2025-26 SkyBox Metal Universe Hockey is an annual release that is best known for its inclusion of Precious Metal Gems cards. The release includes a mix of base and parallels, as well as autos and inserts. Metal Universe tends to be one of the more eclectic designs of the collecting season, moving away from on-ice […]

2026 Fanatics Under Wraps Emanate NHL is a signed photo release, offering autographed 8x10s of top NHL talent. It is rare that Fanatics ventures into the hockey world, with Upper Deck holding a monopoly over the card license, but this is not the first signed photo release that the company has offered. The set offers […]

2025-26 Upper Deck New York Rangers Centennial is the 6th and final of the Original 6 celebration sets. The concept of the Centennial sets began in the 08-09 season with Montreal and has continued through the other 5 teams. As with the other teams, the New York Rangers set began with a box set release […]

2025-26 Upper Deck Star Rookies is a hockey card box set that offers 26 cards in every box. The set is small with just a 25-card base set, as well as an autographed version of the same cards. This is an annual release that salutes the top rookies of each year’s class and is seen […]

2025-26 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey is the next wave of Upper Deck’s flagship brand. The release features the Young Guns base cards, one of the driving forces of the hobby. The key names for this round of Young Guns include Matthew Schaefer and Michael Misa. The YGs also can be found in the UD […]

2025-26 Upper Deck SP Hockey is a retail exclusive release that closely resembles the SP Authentic release. The release offers a decent sized base set, as well as some parallels. There are also autographs, relics, and a single insert. Autographs in the release are sticker autos, and include names such as Ivan Demidov, Matthew Knies, […]

2025-26 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Hockey makes its return to the physical marketplace after 4 years as an ePack exclusive release. While it remains part of the ePack lineup, the reintroduction of a physical release will help to expand the market for a brand that has been around for decades. Fleer Ultra is a set […]

2025-26 UD Artifacts Rookie Redemptions have been revealed, meaning that collectors can now know which players they will be receiving. The redemptions are a standard part of the Artifacts release and the wait is always part of the hobby. The checklist includes a mix of base, autos, and relics, with players such as Matthew Schaefer […]

2025-26 Upper Deck Tim Hortons Team Canada Olympic Hockey is the latest promotion release from the iconic Canadian coffee shop. It marks the first Tim Hortons set to focus on Olympic Hockey, resembling another promotional release from Upper Deck and Canadian Tire for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. This release features a 100 card […]

2025-26 SP Game Used Hockey is the annual release dedicated to relic cards. As always the highlight of the release is the Draft Day Marks letter cards, which feature a manufactured (I know having manufactured mem in a set called “Game Used” is ironic) letter patch signed by rookies. In addition to these DDMs there […]