2022-23 Optic

• G-001 beckett.com/news returned HTTP 403 and could not be fetched directly; Beckett data was obtained only via a PressReader reprint of Beckett Basketball (July 2023). Beckett's own checklist page remains unverified.
• G-002 Channel/configuration is undocumented for 13 base parallels: Holo, Purple, Green Shock, Red Wave, Red Sparkle, White Sparkle, Blue Sparkle #/180, Red & Gold Wave #/99, Gold Sparkle #/24, Gold Wave #/10, Green Sparkle #/8, Lucky Envelopes #/8, Black 1/1. Recorded as UNKNOWN rather than guessed. [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.]
• G-003 cardboardconnection lists a Premium Box Set #/249 parallel of the base set, but its own Premium Box Set product page states that parallel is exclusive to the separate 2022-23 Donruss Optic Premium Box Set product. Excluded from parallels.csv; needs resolution on whether it belongs to this release.
• G-004 Basketball parallel channel: PressReader/Beckett lists it under Hobby-exclusive parallels, but DA Card World mega-box descriptions and general Optic precedent associate Basketball-pattern parallels with retail. Single-source; recorded as hobby. [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.]
• G-005 Hobby-exclusive designation for Orange #/199, Lime Green #/149, Red #/99, Pink Velocity #/79, Blue #/49, Gold #/10, Green #/5 and Gold Vinyl 1/1 comes from a single source (PressReader reprint of Beckett Basketball). cardboardconnection explicitly confirms hobby-only status only for Photon and Black Velocity #/39.
• G-006 Insert sets Optical Illusions (5), Splash! (15) and T-Minus 3...2...1... (15) are single-source (cardboardconnection only); checklistcenter and cardsmithsbreaks do not list them. Possible confusion with the Premium Box Set companion product. [REVIEWED 2026-09-03: tcdb.com independently confirms all three sets under the 2022-23 Donruss Optic parent (Optical Illusions sid 365854 = 5 cards, Splash! sid 365919 = 15, T-Minus 3...2...1... sid 365952 = 15), each matching sets.csv; card-level checklists now written to insert_cards.csv. No longer single-source.]
• G-007 Autograph sets Retro Series Signatures Choice (20) and Rookie Optics Autographs Choice (30) are single-source (cardboardconnection only). [REVIEWED 2026-09-03: tcdb.com independently confirms both sets under the 2022-23 Donruss Optic parent (Retro Series Signatures Choice sid 365897 = 20 cards, Rookie Optics Autographs Choice sid 365906 = 30), each matching sets.csv; card-level checklists now written to insert_cards.csv. No longer single-source.]
• G-008 cardboardconnection lists Base Rated Rookie Signatures Premium Box Set (25 cards); its Premium Box Set product page attributes these (Scope Rated Rookie Signatures #/10, 25 cards) to the separate Premium Box Set product. Excluded from sets.csv.
• G-009 Hobby release date 2023-05-10 is single-source (cardboardconnection); no second source confirmed the exact date.
• G-010 checklistcenter.com states the base set is 200 cards, disagreeing with cardboardconnection, gogts.net, cardsmithsbreaks and Beckett/PressReader, which all give 250 (200 base + 50 Rated Rookies). Resolved in favor of 250; checklistcenter appears to count only the veteran portion.
• G-011 An initial broad cardboardconnection fetch returned card 61 as Nikola Vucevic (duplicating card 60), an off-by-one artifact. Corrected to Austin Rivers (Minnesota Timberwolves) after narrow re-fetch and cardsmithsbreaks confirmation. Card 61 should be re-verified against a printed checklist.
• G-012 Fast Break parallels are recorded with channel 'retail' (Fast Break retail boxes); the spec's dedicated Fast Break channel value does not exist, and no source specifies the exact retail outlet for Fast Break configurations. [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-17: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: still open; 7 of 44 parallels lack a sourced channel.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.] [REVIEWED 2026-08-19: count is now 142 of 179 - the channel pass resolved -135 of these with cited evidence. Gap remains open for the rest.]
• G-013 Card-level checklists for inserts and autographs were not collected (out of scope per spec); counts only. Several auto 'Choice' and 'Green Wave' entries may be parallels of a parent auto set rather than distinct sets. [REVIEWED 2026-09-03: card-level insert/autograph checklists have now been collected for all 27 non-base sets and written to insert_cards.csv (792 rows). The 'Choice' and 'Green Wave' classification question in this gap is unresolved: tcdb.com files Opti-Graphs Choice/Green Wave, Retro Series Signatures Choice/Green Wave and Rookie Optics Autographs Choice/Green Wave as parallels under their parent auto set in Inserts.cfm, while sets.csv carries them as distinct sets. This pass wrote them as sets, matching sets.csv byte for byte, and did not alter the classification.]
