2025–26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Checklist: Rookie Patch Autos and Numbered Cards

Ivan Demidov has three distinct entries on the 2025–26 Upper Deck Premier Hockey checklist: Base Set – Rookies #140 is numbered to 399, Gold Parallel – Rookies #140 is numbered to 199, and Acetate Rookie Patch Auto AR-ID is numbered to 99. The first two share a card number, but the Gold name identifies a different version. AR-ID is a separate rookie autograph patch card. For a Demidov collection, “Premier rookie” alone does not say which one you are getting. Upper Deck’s official checklist supplies the set names, card identifiers and stated numbering.

Start with the exact rookie version

The Base Set – Rookies entries for Oliver Moore #135, Easton Cowan #138, Ivan Demidov #140 and Berkly Catton #143 are each listed to 399. Their Gold Parallel – Rookies entries retain those card numbers and list 199 instead. A collector who wants Cowan’s numbered rookie can therefore choose between at least two documented Premier versions: #138 base /399 and #138 Gold /199. The player and number match; the parallel name and serial limit do not.

That distinction matters when a listing title leaves out “Gold.” A photo of the individual card and its numbering can help identify what is actually for sale, while the manufacturer’s parallel rows give the version to compare it against. A lower serial limit establishes a smaller stated run for that version. It does not, by itself, establish a fair asking price or make every copy more desirable than a clean example of another card.

Compare base veterans, legends and rookies separately

Premier’s Base Set entries for Connor McDavid #2, Sidney Crosby #8, Jonathan Toews #87, David Pastrnak #88 and Matthew Tkachuk #90 are each listed to 249. The Base Set – Legends entries for Mario Lemieux #91, Wayne Gretzky #93 and Patrick Roy #94 are listed to 99. The rookie base examples above are listed to 399. Those are three different checklist groups, so “Premier base” is too broad to describe a card’s stated numbering.

The table is a comparison of specific checklist entries, not a ranking of the players or a guide to market value. A Gretzky legend /99 and a Demidov acetate autograph patch /99 share a serial limit, but they represent different collecting interests. Likewise, McDavid’s #2 base /249 should be compared with the version named in a listing, rather than with every card carrying the Premier name. Keep the group name alongside the player and card number in a want list; that one detail prevents several easy mix-ups.

Read the acetate rookie patch auto row in full

The Acetate Rookie Patch Auto entries mark these cards as Rookie, Auto, Patch and Acetate. Demidov AR-ID and Gabe Perreault AR-GP are listed to 99. Matvei Gridin AR-GR, Hunter Brzustewicz AR-HB, Hunter Haight AR-HH, Isaac Howard AR-IH, Ian Moore AR-IM, John Farinacci AR-JF and Joakim Kemell AR-JK are listed to 249. That gives a focused patch autograph collector both a player code and a stated serial limit to use when comparing cards. Upper Deck’s checklist is the reference for those labels.

The /99 and /249 figures describe the listed cards, not the chance of pulling a particular player. The checklist labels these entries “Random Inserts in Packs” without player-level pull odds. If AR-ID is the goal, a sealed product is an uncertain route to that exact card. Clear photos of the individual card let you inspect the visible autograph, patch, numbering and condition of the copy being offered. Those copy-specific details can matter more to a collection than simply choosing the lowest number on the checklist.

For Premier, write down season, full set name, player, card number or code, and serial limit before searching. Demidov #140 base /399, Demidov #140 Gold /199 and Demidov AR-ID /99 then stay separate decisions. The checklist tells you what each documented version is; the individual card and its asking price determine whether a particular copy is one you want to own.