2020-21 (20/21) Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey Hobby Box Break | MOJO (2022)

[@Fultoncards]

NOTE: The base retro variants mimic the 2000-01 design not 2001-02. That was a typo that I copy/pasted. I'm a typo-fest when I do quick release day edits!

[@samssportsshop]

Congrats on the Oettinger auto

[@kenchan4774]

It being so expensive takes the fun out of it. Rathbone and Oettinger are nice FWA, but you have to hit the top 3-4 guys to even break even

[@Fultoncards]

Hey Ken. Yes. But mathematically, there is no such thing as breaking even during box breaks, except for the person who pulls the case hit. On average, the value of open boxes is about 25% of box prices. With inflation, it may now be closer to 15%. We are paying for the experience of opening the box. If we are looking to "break even," that can only be done by targeting cards with 100% certainty directly on eBay. Anyone who says otherwise, is probably misinformed or simply gambling.

[@kenchan4774]

@@Fultoncards Yes, ripping is usually a losing proposition. But I think of it in terms of last year's SPA, which I got for $119 USD. I was lucky to hit a Dach FWA and a Poehling FWA in my only box. With the price being around 3 times as expensive, there's no incentive to open any boxes. Rather just buy on eBay. All base cards have no value, and even Retro FWA are a fraction of the regular FWA values even though they are usually much rarer. Losing around $300 USD every box is too expensive for my experience! Also, I think you would find this anecdote funny: Someone on Instagram said he opened $10k of product and made $100k in sales this year. There is definitely something hard to fathom.

[@Fultoncards]

Well said. I agree completely. That also relates to the inflation in the broader economy. But, my comment really is to hint at the fact that the hobby has reached the same popularity as the 1990s. This time, average consumers will lose much more than in the 1990s. In 20 years from now, no one will care about any of these cards other than McDavid and a few superstars. The entire hobby is just speculation. Cards themselves have no inherent future value. And, to your point, when you equate card value to box prices there is no rational reason to buy. To my point, that's not what ppl are doing. They are not being rational. They are betting on a very gimpy race horse, given these disclosed odds, screaming at the track with cheap beer on their breath. This is exactly why I have a channel. To explain the 98% chance to *not* hit Kaprizov. So why is everyone still in the hand, calling all the way down to the river, in a huge pot with king-high? You are so right to do something more worthwhile with your money. Buy a top of the line TV that you'll use every day and still have in ten years. Those who have kids should buy them some nice clothes. As opposed to worthless cards buried in your collection.

[@elemenop_osrs]

Never saw the camera flipped the other way. Rad ✌️

[@BigH0mie89]

Sweet break! Love the FTW design this year! Very clean!

[@robertslysz]

Really happy to see you hit big, 2 FWAs. Congrats

[@michaelkrutz5737]

That was a decent box and the goalie MOJO is always on full display. The background jam is appropriate and awesome and the video is outstanding!

[@FreedomsuffererCards]

Spa always looks amazing but scares me. Love seeing it ripped though. Nice Jake! Stay safe and take care! #DRYDEN

[@ryandgama1487]

First time I've come across your channel. Love the odds on each pull. Earned a new sub!

[@sabinoruiz2080]

Fantastic video and nice break

[@brianmain8272]

I subscribed based on your 100% of hits add in video for each insert. I love it, very unique and very interesting and informative. Keep up the hard work

[@Fultoncards]

Thanks Brian. I really appreciate your kind words.

[@robreid546]

Nice save by Oettinger!

[@romangagne5842]

I think it's cool they're adding retros to SPA now! Plus it looks like the guaranteed FW auto appears in the middle row of the box as Zeeree got his in the same spot

[@gizmoh1374]

Wow it’s finally out yay

[@JulieFarnum]

Nice goalie mojo auto. I like the look of this year's SPA but absolutely no way can I justify $400US which is the price here. #dryden

[@ItsUsAgain]

SPA always looks so clean! Congrats on the Oettinger!! #dryden

[@tomcatsportscards1819]

Goalie mojo baby!! Well done dude!

