I’m still a little conflicted. Topps Now aren’t base cards in the traditional sense from when I was a kid. They’re mail order. You can’t get packs of random cards. Yet, there are base cards in a numbered set every year. So, I’ll call these base.

I didn’t buy any Topps Now until recently. My genuine baseball fandom and enjoyment of collecting cards finally forced my hand this year. It’s very noteworthy to me that Topps Now caters well to actual baseball card fans like me and to the faction of The Hobby that is just into it for the money and gambling.