Month: June 2017

Ninja Update: 2006-07 MVP Hockey

2006-07 MVP Box

2006-07 MVP is Upper Deck’s low-end offering for the year. It features a large base set, as well as multiple inserts, a memorabilia set, and an autograph set. Each box will provide a dual memorabilia card, but autographs fall only once every 10 boxes. There are a couple parallels offered alongside the base and rookies […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 Black Diamond

2006-07 Black Diamond

2006-07 Black Diamond is a popular Upper Deck product that offers a tiered rarity base/rookies set, as well as a jersey set, and an autograph set. Most of these sets also have several parallels, which make Black Diamond a fun product for set collectors, as well as player/team collectors. The Gemography autographs set offer a […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 Beehive

2006-07 Beehive Box

2006-07 Beehive is an oddball Upper Deck product that includes both real and facsimile signatures, as well as jersey cards and oversized photo cards. While it is definitely disappointing to see products use facsimile autographs, the ones in the product that are real definitely look nice. With names such as Crosby and Gretzky being included, […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 Artifacts

2006-07 Artifacts Box

2006-07 Artifacts is a fun product that puts the focus on memorabilia and parallels, while still managing to provide one autographs per box. The product, which is usually one of the season’s first, is also an early chance to grab rookies and rookie redemptions for players such as Shea Weber, Alex Radulov, and Evgeni Malkin. […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 Series 2

2006-07 Series 2 Box

2006-07 Series 2 is one of the rare instances where Upper Deck’s Series 2 release is more popular than its Series 1 release. This is due entirely to the fact that Evgeni Malkin Young Guns are only available in 2006-07 Series 2. While it is true that the set offers some other nice cards, the […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 Series 1

2006-07 Series 1

2006-07 Series 1 is the flagship product for Upper Deck and of course is much loved for its inclusion of Young Guns rookies. The 2006-07 Series 1 class features names such as Anze Kopitar, Phil Kessel, and Shea Weber, all of whom have become big names in today’s NHL. The product also contains, unlike modern […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 SPx Hockey

2006-07 SPx Hockey Box

2006-07 SPx is a mix between jersey cards and autographs, that plays towards younger and more casual collectors. As the lowest-end of the SP releases, it is the most affordable of the three products, and speaks to collectors who just want something to open. The set also features an attractive and unique base card design […]

Ninja Update: 2006-07 SP Game Used

2006-07 SP Game Used

2006-07 SP Game Used is a memorabilia focused product that offers 6 memorabilia cards per box, that’s one per pack. Additionally there will be 1 autograph per box, and at least 1 of the memorabilia cards will have a serial number less than 100. Upper Deck also revealed that 1 in 3 boxes is a […]