Thursday, November 3, 2016
Year: 1998-99
Set: Upper Deck (Rate)
Card: #195 Mark Messier
“ So weird to see him in a Canucks jersey ” -ketchupman36
“ I don't know why but I've never loved this design, in any of the sports it was used in. Set was often found off center with more of the foil on one side than the other. Also, scans really poorly on Canon scanners, with lines across everything. You can see it here on the faces most prevalently, but it shows up everywhere else, too. ” -Billy Kingsley
“ The twilight of his great career. ” -carthage44
“ This was during my brief hiatus from card collecting, but I wish it wasn't. Sure the card could use a couple of enhancements, but my eye is drawn to it and I really like the look. The back has a nice clean look as well. Let's not forget this one is of an all time great as well. I literally have nothing from his days with the Canucks. ” -muskie027
“ Upper Deck must have been going through some lean times in 1998-99, so they made sure to get plenty of mileage out of this design. It appears in 98 UD Encore football, 98-99 flagship basketball, 99 UD Encore baseball and 99 UD Victory Circle racing! Not a terrible design, but did they really have nothing better?!? Great action shot of the Moose, and a Theo Fleury cameo! I particularly enjoy the strategic placement of the Upper Deck logo in an attempt to obscure the Telus ad on the boards. ” -dilemma19
“ MOOOOOOOSE !!! If you want a great leader this is the guy ! Not a bad set actually. ” -uncaian
“ "Maybe if I shadow him I can confuse the other team." ” -sahal694
“ Nice action shot. Good back with readable stats. ” -NJDevils
“ A definite legend of the game, but I really don't care for this card design at all, no matter the sport as Upper Deck used it as their base design for their products across sports. The silver foil border just narrows out the picture too much. ” -rmpaq5
