Not your typical sports card release, 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions is part multi-sport overview and part history lesson, with plenty more elements tucked in for collectors.
Although the pack size remains the same at five cards, Hobby boxes lose three packs compared to last year, going from 18 to 15 packs in total.
Hobby averages two hits per box that can be autographs, relics or other special inserts. Blasters have an exclusive "Bonus Pack" with four Turquoise base parallels and one Goodwin All-World Basketball insert.
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Checklist Rundown
The 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions checklist touches on many aspects of card collecting, including top sports prospects, pop culture personalities, legends from literature and other historical subjects.
Featured sports names include Alyssa Thompson (soccer), Anna Leigh Waters (pickleball), Bobby Finke (swimming), De'Aaron Fox (basketball), Erriyon Knighton (track & field), Gisele Thompson (soccer), Leodalis De Vries (baseball), Rose Zhang (golf), Tiger Woods (golf) and Trinity Rodman (soccer).
Like Skybox Metal Universe Champions, most Goodwin Champions cards tend to be unlicensed.
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Base & Parallel Details
The base set for 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions is anchored by 100 notables plus Splash of Color SPs (#101-150) in every other pack. Base parallels include Turquoise (4 per North America Blaster) and the new Glossy Black (1:3 packs).
Falling 1:3 packs, the Young Guns subset is also back. Year two of the NHL rookie staple offers Clear Cut (1:240 packs), Exclusives (/100) and High Gloss (/10) editions.
UD's chromium technology is on display with the base Goodwin Platinum (1:5 packs) parallels. Rainbow Terrazzo (/249) is a new entry this year, joined by many other colorful options.
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Base Platinum Parallels List
- Neon Green - 1:6 packs (North America Blaster exclusive)
- Rainbow - 1:8 packs
- Red - 1:30 packs
- Blue - 1:45 packs
- Green - 1:90 packs
- Orange Prism - /349
- Rainbow Terrazzo - /249
- Cosmic - /199
- Tortoise Shell - /149
- Sky - /99
- Aquamarine - /75
- Purple Pulsar - /23
- Green Wave - /10
- Golden Treasure - 1/1
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Insert Details
Moving to the inserts, 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions reloads with a variety of cardboard.
Falling once per box, the Goodwin All-World Basketball inserts and parallels are only found in Blasters
Premium UD brands enter the fray via 2024 Exquisite Collection Base (/99), 2024 Exquisite Collection Base Rookies (/149), Black Diamond (/349) and Black Diamond Rookie Gems (/349).
Meanwhile, the Splash of Color 3-D Lenticular Variant taps into the UD Bounty Program. These short prints come in Tier 1 (1:50 packs), Tier 2 (1:150 packs) and Tier 3 (1:1,400 packs) groupings. However, only some of the cards contain the redeemable codes.
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Autograph Details
Applying wide coverage, the 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions checklist is filled with talent from many arenas.
Familiar choices include Goodwin Autographs (1:75 packs), Goodwin Autographs Horizontal (1:240 packs), Goodwin Inscribed Autographs (1:2,000 packs), Goodwin Splash of Color Autographs (1:1,900 packs) and Goodwin Dual Autographs (/10).
Another well-known part of the Goodwin legacy is Goudey, which adds Goudey Autographs (1:300 packs) and Goudey Sport Royalty Autographs (1:9,000 packs).
As usual, 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions makes room for other notable brands from the UD family, such as the on-card 2000 Retro SP Authentic Football Auto (/299) and 2001 Retro SP Authentic Future Watch Baseball Auto (/299) series.
Exquisite collectors have 2024 Exquisite Collection Rookie Auto (/99), 2024 Exquisite Collection Rookie Auto Patch (/99), 2024 Exquisite Collection Veteran Autos Gold Spectrum (/10) and Exquisite Signature Kicks (Vertical and Horizontal).
Black Diamond Base Pure Black Auto (#'d) and Black Diamond Rookie Gems Black Auto (#'d) cards round out the autographed portion of the product.
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Relic & Sketch Details
The remaining hits for 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions take several forms, including memorabilia, manufactured patches and sketch cards.
Returning options include Goodwin Memorabilia (1:180 packs), Splash of Color Memorabilia (1:360 packs) and Sport Royalty Memorabilia (1:2,400 packs).
In addition, Black Diamond supplies multiple hits with limited runs, such as Band of Color (/20), Band of Color Rookies (/24) and Gemography (#'d). Look for single, double, triple and quad diamond versions in Diamond Relic Veterans (/99) and Diamond Relic Rookies (/99).
Among the historical selection, fans have 1924 United States Currency Relics (1:4,800 packs), Alaska Joins the Union: 65th Anniversary Gold Nugget Relics (/20), Birth Year Quad Coinage (/50) and Museum Collection World War II Uniform Button Relics (1:2,400 packs).
Switching things up from the Space Patch set last year, the themed manufactured relics are back for 2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions thanks to the multi-tier Literary Classic Patches. Hunt down your favorite characters in Tier 1 (1:80 packs), Tier 2 (1:180 packs), Tier 3 (1:240 packs), Tier 4 (1:400 packs) and Tier 5 (1:3,500 packs).
Finally, Goodwin Masterpieces: Art of the Ages showcases the popular one-of-one sketch cards.
Estimated Release Date: TBA
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Product Configuration
Hobby Boxes
- 5 cards per pack; 15 packs per box; 16 boxes per case
2024 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Box Break
Hobby Boxes (on average)
- 2 Hits (Autograph, Relic or Special Insert)
- 10 Splash of Color SPs
- 6 Upper Deck Young Guns
- 6 Platinum Parallels
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