Card Identification Forum

The 2023 Topps Chrome refractor version of the SP variation of the Ezequiel Tovar rookie is not listed on TCDB, so I was wondering if this might be the refractor version I have in hand given the rainbow effect. I see conflicting information on Ebay where a graded version of the card looks like a regular chrome card while another looks like a refractor but it is not noted that way. Aside from the rainbow effect, is there another way to verify its refractor status?

Note from several sites:  All Gimmicks/SP, VARs are Refractors. Looks like they didn't mark it as such, but that should be it.

Thanks! On TCDB, do you think the card should stay as a regular chrome card since it's a default refractor (and thus shouldn't be labeled as such) or should it go in the refractor subset given how it looks?

It's in it's proper location. It's just a design decision Topps made when it did the VARs to help them stand out. It doesn't list Refractor so putting it there would create issues. When I get home I can add a Release Note to the set.

To note, if we change how they are listed it would require a huge overall of many sets over the last few years.

Yep! Understood. Release note sounds like a good option.

This is an excellent idea, I agree. I was in a similar situation recently with a 2019 Bowman Chrome card and it was pointed out to me here that those are done the same with the SP VARs being released in Refractor form only as the base card (and not part of the Refractor parallel insert), so I'll try to remember to update those notes myself when I get a chance.