🏒 A Tribute to Legends: Hockey's Greatest Return on Wood
Release Date: December 17, 2025
2024-25 Upper Deck Engrained Icons Hockey embraces history with a product that honors the game's retired legends. Known for its deep connection to hockey sticks—both visually and literally—Engrained Icons brings collectors closer to the game’s wooden roots with stick pieces, autographs, and game-used memorabilia.
📦 Configuration
- Cards per pack: 6
- Packs per box: 1
- Boxes per case: 10
- Set size: 100 cards
🔥 Box Break Highlights
- (3) Autograph or Memorabilia Cards per Box
- Base set features retired legends on wood-inspired designs
- Game-used stick relics, complete sticks, and nameplates
- 1/1 Cut Signatures and Stick Nameplates
🪵 Base Set & Parallels
The 100-card base set has a sleek wood motif and celebrates legends from every era. Parallels include:
- Ebony (/199)
- Mahogany (/75)
- Rosewood (1/1)
Autographed parallels are available for select cards:
- Ebony Autograph (/49 or fewer)
- Mahogany Autograph (/10 or fewer)
- Rosewood Autograph (/5 or fewer)
🪓 Stick-Focused Memorabilia
As the name suggests, sticks are the theme. Key memorabilia sets include:
- Cuts of Class – Single-player stick relics (1:3 packs), plus Duals (/49), Triples (/25), and Quads (/10), with Gold parallels /49 down to /5
- Remnants – Tiered game-used relics (/100 or fewer), with Gold versions (/25 or fewer)
- Complete Sticks – Full stick relic cards (/49) with autograph versions (/25)
- Rough Cuts & Stickside Splinters – Stick pieces cut directly from blades (/49 & /25)
📼 Highlight Tapes & More
Highlight Tapes feature stick tape over a retro VHS-inspired background:
- Highlight Tapes Single (/35)
- Highlight Tapes Dual (/25)
- Gold Parallels (/10)
🔴 Beehive Portrait Signatures
A beautiful throwback to vintage collecting, Beehive Portrait Signatures land roughly every other pack, with special Red Ink parallels numbered to just /5. A truly nostalgic nod for vintage hockey fans.
🪵 Carved in Time (Inserts)
The only non-hit insert set is Carved in Time, numbered to /100 and printed on actual wood stock. Autographed versions are extremely rare at just 1:750 packs.
🥇 Chase-Worthy One-of-Ones
Some of the most premium 1/1 content includes:
- Stick Nameplates – Individual & Dual
- Distinguishing Marks – One-of-a-kind stick marks
- Cut Signatures – From hockey and pop culture icons
📌 Why Collect 2024-25 Engrained Icons?
With every card rooted in hockey's most tactile tradition—sticks—Engrained Icons is both a tribute and a time capsule. The product is rich in memorabilia and layered with creative set designs that blend vintage vibes and modern execution. Ideal for Hall of Fame hunters, set builders, and stick-relic collectors alike.




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