Upper Deck Company



The Upper Deck Company, LLC is a company known mostly for its involvement in the trading card game industry, especially with the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The company was established in 1988 and has since put out merchandise in the realms of sports and games, having acquired rights from Konami to distribute the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand. Furthermore, its Upper Deck Entertainment brand specialized in the development of the QuickStrike TCG system, for which the first release was the Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game. Compatible with this game was its Pirates of the Caribbean counterpart, neither of which enjoyed significant success. Upper Deck has released NBA, MLB, and NHL collectible trading cards as well, which are some of the company's hallmark products, the baseball cards having been its original sales item in 1988. Upper Deck is now an internationally renowned company popular for the distribution of numerous trading card franchises.