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Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 6
Boxes per case: 3
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– Two autographed patch cards
Even though the 2017-18 season will already be in swing in late October, hockey card collectors can finally put an end to the previous campaign in perfect fashion with the release of 2016-17 Upper Deck The Cup.
For over a decade, this premium release has been home to the most desired Autograph Rookie Patch cards along with a wide array of hard-signed treasures. This time around, expect to find lots of content featuring last season’s impressive rookie class that included Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews, and so many more players who have a bright future in the game. There will be many popular concepts returning and each tin is going to contain at least two Autographed Patch cards inside.
Base Set and Parallels
As tradition dictates, the base set for 2016-17 Upper Deck The Cup has 100 cards and each one will be limited to 249 copies. Rookies made up the remaining cards in the set and there are regular Rookie Autos (/249) to go along with the coveted Autographed Rookie Patch cards that have two levels of scarcity that are numbered to either 249 or 99. Expect the biggest names to be part of the latter group.
The Cup always seems to have plenty of limited parallel cards as well and this season is no exception. For base cards, look for Gold Spectrum Foil (/12) and Black Foil (one-of-one) along with Gold Foil Auto (/8), Gold Foil Patch (/8), Gold Foil Auto Patch (/8), Red Foil Auto (/4), Red Foil Tag (/4), Red Foil Auto Tag (/4), Green Foil Auto Button (/3), Black Foil Auto (one-of-one), and Black Foil NHL Shield (one-of-one with auto variations).
While that is a fairly large rainbow of parallels, the trend continues with the rookies as well. Look for Gold Foil (/24), Red Foil (/8), Auto Patch Gold Foil (/12 or /24), Auto Tag Red Foil (/4 or /8), Auto Gold Foil (/24), Auto Red Foil (/8), Green Foil Button (/3), and Gold Spectrum Foil Auto (/24 or /36). As with the base set, rookies will have one-of-one Black Foil and Black Foil NHL Shield parallels as well.
Press plates will also be randomly seeded in tins and these one-of-one cards come in Cup Masterpiece, Rookie Masterpiece, and Autographed Rookie Masterpiece varieties.
Autographs and Memorabilia
Collectors can expect to find several premium autograph or memorabilia hits in tins of 2016-17 Upper Deck The Cup. Many of these cards will also combine both. Signature Materials has a checklist that will look at both veterans (/25 or /99) and rookies (/99) and Dual Signature Materials (/15 or /35) is bound to include some interesting combinations. Scripted Materials (/35) see autographs on pieces of game-used or player-worn jerseys and there are Dual (/15) versions to be found as well.
Limited Logos, which is an institution in The Cup, returns for another season and has three tiers of players that are numbered to 10, 25, or 50. Honorable Numbers are also back and are hand-numbered to the player’s jersey. Dual Honorable Numbers match two players up that were the same digits.
Cup Foundations Quads feature four different players along with their memorabilia. There are several varieties that can potentially be pulled from tins, beginning with the Quad Jerseys (/25) and Quad Rookie Jerseys (/49). Both types have Patch (/5 for vets, /10 for rookies), Jersey Auto (/15), Auto Premium Materials (/5), and Rookies Auto Patch (/5). On top of that, look for a few one-of-ones in the form of Auto Jersey-Tag, Rookies Auto Jersey-Tag, Auto Premium Material Tag, and Rookies Auto Patch-Tag.
There is plenty of multi-swatch action coming with the jersey version of Cup Trios (/25), Cup Quads (/10), and Cup Sixes (/5). Each of those will can be found as Premium Materials Gold (/10, /5, /3), Premium Materials Red (/2), or the one-of-one Premium Materials Green.
Program of Excellence Autos (/10) look at some of the best talents to represent Canada at the international level and the Dual Auto edition is numbered out of five. Laced Up is a new addition to The Cup and promise some distinct swatches featuring laces from jerseys (or possibly even skates).
Signature Renditions (1:7) have an artistic feel to them and there are combos which have multiple signatures popping up once in every 100 tins on average. Brilliance (1:8) is back and are truly striking when seen in person. The Show (1:180), which mimics framed pieces from Upper Deck Authenticated will have both NHL players (vets and legends 1:120, Rookies 1:60) and athletes from other sports.
Top 10 Picks Autographs (varied numbering, one-of-one Black parallel) could draw from an interesting pool of players and both NHL Glory Autos (/10) and Championship Etching (/15) could be interesting concepts. 2005-06 Rookie Tribute (/10) looks back at the debut edition of The Cup and is expected to feature the iconic Auto Rookie Patch design from that year. Property Of is back, too, with pieces of game-used sticks which contain the player’s name. Notable Nameplates will be limited to the number of letters in the depicted player’s nameplate. Enshrinements, Enshrinements Duos, and Enshrinements Trios all have varied numbering and each set is split into two tiers.
There are a few different types of booklet cards that are coming in 2016-17 Upper Deck The Cup. Auto Rookie Gear Booklets (/24) and Auto Pro Gear Booklets (/12) both have jersey and patch pieces. Dual Auto Rookie Bookmarks are limited to 18 copies each and Autographed Monumental Patches are found for both rookies (/6) and vets (one-of-one, and unsigned versions will also be produced). The fun continues with the lavish 9-way Signature Booklet (/9), Legends of Hockey Triple Signed Booklet (/9), and the intriguing Ticket Inscriptions Bookliet (varied numbering) which incorporate a ticket stub along with a signature.
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