The first installment of Upper Deck’s flagship product sports the first 250 cards of the 2022-23 base set.
The set includes 198 regular cards, 49 Young Guns® cards and three checklist cards. Also collect the highly sought-after Exclusives (#’d to 100), High Gloss (#’d to 10), French and Hobby-Exclusive Clear Cut parallels.
o Young Guns® are the most anticipated rookie cards of the year! Collect six from every box, on average.
- UD Canvas®, a longtime favorite among collectors, returns featuring a collection of the top stars in the game today along with the best of the Young Guns®! Series 1 contains the first 120 cards of this inter-series set. Collect four cards from this set per box, on average.
o Chase Card Alert! Look for super rare hard-signed & hand-numbered UD Canvas Signatures cards.
- New Insert Sets! The latest edition of Series 1 sports an impressive stable of new insert sets sure to please everyone, from the casual fan to the avid collector. Here is a look at a few:
o Centre of Attention: A collection of the best veteran centers in the league. Look for rare Gold parallels as well.
o Freestyles: The first installment of this colorful inter-series set features only star veterans. Keep an eye out for super rare Gold versions and be ready to collect the rookie Freestyles set slated for Series 2.
o Population Count: There are seven different print runs (1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10 and 1) of this unique 30-card set featuring top-tier stars and rookies. Everyone will be chasing the low-print run versions!
o Attacking Zone: This all-new three-sided die-cut acetate insert features star centers and wings.
- More Acetate Cards! Collect the multi-player Clear Cut Foundations and Clear Cut League Leaders sets, and add the next nine cards to your living Clear Cut Honoured Members set.
- The long-running UD Portraits insert is back with a spectacular new design! This set consists of stars and short-printed superstars. Collect two per box, on average. Keep an eye out for Black & White parallels of each group, with the stars #’d to 99 and the short-printed superstars #’d to just 25.
- The popular Honor Roll® and Dazzlers inserts are back as well. Look for Rainbow (#’d to 250) and Gold Rainbow (#’d to 25) parallels of the Honor Roll® set, and both Blue and Pink Dazzlers! Each box will contain, on average, two regular Honor Roll® cards and one Blue Dazzlers card.
- Collect the printing plates from these insert sets: UD Canvas® (including Young Guns®), Centre of Attention, Debut Dates, Defense Mechanism, Honor Roll® and Rookie Retrospective.
