2018 Topps Heritage Variation Guide
Release Date: February 28
Heritage seems to be a favorite when it comes to variations, due to the retro layout and how they mimic the original set. With that said, Heritage also might be the most frustrating of the sets when identifying the variations and SPs. A highlight of Heritage was the true photo variation of Shohei Ohtani. By true variation, I mean that this card actually replaces a base card in the set with the same card number. In this case it is Zach Davies, Card #17, A throwback to how variations started.
What to Look For?
Lots of things to look for in the Heritage set. There is a base card short print. These cards are easy to find because they are card #’s 401-500. They also do error cards that usually mimic the same errors from the original set that they are throwing back to. These are tougher to find, so it might be better to search the codes for the error variations. Throwback variations are usually a fun card to get. Easy to find by the image on the front with the player in their teams throwback uniform. Heritage cards throwback to an old set, most of those sets had still images of the players, Topps does a variation with an action variation. There are also team color swap cards, where the card design has a different color scheme as the other team cards in the set. This year they did an All Star rookie trophy variation where the year says 1969. There is also a rookie variation where a player who was on a dual rookie card, has a stand alone variation. Lastly, the nickname variation, which displays a players nickname on the front of the card.
BASE CARD: end in 65
BASE SP’s (#401-500): end in 85
ERROR: end in 98
TRADED: end in 99
THROWBACK: end in 00
ACTION IMAGE: end in 01
TEAM COLOR SWAP: end in 02
RC CUP YEAR ERROR: end in 03
NICKNAME: end in 04
2018 Topps Heritage Variation Checklist
17 Shohei Ohtani - Action Image RC
20 Anthony Rizzo - Action Image
20 Anthony Rizzo - Color Swap
20 Anthony Rizzo - Throwback
22 Bryce Harper - Action Image
22 Bryce Harper - Color Swap
22 Bryce Harper - Error
22 Bryce Harper - Nickname
25 Aaron Judge - Action Image
25 Aaron Judge - Color Swap
25 Aaron Judge - Nickname
25 Aaron Judge - Player Name Error
25 Aaron Judge - RC Cup Error
31 Amed Rosario - Action Image RC
31 Amed Rosario - Color Swap
35 Jose Altuve - Action Image
35 Jose Altuve - Throwback
45 Corey Seager - Action Image
50 Andrew McCutchen - Nickname
58 Justin Verlander - Traded
60 Justin Upton - Traded
63 Ian Happ - RC Cup Error
67 Max Scherzer - Color Swap
70 Joey Votto - Action Image
70 Joey Votto - Color Swap
74 Giancarlo Stanton - Color Swap
74 Giancarlo Stanton - Error
74 Giancarlo Stanton - Traded
80 Kris Bryant - Action Image
80 Kris Bryant - Color Swap
80 Kris Bryant - Nickname
80 Kris Bryant - Player Name Error
80 Kris Bryant - Throwback
90 Noah Syndergaard - Nickname
101 Salvador Perez - Color Swap
101 Salvador Perez - Throwback
109 Chris Sale - Color Swap
114 Clint Frazier - Action Image RC
114 Clint Frazier - Color Swap
114 Clint Frazier - Nickname
118 Cody Bellinger - Action Image
118 Cody Bellinger - Color Swap
118 Cody Bellinger - Nickname
118 Cody Bellinger - RC Cup Error
119 Alex Bregman - Throwback
126 Jose Quintana - Traded
130 Andrew Benintendi - Action Image
130 Andrew Benintendi - Color Swap
130 Andrew Benintendi - Nickname
130 Andrew Benintendi - RC Cup Error
145 Francisco Lindor - Action Image
145 Francisco Lindor - Color Swap
145 Francisco Lindor - Nickname
145 Francisco Lindor - Throwback
150 Josh Hader - RC Cup Error
151 Manny Machado - Action Image
151 Manny Machado - Color Swap
151 Manny Machado - Nickname
151 Manny Machado - Throwback
159 Jay Bruce - Traded
161 Yu Darvish - Traded
176 Corey Kluber - Throwback
177 Sonny Gray - Traded
180 Jordan Montgomery - RC Cup Error
189 Rafael Devers - Action Image RC
189 Rafael Devers - Color Swap
189 Rafael Devers - Nickname
189 Rafael Devers - RC Cup Error
191 Gary Sanchez - Action Image
191 Gary Sanchez - Color Swap
201 Yoan Moncada - Throwback
206 Rhys Hoskins - Action Image RC
206 Rhys Hoskins - Color Swap
216 Clayton Kershaw - Action Image
216 Clayton Kershaw - Color Swap
216 Clayton Kershaw - Nickname
232 Yadier Molina - Color Swap
250 Trey Mancini - RC Cup Error
275 Mike Trout - Action Image
275 Mike Trout - Color Swap
275 Mike Trout - Error
275 Mike Trout - Nickname
275 Mike Trout - Throwback
284 Victor Robles - Action Image RC
284 Victor Robles - Color Swap
293 Buster Posey - Action Image
293 Buster Posey - Color Swap
294 J.D. Martinez - Traded
305 Josh Bell - Throwback
315 Sean Doolittle - Traded
320 Paul DeJong - RC Cup Error
330 Mookie Betts - Action Image
330 Mookie Betts - Color Swap
330 Mookie Betts - Throwback
348 German Marquez - RC Cup Error
351 Nolan Arenado - Action Image
369 Paul Goldschmidt - Action Image
369 Paul Goldschmidt - Nickname
381 Carlos Correa - Action Image
381 Carlos Correa - Color Swap
381 Carlos Correa - Nickname
381 Carlos Correa - Throwback
406 Ryan Braun - Throwback
454 Shin-Soo Choo - Throwback
472 Brandon Phillips - Traded