Base Card Design -
The UD Premier base card comes on thick card stock similar to that of what Ultimate collection base cards have. They are about the thickness of a regular jersey card. As with most card sets, thicker card stock denotes a more premium product - and UD Premier is certainly premium. Each base card is limited to just 249 copies. The cards have a modern design with geometric shapes that border the player. Silver foil highlights the card and adds some shine that makes the card pop a bit. The design is typical for Upper Deck. It's nice, but doesn't stand out meaningfully.
UD Premier goes the acetate route with their Premier Rookie cards. They actually remind me a lot of the National Treasures rookie cards from last year. These cards come embedded with a large swatch of patch right in the center. The patch is highlighted by a foil border. Above the patch is the player photo, and below is a place for an on-card player autograph. It's a clean looking card, but again doesn't scream greatness at me. I do like these rookie cards better than the standard base design, but it's a bit plain for me still. Rookie cards are either numbered to 299 or 199 like the Jonathan Drouin card above.
Base Card Design Score:
7/10
Inserts/Game-Used/Autos -
A box of UD Premier only comes with seven cards. I have found that most boxes will have two base cards in them - which leaves you with five hits. Premier has its fair share of amazing hits. Collectors will find giant patches and autographs of the NHL's best.
The rookie cards come with plain jersey parallel cards. These cards have a nice shiny rainbow foil with a spot on the card for the player's event-worn jersey patch. These are most definitely just filler cards in the product. I'm not sure how many hard core collectors would get excited over these. That being said, if you're a player collector these are nice and easy cards to find and add to your collection.
Dual jersey hits like this one of John Tavares and Ryan Strome are marginally better than the single jersey hits. I do like the design on these much more since it's pretty different than the base design. These actually remind me of the OPC Premier dual jersey cards from 09/10.
I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that all collectors enjoy on-card autographs, and that's what UD Premier has. The clean look of the Legendary Signature cards is nice and there is ample room for the player to leave a nice large signature. Unlike some of the other cards in set, these are not serial numbered.
The best card in my box was the Jonathan Drouin rookie card, and I'm quite happy pulling that! But there are many other sweet cards to be had in UD Premier. I'm sure collectors will especially appreciate that huge hand numbered patch cards that can be found here. These patch cards are like the ones that Panini used to put in Prime when they made cards.
Inserts/Game-Used/Autos Score:
8/10
Overall Score -
UD Premier is an expensive product... upwards of $200! It is certainly a high risk, high reward type of brand. For the collectors with big pockets it is a break that is super fun. It's always great looking in packs and seeing what amazing pulls come out. For collectors that find it to be a bit too expensive, it might be wise to hold off on a box of this. My advice to them would just be to find singles on eBay as they will be a significantly cheaper option.
Upper Deck has done a nice job in bringing back UD Premier. Part of me is a little underwhelmed by it, but it still has cards in it that are absolutely jaw-droppingly awesome. But I guess that's just how these pricey product are nowadays.
Overall Score:
8.5/10
Check out my box of UD Premier:
I am a bruins fan and I love this Brad Park card and as usual I find your are lucky compare to me, I was hunting for this Drouin card
ReplyDeleteYt: Ezitronic
The cards look like the usual good quality from Upper Deck
ReplyDeleteYT: brendan roskewich
Awesome drouin! I love the look of the rpa's!
ReplyDeleteYouTube- Card Collector23
I don't feel like breaking down and buying this for $300. Should've been priced the same as Prime ($265). I'm sick of these cards being so expensive. Laughing all the way to the bank, Upper Deck is. At least it's not trying to be as expensive as The Cup.
ReplyDeleteyt- ryannturnaa
I'm not sure if I would pay that much for a box. Still a good product ans a great vid
ReplyDeleteYT:Simon L-Roy
Sweet hit on the last card. I do like the design and am a huge fan of the Brad Park card.
ReplyDeleteYT: Alex Conway
Nice cards dude!
ReplyDeleteYouTube: ItzDrocHD Gaming
Love the look of the cards and the patches you can pull. I think the only downside to this product is the price point.
ReplyDeleteYouTube - phxfan19
Premier has been one of the best products of the year, nice cards!
ReplyDeleteYouTube: TheHahn18
Really good box I would have got one but the price is too much the rookie patch auto kind of looks like the 13-14 national treasures rookie patch auto but that might just be me.
ReplyDeleteYouTube TOR Hockeycards
Nice break and great review!
ReplyDeleteYT: Josh Bittner
Very nice box!
ReplyDeleteYoutube: RedWraith
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteNice rookie patch!
ReplyDeleteYouTube: Gabriel T.
I agree in that the rookie patch autos look similar to those of national treasure from panini last year but for some reason, Upper Deck's is less appealing. I do however think this base design of UD Premier is great.
ReplyDeleteYouTube: Justin Lee
Great video and nice pulls!
ReplyDeleteYT: Tom Keegan
I don't really care for the look of the base cards but I love that Brad Park Auto!
ReplyDeleteYouTube: Brennan Osinski
Nice break! Great review!
