Buzz Break: 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards

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The box: 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards (blaster)
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Keep reading to see a full rundown of what was in this one.

Packs per box : 4
Cards per pack: 12
Cards per box: 48
Base set completion: 
37 of 250 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Young Guns Rookie Cards (2) – Lucas Condotta, Tristan Luneau

Inserts: 11 (all in gallery below with some base)
Canvas (1) – Kirill Kaprizov
O-Pee-Chee Glossy (2) – Jack Eichel, Matty Beniers
Dazzlers Green (1) – Mika Zibanejad
Deep Roots (1) – Aaron Ekblad
Ecliptic (1) – Clayton Keller
Instinctive (1) – Darcy Kuemper
PCs (1) – Johnny Gaudreau
PCs Sparkle (1) – Leon Draisaitl
Honor Roll (1) – Jackson LaCombe
UD Portraits (1) – Anze Copitar

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What’s Buzz-worthy: My second of three of these was ultimately the same as the first on the front that gets this non-hockey guy ripping here -- I'm 0-for-2 in the Connor Bedard Young Gun sweepstakes. Just can't collect it all and NHL is one of those fronts for me, but I think this is one of those years that will be ripped for years as long as the packs can be found. I did land a Canvas card in this one (they fall every other box here) along with a Sparkle insert parallel that's one in five blasters for that one. The rest was pretty much standard. What I did find interesting is that all three of my blasters had two Young Guns, not the minimum guarantee of just one, so that's a plus in the big chase. After all, that's probably what many here (like me) are ripping for. I like the larger pack size here with a decent insert volume -- it made what might be a bit dull if it were double the packs a quicker rip. All in all, I like the mix here a lot.

Product Grade: A- 
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B (good insert and card volume here works ... even with fewer packs)

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