Top 10 Chase Cards from 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey
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For many sports card collectors, the peak of the hobby mountain is obtaining a highly sought-after patch auto card. On September 2, Upper Deck will be dropping its 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey set, which averages an auto-patch card in every box! This set offers premium cards across the board, and we check out ten of the top chase cards here.
The latest releases of hockey cards allows a chance to both look forward to the year of hockey ahead in products like the 2026-27 Upper Deck MVP release, while also reflecting on the past year with some ofthe most premium releases of the 2025-26 year including Upper Deck's offerings like Ultimate Collection and Clear Cut Hockey. To finish off this premium hat-trick is the set we will explore today: 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey with a Top 10 List of chase cards.
10) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Rookie Patch-taculars Beckett Sennecke
We start our list with a beautiful version of the Rookie Patch-taculars card featuring fantastically talented Beckett Sennecke on full display and a stunning patch from the jersey logo featuring four different colors.
The Upper Deck Premier patch card design allows for the player and their jersey patch to take center stage.
9) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Old Style Signatures Mario Lemieux
The great Mario Lemieux is at the center of this card from the 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier set with rainbow swirls emanating from one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
The card features a fun design reminiscent of a 60s aesthetic, like those you may find in the inserts from Upper Deck's Allure offerings; it also prominently features a blue ink autograph from Super Mario himself.
8) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey 4 Nations Face Off Mega Patch /35 Nathan MacKinnon
Last year's hockey was not only filled with a great NHL season and an all-time-great Olympic gold medal game, but also the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. The card below featuring Colorado Avalanche and Team Canada player Nathan MacKinnon is featured here.
This card features one of the largest patches you will ever see on a trading card, from his Team Canada jersey from the tournament, it is also numbered to 35 with hand-printed numbers in blue ink.
7) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Blueliners Dual Autographs Ray Bourque & Bobby Orr
What's better than one Boston Bruins NHL legend known for their fierce defensive play? How about two?
That's exactly what you get with this Premier Blueliners card from Upper Deck with dual autographs from Ray Bourque and Bobby Orr.
5) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Palms /10 Autograph Alex Ovechkin
This isn't your usual patch card, because it features the player's glove, instead of the usual jersey.
In this case, the player whose hand was in that glove, which is now on the trading card, has scored more goals in NHL history than anyone else. That certainly makes for a very cool card.
4) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Auto Patch /15 Macklin Celebrini
At this moment in time, it is simply not right to have a hockey card list without Macklin Celebrini, and for good reason. Here he is.
This card, numbered out of 15, will certainly be a product highlight and one of the biggest chases.
3) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Picks Draft Hat Patch Auto /10 Connor McDavid
It is a nice surprise to find a new card featuring a part of history like the draft night hat worn by one of the most celebrated NHL players in recent history.
This mega patch features the fabric from that very draft hat from Connor McDavid himself.
2) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Rookie Auto Patch /35 Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov, and his team's colors come through vibrantly on this card in the photo and with the tri-color patch.
1) 2025-26 Upper Deck Premier Rookie Auto Patch /99 Matthew Schaefer
Matthew Schaefer, who else? We wrap up our list with the chase rookie.
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