2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey Cards – Rookie Redemption List Added

I just bought a box of this as my first big purchase of hockey cards. For the $95 I paid, I was expecting an autograph. I got one of the Aurum cards which is considered a “hit.” This is not a “hit” to me because i do not have the money to complete that set, and I would prefer to just have gotten a real hit. Cards looked nice though

totally agree with karl pretty crappy with the redemptions

Rookie redemption selections are very week. Some as far back as the 2013 draft and the 5th round of the 2014 draft given redemption cards in the top 10. In my opinion very poor from a company such as Upper Deck.

Nice Product for the value in my Mind but any idea when they will be releasing the redemption list? Seems like its been forever and still nothing…

Could someone please clarify the gold aurum that can be scratched. What do you get for that code. Is it the gold version of the card?

Pissed of collector will never buy again any Upper Deck product as upper deck has a monopoly on the hobby. here is why I have a vendors permit and I was able to buy all type of sport cards boxes or cases in the 1990s and 2000s fast forward to 2017 as I considered doing case breaks as that’s where the money is as most breakers doing case breaks profit anywhere from $200 to $400 per case break. I now find out from the wholesalers I use to deal and once I again I still have a vendors permit I was told that Upper Deck has put restrictions on wholesalers to only sell hockey boxes or case to Brick and Mortar stores and no one else until after 6 months of release date. so what does this say upper deck and the so called Diamond Dealers they are price controlling boxes cases and case breaks. This is fact as I was told by 3 local wholesalers that I use to deal with in the past now they cant sell me not even 1 box, so I say to upper deck what goes around comes around you will loose your License its only a matter of time.

I have a card not on your checklist it is an Honoured Members card for Cam Neely HMS CN so it is signed

For $100 a box, I want at least one autograph. The worst was seeing a half case break with zero autos. UD is really not even trying anymore.

A very nice product as usual with a mix of mid-high end pulls and average serial number and memorabilia cards. The checklist however is somewhat weird (Price is not a star, but Faulk is…). The rookie redemptions is a nice feature of this product, although it’s somewhat difficult to grasp which one is what. The Aurum inserts are sweet and I also like the fact that the Achievements set can be obtained by everybody if lucky, not only by the first 25 anymore. Also, I don’t understand why not all the Black Base are signed. My main issue with this set is the redundancy if the memorabilia cards: Centennial Remnants, Frozen, Lord Stanley, Silver Jersey, Year One Rookie Sweaters, and Tundra. They seem too many and they look too alike. The Honoured Hopefuls however are magnificent cards. Also, what I like about this set is that you can hit many Jersey Numbers since there are so many serial numbered parallels and inserts. I hit a Crosby and a Hull :) The design is nice and clean.

I have been collecting this set with my son and we have had a blast with it so far. I really like the design and feel of the base cards and our hits have more than paid for the 5-6 boxes we have purchased. If you are looking for a higher end set to collect with your kids, other than MVP, this is definitely a great option.

Upper Deck has been putting all the hits in certain boxes in the case for awhile now. Been to two of my LCS the past few years and each were automatically able to hit me up with a Mcdavid YG box and a Laine YG box based on placement. So yep.
Upper Deck has fallen apart. Less autos and hits and more $$$. AND don’t even get me started on card damage out of pack. Pathetic.

I really like this product so far, haven’t been into hockey cards in a while.

Question for you all though, I went in to get my boxes and the guy at the store had opened 5 boxes from the inner case he got(by the looks of the stack of base cards), and had the base cards out on the table…but kind of mumbled something about the not knowing where the hits were. I didn’t think about it at the time but does that sound shady to anyone else?

whats the code on the back of the aurum card for

Ok…Thanks bud

Bob C

Always a nice set for the beginning collector. Finished base set with 12 year old yesterday and he is very excited.

Trey,

any timeline on when the auto rookies will be named?…

Thanks
Bob C

So this morning, I pulled an emerald “Rare Rookie Redemption” with the card number “SP1” that I don’t see on any checklist. Can anyone shed light on it? I tweeted at UD and they can be slowish to respond.

Hi Trey. William Karlsson Auto Facts was actually inserted in the subset as belonging to the Vegas Knights despite him wearing the Blue Jackets uniform.

Leaf could sign every top athlete in the world and UD loyalists still wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. Those guys young gun cards will be more valuable than any auto Leaf puts out there.

I remember UD was doomed when they didn’t sign that Sabres prospect. Didn’t happen, you can get his Leaf autos for nickels.

Why do some base not have Black Parallels. Is this a mistake?

Won’t matter to me I will be switching to Baseball for the Bowman Chrome cards… no point in paying a premium for the worst draft years in long time.

Leaf just signed Nico Hischier to an exclusive deal… so the top 2 rated prospects in the world going into the draft summer will not be in UD products! YIKES! If that’s not cheaping out knowing the guy is a top pick within the next few months or is Leaf run by billionaires?. I hope UD loses the exclusive license sooner than later!

As much as I have issues with UD. I don’t see how this is UD cheaping out, this is more in line with Leaf screwing over future Nolan Patrick collectors. Just like UD screwed over Ben Simmons collectors. Just like Leaf screwing over Damian Lillard collectors.

Many suspect Leaf went after all these future high draft picks because of UD’s McDavid exclusive. I don’t know, if I was running UD, I might have done the same with McDavid as he is the “chosen one” for the coming years. If Leaf had signed an exclusive with McDavid, imagine going into the 15/16 season without McDavid autos available in UD products…what a disaster that would have been.

Really, these exclusives hurt collectors so you can say, Leaf doesn’t give a flying f@%k about us when they do this. Just like UD/Topps didn’t give a f@%k about basketball card collectors.

Seeing Eichel autos with airbrushed jerseys was ridiculous and really you only needed one from any one set from Leaf as they all looked the same and their sets have no history unlike SP Authentic.

Just a heads up remember that Upper Deck does not have the autograph rights of the projected number one pick Nolan Patrick. Hopefully the price will go down since they cheaped out.