2026 Topps Black and White Baseball Finds Ohtani in the Shadows

Shohei Ohtani is sitting in the dugout, helmet on, looking up past the edge of the card. The bench and his jersey fade into the same dark grays. A strip of Dodger blue at the bottom catches your eye just long enough to send it back to his face. There’s no swing to follow. The whole card hangs on where he’s looking. Topps’ 2026 card preview

When preorders open

2026 Topps Black and White Baseball opens for U.S. preorder Monday, November 16. Topps has posted the date and a notification link. The start time and physical release date are still to come. Topps product page · Topps release calendar

Misiorowski gets the white space

Jacob Misiorowski’s rookie autograph is the other card in the preview. Topps cuts the Brewers pitcher out against white at the top of his leg lift. The gold signature runs up beside him, with room for every loop. The rookie shield and 1/1 sit in the lower right. It’s the card I’d go back to for a second look. Your eye follows the lift of his knee right into the sweep of the signature. Topps’ 2026 card preview

Checklist, boxes and price

Topps has yet to post a 2026 checklist, box lineup, pack counts, autograph guarantees, or preorder price. The preview puts Ohtani and Misiorowski in the set. It leaves open which card family Ohtani belongs to and which box can pull the Misiorowski autograph. Topps product page · Topps checklist index

The 2025 Hobby listing had both numbered color parallels and separate short-print photo variations. That distinction matters for Ohtani’s card. A blue stripe in a preview tells us how the card looks. The 2026 checklist and odds will tell us whether that look marks a parallel, and whether there’s another photograph to chase. Topps’ 2025 Hobby case listing