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Manufacturer-issued card straight from the pack — no reprints, no reproductions. Orders ship within one business day, tracked, in a penny sleeve and rigid protection. 30-day returns accepted.

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 Series 2, card #686 — his first flagship Topps card as a Blue Jay.

Market-Informed Pricing

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Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

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

Flagship 2025 Topps, **Series 2** (the back stamp reads 686 over SERIES TWO). This is the **base** card: the white border measures RGB 253.8/253.8/253.5 with a saturation mean of 0.35 — flat and non-metallic — and the only foil element is the standard gold-foil Topps logo that base cards carry. **Not serial numbered**: all four edges of both sides were examined as 75 px native-resolution strips plus 230 px corner crops, and the borders are clean. **No short print tier exists** in flagship Topps, and the front is a standard action photo rather than an image variation. Back code CODE#CMP102662.