2003 Victory

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Description

2003 Victory is a 200 card set released, exclusive to retail, in February, 2003. After four years as a large but no-frills, insert-less product, Upper Deck dramatically changed Victory into a multi-fractured, multi-paralleled, set with a collectible card game element. The first 100 cards comprise the short set while the last 100 cards were all short-printed to various quantities. The corners on all cards are rounded to look like a playing card.

These changes were not well received by collectors, and as a result, Upper Deck discontinued the line after 2003 -- although it remains part of their hockey line.

2003 Victory did contain the first-ever MLB licensed "True" rookie card of Hideki Matsui.

Distribution

36 cards in a box, six cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 200 - ?
short set 100 - ?
Solid Hits 28 - 1:4
Clutch Players 20 - 1:5
Lay it on the Line 20 - 1:5
True Gamers 10 - 1:10
Run Producers 10 - 1:10
Difference Makers 6 - 1:20
Winning Formula 6 - 1:20
Green 100 - one-per-pack
Orange 100 - 1:8
Blue 100 650 ?
Purple 100 50 ?
Red 100 25 ?

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Garret Anderson
  • 3 Tim Salmon
  • 4 Darin Erstad
  • 5 Luis Gonzalez
  • 6 Curt Schilling
  • 7 Randy Johnson
  • 8 Junior Spivey
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Greg Maddux
  • 11 Chipper Jones
  • 12 Gary Sheffield
  • 13 John Smoltz
  • 14 Geronimo Gil
  • 15 Tony Batista
  • 16 Trot Nixon
  • 17 Manny Ramirez
  • 18 Pedro Martinez
  • 19 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 20 Derek Lowe
  • 21 Shea Hillenbrand
  • 22 Sammy Sosa
  • 23 Kerry Wood
  • 24 Mark Prior
  • 25 Magglio Ordonez
  • 26 Frank Thomas
  • 27 Mark Buehrle
  • 28 Paul Konerko
  • 29 Adam Dunn
  • 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 31 Austin Kearns
  • 32 Matt Lawton
  • 33 Larry Walker
  • 34 Todd Helton
  • 35 Jeff Bagwell
  • 36 Roy Oswalt
  • 37 Lance Berkman
  • 38 Mike Sweeney
  • 39 Carlos Beltran
  • 40 Kazuhisa Ishii
  • 41 Shawn Green
  • 42 Hideo Nomo
  • 43 Adrian Beltre
  • 44 Richie Sexson
  • 45 Ben Sheets
  • 46 Torii Hunter
  • 47 Jacque Jones
  • 48 Corey Koskie
  • 49 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 50 Jose Vidro
  • 51 Mo Vaughn
  • 52 Mike Piazza
  • 53 Roberto Alomar
  • 54 Derek Jeter
  • 55 Alfonso Soriano
  • 56 Jason Giambi
  • 57 Roger Clemens
  • 58 Mike Mussina
  • 59 Bernie Williams
  • 60 Jorge Posada
  • 61 Nick Johnson
  • 62 Hideki Matsui RC
  • 63 Eric Chavez
  • 64 Barry Zito
  • 65 Miguel Tejada
  • 66 Tim Hudson
  • 67 Pat Burrell
  • 68 Bob Abreu
  • 69 Jimmy Rollins
  • 70 Brett Myers
  • 71 Jim Thome
  • 72 Jason Kendall
  • 73 Brian Giles
  • 74 Aramis Ramirez
  • 75 Sean Burroughs
  • 76 Ryan Klesko
  • 77 Phil Nevin
  • 78 Barry Bonds
  • 79 J.T. Snow
  • 80 Rich Aurilia
  • 81 Ichiro
  • 82 Edgar Martinez
  • 83 Freddy Garcia
  • 84 Jim Edmonds
  • 85 J.D. Drew
  • 86 Scott Rolen
  • 87 Albert Pujols
  • 88 Mark McGwire
  • 89 Matt Morris
  • 90 Ben Grieve
  • 91 Carl Crawford
  • 92 Alex Rodriguez
  • 93 Carl Everett
  • 94 Juan Gonzalez
  • 95 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 96 Hank Blalock
  • 97 Carlos Delgado
  • 98 Josh Phelps
  • 99 Eric Hinske
  • 100 Shannon Stewart

