First look: 2013-14 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey cards

[pwaldo]

http://www.beckett.com/news/2014/01/...-hockey-cards/

Upper Deck is celebrating SP hockey’s 20th anniversary in 2013-14 SP Authentic Hockey.

It will include 1993-94 SP Retro designs along with SP Retro Silver Skates and SP Retro Premier Prospects.

Each box of 2013-14 SP Authentic hockey will come with three autographs, including one Future Watch Rookie Card. Each box will also have 20 packs with five cards in each pack.

Autographs will include popular SP Authentic subsets such as Immortal Inks, SP Chirography and Marks of Distinction.

SP Authentic is scheduled to come out April 8.

[mingus_md]

Looks really cool. Looking forward to this product.

[RGM81]

Always excited for one of the staple products of the hobby. I like that they're injecting a little colour into the design - bring me my Gally RCs!

[theboxbreaker96]

I love the Future Watch Autos. Not a big fan of the other 2 autos though as the INK looks hard to see. Didn't like the Limited Base Autos from last year and don't like them this year either. I love the look of the cards and I hope the Autos will be more visible.

My favorite product every year is SPA and it looks just as good as always. If there is one product that should be around every year its SPA. I will be busting a case guaranteed!

[FanOfSpeed08]

not a big fan of getting one fwa out of a box, does look good though

[EliasDevil]

not a big fan of getting one fwa out of a box, does look good though

I think it's just a minimum guarantee. Not a huge SPA follower but were you guaranteed 2/box in the past?

[notoriousrob101]

Nice looking FWA!

[Fred Bear]

I think it's just a minimum guarantee. Not a huge SPA follower but were you guaranteed 2/box in the past?

It's pretty much always been a 'guarantee' of 1 per box. In the past, I believe the 'average' box is 2 Future Watch autos and 1 Sign of the Times. Poor netted you 1 FWA and 2 SOTT autos and 'better than average' was an FWA, an SOTT, and a limited 'other' auto (Rookie patch, chirography, Marks of Distinction, etc.).

[spg]

Future Watch auto looks good, but the other two are way too busy around the autograph. At first I didn't even realize the Ovechkin was autographed.

[Leafsman]

I can't wait!

The Future Watch rookies and Future Watch auto rookies of the star players in this set will be the final ones I will be collecting.

What better way to step away from the hobby than to end with the double rookie crop!