Product Details

2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey is clear at its core. While not every card in the product is made using the material, acetate is the hook here. It’s used throughout various parts of the checklist including many autographs, familiar inserts and the cornerstone Ice Premieres subset. Hobby boxes include plenty of variety including either an autograph or memorabilia card. At least five inserts and 15 parallels can also be expected in the average box.

2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey Checklist Overview

The base set totals 250 cards. It breaks down into three distinct sections: 100 veterans, 50 base rookies and 100 Ice Premieres.

Veterans and base rookies have the same parallel assortment:

Emerald Green – 1 per pack
Purple – 1:4 packs
Greyscale – /99
Black – 1/1

Some cards also have Jersey (1:96 packs), Gold Patch (/25, Rookies /35), numbered Gold Auto Patch, White Snowflake Autographs (1:288 packs, Rookies 1:216 packs), and Red Autographs (/5). Ice Premieres offer up more rookies, this time using acetate. Depending on the player, there are five levels of print runs numbered to either 999, 799, 499, 249 or 99. Parallels include Blue (/599), Green (/399), Gold (/25) and Black (1/1). These also get the hit 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 (1:24) are rip cards that have smaller mini cards hiding inside them. Inner cards include Ice Premieres Minis, Ice Premieres Minis Gold (/99) and Ice Premieres Minis Autographs (/15). Sub Zero is another returning theme on the 2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey checklist. Stars are 1:32 packs and have Gold parallels limited to just eight copies. Sub Zero Rookies are numbered to 799 or 599. Some freshman players also have Variations (1:500 packs) and scarce autographs. All Sub Zero cards combine to fall one per hobby box.

A handful of new insert sets make their Ice debut. Arcticulates go with foil stock. Vets are 1:9 packs while rookies are 1:20. Gold (/99) and Black (/10) parallels are also available. SP Ice has 100 cards total, four each for 25 different players. Depending on the color, rarity varies. 1:48 packs are the most common while the toughest are 1:288. Other inserts include Go to Work (1:576 packs), Ice Shelves (1:576 packs) and World Junior Championships (/99). Select Go to Work and Ice Shelves cards also have numbered autographs.

Exquisite Collection

Once again, Upper Deck’s luxury Exquisite Collection line finds a partial home in Ice. These include a variety of inserts and autographs. For starters, there are Exquisite Rookies (/299). These also have Platinum Blue (/199), Gold Spectrum (/99) and Black (1/1) parallels. 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 Rookies Refined Signatures. Base versions have 50 copies each while Gold Spectrum parallels are one-of-ones. Exquisite Crystal (/25) cards are new and done on plexi material.

2024-25 Upper Deck Ice Hockey Breakdown:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 6
Packs per box: Hobby – 12
Boxes per case: Hobby – 24 (two 12-box inner cases)
Set size: 250 cards
Release date: 2025-06-11