It may be summer, but the pond is still frozen with 2019-20 Upper Deck Ice! An annual favourite, this year’s edition is loaded with its trademark acetate cards and on-card autographs from the NHL’s biggest stars and rookies. If you’re getting cold feet about pre-ordering, allow us to break the ice and show you what exactly you can find in this super-cool set!

Base Set

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The base set consists of fifty NHL stars, and there are five different coloured parallels to collect: Green (one per pack), Orange (1:6), Ice Cube (1:40), Red (/5), and Black (1/1). There are also Jersey (1:20) and Patch (/15) versions.

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Ice Premieres is the 100-card rookie set and is split into five levels of availability: Level 1 (/99), Level 2 (/249), Level 3 (499), Level 4 (/999), and Level 5 (1499). Parallels include a Jersey card (1:12), Autograph (between /99 and /399), Patch Autograph (/10), and Black (1/1). Every hobby box contains two Ice Premieres cards on average. 

Inserts & Autographs

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There are a ton of cool inserts and autographs to discover with 2019-20 Ice. Under the Glass Signatures feature both rookies (1:200) and stars (1:220). Ice Buckets also has rookies (/99 or /199) and two tiers of NHL veterans: Tier 1 (/99) and Tier 2 (/25). Both Under the Glass Signatures and Ice Buckets have Red parallels (/5).

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Fire & Ice autograph cards can be found one per 120 packs, on average, whereas Glacial Graphs have better odds at one per 75 packs. Keep an eye out for Signature Swatches, Superb Scripts (/49 or /25), Superb Script Portraits (/15 or /10), and Rookie Relic Jumbos (/199).

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Sub Zero inserts land one per hobby box on average. Rookies are numbered out of 999, whereas the unnumbered veteran cards land at one per 20 boxes.There are Gold parallels (rookies /24 and vets /8) to find, as well as Rookie Variants which average at one per 240 packs.

Blue Autographs feature both Rookies (1:50) and NHL stars (1:360). The rookies switch things up with the Rookie Variant Green Autographs (/25).

Exquisite Hockey

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The 2019-20 Upper Deck Exquisite Hockey subset continues from its debut in 2019-20 Upper Deck Black Diamond. Rookies are the main feature, with Exquisite Rookies (/299 or /399) and its Gold (/19) and Black (1/1) parallels. Exquisite Rookies Signatures (/99 or /199) have on-card autographs and also come in Gold (/25) and Black (1/1) parallels.

This year Exquisite goes retro, featuring not one but two throwback card designs! 2003-04 Exquisite Rookie Autograph Patch is numbered out of 25, whereas 2009-10 Exquisite Rookie Autograph Patch is numbered out of 99, making it a touch easier to find. Both sets include Gold and Black (1/1) parallels.

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Rookies aren’t the only ones to get love from Exquisite. NHL stars can be found in Exquisite Signatures and Exquisite Material Signatures, both with Gold (/5) and Black (1/1) parallels.

In Conclusion

On average, a hobby box of 2019-20 Upper Deck Ice will contain one autograph, one memorabilia or Exquisite, one Sub Zero, five Green parallels, and two Ice Premieres Rookie cards. There are five cards per pack, five packs per hobby box, and 24 hobby boxes per case.

With a stacked checklist of acetate cards and on-card autographs, 2019-20 Upper Deck Ice is one of the hottest hockey releases of the year. So don’t just stand there frozen in place! Pre-order now before the opportunity slips away!

Okay, that’s it for the puns. We promise. Let us know what cards you’re hunting for in the comments, and thanks for reading!