2026 Topps Midnight Football Releases November 13. Here's What's in a Box, Where to Find Breaks, and Which Team Spots Carry the Chase

Topps' black Chrome football set is out November 13. We walked through the official box, the checklist and parallels, which teams have the deepest autograph lists, and the breaks already posted on Fanatics Live and Whatnot

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November 12, 2026
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2026 Topps Midnight Football release day guide

2026 Topps Midnight Football releases Friday, November 13, 2026. Topps' product page lists it as available at 12 p.m. ET. Topps describes it as bringing Midnight's after-hours black Chrome look back to football, with a 100-card base set, three short-print inserts and a long list of autograph and autograph-relic sets. This post walks through the official box, the published checklist, what Topps has and has not said about odds and parallels, and which team spots carry the chase. After that comes a guide to the breaks already posted on Fanatics Live and Whatnot, by format. The set page on CardBreakCalculator has the full checklist and team lists. Our November 9 post, Three Autographs, 32 Teams, covers the one-box math in more detail.

Release date and time

  • Hobby: November 13, 2026, 12 p.m. ET, according to Topps' product page. Topps' Hobby box pre-order listing is an EQL draw, free to enter, one entry per person, with a maximum of four boxes per customer.
  • Instant Packs: November 13, 4 p.m. ET, on Fanatics Collect, according to Topps' Instant Packs guide. More on those below.

Release dates and times can move, so check Topps' page on the day.

What's in a Hobby box, and the other box types

Hobby. Topps' pre-order listing says a Hobby box is one pack of seven cards, with three Chrome autographs per box. The same listing showed a price of US$539.99. That is Topps' own pre-order price; what a breaker paid for its boxes can be different, and this post does not estimate it.

Because a box is a single seven-card pack, three of the seven cards are autographs. In a one-box team break, at most three of the 32 teams can get an autograph from that box. That is arithmetic from the box contents, not odds.

Cases. The odds sheet, as transcribed by Checklist Insider on November 12, lists eight boxes in a Hobby case. Breakers on Fanatics Live list a Hobby case the same way ("Hobby 8-Box Case"), and one listing describes a full case as "8 boxes, 24 autos," which matches eight boxes times three autographs.

First Day Issue. First Day Issue was a separate box type, sold through a Dutch-auction pre-order that opened October 9 at noon ET. Topps' landing page at the time described it as one seven-card pack with three autographs and two parallels. It is not the Hobby box, and this post's box math is about Hobby.

Instant Packs. These are digital rips of real, scanned physical cards on Fanatics Collect. According to Topps' guide, each pack has three cards, including one guaranteed autograph, with a limit of three packs per collector per day, for U.S. collectors only. Instant Packs add an exclusive Hourglass parallel numbered to /48 that does not appear in the physical release. Topps notes that Instant Packs are not a break.

The checklist

The official checklist has 20 sections and 636 physical cards. Fifteen Constellations cards each show two players, so the list has 651 player entries in all, covering 184 players.

  • Base: a 100-card base set. Topps' collector guide calls out rookies Carnell Tate, Jeremiyah Love, Ty Simpson and Carson Beck, along with Josh Allen, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb.
  • Inserts: 200 cards in eight sections: Celestial Roots (25), Constellations (15 dual-player cards), Dream Land (25), Earthshine (25), Insomnia (30), Night Night (25), Nightball (30) and Twilight (25). Topps names Twilight, Night Night and Celestial Roots as short prints, and says the short prints come in a base version and a Black Light 1/1.
  • Autographs: 336 cards in 11 sections, from 155 signers. Seventy-eight of them also carry a relic piece.

Nightball returns from 2024 with 30 of the league's top playmakers, including Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Bijan Robinson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Malik Nabers and Travis Hunter, according to the collector guide.

Autographs and autograph relics

Here is the autograph program, with counts from the official checklist:

SectionCardsNotes
Base Cards Autographs75Autographed versions of base cards
Countdown Calligraphy36Mostly retired names, from Drew Brees, Michael Vick and Marshawn Lynch to Jason Witten and Warren Moon
Rookie Horizon Signatures35Horizontal rookie autographs
Rookie Jersey Autographs31Rookie autograph with a jersey piece
Dark Matter Autographs30Football debut; current stars and Hall of Famers
Midnight Oil Marks28Football debut; draft-class rookies
Moonlit Materials Signatures24Football debut; rookie autograph relics
REM Relic Autographs23Rookie autograph with two swatch windows
Tenebrous Traces20Rookie autographs
Horizon Signatures19Young stars
Stroke of Midnight Autographs15Veterans and legends

A few of the lines Topps is putting out front:

