2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey Checklist, Box Info, Details

2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey leads off a new card season. It might not be the fanciest set or have the deepest checklist but it’s designed to be an easy way for collectors to get a foothold in the hobby, not to mention offer a preview of the year ahead.

2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey Checklist Overview

The foundation of the product is its base set, which totals 250 cards. The final 50 of these are a mix of SPs and Rookies that land every other hobby pack. Due to the early release date, rookies here are carryovers who debuted late in the 2024-25 season.

Parallels include Silver Script (1:5 packs, SPs and Rookies 1:20 packs), Super Script (/25), Black Super Script (1/1) and Printing Plates (1/1). Gold Script versions are exclusive to retail blasters.

While players debuting in 2025-26 aren’t live in packs, there are redemptions (1:400 packs) good for a selection of rookies from a specific division.

While 2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey doesn’t have any autographs or memorabilia cards, there are a handful of other inserts, some of which bring low print runs and scarcity.

Vivid Colors and Contours return. Gold versions have 250 copies with Green (/20) and Purple (/3) versions joining them on the checklist.

Debuting Laser Focused inserts are also all serial numbered with Red (/399), Blue (/99) and Purple (/10) levels.

The NHL’s most famous cheerleaders are available in a pair of insert sets, Mascot Stickers (1:9 packs) and Mascot Battle (1:16 packs).

Coming to Your Rink (1:7 packs) pair up two players from the same team using a movie poster-style layout.

Other inserts include Net Presence (1:6 packs), Rising to the Occasion (1:6 packs) and Hello My Name Is Stickers (1:14 packs).

2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey cards at a glance:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 8, Retail – 6, Blaster – 6, Gravity Feed – 6
Packs per box: Hobby – 20, Retail – 36, Blaster – 11, Gravity Feed – 36
Boxes per case: Hobby – 20, Retail – 20, Blaster – 20, Gravity Feed – 6
Set size: 250 cards
Release date (subject to change): TBA

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Coming to Your Rink, Mascot Battle, Net Presence or Rising to the Occasion – 10 Total
• Hello, My Name Is or Mascot Stickers – 4 Total
• Silver Script Parallels – 5
• Base Short Prints – 10
• Additional “Rare” Inserts or Parallels – 1 Total

Recent Upper Deck MVP Hockey releases:

The full 2025-26 Upper Deck MVP Hockey checklist and team set lists will be up as soon as they’re available, likely shortly before the product’s release.