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=Description=

1999 Upper Deck Challengers for 70 is a 90-card set released in the Summer of 1999.  As the name suggests, the set features nothing but power hitters whom, Upper Deck believed, could break Mark McGwire's single-season home run record.

=Distribution=

20 packs per box, five cards per pack.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||90||-||4:1
|-
|Challengers Edition||90||600||?
|-
|Challengers||30||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Challengers 70||30||70||?
|-
|Mark on History||25||-||1:5
|-
|Mark on History 70||25||70||?
|-
|Swinging for the Fences||15||-||1:19
|-
|Longball Legends||30||-||1:39
|-
|Swinging for the Fences Autograph||6||-||?
|-
|A Piece of History 500 Home Run Club||1||350||?
|-
|A Piece of History 500 Home Run Club Autographed||1||3||?
|}

=Checklist=

==Base Set==

'''NOTE:''' The base set is divided into two, 45-card, subsets: Cards #1-#45 are the "Power Elite/Power Corps/Rookie Power" while #46-#90 are the "Home Run Highlights."

===Power Elite/Power Corps/Rookie Power===

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'''NOTE:''' Cards #1-#10 are the "Power Elite," #11-#40 are the "Power Corps," and #41-#45 are "Rookie Power."  All cards have the same design. 

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===Home Run Highlights===

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==Parallels==

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All 90 base cards are available in a "Challengers Edition" parallel which is serial-numbered to 600 copies.  Each card is stamped with holographic foil on the front, while the backs have gold borders.

==Inserts==

===Challengers===

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Each Challengers card is also available in a parallel which is serial-numbered to 70 copies.

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===Mark on History===

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Mark on History is a 25-card set celebrating Mark McGwire's 1998 season.  For brevity's sake, since all 25 cards are of the same player, the checklist is not listed below.

In addition, each card is also available in a parallel which is serial-numbered to 70 copies.

===Swinging for the Fences===

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===Longball Legends===

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==Autographs & Game-Used==

===Swinging for the Fences Autographs===

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An aggregate total of 2700 Swinging for the Fences Autographs of six different players were randomly inserted into packs.  Each individual card is NOT serial-numbered and not all cards were produced in equal quantities.

In addition, the Alex Rodriguez card packed out as a redemption, which has long since expired.

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===Harmon Killebrew A Piece of History 500 Home Run Club===

''See [[Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club]].''

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