I was waiting in line at
Walmart yesterday and a three-pack cello of
Upper Deck's
2019-20 SP collection kept staring at me, so after five or ten minutes I decided to try my luck at some of the exciting rookies or possible inserts.
SP used to be a "real premium" set, where the cardboard was at least double the thickness of the flagship
Series 1 and
Series 2 sets, but that is no longer the case. The cards are even semi-matte, but they still have that trademark cropped action picture on a white background, as can be seen here for
Jack Eichel, wearing the
Buffalo Sabres' 50th Anniversary white uniform:
The card backs feature a small blurb on the player as well as the basic classic stats of the past five seasons, as can be seen on this
Sidney Crosby card:
Each retail pack contains five cards: four regular-issue base cards and one insert, sometimes another one, such as this beautiful "
Blue" Parallel of
Cam Atkinson:
The scan really doesn't do the blue foil justice, though - it's dark an rich, almost purple from certain angles.
There are also
Rookie Authentics, numbered to 1199, like this one of
Trevor Moore:
But the
Blue Rookie Authentics Parallels are even better:
That's
Elvis Merzlikins,
Karson Kuhlman and
Jack Hughes.
In terms of the base set, I landed Crosby, Eichel,
Mikael Granlund,
Teuvo Teravainen,
Ben Bishop,
Kyle Turris,
Vladimir Tarasenko,
Dougie Hamilton,
Connor Hellebuyck and
Leon Draisaitl.
It's a nice-looking set that is great for autograph hounds like myself if you're going to use the rookie cards as trade bait. I personally feel it's too expensive to collect the entire set.
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