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2025 Topps Archives · #223 · Base · Toronto Blue Jays
You are buying the exact card pictured — Max Scherzer's base card from 2025 Topps Archives, card #223, on the 2005 Topps design.
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Why This Card Matters
Max Scherzer is a **three-time Cy Young Award winner (2013 with Detroit, 2016 and 2017 with Washington)**, a **two-time World Series champion (2019 and 2023)** and the author of **two no-hitters in 2015**. On **June 10, 2026 at Rogers Centre he struck out Kyle Schwarber for career strikeout number 3,500** — the 11th pitcher in major-league history to get there — and he sits at **222 wins and 3,507 strikeouts with a 3.27 ERA**. He also **started World Series Game 7 for Toronto in 2025**, his second winner-take-all Game 7 start, something no other living pitcher has done. This is his base card in 2025 Topps Archives, printed on the **2005 Topps design** — the year before Scherzer himself was drafted 11th overall by Arizona in 2006.
| Player | Max Scherzer |
| Set | 2025 Topps Archives |
| Subset / Insert | 2005 Topps Design |
| Card Number | #223 |
| Serial Number | Not serial numbered |
| Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Attributes | Parallel: Base, Subset: 2005 Topps Design, Raw / ungraded |
| Condition | Raw / ungraded. Near Mint or better unless noted. Please review the front and back scans — they show the exact card you will receive, including centering, corners, edges and surface. **Left-to-right centering is measurable** against the symmetric frame: **about 56/44**. **Vertical centering genuinely cannot be measured and I am not going to estimate it** — the 2005 design is intentionally asymmetric top to bottom (the SCHERZER nameplate band occupies the upper white area, putting the frame roughly 250 px from the top against 75-99 px from the bottom) and the frame has a stepped notch at top and bottom centre. Converting that into a percentage would be inventing a number. All four corners are sharp, square and clean white. Edges are clean. The surface is clean with no scratches and the gold foil in the bottom bar fully intact. |
| Sport | Baseball |
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Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.
Set & Parallel Note
Topps Archives rebuilds current players on retired Topps designs. Cards **#201-300 use the 2005 Topps layout**, with the year updated to 2025 in the bottom bar — this card sits in that block. This is the **base** card on plain white-bordered cardstock. Every 2025 Archives base parallel is **foilboard** — Pink, Black, Rainbow /149, Green /99, Aqua Scope /75, Red Hot /50, Blue /25, Orange Hot /15 and FoilFractor 1/1 — and none is present here. The gold 2025 and Topps logo in the bottom black bar are the standard base foil for the 2005 design, not a parallel marker. **Not serial numbered**, all four edges of both sides checked. **No short print tier:** Archives base runs #1-300, and the scarce cards are Image and Design Variations at roughly 1:291 — this is the standard base image. Back code CODE#CMP108436.
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