Birthday Blaster: 2017-18 Upper Deck Series 1

My birthday has meant more to me the last four years.  My lovely fiance and I share the same birthday.  Unfortunately she had to work that day, but it left me with a little time to myself.  I needed to return something to Walmart and since it was my birthday, I decided to treat myself to a blaster.

I was hoping that I'd finish off my base set.  Come to find out, my base set was already completed after a couple of trades on Trading Card Database.  Oops. 

There should be two Young Guns in each blaster and I still need plenty of them for the set.  My first was Pierre-Luc Dubois.  He's one of the better rookies, so I beat the odds on this one.  I knew that I wouldn't end up with two complete duds. 

My second Young Guns card was Calle Rosen.  His card is lower-end but I needed it for the set.  All things considered, I will count that as a win. 

I'm still trying to pick a copy of the Alex DeBrincat Oversized Young Guns card.  If anyone reads this and has one they want to trade for this Alexander Nylander, a Tyson Jost or a Tage Thompson, I'm your Huckleberry. 

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $150 in a year (including $15 back on one Black Friday purchase last week).  FREE CARDS!

If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  You can also find me on Trading Card Database.  I love trading cards, when it makes sense.  Happy collecting!

BOX BREAK: 2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey

I don't open much product anymore, so this is certainly a change of piece for my blog.  Enjoy the look at please comment with any thoughts!

PACK ONE

I posted pack one over on A Pack to be Named Later.  Click on over and check it out!

PACK TWO

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #25 Derek Stepan

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #142 Nicklas Lidstrom

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Emerald #RED194 Los Angeles Kings Rookie

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #75 John Gibson

PACK THREE

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #97 Nikolaj Ehlers

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #121 David Krejci

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #62 Milan Lucic

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #9 Sebastian Aho

PACK FOUR

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #64 Joe Thornton

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Orange #30 Oliver Ekman-Larsson

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #87 Nicklas Backstrom

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #93 Matthew Tkachuk

PACK FIVE

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #22 Zach Werenski

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Material Emerald #69

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #65 T.J. Oshie

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #63 Mike Smith

PACK SIX

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #80 Cam Atkinson 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #12 Nino Niederreiter 

2017-18 Artifacts Aurum #A40 Craig Anderson 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #81 Artemi Panarin

PACK SEVEN

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #61 Jack Eichel 

2017-18 Artifacts Rookie Redemptions #RED183 Boston Bruins 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #31 Mark Stone 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #34 Brad Marchand

PACK EIGHT

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #32 Max Pacioretty 

2017-18 Artifacts Material Silver #165 Evgeny Svechnikov 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #58 Bo Horvat

For whatever reason, the final pack only included three cards.  It makes no sense, as the jersey card in it was a thinner card stock than the Ryan Spooner Materials, and it contained four cards.  Many may find it nitpicking, but when you're paying THIS much for THIS few cards, I feel they all need to be there.  

SUMMARY:

Packs - 8

Total Cards - 31

Set Cards - 24 (of 180; 13.3% set completion); 2 numbered (cards 101-180)

Rookie Redemption - 1 (Boston Bruins)

Rookie Redemption Emerald - 1 (Los Angeles Kings) 

Ruby - 1 (Colin White)

Orange - 1 (Oliver Ekman-Larsson)

Material Silver - 1 (Evgeny Svechnikov

Material Emerald - 1 (Ryan Spooner)

Aurum - 1 (Craig Anderson)

I'd love comments with reader thoughts. This product is about $90 a box.  So, fire away!  

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $100 in less than a year.  FREE CARDS!  If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  Happy collecting!