Surprise "Inserts"

 Returning to the 2026 Lot today and we get a hello from some sets that we haven't seen before in the lot...

The NHL Picks Lindstrom is nice, but the 2000-01 Upper Deck Black Diamond cards are something I don't see a lot of. What I didn't know until trying to enter them is, that they were not the regular set, but essentially the update cards which were instead "inserts" in the 2000-01 Upper Deck Rookie Update set. I guess I'll treat them as inserts, but that rookie update set wasn't really a separate set but a mash up release of the extending or updating of a few different sets. So, instead of just being traders, I get to keep them for the "insert" collection - an unexpected, but pleasant, surprise. I might have to think about whether I should count them or not, but truth is, as an extension to the real base set, which was released in a different product, it does make them more unusual, which is what an insert usually is...

Sticking with 2000-01, we get Upper Deck Vintage cards. I didn't really like much of the Vintage sets Upper Deck put out around 2000, so I look for my Leafs and keep it at that. I don't know why the set doesn't click with me the way similar products do like Heritage, but it doesn't.

We finish strong with a Leaf pick up - Jeff Farkas - but no luck on me needing the 2008-09 Upper Deck Masterpieces card here of Leetch - I have three cards left on the tiny set, so it was a low chance, but no luck. Guess I shouldn't play the lottery today.