Don’t miss the 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland the first weekend of August as Upper Deck is planning to make it a memorable event for fans in attendance. The National Sports Collectors Convention is the largest sports collectibles show in North America with hundreds of dealers set up, autograph pavilions running at full steam and collectors walking through the hall questioning if this is heaven. Upper Deck will be running a variety of engaging promotional for fans in attendance that will make the event entertaining for everyone. Check out details on what you can expect from Upper Deck during “The National” in Cleveland, Ohio at the I-X Center from August 1-5, 2018.

Upper Deck Wrapper Redemption Program

It’s fun to see fans opening packs, boxes and cases of new Upper Deck products during The National. Fans enjoy opening Upper Deck products at the show to get the special items available through the company’s exclusive wrapper redemption packs produced just for this show. Fans can find both Prominent Cuts cards which feature a variety of personalities from various sports and NHL® Top Shelf Rookie cards of the prospects this season in Upper Deck National Black packs. Randomly inserted into these packs are incredibly limited autograph cards! Fans can put the 20-card base set together just by cracking these packs.

To receive one (1) 2018 Upper Deck National Black pack collectors just need to purchase:

• Five (5) packs of 2017-18 NHL® Upper Deck Series Two, 2017-18 NHL® O-Pee-Chee Platinum, 2017-18 NHL® Synergy or 2017-18 NHL® SP Authentic and open them at the Upper Deck corporate booth.

To receive three (3) 2018 Upper Deck National Black packs collectors just need to purchase one pack of 2017-18 NHL® Ultimate Collection or 2017-18 NHL® Premier.

These packs must be purchased from an Upper Deck Certified Diamond Dealer who will provide collectors with an Upper Deck issued voucher for the redemption program. The program will begin at the start of the show each day and run as long as supplies last. Collectors can take advantage of the promotion up to four times per person, per day. Here is a checklist of cards that can be found in 2018 Upper Deck National Black packs:

Case Breaker Promotion
Collectors who like cracking cases are in store for a very good time during the show! Collectors can open a sealed case purchased from a Certified Diamond Dealer at the show of 2017-18 NHL® Ultimate Collection (8 count case), 2017-18 NHL® Premier (5 count case) or 2017-18 NHL® ICE (10 count case) without waiting in any lines at any time throughout the show to receive the following:

• Eight (8) 2018 Upper Deck National Black packs
• One (1) 2018 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Preview uncut sheet
• One (1) Case Breaker raffle ticket good for a random memorabilia item, premium hobby pack/box, premium trading card or Prominent Cuts VIP Autograph card. The item selected will be immediately available to the participant.

*Note: This promotion is only available to the first collectors who choose to take advantage of it.

Below is a checklist of some of the cards that will be available in the case breaker promotion:

Cleveland Legends Promotion
Collectors who purchase any five (5) hobby packs of 2017-18 Upper Deck product during the course of the show can score two limited-edition Cleveland Legends cards of LeBron James. LeBron James has made a profound impact on the Cleveland sports landscape and Upper Deck is proud to provide fans with these exclusive “King James” collectibles that have been produced just for the National! The cards show LeBron as he was just getting started and after he had brought a championship home to Ohio.

2017-18 NHL® Premier Tin Redemption Promotion
Collectors who break their tins of the new 2017-18 NHL® Premier product at the Upper Deck booth can also enter into a drawing to upgrade their unsigned tin for one of two signed tins by none other than Wayne Gretzky! Ask for details about this promotion at the Upper Deck booth!

Collectors can enjoy taking advantage of the redemption programs in the Upper Deck Breaker Lounge! Sit in comfort and enjoy checking out other collector’s breaks together in the Upper Deck Breaker Lounge.

You can grab your packs, boxes and cases directly from Upper Deck Certified Diamond Dealers (CDD’s) in attendance that will have large yellow balloons flying above their booths.