[@apokalypsegamingofficial]

Salutations from Montreal!! Good break as usual!

[@Tinman94]

Brand new viewer and I immediately subbed. Stoked for this video.

[@Fultoncards]

Thanks Kaleb. Very kind of you.

[@Tinman94]

@@Fultoncards I just browsed through your channel and love that you’re in the Shane Wright camp. I am too but Slafkovsky is going to be a absolute stud. Appreciate the reply.

[@njdevilsfan9862]

Rathbone put up monster numbers in the AHL last season. I would hold on to that card for at least a year. Hopefully he'll turn out way better than Juolevi, drafted 5th OA and a total bust.

[@Fultoncards]

Hey Brian. I get you. I love smart, talented D like Rathbone or Romanov. My point relates squarely to box prices. Talented D on teams that are rebuilding are not sought by out-of-market collectors. Shea Theodore, Alex Pietrangelo, Zdeno Chara, John Carlson, etc. are some of the best D of their era. Yet, they don't have any material value. I mean, a Brent Burns Young Guns or Future Watch is not even a $50 card, at all-time market highs. But because VAN is a hockey market, ppl will be quick to point out Rathbone's legit upside. I was merely explaining that Oettinger is a $300 card out of the gate, validating the 20/21 SPA box price, not Rathbone. No matter how great Rathbone becomes. Hedman is the best D of the past ten years. His FWA is a $200 card. McDonagh is prob the best stay-at-home during crunch-time of his era. Played in NYC, the center of the universe. No one collects him.

[@Roberticus_Gaming]

Love that Rathbone as a Canucks fan. I've been following him since we drafted him and imo he's gonna be a good player for us. #DRYDEN

[@angushiltz4880]

That was a good box. Ottinger is a great hit and I like Rathbone. I definitely wouldn't have had any complaints with that box. Unfortunately I just can't spend that kind of money on SPA this year. I'll just pick up the ones I want on Ebay or maybe group breaks. Luckily I like the players that are not big in demand right now. Thanks for the break. This is the first box break I've seen on SPA today. Safe travels back to NYC. #Dryden

[@billsmafiacards9420]

Pretty solid box, great video

[@canadianguy-nl1xw]

you and zeeree both pulled Rathbone future watch, 997 left out there lol

[@LennoxMatt1]

Oettinger saving the box somewhat, SPA is such a risk with all the no name guys. I personally prefer black card stock over white #Dryden

[@DannyL87]

Wow oetty fw is killer

[@BeautyBreaksCards]

Sick fwas! Keep making great content!

[@ronaldm9395]

I like SPA, but to get any good autos, I would need to get super lucky or purchase a case. I wish the number of future watch autos was closer to 30 so it would be a bit easier to pull a good rookie auto.

[@Fultoncards]

Ya I agree in principle, and it would be interesting to know how they come up with their checklists. I think in 19/20 they had 104 FW (auto and base). In 20/21 there are 85. If they were to reduce it to 30, they would have reduced the population of FW from 104K to 30K, since 19/20 (given x999 FW per player). Then they could not guarantee a FWA in each box. Or they would have to vastly reduce the amount of cases in existence. The issue remains the box prices. We would be 100% forgiving of hitting a FWA of "just" a solid D with upside, or semi-star goalie, if boxes were $125 like they used to be. For US $250-$450, we would simply buy our Ilya Sorokin or Josh Norris on eBay, with 100% certainty. Having a 98% chance of *not* hitting Kirill makes it impossible to rationalize breaking a $300 box.

[@JRD19]

Amazing break! I won't be buying any but really cool inserts this year. #dryden

[@puck_n_packs6399]

No way man, I’ve never seen someone be so known for hitting a certain position, your goalie mojo is truly spooky

[@elemenop_osrs]

Sweet product. I'm thinking about picking up a box, but heard there are boxes with 0 autos but others with 6 autos. Risk.. but can be rewarded eh

[@Fultoncards]

Zero risk my friend. SP Authentic guarantees two hard-signed autos. So if you get shorted, UD will send you replacement auto(s). And, if your box overdelivers, then that's a bonus.

