Product Overview
2023-24 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey ranks among one of the more premium leaning products of the season. Besides autographs, memorabilia cards and some high-end technology-driven inserts, the product continues to live up to its name with cards that have actual diamonds embedded in them.
Hobby boxes have just six cards. Leading the way is either an autograph or gem card. There are also three total memorabilia cards and inserts, a card from the Exquisite line and either a base card or parallel.
No base card in the product has more than 349 copies. That’s the print run for standard base cards covering top NHL vets. Standard parallels include Red (/75), Blue (/25), Green (/10) and Gold (1/1). There are also autographs and memorabilia cards for select cards.
Diamond Relics are also available. Numbered to 5, these have between one and four gems depending on the player and their star power. Pure Black versions are one-of-ones. Some base cards also have numbered autographs and premium memorabilia cards.
First-year players get the Diamond Relic Rookies treatment. These have just 99 copies. Like the vet versions, the number of diamonds vary with the key players topping out at four a piece. Ruby (/49), Purple (/25), Emerald (/10) and Pure Black (1/1) make up the modest but challenging parallel rainbow.
2023-24 Black Diamond Hockey has diamonds elsewhere on its checklist as well.
Gemography returns, offering signatures alongside the jewels. Base versions have 25 copies each with additional Ruby (/15), Purple (/10), Emerald (/5) and Pure Black (1/1) also available.
Also back is Band of Colors. Vets have 23 copies while rookies are numbered to 24. The idea behind these is that they now only have six diamond relics but each one is a different color. New Pure Black parallels are one-of-ones.
