The Refractor is one of the most important parallels in the hobby’s history, and Topps invented it. In 1993 Topps introduced the reflective, rainbow-sheen Refractor as part of its super-premium Finest brand, and by this 1995–96 edition — the third year — the Finest Refractor had become a chase staple. They were genuinely hard to pull: Refractors fell roughly one in every twelve packs, so tracking down a specific player across the two 110-card series took real effort, and for most collectors the Jordan Refractor was the one they wanted most. This is card #229, with Jordan rendered on mirrored chromium against the set’s green ‘Shooting Guard’ motif, framed by the deep blue Refractor border — the blue-and-green interplay over the white Bulls jersey is what makes it pop in hand far beyond what any scan shows. The back marks his ‘Finest Moment’ from 1994–95: the 55 points he dropped at Madison Square Garden just after returning from retirement. The reason a clean PSA 10 is so elusive is the card itself: Topps shipped these with a protective peel over a fragile chromium surface, and Finest chrome of this era is notorious for toning or turning green over time as that coating is removed or degrades. Surviving examples with full, untoned, scratch-free color are scarce — of 176 graded across all grades, only 16 have reached PSA 10, an 8.94 percent gem rate. DimeLabs owns one of those 16.