{"product_id":"2009-10-upper-deck-artifacts-hockey-retail-box-24-packs-factory-sealed","title":"2009\/10 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey Retail Box | 24 Packs | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed \u003cstrong\u003eretail box\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong\u003e2009\/10 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e24 packs of 5 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e, 120 cards in total. Memorabilia and autograph cards are randomly inserted, along with rookie cards and rookie redemption cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRetail and hobby are not the same box with a different label\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the retail configuration, and it is worth understanding what that means before buying, because the difference is real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ehobby\u003c\/strong\u003e box of Artifacts guarantees its hits. The memorabilia and autograph cards are part of the specification — you know before opening that a certain number are inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eretail\u003c\/strong\u003e box does not guarantee them. The wording is \"randomly inserted\", and that is precise rather than evasive: the cards exist in the print run, they fall at some rate across it, and no individual box promises one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManufacturers do this deliberately. Hobby product goes through card shops to people who know what they are buying and will pay for certainty. Retail goes to a wider counter at a lower price, and the way to reach that price is to remove the guarantee rather than the possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeither is dishonest. What matters is not mistaking one for the other — and a page quoting hobby odds on a retail box would be doing exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtifacts as a brand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtifacts sat above the everyday sets and below the premium ones, and its identity was the card stock: thick, heavy, layered, with memorabilia windows built into the design rather than punched into a thin base card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tiering runs through the whole set, and the numbering gets steep quickly — which is the point of a mid-tier product. It has to feel more substantial than a base set without costing what a premium one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe 2009 rookie class\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2009\/10 is the \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tavares\u003c\/strong\u003e year — first overall in the 2009 draft, and later the captain who took the New York Islanders out of a decade of irrelevance before moving to Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe class also includes \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Hedman\u003c\/strong\u003e, second overall and a Norris Trophy winner with Tampa Bay, \u003cstrong\u003eErik Karlsson\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has won the Norris three times, \u003cstrong\u003eJamie Benn\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRyan O'Reilly\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Conn Smythe winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a deeper class than it looked at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 packs per box · 5 cards per pack · 120 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eRetail configuration\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Deck · \u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artifacts · \u003cstrong\u003eSeason:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\/10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemorabilia and autograph cards are randomly inserted and are not guaranteed in any individual box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Deck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52866724233498,"sku":"UD-ART-0910-RETAIL","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3029.jpg?v=1789361561","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2009-10-upper-deck-artifacts-hockey-retail-box-24-packs-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}