2018-19 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Cards

Nice design!

I have a “Rookie Commence” single of Dahlin but cannot find these on the checklist. Am I missing something obvious here?

Snagged a Connor McDavid Fanimation card. Couldn’t believe BV is $300.

Any idea on print run?

Starting to see Rainbow foil parallels pop up on eBay. Any idea on the odds or scarcity of these? They don’t appear to be numbered.

any update on the epack release? waiting for weeks …

3 Stars for me. ( I would give a rating of 3.5 if available)

Nothing spectacular about this year’s Upper Deck Series 1 aside from a good quality set with the usuals you would expect from UD.

For those who enjoy collecting entire insert sets, I do like how UD included the Jagr Years, the Under 25 and the Stonewalled goalie series. These insert sets can be completed for pretty cheap and many are nice looking cards.

Also, the FaniMation inserts are pretty cool although I have no idea the odds of pulling one. Does anyone know if UD published the odds anywhere?

Nice cards as they always are but I’ll wait for the regular issue Parkhurst or OPC updates to get the rookie cards I want. The Young Guns are ridiculously expensive when they first come out then value wise drop like a rock unless the said player becomes a superstar. It would be nice if they made a MVP update set instead of making collectors look for those hard to find insert redemptions or brought back Collectors Choice and Victory brands. Not all collectors want to dish out hundreds if not thousands of dollars on collecting the cards that want.

Product has a good rookie selection but
saved a lot of the stars for Series 2.I agree
with Richard about the Parkhurst Preview
Cards I got a Gold but it could be a Copper.
They should serial number them if they are
going to use similar colors.
Trey, Have you heard if they are making a
Parkhurst set ? It has come out in mid Dec.
the last 2 years but I’ve seen nothing on any release calenders about it.

Good product but some strange collation on some of my hobby boxes. Like the clean look of the YG’s this year. I do like the base cards but they look like Artifacts to me.

One thing that really bugs me is the Parkhurst rookies insert set in the Walmart boxes… who decided the variation colours this year? Copper and gold? I don’t think most people are realizing this and you may be able to snag some of the more rare versions off eBay for less money as they are mis-advertised ;)

Like every year, i love UD series 1 and 2 this year disappoints me, the inserts look terrible, the stonewalled, jagr years, 25 under 25, and the shooting stars are all disappointing HOWEVER, the portraits are nice and the clear cuts and clear cut sub sets and cup components look amazing, the chance at SPs and other rare inserts are nice as well, the fact that theres not 1 game jersey per box this year is sad and really takes away from the product however the design is great, now to the base set, the base are looking awesome this year with its great photography as well as a funky YGs design which makes which is really what defines UD, overall its good value and a fun rip and im disappointed with the negativity! I was gonna give it 4 stars but UD did a good job with this overall, i like the new approach. Thanks for reading @jcoops_houseofcards on instagram HMU:)

UD Series 1 & 2 have always been beautiful as far as photography and clean design, obviously this set is driven by the Young Guns. It’s rare to pull autos or megahits but it’s still pretty much priced as a lowend product so complaining about no hits is kinda tired. They have quite a few subsets included, I really like the 25 under 25 set which I’ll try to hunt down.
But Overall UD Series is a great set for every kinda hockey collector

Vladimir Tarasenko is F-3. Lots of commons in this set. Where’s Crosby? Looks like common cartoons are less, and the big players, more decorated are worth more…

I personally really like the new card design and some of the photographs are pretty incredible. A few to many parallel sets makes it difficult to collect. Some of them are very extensive with 50+ cards.
The usual staples like portrait and canvas sets have a nice look. But I guess that’s personally. I enjoyed breaking the box.
I pulled one game used relic, but the highlight of the box was a McDavid UD portrait Gold 1#/25

I got Hischier triple exposure #110 and subban fanimation F-14

Fanimation – I saw a Tarasenko pulled in a case break last night.

