The Best of the Best Are Back: 2025 MLB Showstopper ICONs
The 2025 MLB Showstopper ICONs have officially arrived, and this year’s drop takes everything fans loved about the 2023 edition and dials it up. Bigger names, bolder visuals, and the highest-tier rarity structure in Candy’s ICONs product line. This is where elite talent meets elite design.
The name says it all—Showstoppers.
The 2025 MLB Showstopper ICONs have officially arrived, and this year’s drop takes everything fans loved about the 2023 edition and dials it up. Bigger names, bolder visuals, and the highest-tier rarity structure in Candy’s ICONs product line. This is where elite talent meets elite design.
Only the Elite
2025 MLB Showstopper ICONs returns as the second installment of Candy’s premier high-tier ICONs collection, shining a spotlight on the top 50 players in Major League Baseball. From superstar sluggers to dominant aces, this year’s Showstoppers lineup features the absolute best of the best, including Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Paul Skenes, Bobby Witt Jr., and more.
This premium drop includes only Rare, Epic, and Legendary ICONs, making every pack a high-stakes thrill. Each pack includes three (3) ICONs, and this year’s designs take things to the next level, expanding on the 2023 MLB Showstopper aesthetic with stunning new Blackout, Platinum, and Team Color variant designs for future Hall of Famers like Mike Trout and Juan Soto.
Explore the full Showstopper player checklist HERE.
Design Spotlight: A Raw Look for Baseball’s Elite
Candy’s 2025 MLB Showstoppers is the premier product for the premier players in the game, and this year’s design pulls no punches.
Revisiting the minimalist aesthetic of the 2023 set, the 2025 edition features a rawer, more visceral look. Glitch distortions pulse through the backgrounds while light-leaked foils shine across the edges and foregrounds, giving each ICON a high-impact, cinematic edge. Slow-motion video highlights on the back of each ICON set this collection apart, with Rares showcasing a 3-second clip and Epics/Legendaries extending to 6 seconds. These clips are non-specific to any single play, distinguishing Showstoppers from the Gems line.
Continuing this year are signatures on both Epics and Legendaries, and special variant designs that celebrate Mike Trout’s return and Juan Soto’s new chapter in Queens. Three Variants—Team Color, Blackout, and Platinum—spotlight their jersey numbers and set the tone for a dominant season ahead.
This year’s set includes the Variant Chasers for both Trout and Soto, as well as Full and Partial Set Chasers, giving collectors even more reasons to go all-in.
Drop Details
🗓️ Sale Date: May 8, 2025 at 1 PM ET
💰 Price: $35 per pack
📦 Total Packs: 2,016 (75 held for partners and marketing)
🎴 Rarity Breakdown:
- Rare ICONs: /80
- Epic ICONs: /40
- Legendary ICONs: /1
- Variant Inserts: /30 each
🎲 Pack Odds:
- Rare: 1.98
- Epic: 0.99
- Legendary: 0.02
- Variant Insert: 0.09
🤝 Each pack guarantees at least one Epic or higher
#️⃣ Pack Limit: 7 per transaction
🔀 Random Serial Assignment
🚫 No Cooldown | No Queue
🗓️ Purchase at: https://go.candy.io/25STPacks
🛑 Secondary marketplace for unopened packs will be closed for 1 week (opens May 15 at 1pm ET or when sold out)
✅ Unwrapped ICONs may be sold immediately
Introducing: Showstopper Variant Inserts + Collection Challenges
This year’s drop comes with an added twist: Variant Inserts.
Each pack has a chance to include one of three exclusive Insert variants—Blackout, Platinum, or Team Color—for either Mike Trout or Juan Soto. These inserts are limited to 30 per design, and they’ve been randomly stuffed into packs.
🤝 Partial Set Collection Challenge | Closes: May 22 at 2 PM ET
Collect 25 out of 50 Showstopper ICONs in any rarity to receive a 2025 Showstopper ICONs Chaser featuring Juan Soto.
🐐 Full Set Collection Challenge | Closes: May 29 at 2 PM ET
Collect 50 out of 50 Showstopper ICONs in any rarity to receive a 2025 Showstopper ICONs Chaser featuring Mike Trout.
🤖 Variant Set Collection Challenge | Closes: June 5 at 2 PM ET
Collectors who own ALL THREE Showstopper Variant ICONs of either player by the snapshot on June 5 at 2 PM ET will receive a premium chaser reward, airdropped directly into their account.
Collectors may list and trade these inserts on the Candy secondary marketplace throughout the challenge window, so plan your chase accordingly.
The Show Must Go On
From game-changing talent to collection-defining designs, 2025 MLB Showstopper ICONs is the ultimate showcase of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars. With Rares, Epics, Legendaries—and now, limited-variant Inserts—this drop is one for the books.
Lock in your packs. Chase the variants. And show the rest of the league what your collection is made of.