2010 Upper Deck

Description

2010 Upper Deck Baseball is a 600-card set released the first week of February, 2010.

In August 2009, Topps was named Major League Baseball Properties' (MLBP) exclusive trading card licensee for 2010 and beyond. Upper Deck (who had extended their license with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) earlier in 2009) announced that, despite losing their MLB license, they had no intention of exiting the baseball card market. As 2009 turned to 2010, UD was tight-lipped as to their plans for baseball, only announcing that MLBPA-licensed products would continue to be released in 2010.

In late January 2010, Upper Deck released their first partially-licensed baseball products: "2009" Ultimate Collection and "2009" UD Signature Stars. 2010 Upper Deck Baseball Series One would follow suit in early February. All three products continued to depict MLBPA players in MLB uniforms -- albeit with team logos strategically concealed, but NOT airbrushed out. For continuing to depict MLB players in uniform, UD was shortly thereafter sued by MLBP and Topps for copyright infringement.

On March 3rd, 2010, as part of a settlement with Major League Baseball Properties, Upper Deck agreed not to release any baseball card products currently in development -- to include 2010 SP Authentic, 2010 SPx, and 2010 Upper Deck Goudey. The settlement with MLBP allowed Upper Deck to sell any excess 2010 Upper Deck inventory. As such, this set is considered authorized and licensed by BOTH MLBP and the MLBPA, and the rookie cards are "true."

Wave 2

2010 Upper Deck Baseball Series One Wave 2, was scheduled for release (exclusive to retail outlets) May 4th, 2010. Series One Wave 2 was to have 50 additional cards in the set (#601-#650) along with a selection of cards from the 600-card Series One set -- similar to the "High-Number" packs from Upper Deck's early years. Series One Wave 2 was never released.

Distribution

Retail: 18 cards per pack, (MSRP: $3)

Hobby: 20 cards per pack, 16 packs per Hobby box, (MSRP: $5)

Fat Packs: 36 cards per pack, (MSRP: $5)

Blasters: 10 packs of eight cards per Blaster, (MSRP: $19.99)

NOTE: Despite Series Two never being issued, all packs and boxes are labelled "2010 Upper Deck Series One."

Reviews

Stale Gum

Celebrity Predictors Insert Set Review: http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2011/11/set-showcase-16-2010-ud-celebrity.html

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Fat Pack Odds
Base	600	-	17:1	17:1	33:1
Double-Take Variations	25	-	1:96	1:960	?
Gold	600	99	?	?	?
Upper Deck Portraits	100	-	?	?	?
Upper Deck Portraits Black Glossy	100	99	?	?	?
Season Biography	200	-	2:1	1:1	1:1
Joe DiMaggio Heroes	10	-	?	?	?
20th Anniversary Heroes	10	-	1:16	?	?
Tape Measure Shots	25	-	N/A	N/A	2:1
All World	15	-	?	?	?
Pure Heat	15	-	?	?	?
10th Anniversary 2000 UD Rookie Update	20	-	?	?	?
Celebrity Predictors	10	-	?	?	?
Supreme Green	100	-	N/A	1:8	N/A
Supreme Blue	100	-	N/A	1:27	N/A
UD Game Jersey	100	-	1:8	?	?
UD Game Jersey Patch	100	25	?	?	?
Gary Sheffield A Piece of History 500 HR Club Bat	1	350	?	?	?
Signature Sensations	100	-	1:16	?	?
20th Anniversary Heroes Art Card Signatures	10	90	?	?	?
Joe DiMaggio Cut Signature	1	56	?	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Star Rookies

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Ballparks

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Team Checklists

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Wave 2

Wave 2 was to have been a 50-card retail-exclusive extension on the base set, and was scheduled to hit store shelves in May, 2010. However, on March 3rd, 2010, as part of a settlement with Major League Baseball Properties, Upper Deck agreed not to release any future baseball card products -- to include 2010 Upper Deck Wave 2.

