2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Variations Breakdown and Gallery

There are multiple 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball variations for collectors to chase. Some players appear on the checklist for every variation, while others only make a single appearance.

This article will break down the Etched In Glass, Image, and College Variations, giving collectors a one-stop shop to help figure out what kind of cards they are looking at.

Etched In Glass Variations

Twenty players have been given Etched In Glass Variations, which places a stained-glass window effect behind a player’s image. Odds are tough at 1:372 hobby packs (Jumbo – 1:100), but these cards have a degree of elegance to them that leaves collectors chasing them year after year.

Below is a list of players with a Etched In Glass Variation (you can click on a player’s name to see what’s available on eBay):

BDC-1 Eli Willits, Washington Nationals
BDC-2 Xavier Neyens, Houston Astros
BDC-3 Kade Anderson, Seattle Mariners
BDC-4 Gage Wood, Philadelphia Phillies
BDC-8 JoJo Parker, Toronto Blue Jays
BDC-10 Billy Carlson, Chicago White Sox
BDC-12 Liam Doyle, St. Louis Cardinals
BDC-15 Gavin Fien, Texas Rangers
BDC-16 Ike Irish, Baltimore Orioles
BDC-17 Ethan Conrad, Chicago Cubs
BDC-20 Steele Hall, Cincinnati Reds
BDC-25 Seth Hernandez, Pittsburgh Pirates
BDC-29 Kyson Witherspoon, Boston Red Sox
BDC-30 Jamie Arnold, Athletics
BDC-37 Tyler Bremner, Los Angeles Angels
BDC-40 Gavin Kilen, San Francisco Giants
BDC-70 Tate Southisene, Atlanta Braves
BDC-84 Kayson Cunningham, Arizona Diamondbacks
BDC-96 Charles Davalan, Los Angeles Dodgers
BDC-185 Josh Hammond, Kansas City Royals

College Variations

Some collectors might be wondering why there are college cards mixed in with the top major-league prospects. Well, that’s because 10 players have College Variations, which picture them in collegiate uniforms. These cards have a Refractor finish, but are very easy to spot by the college uniforms and collegiate logos on the front of the cards.

Base versions of these cards are tough to uncover (Hobby – 1:744; Jumbo – 1:199), and these cards also have Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Black (/10), Red (/5), and Superfractor (1/1) Refractor parallels. Below is a list of players with a College Variation (you can click on a player’s name to see what’s available on eBay):

BDC-3 Kade Anderson, LSU
BDC-4 Gage Wood, Arkansas
BDC-12 Liam Doyle, Tennessee
BDC-16 Ike Irish, Auburn
BDC-29 Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
BDC-30 Jamie Arnold, Florida State
BDC-37 Tyler Bremner, UC Santa Barbara
BDC-40 Gavin Kilen, Tennessee
BDC-96 Charles Davalan, Arkansas
BDC-129 Dean Curley, Tennessee

Image Variations

Another tough pull are traditional Image Variations, which showcase a different look at 10 players. There are several ways to identify these cards, so you don’t have to memorize which photos are featured on the variations.

Image Variations Codes and How to Use Them

The codes in the fine print on the card backs can tell you what you have. To check, simply look at the last three digits of the CMP code at the bottom of a card’s flip side. When it comes to Image Variations, the three digits to know are:

Base Refractor – 612

Image Variations – 744

Another Way to Confirm Image Variations

2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Image Variations have a Refractor finish but are not classified as Refractors. Therefore, there is another tell on the backs of the cards for base Image Variations. On base Refractors, Topps spells it out for collectors with the word Refractor in small print in the top center of the card, which you can see below.

That space is blank on variations, so if you have a card with the classic Refractor shine but no Refractor phrasing on the reverse, you probably have an Image Variation.

Image Variations are also tough pulls (Hobby – 1:425; Jumbo – 1:114). Below is a list of players with an Image Variation (you can click on a player’s name to see what’s available on eBay). Continue scrolling for a full gallery of 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Image Variation cards.

BDC-1 Eli Willits, Washington Nationals*
BDC-3 Kade Anderson, Seattle Mariners*
BDC-4 Gage Wood, Philadelphia Phillies
BDC-8 JoJo Parker, Toronto Blue Jays*
BDC-10 Billy Carlson, Chicago White Sox*
BDC-12 Liam Doyle, St. Louis Cardinals
BDC-16 Ike Irish, Baltimore Orioles
BDC-25 Seth Hernandez, Pittsburgh Pirates*
BDC-30 Jamie Arnold, Athletics
BDC-37 Tyler Bremner, Los Angeles Angels