1996 Upper Deck

Description

1996 Upper Deck is a 510-card set released in two series of 240 cards and a 30 card Update set. The 30-card Update sets (U481-U510) were available through a wrapper exchange program. In addition, for the first time since 1993, Upper Deck issued 15,000 serial-numbered factory sets (containing all 510 cards) at season's end.

The only Rookie Card of note is Livan Hernandez.

Distribution

28 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

15,000 Factory Sets.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	510	-	?
Future Stock Prospects (S1)	20	-	1:6
Power Driven (S1)	20	-	1:36
Blue Chip Prospects (S1)	20	-	1:72
V.J. Lovero Showcase (S2)	19	-	1:6
Hideo Nomo Highlights (S2)	5	-	1:24
Run Producers (S2)	20	-	1:71
Predictors (S1, S2)	120	-	1:12
Ripken Collection (S1, S2)	9	-	1:24
Diamond Destiny (S2)	40	-	1:1
Diamond Destiny Silver (S2)	40	-	1:35
Diamond Destiny Gold (S2)	40	-	1:143
Game Face	10	-	1:1

Checklist

Promo

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Base Set

Series One

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Series Two

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Update Series

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Inserts

Future Stock Prospects

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Power Driven

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Blue Chip Prospects

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Hideo Nomo Highlights

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V.J. Lovero Showcase

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Hot Commodities

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Run Producers

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Ripken Collection

See 1996 Upper Deck Ripken Collection

Predictor

Predictor is a 120-card set where collectors could compete for special 10-card parallel exchange sets. If the player depicted won the award category for any calendar month during the 1996 season, that player's Predictor could then be redemmed for a special 10-card foil parallel set of all ten players in that card's subset.

Winner cards are signified with a W in our listings and are in noticeably shorter supply since they had to be mailed in to Upper Deck (where they were destroyed) to claim your exchange cards. The deadline to mail in winning cards was November 18th, 1996.

Retail

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Hobby

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Gameface

This 10-card set was randomly inserted into specially marked 1996 Upper Deck and 1996 Collector's Choice packs sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. Each Upper Deck pack had seven cards plus one Gameface; while Collector's Choice packs had 15 cards and one Gameface.

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Diamond Destiny

This 40-card set was randomly inserted into special "Hi-Tech" packs sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, at the rate of one-per-pack. In addition, these cards are also available in the following parallels.

• Silver

• Gold

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