Upper Deck entered the hobby in 1989 as the company that brought anti-counterfeiting holograms to trading cards — the small foil hologram on the back of every card became its signature. By the early 1990s Upper Deck was building that same holographic technology into the fronts of premium inserts, and the 1993–94 Triple Double ‘3-D Standouts’ is one of the most striking examples. The card pairs a bold red-and-black design and oversized ‘TRIPLE DOUBLE’ lettering with a lenticular 3-D foil panel: tilt it and the image of Jordan appears to leap off the surface, with a vertical ‘3-D STANDOUTS’ banner down the side.

The back, numbered TD2, runs a narrative on Jordan’s triple-double seasons — four for the 1992–93 champions — and carries the Upper Deck card/hologram trademark line, © 1993. What makes a gem-mint example so hard to find is that very technology: the lenticular foil scratches and scuffs easily, the corners chip, and the thin holographic stock shows the slightest handling. That is exactly why, despite a large graded population, so few qualify for a PSA 10 — of 1,672 copies graded across all grades, only 19 have earned a 10, a gem rate of just 1.14 percent.