Ohtani raw → |
All figures are dated sold comps from SportsCardsPro's completed-sales tables, read September 29, 2026. Each is the median of the counted sales in the stated window. A 30-day median needs at least 3 sales; with fewer, a 90-day median needs at least 2. One two-box lot ($47.00, Aug 31) was removed from the 2025 mega box read. The Ohtani tab is capped at the 30 most recent sales, so its window is shorter than 30 days. Titles and sellers are never published. These are 2024 and 2025 product sales. Nothing here is a price for a 2026 box or card.
At list price, the mega box has held up. A 2025 Holiday mega box cost $29.99 and sold for a $39.00 median in September 2026. Three 2024 boxes sold for a $45.00 median in late September. That is a modest gain for a box you hold a year or two, before shipping and fees.
The presale asks are above that. The lowest single-box ask on Sep 29 was $45.99. That is more than a 2025 box sells for today. Paying presale prices means paying a year's gain up front. The $29.99 list price is the number that has worked; the presale premium has not been tested yet.
Base cards are not the play. Raw Kurtz and Ohtani base cards from 2025 Holiday sell for about a dollar. A PSA 10 Kurtz sold for $53.99 on Jul 18, 2026 and $65.00 on Aug 27, 2026, so grading is where the margin was. Murakami #H82 is the 2026 card most likely to show that gap, but nobody knows its price until it sells.
What we will do. The first 2026 Holiday sold comps usually show up within two weeks of October 21. This page will get dated box and rookie medians then. Until then, every 2026 figure here is an ask or a list price.
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