ReplyDeleteYT: kedzie3320
Love the big patches, a combined Prime/National Treasures look to the cards! Great with on card autographs :)
ReplyDeleteYT: MrThendro
really nice box and drouin
ReplyDeleteyt:the bigman
+ A lot of good looking cards, and a chance to pull cards like the sweetest you could pull from Panini Prime.
ReplyDelete+ Finally rookie jersey cards from a bigger part of the rookie class, like of my PC player John Klingberg. But maybe it would have been better to include these event worn jersey pieces in a cheaper product?
- The base cards are The Cup all over again. They are even numbered to 249 as well. Come on UD, do something unique!
- As stated earlier, event worn material isn't what I want. With such a high price tag UD must be able to afford game worn jerseys from the rookies as well, at least to the good looking patch/autos.
Youtube: Majlfp
you mention the price point and how UD should be able to get the actual GU jerseys in it, they skimped so much they couldnt even get a drouin jersey from the era he's played in. drafted in '13 but there are patches of a jersey the lightning stopped wearing in 2011, 2 years before he was drafted, so they really cut corners not even getting the right jersey for him to throw on at an event
DeleteIts neat, but the design is not that good.
ReplyDelete-matt gauthier
nice stuff
ReplyDeleteNice box and great drouin!
ReplyDeleteyt: hockeycardheaven
nice box break and overall a nice product
ReplyDeleteyoutube irbehockeycardcolect
Nice box especially the drouin
ReplyDeleteYt 22canucksfan33
Hoo Hoo Hoo! Premier indeed. Very nice break and review!
ReplyDeleteYT - Skroeker24
great break and review the drouin was super sweet
ReplyDeleteYT: newyorkislanders777
It's great the swatches are huge and the base card design is nice.
ReplyDeleteYT:Mkapps19
Awesome box! Got a couple great hits in there.
ReplyDeleteYoutube: crazyshnitzel
The previews looked very Prime-ish. But it doesn't have the same visual punch. - Reebz0r
ReplyDeleteLots of hits but probably not worth the crazy price of 300$. Although the Brad Parks legend was nice\
ReplyDeleteYT- JackH9 RR
the drouin patch they used is not even from the time he has been with the lightning. it clearly came from the lightning uniform set that was retired in 2011. i've seen that on another drouin card from this product as well and its annoying, it is extremely innacurate and makes it blatantly obvious that drouin never wore it in a game, and even event worn means UD couldnt even pick up a new lightning jersey to have him wear for a minute.
ReplyDeleteNice Box !that drouin card looks sick
ReplyDeleteYouTube:Lucky13SportsCards
That Drouin 4-color patch Auto is sick! Pretty sure it's gonna pay for the box or so. Last week at my local card shop, someone pulled a Gretzky auto # to 10. Definitely a nice product for those who are waiting for The Cup.
ReplyDeleteYoutube : frankthachamp
The Drouin is truly incredible! Awesome product, and great review as always!
ReplyDelete-Danboyle13
Youtube: wildcow6000
ReplyDeleteNice Drouin! YT: matt hemmati
ReplyDeleteThe card designs are great. I loved that sick patch you got. And I also loved the Brad Park auto (I'm a Bruins fan). The product is great and so are your reviews!!!!
ReplyDeleteYouTube: hockeycardcollector914_
I'm not sure if it went throught the first time or not but:
ReplyDeleteOverall I think it was a great box break. I personally think that UD Premier is one of if not the greatest product of the 2014/15 season.
YouTube: Topshelf Hockey Cards
Another great review Luke! Love the clean on-card Legendary Signatures and have to agree with you that the standard jersey cards are a tad underwhelming at UD Premier's price point. The "dual" and "sixes" jersey cards are definitely a step up but not by much.
ReplyDeleteNice RPA pull nonetheless!
YT: McBones
Superbly written article, if only all bloggers oered the same content as you, the internet would be a far better place..www.turkishbusinessworld.net |
ReplyDeleteThanks combination of suitable and useful information and well-written sentences that will certainly entice your sense.There are so multiple comments here that are really entertaining and conducive to me thanks for sharing a link especially for sharing this blog.www.jencogolfcars.net |
ReplyDeleteIt was a positive conversation and each day since then he has made an effort to come and speak to her about his success of the day. www.golfsupplyhouse.net |
ReplyDeleteAim for a higher progress and development and work your way from those goals and plans. Interesting in here indeed. thanks for the share.www.epossoftwaresystems.net |
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blog loaded with so many information. Stopping by your blog helped me to get what I was looking for.find it here: http://www.healthws.net |
ReplyDeleteYou might write about the services on the blog. You should disclose it's refreshing. Your blog conclusion could accelerate your shoppers.icomputerdenver |
ReplyDeleteHey what a brilliant post I have come across and believe me I have been searching out for this similar kind of post for past a week and hardly came across this. Thank you very much and will look for more postings from you.buyahouseindayton |
ReplyDeleteI might want to thank you for your elegantly composed substance, its helpful and your written work style helped me to peruse it without any trouble.thebalancebusiness |
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic website and I can not recommend you guys enough. Full of useful resource and great layout very easy on the eyes.travelallrussia |
ReplyDeleteThis is cool post and i enjoy to read this post. your blog is fantastic and you have good staff in your blog. nice sharing keep it up.panama-realestate |
ReplyDelete