2024-25 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey Checklist

2024-25 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey continues the flagship set with base cards 251 to 450 and 51 Young Guns, Upper Deck's long-running rookie card brand. Released March 5, 2025, it includes a Macklin Celebrini Young Gun, 1994-95 Rookie Die Cuts, and a numbered Population Count insert that runs from 1000 copies down to 1.

What's in the checklist

• Base and Young Guns: 200 base cards and 51 Young Guns with Clear Cut, Outburst, Deluxe /250, Exclusives /100, Outburst Red /25, High Gloss /10 and Outburst Gold 1/1 (Oversized for Young Guns)
• Rookie inserts: 1994-95 Rookie Die Cuts, NHL Firsts, Rookie Commemorative Class, Outburst Retro Young Guns, UD Canvas Young Guns and Young Guns Renewed Series 2
• Inserts: Population Count (1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10 and 1), UD Canvas (91 cards plus Retired and POE), UD Portraits, OPC Glossy, Dazzlers, Fluorescence, ElectriCITY, On Tour, Day With the Cup and more
• Variations and autos: Snow Spray Auto Variations (9 cards) and Swagnificent Variations (17)

Key rookies

Young Guns lead with Macklin Celebrini, and the rookie inserts add Lane Hutson, Matvei Michkov, Will Smith, Frank Nazar, Cutter Gauthier and Logan Stankoven. The base includes David Pastrnak, Tage Thompson and Leo Carlsson.

Grading considerations

Young Guns, especially Outburst Gold and High Gloss parallels, are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Clear Cut acetate scratches easily and the 1994-95 Rookie Die Cuts have fragile edges, so sleeve them right away. See our grading scale.