2026–27 Upper Deck Tim Horton’s Hockey Checklist: Base Cards, Inserts and Redemptions

Start with the card code, not just the player name. The 2026–27 Upper Deck Tim Horton’s Hockey checklist opens its base set with Tim Horton #1, puts Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl together on Sidekicks SK-6, and lists McDavid again as NHL Signatures Redemption S-CM. Those are three very different collecting targets. Upper Deck’s official checklist provides the set names, card codes, teams and stated pack odds used below.

The appealing part of this checklist is the range of ways to collect one player or team. A numbered base card can anchor a binder page; a paired insert can tell a more specific story; a redemption belongs on a separate want list. The stated odds help set expectations for packs, but they do not say what a particular card is worth or how many copies exist.

Build the base run by number

Tim Horton #1 is the clear starting card for a product bearing his name. The shown base rows list two base cards per pack. That is a pack configuration statement, not a promise that either card will be #1. If the goal is the numbered set, record missing numbers. If the goal is one player, the number keeps the ordinary base card separate from that player’s inserts.

The manufacturer checklist places Evan Bouchard at #2 for Edmonton, Leo Carlsson at #3 for Anaheim and Miro Heiskanen at #4 for Dallas. Later shown entries include William Nylander #111, Cole Caufield #118, Dylan Larkin #119 and John Tavares #120. Those later rows display 1:3 in the odds column. Keep that figure attached to the checklist row rather than treating it as the chance of finding one named player.

A Toronto collector could begin with Horton, Nylander and Tavares without buying every insert in the product. A Caufield collector has a different decision: #118 is his numbered base entry, while Attack Angle AA-7 is another card with its own design and odds line. The distinction is useful when a listing uses only “Tim Horton’s Caufield” in its title. Ask for the card number or inspect the card before deciding which one belongs in the collection.

Choose inserts by player, pairing and code

Above the Ice and Attack Angle give single-player collectors two named insert runs. Above the Ice includes AI-10 Macklin Celebrini and AI-12 Mitch Marner, with 1:8 listed on those rows. Attack Angle includes AA-7 Caufield, AA-13 McDavid and AA-17 Sidney Crosby, with 1:12 listed. An AI card and an AA card are distinct targets even when they feature the same player elsewhere in the product.

First Liners is listed at 1:4, with FL-17 Crosby and FL-18 Nathan MacKinnon among its entries. Next Gen Phenoms is listed at 1:75; NG-1 is Connor Bedard, NG-2 is Celebrini, NG-3 is Matthew Schaefer and NG-4 is Ivan Demidov. That group makes a focused young-player want list possible without assuming every name has the same career stage or that an insert is a rookie card. The checklist calls the group Next Gen Phenoms; use that name and the NG code when comparing cards.

Sidekicks is the most direct choice here for someone who collects a duo rather than a single star. SK-6 pairs McDavid and Draisaitl for Edmonton; SK-9 pairs Nick Suzuki and Caufield for Montreal. Upper Deck lists the group at 1:24. For an Edmonton page, SK-6 has a different appeal from McDavid’s AA-13 or Draisaitl’s Above the Ice AI-2: the shared card is the point. The odds compare insert groups; they are not a guarantee of pulling the specific pair in the table.

Keep the redemption groups separate

The checklist lists DP-1 as a Draft Pick Redemption Card at 1:12,000 and MM-SC as Sidney Crosby in Major Milestones at 1:12,000. They share a stated odds figure but are different entries. DP-1 does not name a player in the supplied checklist text, so a draft-pick target should stay identified by its redemption code until the card’s identity is documented.

NHL Jersey Relics Redemption and NHL Signatures Redemption need the same attention to prefixes. The jersey entries shown include J-TH Tomas Hertl and J-WN William Nylander; their rows carry Jsy and 1:1,800. The signatures entries shown include S-CM McDavid and S-DW Dustin Wolf; their rows carry Auto and 1:7,200. Upper Deck also marks S-CM SSP and S-DW SP. Those labels are worth preserving in a want list, but the checklist does not turn them into a disclosed print run. The Jsy and Auto labels identify the listed card categories; they do not establish details of jersey material or autograph format beyond what the checklist says.

Two further autograph groups sit apart from NHL Signatures. Upper Deck lists Superstars Autograph Redemption SA-NM Nathan MacKinnon at 1:114,704 and SA-SC Sidney Crosby at 1:131,844. Its Timbits Autograph Redemption entry is 2006 Seth Jarvis, with 1:114,704 shown. These unusually long odds make the exact group and code essential when checking a listing. They do not, on their own, prove a market price or make opening packs a dependable way to get a named card.

For a practical want list, write down year, set name, code and player or pair. “2026–27 Tim Horton’s Sidekicks SK-6” identifies the McDavid/Draisaitl card; “S-CM” identifies a McDavid signature redemption entry. If the card itself is the goal, compare the exact listing with the full Upper Deck checklist before deciding what to pursue. A strong player choice, a fair asking price and a claim about future value remain separate judgments.