  • Stroke of Midnight Autographs is the shortest list, 15 signers: Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway, Tony Romo, Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts, Matthew Stafford, George Kittle, Bo Nix, Jaxson Dart, George Pickens, James Cook, Sam Darnold and Julian Edelman.
  • Dark Matter Autographs has 30 names, including Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Troy Aikman, Adrian Peterson, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Malik Nabers and Brock Bowers.
  • Midnight Oil Marks, Moonlit Materials Signatures and REM Relic Autographs are the rookie autograph and autograph-relic lines. The collector guide names Fernando Mendoza, Caleb Downs, Jordyn Tyson, Sonny Styles, Kenyon Sadiq and Carnell Tate on Midnight Oil Marks, and Ja'Kobi Lane, Jadarian Price, Jordyn Tyson, KC Concepcion and Malachi Fields on REM.
  • Horizon Signatures has 19 young stars, including Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Bo Nix, Ashton Jeanty, Rashee Rice and De'Von Achane.

The rookies with the most autograph cards are Fernando Mendoza (seven autograph cards across seven sections), then Jeremiyah Love, Carnell Tate, Jordyn Tyson, Caleb Downs, Makai Lemon, Ty Simpson, Carson Beck, Drew Allar and several others with six each. Mendoza has 14 cards on the checklist in all, the most of any player.

Parallels and 1-of-1s

The odds sheet, as transcribed by Checklist Insider on November 12, gives the base parallels as Zodiac and Moon Beam (not numbered), then Morning /125, Twilight /99, Dusk /75, Summer Solstice /50, Winter Solstice /35, Moonrise /25, Equinox /20, Midnight /12, Daybreak /5 and Witching Hour /3. The insert and autograph sets carry most of the same tiers, down to a Black Light 1/1. First Day Issue boxes add a Molten Mercury parallel, and the Instant Packs-only Hourglass parallel is numbered to /48.

Official odds

The pack odds for Hobby, First Day Issue and Instant Packs came out on November 12. We read them in Checklist Insider's transcription, because Topps' odds PDF could not be opened from our tools; check Topps' odds page for the official sheet. A Hobby box is one pack, so each Hobby rate below is also the rate per box. These are the rates for each section's base version, not its parallels:

SectionHobby odds
Rookie Horizon Signatures1:2
Base Cards Autographs1:3
Countdown Calligraphy1:12
Tenebrous Traces1:12
Midnight Oil Marks1:13
Rookie Jersey Autographs1:16
Moonlit Materials Signatures1:21
REM Relic Autographs1:21
Dark Matter Autographs1:77
Horizon Signatures1:91
Stroke of Midnight Autographs1:569
Celestial Roots, Dream Land, Night Night, Twilight (each)1:32

At 1:32 and eight boxes a case, each of those four short-print inserts turns up about once every four cases. A few of the numbered autograph parallel rates, Stroke of Midnight's most of all, imply fewer copies than their print runs, so treat the transcription as something to check against Topps' sheet. The team counts below are checklist counts, not odds.

Which team spots carry the chase

In a team break, your spot gets the cards of your team. The checklist does not give every team the same number of cards. The figures below are card counts from Topps' official checklist, as listed on our Teams tab, read November 12, 2026. Cards printed with an older franchise name, such as the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers, are counted with the team that franchise became. These are not odds, and they are not a return promise.

The deepest autograph lists:

  • Browns: 23 autograph cards, 9 of them autograph relics, the most of any team. Rookies Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion have six autograph cards each, and Taylen Green has five.
  • Titans: 19 autograph cards. Carnell Tate has six, Nick Singleton five, and Cam Ward is on Dark Matter and Horizon Signatures.
  • Cowboys: 17, including Caleb Downs (six), plus Tony Romo, Dak Prescott and George Pickens on Stroke of Midnight.
  • Jets: 17, led by rookies Cade Klubnik (six) and Kenyon Sadiq.
  • Chiefs, Eagles and Steelers: 16 each. Garrett Nussmeier, Makai Lemon, Drew Allar and Germie Bernard each have six.
  • 49ers follow with 15, then the Raiders, Cardinals, Broncos and Rams with 14 each.

A team's count is not the whole story. The Raiders' 14 include seven Fernando Mendoza autographs. The Cardinals' 14 include six each for Jeremiyah Love and Carson Beck. The Patriots have eight autograph cards and no rookie cards, but those eight include Tom Brady on Stroke of Midnight, plus Drake Maye. Brady's Dark Matter autograph is printed with the Buccaneers, so it counts for Tampa Bay.

The shortest lists: the Packers and Texans have one autograph card each on the whole checklist (Brandon Cisse on Rookie Horizon Signatures, and Andre Johnson on Countdown Calligraphy). The Jaguars have two, and the Falcons and Dolphins have four each.

Out of 336 autograph cards, the Browns' 23 are about 7%, and the Packers' one is about 0.3%. Topps hasn't said how often each autograph section turns up, so a team whose autographs sit in rarer sections can land fewer than its count suggests. Look up your team's list on the set page before you buy a spot.

