Description

2003 Victory is a 200 card set released, exclusive to retail, in February, 2003. After four years as a large but no-frills, insert-less product, Upper Deck dramatically changed Victory into a multi-fractured, multi-paralleled, set with a collectible card game element. The first 100 cards comprise the short set while the last 100 cards were all short-printed to various quantities. The corners on all cards are rounded to look like a playing card.

These changes were not well received by collectors, and as a result, Upper Deck discontinued the line after 2003 -- although it remains part of their hockey line.

2003 Victory did contain the first-ever MLB licensed "True" rookie card of Hideki Matsui.

Distribution

36 cards in a box, six cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	100	-	?
Solid Hits	28	-	1:4
Clutch Players	20	-	1:5
Lay it on the Line	20	-	1:5
True Gamers	10	-	1:10
Run Producers	10	-	1:10
Difference Makers	6	-	1:20
Winning Formula	6	-	1:20
Green Parallel (Tier 1)	100	-	one-per-pack
Orange Parallel (Tier 2)	100	-	1:8
Blue Parallel (Tier 3)	100	650	?
Purple Parallel (Tier 4)	100	50	?
Red Parallel (Tier 5)	100	25	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Troy Glaus
2 Garret Anderson
3 Tim Salmon
4 Darin Erstad
5 Luis Gonzalez
6 Curt Schilling
7 Randy Johnson
8 Junior Spivey
9 Andruw Jones
10 Greg Maddux
11 Chipper Jones
12 Gary Sheffield
13 John Smoltz
14 Geronimo Gil
15 Tony Batista
16 Trot Nixon
17 Manny Ramirez
18 Pedro Martinez
19 Nomar Garciaparra
20 Derek Lowe
21 Shea Hillenbrand
22 Sammy Sosa
23 Kerry Wood
24 Mark Prior
25 Magglio Ordonez
26 Frank Thomas
27 Mark Buehrle
28 Paul Konerko
29 Adam Dunn
30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
31 Austin Kearns
32 Matt Lawton
33 Larry Walker
34 Todd Helton
35 Jeff Bagwell
36 Roy Oswalt
37 Lance Berkman
38 Mike Sweeney
39 Carlos Beltran
40 Kazuhisa Ishii
41 Shawn Green
42 Hideo Nomo
43 Adrian Beltre
44 Richie Sexson
45 Ben Sheets
46 Torii Hunter
47 Jacque Jones
48 Corey Koskie
49 Vladimir Guerrero
50 Jose Vidro
51 Mo Vaughn
52 Mike Piazza
53 Roberto Alomar
54 Derek Jeter
55 Alfonso Soriano
56 Jason Giambi
57 Roger Clemens
58 Mike Mussina
59 Bernie Williams
60 Jorge Posada
61 Nick Johnson
62 Hideki Matsui RC
63 Eric Chavez
64 Barry Zito
65 Miguel Tejada
66 Tim Hudson
67 Pat Burrell
68 Bob Abreu
69 Jimmy Rollins
70 Brett Myers
71 Jim Thome
72 Jason Kendall
73 Brian Giles
74 Aramis Ramirez
75 Sean Burroughs
76 Ryan Klesko
77 Phil Nevin
78 Barry Bonds
79 J.T. Snow
80 Rich Aurilia
81 Ichiro
82 Edgar Martinez
83 Freddy Garcia
84 Jim Edmonds
85 J.D. Drew
86 Scott Rolen
87 Albert Pujols
88 Mark McGwire
89 Matt Morris
90 Ben Grieve
91 Carl Crawford
92 Alex Rodriguez
93 Carl Everett
94 Juan Gonzalez
95 Rafael Palmeiro
96 Hank Blalock
97 Carlos Delgado
98 Josh Phelps
99 Eric Hinske
100 Shannon Stewart

Solid Hits

101 Albert Pujols
102 Alex Rodriguez
103 Alfonso Soriano
104 Barry Bonds
105 Bernie Williams
106 Brian Giles
107 Chipper Jones
108 Darin Erstad
109 Derek Jeter
110 Eric Chavez
111 Miguel Tejada
112 Ichiro
113 Rafael Palmeiro
114 Jason Giambi
115 Jeff Bagwell
116 Jim Thome
117 Ken Griffey, Jr.
118 Lance Berkman
119 Luis Gonzalez
120 Manny Ramirez
121 Mike Piazza
122 J.D. Drew
123 Sammy Sosa
124 Scott Rolen
125 Shawn Green
126 Todd Helton
127 Troy Glaus
128 Vladimir Guerrero

Clutch Players

129 Albert Pujols
130 Brian Giles
131 Carlos Delgado
132 Curt Schilling
133 Derek Jeter
134 Frank Thomas
135 Greg Maddux
136 Jeff Bagwell
137 Jim Thome
138 Jorge Posada
139 Kazuhisa Ishii
140 Larry Walker
141 Luis Gonzalez
142 Miguel Tejada
143 Pat Burrell
144 Pedro Martinez
145 Rafael Palmeiro
146 Roger Clemens
147 Tim Hudson
148 Troy Glaus

Laying it on the Line

149 Alfonso Soriano LL
150 Andruw Jones LL
151 Barry Zito LL
152 Darin Erstad LL
153 Eric Chavez LL
154 Alex Rodriguez LL
155 J.D. Drew LL
156 Jason Giambi LL
157 Jason Kendall LL
158 Ken Griffey, Jr. LL
159 Lance Berkman LL
160 Mike Mussina LL
161 Mike Piazza LL
162 Nomar Garciaparra LL
163 Randy Johnson LL
164 Roberto Alomar LL
165 Scott Rolen LL
166 Shawn Green LL
167 Torii Hunter LL
168 Vladimir Guerrero LL

True Gamers

169 Alex Rodriguez
170 Andruw Jones
171 Bernie Williams
172 Ichiro
173 Miguel Tejada
174 Nomar Garciaparra
175 Pedro Martinez
176 Randy Johnson
177 Todd Helton
178 Vladimir Guerrero

Run Producers

179 Barry Bonds
180 Carlos Delgado
181 Chipper Jones
182 Frank Thomas
183 Lance Berkman
184 Larry Walker
185 Manny Ramirez
186 Mike Piazza
187 Sammy Sosa
188 Shawn Green

Difference Makers

189 Chipper Jones
190 Curt Schilling
191 Derek Jeter
192 Ken Griffey, Jr.
193 Sammy Sosa
194 Vladimir Guerrero

Winning Formula

195 Alex Rodriguez
196 Barry Bonds
197 Greg Maddux
198 Ichiro
199 Jason Giambi
200 Mike Piazza

Parallels

Each of the first 100 cards (the entire short-set) are available in the following parallels.

Tier 1, Green

Tier 2, Orange

Tier 3, Blue (serial-numbered to 650 copies)

Tier 4, Purple (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Tier 5, Red (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

NOTE: All cards are serial-numbered on the front in dot-matrix.