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.
Blaster Box
The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.
Retail Box
A full box of the individual packs sold loose at big-box stores, often 24 of them. Same base set as the hobby version, with fewer or no guaranteed hits.
Tin
A decorated metal box holding a handful of packs, often with a bonus card inside. The packs are standard product; the tin and its extras are the draw.
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.
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 16 retailers we follow for
2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells
out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.
The main chase is Young Guns, which you'll pull six per box. The biggest names are Patrik Laine, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, Dylan Strome, and Brayden Point. You'll also find UD Canvas Young Guns versions of Matthews, William Nylander, and others, which are much tougher to pull.
Q2How many autographs should I expect per box?
Autographs are seeded at 1:576 packs for both UD Signatures and O-Pee-Chee Update Signatures, which works out to roughly one autograph per three boxes on average. There's also a special UD Canvas Pavel Bure autograph limited to 10 copies.
Q3What makes Clear Cut parallels special?
Clear Cut is a hobby-exclusive PETG acetate parallel that falls 1 in 90 packs for regular base cards and 1 in 360 for Young Guns. They're visually distinct and numbered, making them a solid secondary chase after the base Young Guns.
Q4What's Day with the Cup and why is it so hard to pull?
Day with the Cup is a commemorative insert celebrating the 2015-16 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. It's seeded at 1:1,000 packs, making it one of the toughest hits in the product. Penguins fans especially hunt for these.
Q5How does the O-Pee-Chee Update set work?
O-Pee-Chee Update is a retro-styled insert with veteran and rookie versions. Rookies hit 1:6 packs. The hobby-exclusive Red Border parallels are extremely rare (1:300 for rookies, 1:1,200 for vets), and there are also Rainbow Foil and Black Border numbered parallels.
Q6What's the difference between Series 1 and Series 2?
Series 2 covers cards 251-500 and includes the second half of the Young Guns rookies. Upper Deck saved some of the top prospects like Laine, Marner, and Strome for Series 2, making it the more sought-after release for many collectors.
Q7Are there any special parallels to the base set?
Yes. Beyond Clear Cut, you can pull Exclusives (/100), High Gloss (/10), and Printing Plates (1/1). These are hobby and e-Pack exclusives and add numbered punch to your pulls.
Q8What are the best inserts in 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2?
Worth keeping an eye out for: Young Guns (1:4 packs), UD Canvas (1:6 combined (1:7 vets, 1:48 Young Guns)), O-Pee-Chee Update (1:24 vets, 1:6 rookies), Day with the Cup (1:1,000 packs), Clear Cut PETG Parallels (1:90 base, 1:360 Young Guns), Rookie Breakouts.
Q9When did 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 come out?
It dropped February 15, 2017.
Q10What's in a 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 hobby box?
24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case
Q11Where can I buy 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2?
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
2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey
2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 is the second half of the base set, headlined by Young Guns rookies of Patrik Laine, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, and other top prospects. It's the standard rookie card release for hockey collectors.
Autographs
1Autograph per 3 boxes on average
On average per hobby box
6Young Guns rookie cards
4UD Canvas cards
4UD Portraits Rookies
1O-Pee-Chee Update card
4O-Pee-Chee Update Rookies
Inserts to watch
Young Guns1 in 4 packs; 6 per boxThe flagship rookie set; every box yields six of these, featuring the year's top prospects like Laine, Marner, and Matthews.
UD Canvas1 in 6 combined (1 in 7 vets, 1 in 48 Young Guns)Premium photo parallels; Young Guns versions are short-printed and highly sought after.
O-Pee-Chee Update1 in 24 vets, 1 in 6 rookiesRetro-styled update set with hobby-exclusive Red Border parallels at 1:1,200 (vets) and 1:300 (rookies).
Day with the Cup1 in 1,000 packsLong-odds commemorative insert celebrating the 2015-16 Stanley Cup champion Penguins; a true chase card.
Clear Cut PETG Parallels1 in 90 base, 1 in 360 Young GunsHobby-exclusive acetate parallels; Young Guns versions are especially tough pulls.
Rookie BreakoutsDie-cut acetate cards numbered to 100, featuring top-tier rookies in special designs.
Fast facts
Released
February 15, 2017
Box config
24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case
Set size
500 cards
Top rookie
Auston Matthews
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24 PACKSPER BOX
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