I’m always amazed by how creative our fan base is here from talking with them on the phone or on social media. As we celebrate Upper Deck’s 30^th Anniversary I saw this cool video that we did to celebrate the company’s 25^th anniversary. Take a look!

I asked my boss Chris Carlin about it and he shared they contracted Brian “The Cardstacker” Berg, a Guinness World Record holder for card stacking. We had worked with him previously I guess and after checking out his website, which is amazing by the way, I got an idea to challenge our fans with.

How high can you stack Upper Deck cards? What can you create with them by stacking them?

Now I tried stacking Upper Deck cards to see how difficult it would be and let me tell you, it’s tough! The UV coating makes it really tricky and it is frustrating when they fall. And they fall often.

Don’t worry, they are all base cards!

I looked online under the #cardstacker hashtag though and there are kids that can do this as part of their 3^rd Grade school lessons. It certainly can be done, it just takes time, and patience!

This is the perfect summer project for fans with lots of base Upper Deck cards sitting around. I asked my boss if we could issue a #cardstacker challenge to our card collecting community and he gave me the green light. So here it is:

Build something awesome using Upper Deck base cards stacking them as high as you can. Here’s the thing, Upper Deck cards do not stack as easily as regular playing cards, so I have a couple hints for you:

1. Cards without UV coating stack much better. Goodwin Champions and O-Pee-Chee Hockey cards in particular stack well. Some technology inserts stack pretty well too.
2. If you want to get creative and try stacking them in top-loaders or one-touch cases, I’d love to see how that goes!
3. Try making a base on carpet. You can really get a good support for the base by digging the cards down into the carpet. Purists would say that’s cheating, but it helps to have a good foundation. If you have gaming mats as well, turn those upside down and try stacking that way using that as a good foundation. Slick tables are very hard to stack on.
4. DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT PARENTAL APPROVAL AND SUPERVISION! Better yet, do it with your parents, but remember, you are best off using base cards as these can easily get damaged during stacking. The last thing I need is to have my phone ringing off the hook from parents who had their kids destroy the condition of their prized cards!
5. This challenge is made for time-lapse videos as well so maybe have some fun with that!?!?

Here is a fun and relatively short video on card stacking that I enjoyed. Check it out:

One thing, I want to see creativity and awesome structures, but no cutting of the cards! You hear me Tim Carroll??? That’s an entirely different challenge!

We will run this promotion on Twitter and Instagram. Tag us at @UpperDeckSports on either platform when you submit your video or photos of your creations through the end of the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention on August 4, 2019. Make sure to use the #cardstacker hashtag as well. I’m going to be selecting my favorites to receive an Upper Deck Random Acts of Kindness mail day on Monday, August 5, 2019. Make sure you are capturing video of the process as the moments when the structures collapse are almost as good, if not better, than when they are erected. I will definitely pick at least one great #cardstacker fail to receive a #UDRAK mail day as well. Total number of mail days will be determined by total number of quality submissions received. Good luck!