What Topps Midnight Basketball is

Topps Midnight is a premium, “one-pack box” product built around moody night-sky aesthetics, heavy-hit autographs, and short-print insert chasing. It’s designed to feel like opening a tiny vault at 2:00 AM. 🌙

A key licensing note:

  • 2023–24 Midnight Basketball is NBPA-licensed (player licensing), which means you’ll see players but not full NBA team/league logos.

  • 2025–26 Midnight Basketball is being marketed as the first Midnight basketball release with NBA licensing, plus it adds Rookie Patch Autographs for that class (Flagg, Harper, etc.).

Box configuration (the “one-pack box” vibe)

For Midnight Basketball hobby:

  • 1 pack per box

  • 7 cards per pack/box

  • ~3 autographs per box (avg.)

(So when you see “pack odds,” mentally translate it as “box odds,” because you’re basically ripping one pack per box.)

Base set and parallels

Base set size: 100 cards (vets + rookies + legends).

For 2023–24, Topps published the base-parallel odds explicitly, including the ultra-tough top end:

2023–24 Base parallels (odds per pack/box)

  • Zodiac: 1:2

  • Morning: 1:3

  • Twilight: 1:5

  • Dusk: 1:6

  • Moon Beam: 1:9

  • Moonrise: 1:18

  • Midnight: 1:36

  • Daybreak: 1:87

  • Black Light: 1:431 (this is the “flashlight-under-the-bed” level chase)

Chase logic: If you’re hunting the rarest parallel colorways, Daybreak and especially Black Light are the monsters.

Insert sets (the “cool stuff” list)

Midnight inserts are a big part of why the set pops on camera: bold names, strong visual identity, and parallel layers.

2023–24 core inserts + odds (per pack/box)

Nightball

  • Nightball: 1:5

  • Nightball Twilight: 1:15

  • Nightball Moon Beam: 1:28

  • Nightball Moonrise: 1:58

  • Nightball Midnight: 1:120

  • Nightball Daybreak: 1:288

  • Nightball Black Light: 1:1,408

  • Nightball Dusk: 1:20

Lunar Tide

  • Lunar Tide: 1:9

  • Lunar Tide Twilight: 1:30

  • Lunar Tide Moon Beam: 1:58

  • Lunar Tide Moonrise: 1:115

  • Lunar Tide Midnight: 1:239

  • Lunar Tide Daybreak: 1:571

  • Lunar Tide Black Light: 1:2,815

  • Lunar Tide Dusk: 1:40

Constellations

  • Constellations: 1:6

  • Constellations Twilight: 1:18

  • Constellations Moon Beam: 1:35

  • Constellations Moonrise: 1:69

  • Constellations Midnight: 1:144

  • Constellations Daybreak: 1:344

  • Constellations Black Light: 1:1,689

  • Constellations Dusk: 1:24

Star Studded

  • Star Studded: 1:5

  • Star Studded Twilight: 1:15

  • Star Studded Moon Beam: 1:29

  • Star Studded Moonrise: 1:58

  • Star Studded Midnight: 1:120

  • Star Studded Daybreak: 1:288

  • Star Studded Black Light: 1:1,408

  • Star Studded Dusk: 1:20

SSP-style inserts (shorter odds, bigger “case hit” energy)

  • Dream Chasers: 1:17

  • Dream Chasers Black Light: 1:1,689

  • After Hours: 1:48

  • After Hours Black Light: 1:1,689

Collector tip: If you want that “big moment” without needing the true top-end odds, After Hours (1:48) is one of the more realistic “rare-feeling” hits.

Autographs (the real engine of the product)

Midnight is auto-forward. Here’s what Topps published for 2023–24:

2023–24 autograph sets + odds (per pack/box)

Stroke of Midnight Autographs

  • Base: 1:3

  • Twilight: 1:7

  • Moon Beam: 1:17

  • Moonrise: 1:23

  • Midnight: 1:49

  • Daybreak: 1:115

  • Black Light: 1:571

  • Dusk: 1:19

Rookie Horizon Signatures

  • Base: 1:2

  • Twilight: 1:6

  • Moon Beam: 1:22

  • Moonrise: 1:43

  • Midnight: 1:88

  • Daybreak: 1:212

  • Black Light: 1:1,056

  • Dusk: 1:15

Horizon Signatures

  • Base: 1:3

  • Twilight: 1:5

  • Moonrise: 1:29

  • Midnight: 1:60

  • Daybreak: 1:144

  • Black Light: 1:716

  • Dusk: 1:12

Rookie Jersey Autographs

  • Base: 1:3

  • Twilight: 1:9

  • Moon Beam: 1:33

  • Moonrise: 1:67

  • Midnight: 1:138

  • Daybreak: 1:330

  • Black Light: 1:1,624

  • Dusk: 1:23

What’s new / different in 2025–26 (important, but odds may still be pending)

Topps’ own product copy for 2025–26 highlights:

  • Autographs across: Stroke of Midnight, Midnight Sun, Dark Matter, Horizon, Midnight Oil, Dark Marks

  • New/featured rare inserts & “case hit” style cards: Night Owls, Daydreamers, Nightshade, Dreamland

  • Debut Rookie Patch Autographs (headline rookies called out in Topps’ launch copy)

Pack odds for 2025–26: as of these postings, some hobby outlets note odds/checklist can be TBD until Topps posts the official odds sheet for that year’s SKU.

The “chase cards” in plain English

If you’re making a video or buying with intent, the chase tiers look like this:

Tier 1: Monster parallels (hardest “color” hits)

  • Black Light across base/inserts/autos (2023–24 odds show how brutal it is: base Black Light 1:431; some insert Black Lights go 1:2,815).

Tier 2: Big-name autograph sets

  • Stroke of Midnight Autos (plus their parallels)

  • Rookie Horizon Signatures (rookie-driven demand tends to carry these)

Tier 3: SSP inserts

  • After Hours (1:48) and Dream Chasers (1:17) give that “hit feel” without needing Black Light-level luck.

2025–26 mega-chase angle

  • Rookie Patch Autographs (new to Midnight Basketball per Topps launch page).

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