The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.
Cases
The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.
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The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
Q2What makes 2021-22 Ultimate Collection worth opening?
Every box has three hits guaranteed, and they're all hard-signed autographs or game-worn memorabilia. You're chasing rookie autographs, one-of-one shield patches, and low-numbered parallels of established stars. It's a premium product designed for collectors who want premium hits.
Q3What are the key rookie cards to hunt?
The Ultimate Rookies Autographs subset (#101-200) is the main rookie chase. Most are numbered to 299, but about a dozen key players are short-printed to just 99. These are true rookie cards and come hard-signed.
Q4What's the deal with the shield patch cards?
Ultimate has always featured one-of-one NHL shield logo cards as a centerpiece chase. This year includes Ultimate Shield Patches, Ultimate Shield Patch Autos, and Rookie Tandem Shield Patches (which pair a veteran with a rookie from the same team, numbered to just 2).
Q5How do the base set parallels work?
Veterans and Legends come in Gold (/35), Purple (/15), and Black (/5) parallels. There are also autographed versions of these, with Black Autos being 1/1 and Shield Patch Autos also 1/1. Rookies have Jersey versions (/699 or /499) that don't have autos, plus Auto Patch (/99 or /49) and Jumbo Auto Patch (/15) variants.
Q6What new inserts are in this year's product?
Five new inserts debut: 2000-01 Ultimate Signatures Retros (hard-signed on classic design), Stick With Me (game-used sticks, /35 base), Ulti-Mates (two teammates with jersey swatches), Ultimate Displays (framed collectible design with jersey swatches), and Ultimate Emblems Auto (metal strip branding on hard-signed cards).
Q7Who are some of the star veterans featured?
The 75-card veteran section includes Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Igor Shesterkin, and many other NHL superstars. All are numbered to 149 in the base set.
Q8Is this product a good value at $250 CAD per box?
That depends on your goals. If you're hunting specific rookie autos or shield patches, the guaranteed three hits per box give you decent odds compared to other premium products. But with most rookies numbered to 299 and many inserts having long odds, you should expect to open multiple boxes to land the big hits.
Q9When did 2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection come out?
It dropped September 13, 2023.
Q10What's in a 2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection hobby box?
1 pack per box, 4 cards per pack, 8 boxes per case
Q11What's the cheapest 2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $185.00 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Q12Where can I buy 2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection?
We track listings across the major North American card shops and surface the best price up top. The Buy on eBay links go through the eBay Partner Network.
What to Expect
2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey
2021-22 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection is a premium hockey product loaded with hard-signed autographs and game-worn memorabilia. Every box delivers three hits, making it a chase for rookie autographs, shield patches, and low-numbered parallels of stars like Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, and the 2021-22 rookie class.
Autographs
1.5 autographs per box on average
On average per hobby box
1Non-auto/memorabilia base set card, base parallel, or insert
1Non-memorabilia autographed card
1Non-autographed memorabilia card
1Premium autographed, premium memorabilia, or autographed memorabilia card
Inserts to watch
Ultimate Rookies AutographsThe core rookie autograph subset with 100 rookies numbered to 299 or 99 for key players. This is the main chase for collectors hunting 2021-22 rookie cards.
Ultimate Shield Patches / Ultimate Shield Patch AutosOne-of-one NHL shield logo cards featuring active stars and legends. These are the marquee 1/1 chase cards in the product.
Rookie Tandem Shield PatchesPairs an active star with a rookie from the same team, both shown with rookie-year photos and shield patches. Limited to just 2 copies each.
Ultimate Introductions1 in 3 packs base, 1 in 100 packs ShowcaseRookie-focused insert set with a Showcase subset highlighting the best 2021-22 rookies. Autograph versions available at 1:5 packs or 1:200 for Showcase.
Ultimate Displays1 in 8 packs JerseyNew insert mimicking framed collectibles with two player images and a game-worn jersey swatch. Auto versions available with patches and tags.
2000-01 Ultimate Signatures Retros1 in 56 packs base, 1 in 32 packs RookieHard-signed autographs using the classic 2000-01 Ultimate design. Includes rookies, veterans, and legends with Gold parallels numbered to 10.
Fast facts
Released
September 13, 2023
Box config
1 pack per box, 4 cards per pack, 8 boxes per case
Set size
198 cards
Top rookie
Cole Caufield
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