2021 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Musiala Checklist: Card #81 & Its Refractor Rainbow

If you’re trying to buy the 2021 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Jamal Musiala — his flagship rookie-era Champions League chrome — the first thing you need is the one fact every listing hinges on: it’s card #81. This page is the per-set index for that single card: the confirmed number, the refractor rainbow tier by tier, how to tell each finish apart, and live eBay lanes for the base and its parallels.

This is the set-specific companion to the master Musiala card index (which lists every set and number) and the full parallels & refractors explainer (which walks the rainbow across all his chrome and Prizm issues). It’s the Champions League sibling of the #84 Topps Chrome Bundesliga checklist. Here we zoom in on #81 alone. For the collecting context — why the Topps UEFA program is the home for his club and Champions League cards — see the set review.

We won’t invent print runs or colors we can’t verify. What’s confirmed is stated plainly; where the hobby varies release to release, we say so and point you to the actual card and current listings.

The one number that matters: #81

Musiala is card #81 in 2021 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League. That number is printed on the back of the card and is the same across the entire parallel rainbow — the plain base and every refractor built from it all carry #81. When you search, pair the set with the number (Musiala 2021 Topps Chrome Champions League 81) and you cut through almost all the ambiguity, because the same player appears in a dozen other sets under completely different numbers (he’s #82 in Topps Finest, #84 in the 2021-22 Chrome Bundesliga, #50 in Panini Prizm World Cup, and so on — the master index has the full list).

Two logistics quirks are worth knowing here specifically. First, the Champions League program has been rebranded over the years (from “UEFA Champions League” toward “UEFA Club Competitions” as the scope widened), so listings for his early chrome may carry either name — the set review explains the family. Second, a flagship set and its Chrome counterpart from the same program often carry the same card number, so #81 identifies his card within this chrome release; the finish is what separates the versions.

The refractor rainbow, tier by tier

Topps Chrome sets are built as a refractor rainbow: a base chrome card at the bottom, then a ladder of colored and numbered refractor parallels climbing above it, each scarcer than the last. Every rung is still card #81 — only the finish and any serial number change. The UEFA Chrome program runs its own colored and numbered ladder that differs from the Bundesliga configuration and shifts release to release, so treat the rows below as the shape of the rainbow and how to identify each finish — not a fixed serial list we’re asserting for this set.

The reliable, verifiable facts are the finishes and how to identify them — a flat base, a full-rainbow Refractor, colored tints, serial-numbered tiers, and the 1/1 SuperFractor. The exact serial ladder (which colors exist and at what print runs) is where Topps Chrome UEFA configurations differ year to year, so we don’t pin those numbers for you here — the parallels & refractors explainer walks the general ladder in full, and the eBay lanes at the bottom show which finishes are actually trading right now.

Autographs and signed cards

Topps Chrome UEFA products include autograph subsets in the right configurations, and a signed Musiala from this family is a separate, far scarcer chase than any base parallel — verify the specific signed card and its authentication on the listing rather than assuming one exists at a given tier. The signed / autographs lane below surfaces whatever certified copies are live. Before paying a real price for any signed or high-tier chrome, read the authentication section of our collecting Musiala cards guide — chrome and autos are the two most-faked corners of the hobby.

Buying #81 without overpaying

• Base copies: raw from a reputable seller is fine at the low end. Check centering first — it’s the most common grade-killer on chrome — then corners and surface. Our free centering tool helps you eyeball a copy before you commit.
• Refractors and numbered tiers: for anything at a serious price point, buy it graded (PSA, SGC, or BGS). A slab protects both condition and authenticity, and chrome is a common counterfeit target. The grading ROI calculator tells you whether grading a raw copy is worth the fee.
• Always check recent solds on eBay for the exact finish before you pay — a base #81, a numbered refractor, and a 1/1 are very different cards under the same number.

The what is a Musiala card worth breakdown explains how type and grade drive price, and the collecting Musiala cards guide covers grading and storage end to end.

Where to go next

• Master Musiala card index — every set and card number in one place
• 2021-22 Topps Chrome Bundesliga #84 checklist — the Bundesliga sibling of this page
• 2020-21 Topps Finest Bundesliga #82 checklist — his premium-rookie sibling card
• Musiala parallels & refractors explained — the full rainbow across all his chrome and Prizm issues
• 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions #42 checklist — the same program four seasons later, once he was a prime-years star
• Topps UEFA Champions League set review — the collecting context for this program
• Jamal Musiala rookie cards — every rookie-era set family, with live listings
• Musiala cards year by year · the full Musiala hub · Bayern Munich collecting

Every version of #81 is a card people buy on eBay, not Amazon — the lanes below open live listings by tier so you can match the number to a real, current card.