[@SilverzeroBreaks]

Most boxes don’t even come with 2 FWA anymore, so you’ve done pretty well by landing two!!! Goalie mojo continues haha. Sadly I’m skipping this. It’s not really appetising to lose close to $400usd just for the box break experience. It’s getting too expensive.

[@gregnovis3889]

Fulton, you're such a cool dude. Love your videos. Thanks. Lat break in MTL? Where are you headed? Keep the videos coming

[@billmesheimer1513]

Great rip. Just try to get the cads closer to the camera so we can see them

[@Fultoncards]

I def accept feedback! You're the second person to make this request in 450 videos. I'm really not a fan of extreme closeup videos, like group breakers or monetized mainstream entertainment breakers. I started my career in sports journalism, and the default for the eye is a mid-shot. I pride myself on good framing and saturated, aesthetic composition. However. My primary motive is to lend a sentimental, *heritage-like* look and feel. I also want viewers to focus equally on the *subtitles* which only flash 12-15 secs, or stats I post screen-left. This is very intentional. I expect eyes to be scanning the entire frame, and actively analyzing the "average box" not my own cards. I'm drawing away from the ostentatiousness of fetishizing the cards themselves. It's a story-telling, educational channel about appreciating hobby, players and odds, not card condition, card value, or venerating material objects. If you get me.

[@travis8911]

Glad to see the goalie mojo in full effect. #DRYDEN

[@RichterLocke]

#DRYDEN I don't know, my like of flashy and shiny makes me think SPA of recent is boring. I know everyone loves the Future Watch cards, but I just dislike the base design. The retro design featured is MUCH more interesting than all the snowblind white. That Oettinger, now THAT was a nice finale! Goalie mojo making the save at the horn!

[@staticontheout]

ive seen a box get opened with no autos. hope you keep your reciepts

[@michaelprime7621]

Great hit Jake

[@mrolltray]

We took a vacation is why I'm so far behind. We Never take our Electronics with us. Great box & luv U.D.. Very nice video & content. #DRYDEN Catch you on Twitter.

[@harshbirbrar2830]

Let Rathbone play a full season next year. He could easily be a top 10 card in this checklist

[@Fultoncards]

I do like him. He's smart, and performed everywhere he's played. I just meant he's already 23. And FWA of D aren't sought by collectors, unless they are generational talents.

[@stewartbowie9914]

@@Fultoncards if it’s for sale I’d be interested

[@Fultoncards]

@@stewartbowie9914 I now only move cards through my formal giveaways.

[@niagarajoe4402]

Top 10!? Hoooof….that’s bold lmao

[@harshbirbrar2830]

@@niagarajoe4402 49 points in 47 AHL games and he’s a defenseman. He’ll finally get a chance to play PP2 this upcoming season on the Canucks and shine where he does best. He would’ve been drafted in the 2nd round but dropped because he stayed extra years playing High School hockey because he wanted to be close to his brother who has autism. In a redraft, even today he goes late in the first round. Very underrated player who’s only proven to be good statistically every time he’s been given the opportunity.

[@tach_82]

Second SPA break I've seen and the same Rathbone FWA! If this was last break from Montreal will there be cap before next break from Brooklyn? #DRYDEN

[@williambartenslager4134]

How many cards do you damage opening packs so hostile?

[@Fultoncards]

I believe cards are tactile, to be handled and traded. Especially by children. As they have been for over 110 years. I give almost all my cards away to ppl who share the hobby with me, based on *sentimental* attachment to the game and players. Cards are just cardboard. We won't take them with us when we die. And, we won't take our money either. The best cards, I keep in my family and hand down. I love knowing that relatives will also handle the cards some day, and future generations. I'm the anthesis of pretentious or ostentatious. And, I believe in earning money through my life's work, by contributing to society. My life's work is real and tangible. It has actual meaning, to me and others, as I work in humanitarian affairs. This is why I rarely talk about money, or speculate on card values. Card condition and card value mean zero to me.

[@rojoqc3599]

Très belle Oetinger!

[@music80s65]

There are too many common autographs or players not in the league in this set for me to purchase a box.