Solid Hits

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  • 101 Albert Pujols
  • 102 Alex Rodriguez
  • 103 Alfonso Soriano
  • 104 Barry Bonds
  • 105 Bernie Williams
  • 106 Brian Giles
  • 107 Chipper Jones
  • 108 Darin Erstad
  • 109 Derek Jeter
  • 110 Eric Chavez
  • 111 Miguel Tejada
  • 112 Ichiro
  • 113 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 114 Jason Giambi
  • 115 Jeff Bagwell
  • 116 Jim Thome
  • 117 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 118 Lance Berkman
  • 119 Luis Gonzalez
  • 120 Manny Ramirez
  • 121 Mike Piazza
  • 122 J.D. Drew
  • 123 Sammy Sosa
  • 124 Scott Rolen
  • 125 Shawn Green
  • 126 Todd Helton
  • 127 Troy Glaus
  • 128 Vladimir Guerrero

Clutch Players

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  • 129 Albert Pujols
  • 130 Brian Giles
  • 131 Carlos Delgado
  • 132 Curt Schilling
  • 133 Derek Jeter
  • 134 Frank Thomas
  • 135 Greg Maddux
  • 136 Jeff Bagwell
  • 137 Jim Thome
  • 138 Jorge Posada
  • 139 Kazuhisa Ishii
  • 140 Larry Walker
  • 141 Luis Gonzalez
  • 142 Miguel Tejada
  • 143 Pat Burrell
  • 144 Pedro Martinez
  • 145 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 146 Roger Clemens
  • 147 Tim Hudson
  • 148 Troy Glaus

Laying it on the Line

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  • 149 Alfonso Soriano
  • 150 Andruw Jones
  • 151 Barry Zito
  • 152 Darin Erstad
  • 153 Eric Chavez
  • 154 Alex Rodriguez
  • 155 J.D. Drew
  • 156 Jason Giambi
  • 157 Jason Kendall
  • 158 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 159 Lance Berkman
  • 160 Mike Mussina
  • 161 Mike Piazza
  • 162 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 163 Randy Johnson
  • 164 Roberto Alomar
  • 165 Scott Rolen
  • 166 Shawn Green
  • 167 Torii Hunter
  • 168 Vladimir Guerrero

True Gamers

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  • 169 Alex Rodriguez
  • 170 Andruw Jones
  • 171 Bernie Williams
  • 172 Ichiro
  • 173 Miguel Tejada
  • 174 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 175 Pedro Martinez
  • 176 Randy Johnson
  • 177 Todd Helton
  • 178 Vladimir Guerrero

Run Producers

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  • 179 Barry Bonds
  • 180 Carlos Delgado
  • 181 Chipper Jones
  • 182 Frank Thomas
  • 183 Lance Berkman
  • 184 Larry Walker
  • 185 Manny Ramirez
  • 186 Mike Piazza
  • 187 Sammy Sosa
  • 188 Shawn Green

Difference Makers

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  • 189 Chipper Jones
  • 190 Curt Schilling
  • 191 Derek Jeter
  • 192 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 193 Sammy Sosa
  • 194 Vladimir Guerrero

Winning Formula

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  • 195 Alex Rodriguez
  • 196 Barry Bonds
  • 197 Greg Maddux
  • 198 Ichiro
  • 199 Jason Giambi
  • 200 Mike Piazza

Parallels

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Each of the first 100 cards (the entire short-set) are available in the following parallels.

  • Green
  • Orange
  • Blue (serial-numbered to 650 copies)
  • Purple (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

NOTE: All cards are serial-numbered on the front in dot-matrix.