Got some cards in the mail today and while opening the enveloped I notice a note. I was expecting the usual “thanks for your purchase” or just a receipt. When I flipped it over I noticed it was a personalized note saying these cards brought back some good memories. It was a pleasant surprised and made this eBay transaction feel special and personal.

The CDD Silver Collection box delivered the big one! Just pulled the Matthew Schaefer Silver Script Rookie.

Hitting the 2025 1st Overall Pick in this exclusive foil finish is huge. Schaefer has been absolutely electric for the Islanders this season and is looking like the Calder Trophy frontrunner.

Since this is from the CDD Silver Collection (only 1600 cases made), this is a big win for the PC ahead of his Young Guns release in March! Has anyone else been watching his rookie season?

This is 2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Silver Collection, a CDD Conference exclusive that only 1600 cases were ever produced. Every single card in this product is foil, which is absolutely wild for an MVP release.

Only dealers who attended the 2026 Certified Diamond Dealer Conference had access, making it one of the hardest MVP products to find. Shout out to Celly in Calgary for coming through with this beauty.

20 packs per box, 8 cards per pack of pure foil goodness. The Nathan MacKinnon on the box cover is a perfect preview of what’s inside.

Anyone else manage to snag one of these?

Amazing photograph of an unidentified amateur hockey player circa early 1900s era. Acquired as-is with history unknown

I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been falling out of love with OPC Platinum over the years. The shine wore off, the designs got repetitive, and don’t even get me started on the quality control issues.

Then I hit this pull.

Red Retro. On-card auto. Connor McDavid. And I remembered why I used to love ripping Platinum in the first place.

But Upper Deck, seriously, step your quality control up. This is supposed to be a premium collectors product, not a budget release. We’re paying for chromium, refractors, and clean copies.

The 2021-22 set? Horrendously centered. Literally every card looked like it was cut by someone’s first day on the job. And this 2024-25 McDavid auto? Also off-center. I’ve checked comps online and guess what.. every other copy of this card is off-center too.

I’ll never complain about a McDavid on-card auto, but do better. We deserve better.