Digital Trading Cards

Topps and WAX introduced this chapter in May 2020, when GPK collecting moved into a digital marketplace where cards could be bought, traded, shown off and checked against a permanent record of ownership and transaction history. The blockchain lets collectors see card details and trading history, which makes purchases and trades more informed. It also records every aspect of a card’s transaction forever, and those records cannot be changed. Topps kept the traditional pack idea in place, so these releases still arrive in packs, with different pack types and different odds for the chase cards inside.

Digital GPK have come out in several official releases, including series packs and special themed sets, and some of the more interesting digital cards play with reflections, transitions and animation in ways physical cards cannot. It is meant to give you a basic overview before you dive in.