• G-014 tcdb.com and checklistinsider.com had no usable 2022-23 Donruss Optic Basketball page (checklistinsider 404; tcdb not fetched), so no third independent confirmation of the full parallel list was obtained.
• G-015 Per-set parallel-tier repair pass (2026-08-27): tcdb.com's Inserts.cfm shows no further suffixed colour tiers under "Opti-Graphs Green Wave", "Retro Series Signatures Green Wave" or "Rookie Optics Autographs Green Wave" (each is itself the last suffix under its parent family), so none of the three could get a parallel-tier note; 24 of 27 non-base sets were annotated.
• G-016 Opti-Graphs family - Luka Doncic withheld from all three sets. The base page (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365862/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Opti-Graphs) renders the anomalous one-letter code 'OG-L' for him (confirmed in that row's own page-derived ViewCard href, https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/365862/cid/22124133/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Opti-Graphs-OG-L-Luka-Doncic), while every other row in the set carries a three-letter suffix and all three other pages in the family - Gold (sid 365865), Choice (sid 365863) and Green Wave (sid 365867) - render the literal string 'TBD' in his card-number column. Neither value is writable, so the row is withheld from Opti-Graphs, Opti-Graphs Choice and Opti-Graphs Green Wave. Withheld player: Luka Doncic. Counts written: 25 of 26, 49 of 50, 47 of 48.
• G-017 Dominators Signatures - Andre Drummond withheld. All three tcdb pages for this set (base sid 365821, Gold sid 365822, Gold Vinyl sid 365823) render his card number as 'RDS-PBW'. RDS- is the prefix of a different set in this release (Rookie Dominators Signatures) and the suffix PBW matches no player in either set, so this is a cross-set data-entry error rather than a printed code. Writing it would create a contaminated identifier, so the row is withheld. Withheld player: Andre Drummond. 35 of 36 rows written. (He does appear legitimately in Signature Series as SS-ADR.)
• G-018 Dominators Signatures - card_number conflict on Derek Harper, written but flagged. The set's own page and that row's own ViewCard href both read 'DS-DHP' (https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/365821/cid/21521464/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Dominators-Signatures-DS-DHP-Derek-Harper), while both parallel pages, Gold (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365822/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Dominators-Signatures-Gold) and Gold Vinyl (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365823/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Dominators-Signatures-Gold-Vinyl), read 'DS-DHA' for the same player. Written verbatim as DS-DHP from the set's own page and flagged in that row's notes; no independent source was reachable to adjudicate.
• G-019 Fast Break Signatures - two cards withheld as bare ordinals. The Gold parallel page (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365834/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Fast-Break-Signatures-Gold and its Gallery ?PageIndex=8) renders '60' for AJ Griffin and '83' for Patrick Baldwin Jr. in a column where all 98 other rows carry FBS- letter codes - the mixed real-code/bare-ordinal pattern, so the ordinals are placeholders. Neither player appears at all on the 82-row base page. 98 of the 100 cards in sets.csv are written. Withheld players: AJ Griffin, Patrick Baldwin Jr.
• G-020 Signature Series - 98 of the 100 cards in sets.csv resolved; the 2 missing cards could not be identified. tcdb renders 98 rows on the base page (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365911/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Signature-Series , indices 75-98 via Gallery ?PageIndex=8-10) and its header also states 98. The parallel-page test does not recover them: Gold (sid 365915), Black (sid 365912) and Holo (sid 365918) all state 98 as well. Either tcdb is missing two cards across the whole family or sets.csv's count of 100 is high. Not resolvable from the sources reachable on this run.