I opened a case and I pulled a variation Roman josh card # 104. Not the best case I ever ripped.

Anyone have any information on the variation cards. I have seen a Marner and a Boeser.

Just pulled a Fanimation Set F-4 Tyler Seguin

The Fanimation Eichel is F-11. Just curious of what collectors think about the rarity. UD does this every year! I pulled a Michael Jordan autograph card a few years ago, and no product details were revealed from Upper Deck…

i see a other Base Special Print SPs

john tavares SP-2

Barzal fanimation is F-16…the guy on ebay just sent me a scan.

A Giroux fanimation just popped up on ebay. None of the cards have had more than 1 on eBay. Possible 1/1?

I pulled a Vegas Marc-Andre Fleury Fanimation today at the local card shop.ONLY one pulled in 10 cases that they saw opened! Card # is F-15

Ive Seen a Jonathan Quick Fanimation, not sure of number

Gaudreau is #F-10, so it looks like there is at least 10 in the Fanimation set

Always the best set to buy because they don’t cost too much and some YG’s give back the price you pay easily, some huge YG’s in there, there is also an easter egg set which is called Fanimation, they are cards that look like art cards/sort of cartoonish, very interesting set. Only saw 2 so far and they were Stamkos & Gaudreau so feel free to start the set on here as well, more will start leaking out as they get pulled, they are SP’s for sure. Stamkos’ number is F-1

I can’t agree with Hoffa on the upside of this product anymore, but I also can’t find a good reason to give it 1 star and bash it. It’s the Upper Deck standard release. YGs unfortunately NEVER stay at $100 or more as you state Hoffa and especially not 2 guys that play for Buffalo and Carolina respectively. I have stayed away from total E-pack bashing in the past, but I have to at this point. The sheer numbers of rookie cards produced borders on the obscene levels of 1988-96, and that’s what we were trying to fix in the hobby. Unfortunately, Upper Deck in their greed has brought that back. I will continue to pick up what cards I want on the secondary market, but can’t bring myself to buy 5 cases of Series 1 or 2 anymore starting this year.

No Brady Tkachuk for the Young Guns?

Wow, not a single Halak card but they give .893 Greiss a Stonewalled card?

Surprised there’s no Johnny T in a Leafs sweater.
Beyond that though, great rookie class. Better than last year.

I can’t believe people are pre-ordering some series 1 YG cards for over $100. It really is insanity. Boeser is now $40 and Hischier $25. I bought a Laine for $100 and you can get it for $60 or less. Unless it’s McD or Matthews, the value always starts high and drops significantly. I guess there are people who like to throw away money.

Another dud from UD. 50 ygs is way too many. 5, at most, will have any value. Even Dahlin isn’t worth the price of the box. I’ll keep watching people overpay for boxes, then grabbing their best cards for a fraction of the price on the secondary market. This should be a $50 box.

Hey Jerry, you are right. Most defenseman YGs do not hold their value, and I should correct myself by saying that not all of those 2nd tier players I mentioned will be worth 50-60 bucks by the end of the season. However, Ryan Donato with the Bruins is gonna be a star. I bet his YG will be worth 40-50 by the end of the season. The Blackhawks rookie defenseman Jokiharju is for real. I think he had 4 assists in their first 2 games so far. This kid is developing well, and I think he’s gonna be one of the best D-men in the league in a few years. But your right, his card will probably peak at the 50 dollar range by the end of the season, but like with most YGs, his cards value won’t hold. And I think we both agree on Foegele. This kid has been impressive since China, and he is def stealing some of the spotlight away from Svechnikov. His card will probably start off in the 25-35 dollar range, and will go up depending on his play. He’s a fun kid to watch.
I think this series 1 Set is pretty well stacked. I know people have their problems with it, but your gonna hear that every year. It’s just nice to see Upper Deck continuing to deliver time and time again. Especially when it comes to their flagship products.

Yo Ben, the Check list is out. Elias Pettersson’s YG is def included in Series 1. His Canvas YG will be in Series 2.

