by Chris Coomber

Upper Deck MVP Hockey is one of the most affordable ways for hockey card collectors to find Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin rookie cards.

Although the boxes of MVP hockey cards are more affordable than some of the other 2005/06 hockey card releases, the rookies are short printed, insuring that they will hold their value.

The return of hockey, rookie cards and the price of the boxes have played a part in making MVP one of the hottest collected sets of this year.

MVP is definitely the most reasonable priced set for those hockey card collectors who want to add Crosby and Ovechkin rookie cards as well has 40 plus other rookies to their collections.

Along with the 45 rookie cards, there are 400 veterans in the base set. All 445 cards have both a Gold (100 copies per card) and Platinum (25 copies per card) parallel.

As with all Upper Deck hockey card sets, the quality of MVP’s photography and cards in general are second to none. Card fronts feature a silver facsimile signature of the player. For players that the Upper Deck Co. did not have a facsimile signature on file, UDC simply showed the player’s name in silver script.

There are 42 basic insert cards which fall one every fourth pack (six per box). The four basic insert sets are Monumental Moments (seven cards), Rising to the Occasion (14), Rookie Breakthrough (14), and Tribute to Greatness (seven Wayne Gretzky).

Two of the six basic inserts that you will find in your box will be Rookie Breakthrough inserts.

Memorabilia cards are something that all collectors love, and 2005/2006 Upper Deck MVP does not disappoint. Single memorabilia cards can be found on average, one per box. Also look for Dual and Triple MVP Materials
Upper Deck MVP is also great for team set building.

Basic Hockey Card Info: 400-card base set, including eight checklist cards, Also featuring 45 MVP Rookies (1:2)

Hockey Parallels: 400 MVP Gold (#’d to 100), 400 MVP Platinum (#’d to 25)

Hockey Card Inserts: Rising to the Ocassion (1:12), Rookie Breakthrough (1:12), A Tribute to Greatness (1:24), Monumental Moments (1:24)

Hockey Memorabilia: MVP Materials (1:24), Dual MVP Materials (#’d to 100), Triple MVP Materials (#’d to 25)

Hockey Card Autographs: ProSign (1:480)

About the author:

Chris Coomber is a hockey card and sports card dealer. His company, Grizzly Sports Cards has one of the widest selections of sealed wax sports cards boxes on the Internet. Upper Deck MVP Hockey Cards are available at Grizzly Sports Cards.