Upper Deck Authenticated Monumental Promotion

For the serious collectors, Upper Deck Authenticated has created a blind box memorabilia offering called Monumental. In each 25”x19”x15” box collectors will score five (5) signed Upper Deck Authenticated memorabilia items. There will only be 150 of these boxes available for the price of $1000 per box. This is the ultimate sampler for authentic memorabilia and it is designed to give sports fans a great selection of UDA’s premium collectibles. There will be some fun boxes to keep on the lookout for:

• UDA Spokesperson Superstar Boxes – Will include one autograph item from Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams and Ben Simmons. There will be five of these boxes available.
• UDA Hot Boxes – These will include autograph items from key UDA talent. There will be five Ben Simmons hot boxes (featuring all Ben Simmons signed items), three Tiger Woods hot boxes (featuring all Tiger Woods signed items) and two Cleveland Cavaliers hot boxes (featuring all Cleveland Cavaliers signed items).
• Instant Redemptions – Some UDA items are just too large to fit in these Monumental boxes. Fans may find Instant Redemption cards in their Monumental boxes good for a large signed UDA item that can be claimed immediately at the Upper Deck booth. Fans always get fired up to find these and they include product lines like “Breaking Through,” “The Show,” “Up Close & Personal” and more!

Collectors make haste to score their Upper Deck Authenticated Monumental boxes while there is still product available.

Monumental boxes will be limited for sale one per person, per day. Additionally, Upper Deck will allocate a certain amount for sale each day beginning on Wednesday and going through Sunday. Boxes will be available for sale right when the show starts each day. Once boxes are sold out each day, they are no longer available to be ordered until the start of the next show date.

“Upper Deck Authenticated Monumental product has been a huge hit with savvy collectors since we launched this program a year ago with every offering selling out in an expeditious fashion,” said Gabe Garcia, director of Upper Deck Authenticated. “The blind box format really provides a ton of excitement with collectors opening the product and fans watching to see what they get. Opening a Monumental box is on every sports collectors bucket list and we know many who save up just to crack one open at the National.”

Loyal Upper Deck collectors who make qualified purchases from our Certified Diamond Dealers in attendance and through Upper Deck Authenticated at the show can earn a spot in our annual Diamond Club member and candidate party on Friday night at an undisclosed location in Cleveland. Party goers can score some amazing collectibles for their support of Upper Deck at the annual event. Several party goers will earn a spot in the Upper Deck Ultimate case break on Saturday.

Those who purchase VIP passes to the 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention (available here) can score a special 5-card Gold VIP Prominent Cuts set from Upper Deck!

You don’t need to break the bank to have fun with Upper Deck at the National however. The company will have a variety of cool activations throughout the show to give back to collectors and show some hobby love that are available for FREE!

Upper Deck will run a variety of FREE raffles for fans in attendance each day. Make sure you are at the Upper Deck booth shortly before these scheduled times to score your free ticket:

Wednesday: 6:00 p.m.

Thursday: 5:00 p.m.

Friday: 2:00 p.m. (Some lucky winners of this raffle will earn the opportunity to be a part of Upper Deck’s Ultimate Case Break on Saturday)

Saturday: 12:30 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m.

Make your way to the Mike Berkus Main Stage on Saturday from 2:00-3:00 p.m. where Upper Deck will host the Ultimate case break where fans can score slots in a break for one of Upper Deck’s most premium releases of the year.

Then from 3:00-4:00 Upper Deck will co-host with GTS Distribution a collation game in a bracket-style format. 16 competitors will face-off to put sets together in numerical order as quickly as possible. There will be prizes distributed throughout the game, but the grand prize winner will score a signed Upper Deck Authenticated piece.

These happy kids scored last year with the collation game. It will be fun to watch kids work to win cool UD items this year!

Look for other fun surprises announced soon and at the show! Make sure to use the #NSCC18 and #NSCC hashtags as well! Tickets to the 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention are available now at www.nsccshow.com! Upper Deck will be sharing a variety of other exciting updates on more happenings at the National over the next few days!