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And I realize I’ve been saying “variant” when I really mean parallel. Since Fanatics took over Topps it seems to me that Topps has gone the way of bunches of parallels. The first year I started collecting was 2022 and there was such a bigger variety of Topps cards (pre-Fanatics). Sets that don’t exist anymore. But I know it’s because it’s cheaper to make a bunch of cards with the same design and different border colors than producing a whole new card with a different design. Makes me think my collection focus might go to 2022 and earlier where there was such a variety of card designs.