Description
Series 1 sports the first 250 cards of the 2024-25 Upper Deck Base Set. Annually, the Upper Deck Base Set is the most widely-collected Base Set in hockey. It includes 198 veteran cards, 49 Young Guns® rookie cards and three checklist cards. The iconic Young Guns® are the most anticipated rookie cards of the season.
Collect six (6) Young Guns® cards per box, on average!
Highlighted by the classic Exclusives (#’d to 100), High Gloss (#’d to 10) and Hobby-exclusive Clear Cut parallels, as well as the Outburst Red (#’d to 25) and
Outburst Gold (#’d 1-of-1) parallels, the deep parallel lineup of the complete Base Set provides collectors a great deal of desirable cards to chase.
Collect one (1) stunning Outburst Silver parallel card per box, on average!
UD Canvas®, a longtime favorite among collectors, features a collection of the League’s top stars along with the best of the Young Guns®. Series 1 contains the first 120 cards of this intra-series set.
Collect four (4) UD Canvas® cards per box, on average, and keep an eye out for Black & White parallels as well as printing plates from all 120 cards.
The Population Count acetate insert is back! There are seven different print runs (1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10 and 1) of this popular intra-series set mimicking slabbed cards and featuring top-tier stars and rookies. Everyone will be chasing the low-print run versions! The final 30 cards of this set will be available in Series 2.
The Dazzlers set also returns for another season! These eye-popping cards boast a new design for the 2024-25 season and come in both Blue and Pink versions. Dazzlers is a 150-card intra-series set, and Series 1 sports the first 50 cards. The checklist consists of mostly star veterans, but there are a few rookies sprinkled in!
Collect one (1) Blue Dazzlers card per box, on average!
New Inserts (and UD Portraits™)! From original art-infused, historical Young Guns® cards to hologram cards, Series 1 sports an impressive lineup of new insert sets:
Aimbot: Each card pictures one of the League’s top goalscorers shooting on goal while showing, via targets, the opening(s) the player sees prior to taking the shot.
Checkpoint: This set celebrates grinders and the “checking” aspect of the game.
City Satellites: The checklist is comprised solely of superstars. Each card features popped-out, full-body action image of the player with a satellite view of their home city in the background.
UD Portraits™: Not only is the theme of this perennial-favorite set refreshed each season, the 2024-25 edition also gets a paper stock refresh. Series 1 contains the first 30 cards (all veteran stars) of this intra-series set. Collectors can complete their 2024-25 UD Portraits™ set with Series 2, which will boast the rookie versions!
All four inserts are printed on foilboard and there are Speckle, Black, Red (#’d to 99) and Gold (#’d to 10) parallels of each!
Collect eight (8) cards from this group per box, on average!
New Inserts Continued…
A-Lines: Each card pictures all three players from the top line of all 32 teams.
Breaking News: This set recognizes top moments from the 2023-24 season, each card providing a brief description of the moment and an image from the game in which the moment occurred. Both sets are printed on beautiful, shiny foilboard.
Collect three (3) A-Lines and/or Breaking News cards per box, on average, and look for printing plates from both sets!
Also collect Red parallels of both sets, each #’d to just 99!
Young Guns Renewed: Each card in this set is a replica of past Young Guns® card, but with a twist: each is infused with original artwork by Luke the Cardist. Series 1 will feature notable Young Guns® up through the 2013-14 season.
Collect three (3) Young Guns Renewed cards per box, on average, and search for the Exclusives (#’d to 100) and High Gloss (#’d to 10) parallels, as well as the Printing Plates!
Gaming: Series 1 boasts a 100-card gaming-themed insert split into four 25-card subsets: Gaming Co-Op (two teammates along with four category comparisons), Gaming FOV (a single player pictured from behind so that you can see their “Field of View”), Gaming PVP (two players from different teams – one in their home jersey and the other in their away jersey – simulated to be competing against each other) and Gaming XP (features the “experience level” of each player).
All four subsets are printed on foilboard and there are Speckle, Blue, Green (#’d to 199) and Gold (#’d to 25) parallels of each.
From the Gaming set, each box will contain, on average, six (6) regular cards and one (1) Speckle parallel!
Holotypes: Hologram cards are back!! Holotypes is a living set (no players will repeat) that will be a staple in Series 1 for the next few seasons. These rare cards are surefire hits!
Regarding the intra-series sets noted previously, here is the breakdown of each intra-series set (subject to change):