Gimmicks

Double-Take

25 base cards have scarce "Double-Take" variations. Double-Take's feature between two and four subtle tweaks to the image shown on the commonly seeded version of the card. Beginning in February, 2010 each week Upper Deck was to have revealed the existence of a new Double-Take card. On March 5th, 2010, two days after settling their lawsuit with MLB Properties, Upper Deck released a checklist of all 25 variants; however since then, they've ceased to announce what the tweaks on each card are. Any assistance in identifying the unknown tweaks would be greatly appreciated.

The 25 card set is fractured into four levels: Common (C), Rare (R), Super Rare (SR), and Ultra Rare (UR). Common being the least scarce and Ultra Rare being the most scarce. Each card's level is designated in the checklist.

The first five collectors who completed a full set of 25 Double-Take's, were to receive a collection of autographed Upper Deck Authenticated memorabilia. But with the lawsuit settlement it is unknown if this promotion is still valid.

NOTE: The state odds of finding a Double-Take variation card are 1:96 Hobby packs and 1:960 retail packs.

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Parallels

Each base card is also available in a Gold parallel, numbered to 99 copies.

Inserts

Portraits

All cards are also available in a Glossy parallel, which is serial-numbered to 99 copies.

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2009 Season Biography

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Joe DiMaggio Baseball Heroes

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20th Anniversary Heroes

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All-World

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Pure Heat

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10th Anniversary 2000 Upper Deck Star Rookie Update

Each card inserted into packs was placed inside a penny sleeve with a second card explaining the 2000 Upper Deck Star Rookie Update program. This set is designed as, and sequentially-numbered as an extension of, the 2000 Upper Deck set.

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Celebrity Predictors

This unannounced, stealth, insert features caricatures of famous celebrity couples. The cards are perforated down the middle for ease of "separation" -- just in case.

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Exquisite

See 2010 Upper Deck Exquisite.

Supreme

This retail-exclusive insert was available in Blue and Green versions, with the Blues (1:27/packs) tougher to find than the Greens (1:8). Initially a third version (Red) was to have been included (at the rate of 1:100/packs) in the now-canceled Wave 2 release. It was initially announced by Upper Deck that the Green Supreme's would be serial-numbered to 100 copies, but this appears not to be the case.

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Tape Measure Shots

This set is exclusive to retail fat packs.

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Retail-Exclusive Inserts

These four cards were randomly inserted into retail looseys, and were not acknowledged by Upper Deck until almost a month after the product's release. Cards R1 and R4 are exclusive to Wal-Mart packs, while R2 and R3 are exclusive to Target packs. Although Upper Deck never announced the insertion ratios, it appears that Target-exclusive cards were tougher to pull than the Wal-Mart cards.

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Rookie Debut

These cards were to have been inserted into Fat Packs of the canceled Wave 2. The checklist was never revealed.

Autographs & Game-Used

UD Game Jersey

All UD Game Jerseys are available in a Patch version. The Patches are serial numbered to 25 copies, and are numbered with a UDGP prefix.

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Gary Sheffield A Piece of History 500 HR Club Bat card

See Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club.

Signature Sensations

According to Upper Deck customer service reps, the following nine (9) cards were not produced: Wainwright, Granderson, Pie, Parra, Montero, Tolbert, Braun, Markakis and, Vanden Hurk.

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20th Anniversary Heroes Art Card Signatures

Each card is serial-numbered to 90 copies.

According to Upper Deck customer service reps, BHA-5 (David Price) was not produced.

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Baseball Heroes Joe DiMaggio Cut Signature

The Joe DiMaggio Cut Signature card is serial-numbered to 56 copies.

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Upper Deck (flagship)
Upper Deck (flagship) Sets: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010
Upper Deck (flagship) Update Sets: 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition - 2009 Upper Deck Update
Upper Deck (flagship) Parallel Brands: 1999 Upper Deck Encore - First Edition: 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - First Pitch: 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - Special F/X: 1998 - 2006
Upper Deck Prospect Premieres: 2001 - 2002 - 2003
Upper Deck Japan: 2001