2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey Details
2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey has its head in the clouds. The throwback-style set from Upper Deck draws much of its inspiration from the early days of E-X — more specifically 1996-97 E-X 2000 Basketball.
Similar to recent Metal Universe sets, inserts carry bigs designs like those of the late 1990s. It’s also a product where autographs are on the checklist but they’re not guaranteed.
2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey Checklist
The full base set has 150 cards. This includes 50 rookies that are every other pack. Despite this, overall quantities of all vets and first-year players are roughly the same.
Design-wise, Upper Deck is going with the cloudy backdrop the original set is known for. Parallels include:
- All-Access Credentials (1:108 packs, Rookies – 1:216 packs)
- Credentials – /499
- Blue Credentials – /299
- Essential Credentials – /99
- Gold Essential Credentials – /50
- All-Access Gold Credentials – /10
- Printing Plates – 1/1
- VIP Credentials – 1/1
Autographs and Inserts
Although not in every box, autographs do combine to land approximately four per case. That’s about every third hobby box.
One place to find them is Autographics, a name synonymous with both SkyBox and early autographs as a whole. Rookies are 1:140 packs while veterans are 1:280.
Seven other insert sets are on the 2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey checklist. Like the inspiration release from nearly 30 years prior, rarity varies.
Star Date 3000 is the easiest to pull at 1:6 hobby packs. Parallels include Speckle (/99), Gold Speckle (/25) and Printing Plates (1/1). Some cards also get the autograph treatment (1:576 packs) as well as Gold Speckle Autographs (1/1).
Index Movers are slightly tougher pulls at 1:7.5 packs. These have the same assortment of parallels, including select autographs.
Somewhat tougher but still not scarce are Net Assets (1:27 packs), Hall or Nothing (1:30 packs) and Reverberation (1:40 packs).
For those hunting for scarce inserts, there are E-Xceptional (1:576 packs) and Double Helix (1:288 packs). Double Helix has Gold parallels that are 10 times as tough at 1:2,880 packs.
2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey cards at a glance:
Cards per pack: Hobby – 2
Packs per box: Hobby – 24
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12
Set size: 150 cards
Release date (subject to change): TBA
What to expect in a hobby box:
- Inserts – 8
- Parallels – 2
The full 2023-24 SkyBox E-X 2000 Hockey checklist and team set lists will be up as soon as they’re available, likely shortly before the product’s release.
