The Dallas Mavericks are putting a major package on the table for the most sought-after card in the 2026 Topps Chrome Updates Basketball set: Cooper Flagg’s NBA Debut Patch autographed card.
That card, officially released Thursday, is a one-of-one and carries the Debut Patch Flagg wore on his jersey in his first NBA regular-season game on Oct. 22, 2025, against the San Antonio Spurs. It has already become one of the sport card market’s biggest targets, drawing several public bounty offers worth more than $1 million.
Dallas’ offer is loaded. In exchange for the card, the Mavericks are promising two season tickets for 32 years in the premium lower level, a Flagg signed game-worn rookie jersey, a postgame photo with Flagg, a private photoshoot with the NBA Rookie of the Year trophy and Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, a VIP tour of the Mavericks’ practice facility with a team meet-and-greet, a private basketball experience for up to 10 guests at American Airlines Center, and a road trip to see the Mavs face the Boston Celtics with airfare, hotel and game tickets included.
“WANTED: THE ONE OF ONE.
The Cooper Flagg Rookie Debut Patch Autograph Card is officially out there.
If you have it, we want it. Claim the bounty.
Good luck! #MFFL”
Flagg showed off the freshly signed card at Fanatics Fest in New York last month, and he admitted the signing felt a little different from the usual stack of autographs.
“I was a little nervous,” Flagg said. “I’ve signed a lot of cards, but that one was a little nerve-wracking.”
Topps introduced the Debut Patch program in partnership with Major League Baseball in 2023. Under the setup, players in leagues with Topps licensing deals wear a version of the patch in their first game appearance, and that patch later becomes part of a one-of-one card pulled from a pack.
The biggest Debut Patch sale so far belongs to Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, whose card brought in $1.11 million at auction. That one also came with a high-profile bounty offer from the Pirates in November 2024.
An 11-year-old boy in California pulled the card on Christmas Day 2025, and his family chose to sell it rather than take the Pirates’ package. Dick’s Sporting Goods ended up winning the auction and displayed the card in one of its Pittsburgh-area stores.
The Flagg card may be positioned to top that mark. Last week, a recently released Shohei Ohtani card sold for $11 million after multiple high-value bounty offers, and Flagg’s card already has public offers above the Skenes total.
The 2026 Topps Chrome Updates Basketball set includes 98 other NBA Debut Patch players, making it the first NBA release to feature the cards. All of those cards are signed except for six players - VJ Edgecombe, Tre Johnson, Carter Bryant, Hugo Gonzalez, Jeremiah Fears and Rocco Zikarsky - because of separate autograph rights deals.
The other major chase in the set is Dylan Harper’s Debut Patch card, which sports card collector and business owner Jared Bleznick put a $1 million bounty on while sitting next to Harper during an eBay Live broadcast at the National Sports Collectors Convention last week.
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