2018 Diamond Kings Variation Guide
Release Date: April 11
Diamond Kings offers just about every kind of variation we have seen in the past and it makes for a really fun box to rip open. This season the big variation draw was that of Shohei Ohtani and his 8 different variants between hitting and pitching images, nicknames, and color changes. DK continues to offer a number of parallels to their set, all of the variations will come with the same selection of parallels.
What to Look For?
Fifty Short Print variations that feature Black & White Images, Sepia Images, Image Swap Variations, and Nicknames. These are pretty easy to spot, aside from the Image Swap Variation. Panini indicated a second trick to finding variations on the back of the card. Base cards will feature an oval frame around the players image on the back. Variations will feature a square frame around the players image. This is NOT confirmed to be the case for all variations yet, though.
VARIATION BREAKDOWN
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Photo Variation - Other than Ohtani, Photo Variations all feature legends.
Nickname Variation - Also features an Ohtani with Japanese script on the card
Black & White Variation - Different Photo, Black & White Image and color scheme
Sepia Variation - Different Photo, Sepia Image and color scheme
2018 Diamond Kings Variation Checklist
1 Babe Ruth - Name
2 Honus Wagner - Name
2 Honus Wagner - Photo
3 Stan Musial - Photo
4 Lou Gehrig - Photo
7 Mickey Mantle - Name
7 Mickey Mantle - Photo
8 Harry Hooper - Photo
9 Ted Williams - Name
9 Ted Williams - Photo
10 Joe Cronin - Photo
11 Joe DiMaggio - Photo
13 Lloyd Waner - Photo
18 Paul Waner - Photo
19 Roberto Clemente - Photo
20 Roger Maris - Photo
23 Pee Wee Reese - Photo
25 Ernie Banks - Name
25 Ernie Banks - Photo
27 Lefty Gomez - Photo
28 Jackie Robinson - Photo
30 Joe Jackson - Photo
35 Ty Cobb - Photo
49 Frank Thomas - Name
65 Francisco Lindor - Sepia
69 Jose Altuve - Sepia
70 Mike Trout - Sepia
73 Shohei Ohtani - Black and White
73 Shohei Ohtani - Name
73 Shohei Ohtani - Photo
73 Shohei Ohtani - Sepia
76 Shohei Ohtani - Black and White
76 Shohei Ohtani - Name
76 Shohei Ohtani - Photo
76 Shohei Ohtani - Sepia
78 Bryce Harper - Sepia
79 Buster Posey - Sepia
80 Aaron Judge - Name
80 Aaron Judge - Sepia
81 Andrew Benintendi - Sepia
82 Cody Bellinger - Sepia
100 Victor Robles - Black and White
104 Rafael Devers - Black and White
105 Francisco Mejia - Black and White
108 Walker Buehler - Black and White
116 Amed Rosario - Black and White
117 Clint Frazier - Black and White
118 Miguel Andujar - Black and White
121 Rhys Hoskins - Black and White
136 Nolan Ryan - Name
Just for fun - let’s look at all the Ohtani Variations
