2025–26 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Checklist: Base Cards, Marquee Rookies and Borders

The 2025–26 O-Pee-Chee checklist gives collectors two decisions to make: which player or team belongs in the collection, and which version of that numbered card they want. Upper Deck lists a base card #1 for Andrew Peeke, a 4 Nations Face-Off card #538 for Jesper Bratt, Marquee Rookies beginning at #541 with Artyom Levshunov, and a checklist card at #600. The shown Yellow Border and Blue Border entries use the same card numbers as their base counterparts. A want list that says only “O-Pee-Chee #541” leaves out a meaningful part of the card's identity. Upper Deck's official checklist supplies the set name, number, player and team for the entries.

That structure makes O-Pee-Chee approachable in several ways. A Bruins collector can start with Peeke at #1; a Montreal collector can pair Cole Caufield's base #3 with Ivan Demidov's Marquee Rookies #542; a tournament-focused collector can look at the 4 Nations Face-Off names near the end of the numbered run. Those are distinct projects. The checklist is most helpful when it turns a broad interest in the product into a short list of exact cards.

Read the numbered set before choosing a parallel

The base checklist reaches #600, where Upper Deck lists a “Checklist” card. Earlier entries include current club subjects, while the 4 Nations Face-Off portion identifies national-team subjects. That distinction matters when searching for a player: Bratt's #538 entry is listed with Team Sweden, and Brad Marchand's #539 and Devon Toews's #540 entries are listed with Team Canada. Searching only by an NHL club could miss the card a collector actually wants.

The table shows why the section name belongs beside the number. Toews #540 is a 4 Nations Face-Off entry, while Levshunov #541 starts the shown Marquee Rookies entries. The two numbers sit next to each other but answer different collecting interests. A collector building the 4 Nations group can keep the team designation in the want list; someone building rookies can mark the Marquee Rookies name explicitly. The manufacturer checklist is the place to check the remaining subjects rather than assume the few names above represent the whole set.

Marquee Rookies offer a focused player route

Upper Deck marks Levshunov #541, Demidov #542, Zeev Buium #543, Quinn Hutson #544, Sam Rinzel #545 and Jimmy Snuggerud #546 as rookies in the Marquee Rookies section. Farther along, the supplied entries identify Sam Dickinson #596 and Michael Misa #597 for San Jose, Dmitri Simashev #598 for Utah and Braeden Cootes #599 for Vancouver. That gives a collector several precise starting points without treating every rookie name as interchangeable.

For a Sharks page, Dickinson #596 and Misa #597 form a natural two-card pair. For a Chicago collection, Levshunov #541 and Rinzel #545 appear in the same named section. Montreal offers a different comparison: Caufield #3 belongs to the regular Base Set, while Demidov #542 is marked Marquee Rookies. Their shared club makes the pair coherent, but the checklist labels explain why the two cards serve different roles in a Montreal binder.

The rookie designation is Upper Deck's checklist label. It does not turn one player into a better purchase than another, or make a parallel automatically preferable to the standard card. Choose the player first, then decide whether the numbered base version is the card you want or a border treatment adds something worthwhile to that player collection. Keeping the number and full set name together also helps when a listing abbreviates “Marquee Rookies” or describes a border card simply as a rookie.

Yellow and Blue Borders change the exact card to look for

Upper Deck repeats the numbering in its Yellow Border and Blue Border parallel sections. Peeke appears as Yellow Border #1 and Blue Border #1 as well as Base Set #1. Demidov appears in the shown Yellow Border Marquee Rookies entries at #542, matching his base-section number. The number alone therefore cannot identify the version. Write “Base Set,” “Yellow Border Parallel” or “Blue Border Parallel” beside the number when comparing cards or checking a seller's photos.

The checklist also gives stated odds by format. Its Yellow Border entries shown here list “1:1 Blaster.” The Blue Border entries shown for the opening base cards list “1:3 Hobby, 1:6 Retail, 1:6 Blaster, 1:3 Fat Pack.” Opening Base Set entries list “7:1 Hobby, 7:1 Retail, 6:1 Blaster, 22:1 Fat Pack,” while the shown 4 Nations Face-Off and Marquee Rookies base entries list “1:1 Hobby, 1:2 Retail, 1:2 Blaster, 3:1 Fat Pack.” These are the checklist's group-level frequencies, not a promise of a particular named player's card in a pack. Upper Deck lists the odds alongside the cards.

For a collector, the practical choice is about the card in hand. A Blue Border Peeke may be the right addition if its look suits a Bruins page; a standard Peeke may be enough if the goal is to represent each player once. A Demidov collector can keep #542 as the anchor and add a Yellow Border version only if that second treatment improves the collection. Stated pack frequency helps distinguish formats, but it is not a print run or a resale value. Confirm the player, number and border in the actual card image before using a listing title as the final word.

The strongest O-Pee-Chee want list is short and exact: full section name, card number, player, listed team and intended border. From there, the checklist supports a numbered-set project, a club page, a 4 Nations group or a handful of Marquee Rookies. Each approach starts with the same official numbering and ends with a collector's own reason to keep the card.