2023-24 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey does its best to live up to its name. It might not be quite the level of The Cup as far as prestige goes, but it’s close. The long-running premium brand continues to revolve around high-end hits and a checklist highlighted by low print runs for individual cards. Four-card hobby boxes have at least one autograph and one memorabilia card with another being a distinct possibility. The main base set has 100 cards — 75 veterans and a 25-card Legends subset. All come numbered to just 149 with additional Blue (/99), Gold (/35), Purple (/15) and Black (/5) parallels also available. Autograph versions are 1:8 packs for vets and 1:48 for Legends. These have their own Gold, Purple (/5) and Black (1/1) spins. Jumbo Jersey Veterans come numbered to 149. Legends are limited to just 10. Scarce Patch and one-of-one Shield Patch versions are also on the 2023-24 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey checklist. Diving even deeper are Jumbo Patch Autographs that have no more than three copies and one-of-one Shield Patch Autographs. Depending on the player, Ultimate Rookies Autograph Patch cards come numbered to 99, 49 or 25. Parallels are kept to a minimum for these with Jumbo Patches bringing a print run of just 15 copies and Jumbo Shield being one-of-a-kind. Land the Connor Bedard and you’ve likely got the hit of the product. More rookie content is available in Ultimate Introductions (1:3 packs) and Ultimate Introductions Showcase (1:32 packs). Both have Gold (/49), Purple (/25) and Black (/5) parallels. Autographs are 1:5 packs or 1:80 for Showcase cards. Gold, Purple (/10 or less) and Black (1/1) signatures are also in the product. Everything else on the 2023-24 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey checklist has autographs, memorabilia or both. It’s in the both department that Ultimate strives to live up to its lofty title. Ultimate Planks is one of the product’s debuts. Versions include Legendary Shield (/49 or 25), Autographs (/10), Legends Autographs (/10), and Original Six Today Autographs (/5). These also have unsigned versions that have no more than 49 copies each.