[@guydelorme8641]

You hit a good one!Pricy product,but the cards are very nice!#DRYDEN

[@matthewjanos6542]

SPA is cool and all, but damn that's what a $400+ box looks like these days?

[@bhcards]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@LordBtak]

Love the look of the base cards #DRYDEN

[@johnsalsbery4718]

Awesome #GoalieMojo #Dryden

[@JIMMBAY1]

Nice box, great video & content. #DRYDEN

[@douglashutton7655]

Nice break #Dryden

[@maddoxmurray7132]

#dryden sweet stuff

[@kevnoxious]

Price point product is brutal

[@Fultoncards]

Ya, mind-numbingly brutal.

[@sportcardcollector9599]

Nice rip thanks for sharing #Dryden

[@frankcastle3971]

It's supposed to be 1 auto per box right

[@Fultoncards]

Two. According to both the exact math and the checklist, 20/21 SPA contains two autos on average, with one being a FWA. The other auto is a SOTT or base limited auto about 90% of the time.

[@frankcastle3971]

@@Fultoncards Yes my bad I forgot about that lol

[@NoRdIqUeDiEhArD]

I enjoy the retros. Congrats on the goalie mojo, he’s a stud! This products price point is 🤢 #DRYDEN

[@davidrioux6346]

Nice box, but too expansive! #Dryden

[@proudHughesfan]

Hey, bud. Is that Rasmus Dahlin available? I m putting together the Spectrum FX set and could use the code from it. If its for sale let me know, please. Wouldn't really need the card just the code. Take care :)

[@Fultoncards]

I no longer honor individual requests, due to the volume and labour (try going to the Brooklyn post office and retaining your sanity). But I will grant you this one as it will take a second to scratch. Hit me up at [e-mail]. No need to pay. It's yours.

[@proudHughesfan]

@@Fultoncards thanks a ton! Appreciate it. At least here you don't actually have to go to post office, but I know what you're saying. Hate it there sometimes lol. Sent you an email :)

[@proudHughesfan]

@@Fultoncards not sure if you got my email, lmk if I should re-send it? Not rushing you, just want to make I did send it correctly :)

[@WayWillow]

Au revoir mon ami...

[@waltercopus1485]

No closed caption.

[@Fultoncards]

Well. They recently changed the settings in YT, so it's more effort and not automatic. I also speak so quickly that YT butchers what I say. And I provide so much info that it would be impossible to transcribe myself. I already spend a ton of time editing and fact-checking. The underlying purpose of my video is not to entertain, but to story-tell and provide odds. The odds and the rundown of what is in the box is in subtitles I manually put on the screen. I might see if I can use the automatic YT captions by reediting them manually. But, it would be an enormous time commitment for a niche channel with 2K views per video. I do not monetize by gambling and entertaining. It's free work. You're my first request for subtitles ever. Even if 5% of the population is hearing impaired, based on the fact the average viewer only watches 5mins of a 15min video, I'm not sure the math makes sense, re. my devoting even more time editing. From the time I shoot a video to the time it is uploaded and shared on social media, often six hours have passed. And it used to be longer. This does not include the time analyzing checklists and crunching math that only a portion of my viewers actually appreciate. Most just want to know card values and see major pulls, to get an endorphin rush. Completely oblivious to what an online breakers budgets for a year on cards, 100% in the red. Those monetized make money via delivering eyeballs to betting sites or other ads, by fostering a culture of adrenaline junkies on brutal sticker prices and odds. So, my priority is only editing in odds.

[@waltercopus1485]

I was just wondering why I couldn't get it. All the others have it. Makes it alot easier for us old guys.

[@waltercopus1485]

And by the way I own OVER 1 million cards. Approximately 75k hockey cards.

[@Fultoncards]

​@@waltercopus1485 I get it. I did check and many of my old vids do have CC. So it def relates to the new YT default settings. I'll see if I can fix it moving forward. But it's pretty bad if when I say "live and direct from Montreal Quebec" it translates to "chocolate back." I had to manually change "full done shards" to "Fultoncards."