2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey Hobby Box
Release date: 2025-06-11
Box of 12 packs
6 cards per pack
Inner of 12 boxes
2 inner boxes per case
The 2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey collection is clear in its essence. Although not all cards in the product are made from this material, acetate is the star element here. It is used in various parts of the checklist, including many autographs, familiar inserts, and the Ice Premieres subset, the cornerstone of the collection.
What's in a hobby box (on average):
- Autographed cards or memorabilia – 1 total
- Arcticulates – 2
- Exquisite Collection Rookies, Frozen in Ice, SP Ice, or Short Print Base, Insert, or Parallels – 2 total
- Sub Zero – 1
- Emerald Parallels – 12
- Purple Parallels – 3
- Ice Premieres – 3
- Base Rookies – 12
Hobby boxes offer a wide variety, including either an autograph card or a memorabilia card. You can also expect to find at least five inserts and 15 parallels in an average box.
The base set consists of 250 cards. It is divided into three distinct sections: 100 veterans, 50 base rookies, and 100 Ice Premieres.
Veterans and basic rookies have the same parallel assortment:
- Emerald Green – 1 per pack
- Purple – 1:4 packs
- Gray levels – /99
- Black – 1/1
Some cards also feature a jersey (1:96 packs), a gold patch (/25, rookies /35), a numbered gold patch, white snowflake autographs (1:288 packs, rookies 1:216 packs), and red autographs (/5).
Ice Premieres offer more rookies, this time in acetate. Depending on the player, there are five levels of numbered pulls at 999, 799, 499, 249, or 99 copies. Parallels include blue (/599), green (/399), gold (/25), and black (1/1). These also receive special treatment with Jersey (1:60), Autograph (/199 or /99), Patch (/25), Auto Patch (/10), and Auto Patch Black (1/1) versions.
Autographs and Other Inserts
Acetate Glacial Graphs return. Standard versions land approximately 1:12 hobby boxes. There are also Black parallels that come numbered to varying amounts.
Frozen in Ice cards (1:24) are tear-out cards that contain smaller mini-cards. The inner cards include Ice Premieres Minis, Ice Premieres Minis Gold (/99), and Ice Premieres Minis Autographs (/15).
Sub Zero is another theme making a comeback in the Upper Deck Ice Hockey 2024-25 list. Stars cards appear in 1 out of every 32 packs and have Gold parallels limited to only eight copies. Sub Zero Rookies cards are numbered to 799 or 599 copies. Some rookie players also have Variations (1 in 500 packs) and rare autographs. All Sub Zero cards are combined to fall at a rate of one per hobby box.
A handful of new insert sets are making their debut in Ice.
Articulated cards come with a stock of sheets. Veterans are 1:9 packs while rookies are 1:20. Gold (/99) and Black (/10) parallels are also available.
SP Ice has a total of 100 cards, four for each of the 25 different players. Rarity varies depending on color. 1:48 packs are the most common, while the rarest are 1:288.
Other inserts include Go to Work (1:576 packs), Ice Shelves (1:576 packs), and World Junior Championships (/99). Some Go to Work and Ice Shelves cards also feature numbered autographs.
Exquisite Collection
Once again, Upper Deck's luxurious Exquisite Collection line finds its way into Ice. It includes various inserts and autographs.
First up are the Exquisite Rookies (/299). These also have Platinum Blue (/199), Gold Spectrum (/99), and Black (1/1) parallels.
The Exquisite Rookies Signatures are numbered to 99 and have their own Platinum Blue (/25), Gold Spectrum (/10), and Black (1/1) versions.
There are also Exquisite Rookies Signatures. The base versions are available in 50 copies each, while the Gold Spectrum parallels are one-of-a-kind items.
The Exquisite Crystal cards (/25) are new and made of Plexiglas.
