2009/10 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey Hobby Box | 24 Packs | Opened Box, Sealed Packs

The 2009 draft class arrives in this set as Rookie Gems: John Tavares first overall, Victor Hedman second, Matt Duchene third. The card from this box that has aged best belongs to none of them — Erik Karlsson, taken fifteenth the year before, won the Norris Trophy in 2012 and again in 2015. Antti Niemi's rookie card is here too, printed in December 2009; six months later he was the goaltender who won the Stanley Cup with Chicago.

Each hobby box holds 24 packs of 5 cards. The base set is built in tiers: 90 single-diamond cards, 45 double, 45 triple and 42 quad, with the Rookie Gems rookies sitting in the triple and quad tiers.

Box break, guaranteed:

• 3 Triple Diamond rookie cards
• 1 Quad Diamond rookie card
• 2 Quad-Swatch jersey cards
• at least 1 numbered parallel
• 2 perimeter die-cut horizontal variations

The parallel ladder is unusually steep. Ruby runs to 100, Gold to 10, and Platinum to 1 — every card in the set exists as a genuine one-of-one. The jersey cards follow the same idea: Ruby to 50, Gold to 25, Onyx to 10, and an Onyx autograph version numbered to 5. Gemography signature cards fall 1:48 packs, so roughly every second box. The Hardware Heroes inserts are die-cut from PETG plastic rather than card stock, numbered to 100 and falling two per case.

Condition

The outer box has been opened. All 24 packs are present, original and sealed — no pack has been opened and no card has been removed. The box itself shows handling.

Released 29 December 2009.

Packs: 24 · Cards per pack: 5 · Condition: opened box, all packs sealed