Upper Deck’s 2016-17 SPx Hockey Has New Look

Upper Deck has overhauled the configuration in time for next week’s release of 2016-17 SPx Hockey.  Due out February 1, this season’s version will be smaller — four packs in a hobby box with one card in each pack, instead of 10 packs of four cards last year — but every card this year will be a hit.

Upper Deck is promising that every box of 2016-17 SPx Hockey will contain one autograph card, a relic and one “technology” card, plus one other hit. The technology card is either a premium base card or an insert.

Price range will vary from $85 to $110, depending on the retailer. That’s a little bit higher than last year’s product.  The company is no doubt banking on the extra hit being a good trade-off.

Shadow Box Rookies will be numbered to 299, with Red Materials (numbered to 249), Blue Autograph (199) and Gold Autograph Patch (99). Impressions Autographs will be numbered in three different tiers — at 199, 99 nad 25. White Out Autographs will feature a player’s signature on a white background and will fall every 20 packs. A parallel to that is called Black Out Autographs, a subset that is numbered to 10.

SPx Rookie inserts will be numbered to 399 and will have Red Jersey (349), a two-tiered Blue Autograph subset (249 and 199), Gold Autograph Patch (125), Orange Patch (15) an Autograph Tag (5).

Some of the relic cards will include Double XL Materials, Double XL Duos Materials, Extraordinary Materials and an Extravagant Materials insert that will fall once in every 30 packs. Ice Shredders will be a dual relic card that will be a tough pull. Expect one in every 30 packs or so for stars, and one in every 60 for rookies.

The Technology cards will feature the Extreme Black Holo Shield subset. This card will feature a 3-D holographic NHL shield logo, parallels with be scarce with Stars falling one per 100 packs, Rookies at one per 120 packs and Legends at one every 500 packs. There will be autograph parallels as well.

PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:

Dynamic Rookie Cards:

– Shadow Box Rookies Base – #’d to 299
– Shadow Box Rookies Red Material // – #’d to 249
– Shadow Box Rookies Blue Auto // – #’d to 199
– Shadow Box Rookies Gold Auto Patch // – #’d to 99
– SPx Rookies – #’d to 399
– SPx Rookies Red jersey // – #’d to 349
– SPx Rookies Blue Auto Tier 1 // – #’d to 249
– SPx Rookies Blue Auto Tier 2 // – #’d to 199
– SPx Rookies Orange Patch – #’d to 15
– SPx Rookies Gold Auto Patch // – #’d to 125
– SPx Rookies Black Auto Tag // – #’d to 5
– Extreme Black Holo Shield Rookies – Inserted 1:120
– HOBBY EXCLUSIVE: Extreme Black Holo Shield Auto Rookies – Inserted 1:160
– Double XL Materials Rookies – #’d to 249
– Double XL Materials Rookie Premium Black // – #’d to 15
– Ice Shredders Rookies – Inserted 1:60
– Ice Shredders Rookies Premium Black // – #’d to 25

NHL Stars & Legends Autograph & Auto-Mem Cards:

– Base Set Stars Blue Auto Tier 1// – #’d to 149
– Base Set Stars Blue Auto Tier 2// – #’d to 49
– Base Set Stars Blue Auto Tier 3// – #’d to 15
– Base Set Stars Gold Premium Material Auto Tier 1 // – #’d to 49
– Base Set Stars Gold Premium Material Auto Tier 2 // – #’d to 25
– Base Set Stars Gold Premium Material Auto Tier 3 // – #’d to 10
– Base Set Stars Black Premium Material Auto // – #’d to 5
– Base Set Legends Blue Auto// – #’d to 15
– Base Set Legends Gold Premium Material Auto // – #’d to 10
– Base Set Legends Black Premium Material Auto // – #’d to 5
– HOBBY EXCLUSIVE: Extreme Black Holo Shield Stars Auto// – Inserted 1:200
– HOBBY EXCLUSIVE: Extreme Black Holo Shield Legends Auto// – Inserted 1:1920
– Extraordinary Materials Auto Black // – Varied #ing
– Impressions Autos Tier 1 – #’d to 199
– Impressions Autos Tier 2 – #’d to 99
– Impressions Autos Tier 3 – #’d to 25
– Impressions Autos Black – #’d to 5
– White Out Autos – Inserted 1:20
– Black Out Autos // – #’d to 10

NHL Stars & Legends Memorabilia Cards:

– Base Set Stars Red Material // – Inserted 1:16
– Base Set Stars Orange Premium Material // – #’d to 10
– Base Set Legends Red Material // – Inserted 1:160
– Base Set Legends Orange Premium Material // – #’d to5
– Extravagant Materials – Inserted 1:30
– Extravagant Materials Premium Black // – #’d to 25
– Double XL Materials – Varied #ing
– Double XL Materials Premium Black // – #’d to 10
– Double XL Duos Materials – Varied #ing
– Double XL Duos Material Premium Black // – Varied #ing
– Ice Shredders – Inserted 1:30
– Ice Shredders Premium Black // – #’d to 15
– Extraordinary Materials – Varied #ing

NHL Stars & Legends Tech Cards:

– Base Set Stars – #’d to 299
– Base Set Legends – #’d to 299
– Extreme Black Holo Shield Stars – Inserted 1:100
– Extreme Black Holo Shield Legends – Inserted 1:500

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