After spending the last few years as a bonus pack set-within-a-set, 2014-15 Upper Deck Ice Hockey marks the brand's standalone return. The acetate-heavy product promises one autograph, one memorabilia card and several short prints per eight-pack box.

Considering there are just 24 cards per box, the 210-card set is going to be a challenge to complete. It starts with a 42-card base set. That leaves four times as many short prints. These come in various tiers, each with their own rarity. Goalies (30 cards, 1:3 packs) and Legends (12 cards, 1:7 packs) are the most common. The two subsets combine to land four per box. They come numbered to 1,249 (Tier 3, 16 cards), 749 (Tier 2, three cards) and 249 (Tier 1, two cards). Ice Premieres rookie cards are found three per box.

 These come in five tiers: #/999 (Tier 5, 24 cards), #/799 (Tier 4, 36 cards), #/499 (Tier 3, 24 cards), #/299 (Tier 2, six cards) and #/99 (Tier 1, 15 cards).

On top of the massive tiered structure, Ice Premieres have autographed (1:16) and autographed patch (#/10) versions.

Glacial Graphs (1:35) continue with the acetate theme. These have inscribed Gold (1:128) and Black (#/10 or less) parallels. Rinkside Signings (1:64) use an overhead view of a rink as the signing spot. Rounding out the main autograph inserts in 2014-15 Upper Deck Ice Hockey is Signature Swatches (1:128), which add memorabilia to the equation. Parallels include Gold (#/10 or less) and Black (1/1).

Frozen Foursomes (1:45), Fresh Threads (1:21) and Frozen Fabrics (1:21) are among the other hits in 2014-15 Upper Deck Ice Hockey. All three have numbered Gold and Black parallels.

While Ice is getting its spot back on the calendar as a standalone release, UD Black is still an insert. It's high-end, but an insert nonetheless. Every box of Ice has one UD Black insert. Basic cards are numbered to 225 while rookies have 299 copies each. Other inserts with Black name include Autographed Lustrous Rookies (#/349), Lustrous Material (1:64) andLustrous Signatures (#/99 or less).

8 packs per box, 3 cards per pack

 

• 1 Autograph
• 1 Memorabilia Card
• 1 UD Black Insert
• 8 Short Prints
• 24 Total Cards