What to ask before you buy a spot

  • How many boxes, and which box type? Three autographs per Hobby box is Topps' guarantee. A First Day Issue box or an Instant Pack is a different product.
  • How are older team names and dual cards assigned? Ask how the break handles a card printed with the Houston Oilers or San Diego Chargers, and the two-player Constellations cards. The printed team on a card is not always a player's current team.
  • What happens to bonus boxes or bounties? Some listings add bonus boxes randomed to spots, or bounties for certain cards. Read the listing's rules before you buy.

Where to find 2026 Topps Midnight Football breaks

This is a snapshot of Fanatics Live shows from about 9 a.m. ET on November 12, 2026, plus Whatnot links shared for this post. We found Midnight spot prices posted in 19 Fanatics Live shows, 2,103 spots in all. Fanatics Live does not label a time zone on the page; start times below are assumed Eastern. Shows marked "Live now" were live at the snapshot. Prices are asking prices on Fanatics Live at the time of the snapshot, not sales, and the ranges cover only spots still open then. Spots and prices change fast, so check the show before you buy. Personal box sales and $1-start auctions without posted spot prices are left out of the price ranges.

Random team breaks

If you are rolling a random team, use CardBreakCalculator and its Teams tab to see the spread of team autograph counts, from 23 down to one, so you know what you might land.

Random player breaks

We did not find a random-player Midnight break with posted spots on Fanatics Live in the snapshot. Both of Tombstone Rips' 10-case pick-your-player breaks, listed below, add three Midnight Hobby boxes randomed to players in the break.

If you are rolling a random player, check the players page on CardBreakCalculator to see which players have the most autograph cards.

Pick your team

Full-case and smaller pick-your-team breaks. Multi-case team breaks are under Case breaks.

Thursday, November 12:

Friday, November 13, release day:

Also listed, with no breaks posted at the snapshot: Neighborhood Card Shop — 2026 TOPPS MIDNIGHT FOOTBALL PYT AND FLAGSHIP BASKETBALL W/JDAWG.

If you are picking a team, check that team's autograph count on the Teams tab of CardBreakCalculator before you buy.

Pick your player

All of these are multi-case player breaks.

On Whatnot:

Whatnot shows the time in your browser's time zone; the times above are Eastern. We will add more Whatnot links to this post as we find them.

If you are picking a player, look up that player's cards on the players page of CardBreakCalculator, where Fernando Mendoza leads with 14 cards.

Case breaks

Multi-case pick-your-team breaks:

  • East West Sports Cards — EW NFL 2026 MIDNIGHT NFL PREFILL DAY !! — Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m. ET, for 11/13. Three team breaks: a 10-case (80 Hobby box) pick-your-team, asking prices $450–$3,250; a triple-case (24 box), $105–$1,785; and a double-case (16 box), $70–$1,190.
  • Deep Fried Breaks — 2026 TOPPS MIDNIGHT FOOTBALL RELEASE! 9 CASES! — Fri, Nov 13, 9:15 a.m. ET. A dual-case (16 box) pick-your-team. Asking prices $55–$955.
  • ODeezy Sports Cards — Midnight Football Release Day! — Fri, Nov 13, 7:45 p.m. ET. A dual-case (16 box) pick-your-team. Asking prices $99–$975.

The four- to 10-case player breaks above are case breaks too. At three autographs per Hobby box, an eight-box case as breakers list it holds 24 autographs, and a 10-case break 240, spread across the whole checklist. Use CardBreakCalculator to see the checklist, and the Teams or players pages for the spots in the break.

Mixers

We did not find a break that mixes Midnight boxes with other products in the snapshot. A few shows run Midnight alongside other products in the same stream, in separate breaks:

  • Vita Breaks and Tombstone Rips run Inception Football breaks in the same shows as their Midnight player breaks, listed above.
  • Badger Breaks runs an Inception Football player break and a 12-box NFL mixer in the same show as its Midnight player break.
  • Rizo Sports lists Inception personals alongside its Midnight half-case team breaks.
  • Hit Seekers Sports Cards runs a Museum baseball case break in the same show as its Midnight presale.

If you are in a mixer, CardBreakCalculator's set page covers only the Midnight part of the break, so check the other products' checklists too.

Questions for you

  • If you are buying a team spot on release day, are you going after the deepest autograph lists, the Browns, Titans and Cowboys, or a team with one rookie you want, such as the Raiders for Mendoza or the Cardinals for Love?
  • Do you prefer a single-case team break, or a 10-case break where your team gets every card from 80 boxes?
  • Which card are you actually hoping lands: a Stroke of Midnight autograph, a Dark Matter Hall of Famer, a rookie REM relic auto or a Black Light 1/1?

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