Don’t see how you can give a rating when the product isn’t released. I hope all of you who are turned off stay away. Looking at the checklist, looks really solid. No Kapow shot like S1 15-16 and S1-S2 16-17, but that’s too be expected going forward for a while. That being said, I agree to an extent what Hoffa said; though I don’t believe any of the players you said who you think will be 50-60 will actually be by end of season. First off Defenseman Ygs hold no value, see Doughty, Ekblad, Hedman, can get two of them for $25 each. The only one I could see getting there is Foegele canvas if he lights it up. But as for the other 4 you stated worth 100$ definitely bang on.

It’ll be hard to lose money a box with a chance at a YG of Pettersson, Dahlin and Kotkaniemi.

So, they released a photo of a Tolvanen canvas YG, but he’s not on the checklist?

Series 2 for Pettersson!

Ok, for starters I don’t know why or how anybody can knock this product, this line is stacked with SO many good rookies, with 6 YGs falling in every box and a 50% chance of getting a YG Canvas Card, your pretty much gaurenteed to get your money’s worth. You got Dahlin, E. Pettersson, Svechnikov, and Mittelstadt. Those 4 right there are gonna be worth we’ll over 100 bucks each. Then u have Donato, Lindblom, Jokiharju, Dermott, Foegele, and Troy Terry. All those guys are probably gonna be worth 50-60 bucks each by the end of the season, and there are still at least a half dozen other great players in that set that I haven’t even mentioned.
I just don’t know why everyone isn’t psyched for this product to drop. Relic Cards? Yeah, 10 years ago you got 2 in every box, now you get one in every 2 boxes. Who cares? They are not worth much anyway. And they have so many other products that are full of SICK relic cards if that’s what your after. This is UDs flagship, and they center it around the YG rookie cards, the most popular and sought after rookie cards to come out year after year. And this year, who can complain.

The design for the base set is like that claSSIC 1997-98 Leaf Hockey. Bring back the early 1990s UD design or collector choice.

I don’t like the look of any of those cards at all. IF the Ovechkin one if the way the base cards look i wont be buying any. Oh well. Im looking forward to the Artifacts coming out. I like the look of those. Ill be buying 24 cases.

This is a very fun set to collect every year and despite really suffering from “same thing every year” syndrome is not a bad configuration.

However, since ePack+COMC combination, the values of anything from series 1 are literally like 25c per insert and like 50c-1d for common young guns and only like 5 bucks for bigger young guns other than the real marquee stars. All that being said, it would just be nice if the price of the physical product would come way down to reflect the fact that the cards have zero secondary market value. This is basically MVP at this point but at twice the price.

I would love to buy 6 boxes and just enjoy them but at $100 all-in per box it’s just not feasible when the total value of cards aftewards is less than the cost of a single box

Cards not yet known so it could go either way. Young Guns are all I am interested in so it depends on who is in and who is not

young guns arent worth anything anymore. they used to be the must have rookie…. how many bgs 9.5 mcdavids are there now? 6,000? probably more boeser’s graded than carey price? lol joke! no worth the cash at all! these new cards are ugly as sin too! PASS!!

If that ovechkin is what they will look like I will be passing on this year.

That said I am looking forward to the following insert sets.

Ceremonial Puck Drop (1:2,000 packs),

Cup Components (1:708 packs),

Day with the Cup (1:2,000 packs).

It really irks me that Upper Deck is doing it on the cheap by no longer including a relic card in every box. Granted, the relics usually weren’t showstoppers, but it was still cool knowing that I would get a hit if I bought a box. Didn’t those boxes contain two relics, once upon a time? Then one per box, now less than one per box. C’mon Upper Deck, give me a reason to care about your hockey cards again – I think I bought maybe five packs total this year! I’m not into that $500 for one box with one pack with one card inside BS. Your flagship product is a good one, but including less and less value in your boxes is making me less and less a consumer of your brand.