Coming from collecting baseball and football as I do, what I know of the Artifacts line was from 2005 and 2006 baseball and the retooling of that same design in 2007 for football. The product apparently is still going strong in hockey, as it is the second product being released for the 2010-11 hockey season.
For the most part, Artifacts has had a decent, classic design without any strange graphical oddities, featuring short-printed rookie cards and a healthy amount of memorabilia inserts. 2010-11 Artifacts appears to continue this trend.
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Price Point: Approximately $10/pack or $80 per box from Blowout Cards.
Product Loadout: 4 cards per pack, 10 packs per box, 16 boxes per case.
Hit Ratios: Each box will contain 3 memorabilia cards with at least one being of two or three players, one Auto-Facts signature card, two rookie cards, one rookie redemption, two legend or star cards and one parallel.
Product Information:
- 100 card base set (1-100)
- Artifacts Rookies (1:5 packs, #’d to 999)
- Artifacts Rookie Redemption Cards (1:10 packs)
- Short-printed Legends/Stars (1:5 packs, #’d to 999)
Autographs, Relics and Parallels:
- Base Gold Parallel (#’d to 50)
- Base Silver Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 25)
- Base Gold Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 10)
- Base Black Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Base Black Auto Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Legends Gold Parallel (#’d to 50)
- Legends Silver Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 25)
- Legends Gold Rainbow Paralle (#’d to 10)
- Legends Black Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Legends Black Autograph Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Stars Gold Parallel (#’d to 50)
- Stars Silver Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 25)
- Stars Gold Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 10)
- Stars Black Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Stars Black Autograph Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Artifacts Rookies Gold Parallel (#’d to 50)
- Artifacts Rookies Silver Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 25)
- Artifacts Rookies Gold Rainbow Parallel (#’d to 10)
- Artifacts Rookies Black Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Artifacts Rookies Black Autograph Parallel (#’d to 5)
- Treasured Swatches (#’d to 150)
- Treasured Swatches Copper (#’d to 50)
- Treasured Swatches Blue (#’d to 35)
- Treasured Swatches Red (#’d to 15)
- Treasured Swatches Gold (#’d to 5)
- Treasured Swatches Black (1/1)
- Treasured Swatches Patch Blue (#’d to 50)
- Treasured Swatches Patch Red (#’d to 25)
- Treasured Swatches Patch Gold (#’d to 15)
- Treasured Swatches Tag Black (#’d to 5)
- Frozen Artifacts (#’d to 150)
- Frozen Artifacts Copper (#’d to 50)
- Frozen Artifacts Blue (#’d to 35)
- Frozen Artifacts Red (#’d to 15)
- Frozen Artifacts Black (1/1)
- Frozen Artifacts Patch Blue (#’d to 50)
- Frozen Artifacts Patch Red (#’d to 25)
- Frozen Artifacts Patch Gold (#’d to 15)
- Frozen Artifacts Tag Black (#’d to 5)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Jerseys (#’d to 65)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Jerseys Silver (#’d to 35)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Jerseys Gold (#’d to 10)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Jerseys Blue (1/1)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Patches Bronze (#’d to 35)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Patches Silver (#’d to 15)
- Tundra Tandems Dual Patches Gold (#’d to 5)
- Tundra Trios Triple Jerseys (#’d to 50)
- Tundra Trios Triple Jerseys Silver (#’d to 15)
- Tundra Trios Triple Jerseys Gold (#’d to 5)
- Tundra Trios Triple Jerseys Blue (1/1)
- Tundra Trios Triple Patches Bronze (#’d to 35)
- Tundra Trios Triple Patches Silver (#’d to 15)
- Tundra Trios Triple Patches Gold (#’d to 5)
- Auto-Facts (1:10 packs)
- Auto-Facts Black Parallel (#’d to 5)
At $10 per pack and something in every pack, be it a relic, autograph short-printed rookie, legend, star or parallel, this product has some pretty solid value, similar to how Panini Certified does things. I like how the relic cards have the player photo to one side and the relics on the other side, giving the card some balance. I’m not sure how the base card autograph parallels are going to look, but overall I like how this set is designed.
Of course, as with any set, we’ll have to see how it looks at least, and how it sits on the secondary market in order to get a true sense of its value. However, so far, so good.