• G-021 Base Rated Rookie Signatures - the spec's mandatory marketplace-listing check on a NUMERIC autograph set could not be performed. The 50 rows are written as 201-250 on the strength of three independently-entered tcdb pages (base sid 365885, Gold sid 365890, Purple Stars sid 365895), a page-derived ViewCard href reading '...-Rated-Rookies-Signatures-221-Paolo-Banchero', and the fact that 201-250 cannot be a tcdb row-index placeholder for a 50-row set. NO seller listing title was obtainable: ebay.com/sch (three URL shapes - two returned the all-categories page, one returned unrelated Snap-on tool listings), comc.com (403), goldin.co (JavaScript-only shell), fanaticscollect.com (404), 130point.com (403), marketplace.beckett.com (403), sportlots.com (server template error), psacard.com/pop (login redirect), steelcitycollectibles.com and dacardworld.com (robots-disallowed), sportscardspro.com and pricecharting.com (do not carry this release), and duckduckgo/bing/mojeek (blocked); the session's WebSearch budget was already exhausted. A later pass should confirm one card against a seller title. CONTRADICTION WITH ORCHESTRATOR GUIDANCE, recorded deliberately: this pass was told Optic's Rated Rookies Signatures is the 151-200 base block rather than Donruss's 201-250. That is true of the Optic seasons whose base run stopped at 200 and is FALSE for 2022-23: release.csv gives this release a 250-card base run with 201-250 as the Rated Rookies, base_cards.csv 151-200 are 50 veterans all carrying rookie_flag=no (151 Tyler Herro, 175 Spencer Dinwiddie, 200 Dillon Brooks), and all three tcdb pages render 201-250 against exactly the 50 players at base_cards.csv 201-250. Writing 151-200 here would have been an unsourced carry from a sibling season.
• G-022 Three autograph sets have base tcdb pages SHORTER than sets.csv, and the missing cards were recovered from a Gold parallel page rather than withheld: Fast Break Signatures (base 82, Gold 100, Black 100, sets.csv 100 - 16 coded rows recovered), Rookie Dominators Signatures (base 36, Gold 38, Gold Vinyl 38, sets.csv 38 - RDS-IMB Isaiah Mobley and RDS-PYW Payton Willis recovered) and The Elite Series Signatures (base 15, Gold 16, Gold Vinyl 16, sets.csv 16 - ESS-JVL Jonas Valanciunas recovered). This is the opposite reading from earlier Optic seasons, where larger colour tiers were treated as genuine parallel-scope differences and withheld; here every colour tier agrees with every other AND with sets.csv while only the base page is short, which is the incomplete-base-page case. The discriminator was sets.csv itself: it was built without tcdb (see G-014, 'tcdb not fetched'), so it is an independent source, and its counts of 100/38/16 agree with the parallel pages against the base pages. Under the parallel-scope hypothesis sets.csv would read 82/36/15. Note the Signature Series family behaves the OPPOSITE way on this release - base, Gold, Black and Holo all render 98 - so 'Optic colour tiers are larger checklists' is not a property of this season. Recorded so the judgement is auditable and reversible.
• G-023 tcdb sid-gap probing left incomplete - the run hit its WebFetch session limit. Inserts.cfm for sid 354999 listed 169 sids in two blocks (365599-365613 and 365712-365967) and every one of the 27 sets in sets.csv was confirmed by its own ViewSet.cfm heading. Probes showed 365600 = '2021 Topps Chrome - Aces' and 365968 = '2022-23 Topps FC Barcelona Fan Set - Electro', i.e. foreign products, so the block boundaries look right. But sid 365624 resolves to '2022-23 Donruss Optic - Basketball' (250 cards, the Basketball base parallel) and was NOT in the Inserts.cfm listing, proving the listing omits real Optic sids. The two large interior gaps 365614-365711 and 365723-365820 were therefore never swept and may contain uncatalogued Optic subsets. Also unprobed: 365603, 365605, 365611, 365969+.
• G-024 Duplicate card_number written verbatim and flagged: Fast Break Signatures prints 'FBS-JLW' on two different players, Jalen Williams and Jaylin Williams, on the same tcdb page (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/365832/2022-23-Donruss-Optic-Fast-Break-Signatures) and again on the Gold page. Two players, not four, so this is a genuine initials collision rather than a data-entry smear; both rows are written. Note the same two players get distinct codes in other sets in this release (RDS-JLW / RDS-JYW; SS-JLW / SS-JYW), which is why (set_name, card_number, player_name) is the only safe key.
• G-025 Rookie Optics Autographs - roster anomaly written as printed. 'ROA-VLA Vlatko Cancar' appears on all three pages of this family (base sid 365905, Choice sid 365906, Green Wave sid 365910), but Cancar debuted in 2019-20 and is not a 2022-23 rookie. The row is written because it is what all three sources print and it is not a temporal impossibility, but a printed-card confirmation would be worth having.

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