2003-04 base card card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The base set established Exquisite's numbered foundation and helped prove that even the regular cards in this release would be treated as premium objects.
2003-04 gold parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The full Gold branch shows the debut release was architected as a complete premium shell, not just a single iconic rookie subset.
2003-04 rainbow parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The one-of-one Rainbow layer reinforces how ambitious the debut Exquisite base architecture already was across both veterans and rookies.
2004-05 base card card from the sophomore Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The sophomore-year base set preserves the numbered luxury shell that made Exquisite feel premium even at its foundation level.
Checklist-backed 2005-06 base card card from the source-backed Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The 42-card veteran base keeps the numbered luxury shell intact even in a year more famous for its insert architecture.
Listed on the linked TCDB checklist entry for the Base Set branch. The 42-card veteran base keeps the year anchored in classic numbered Exquisite luxury rather than letting 2006 collapse into a rookie-only story. Source note: Main 42-card veteran base set.