Upper Deck loves to surprise collectors with unannounced content in products, typically referred to as “Easter Eggs.” With the release of 2019-20 NHL® O-Pee-Chee, Upper Deck is at it again. Fans will really want to give their cards a once over as they place them into sets as they could find a variety of very rare variations. Fans will want to watch for Retro Team Logo Variants, Alternative Jersey Variants, Post Game Handshake Variants, Reverse Image Variants and Black and White Test Proof Variants.
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of them to give you a feel.
Here is a full checklist of variation cards to be on the lookout for, there are 100 in all!
Retro Team Logo Variants (50 total) – Check the logo on the cards!
| 2 | Nico Hischier | Rare |
| 6 | Zdeno Chara | Rare |
| 9 | Ryan Suter | Rare |
| 15 | Kris Letang AS | Rare |
| 21 | Chris Kreider | Rare |
| 35 | Blake Wheeler AS | Rare |
| 36 | Alex DeBrincat | Rare |
| 37 | Vladimir Tarasenko | Rare |
| 43 | Jordan Binnington | Rare |
| 49 | Filip Forsberg | Rare |
| 58 | Henrik Lundqvist AS | Rare |
| 78 | Rasmus Dahlin | Rare |
| 79 | Connor Hellebuyck | Rare |
| 89 | Andrei Vasilevskiy AS | Rare |
| 107 | P.K. Subban | Rare |
| 110 | Victor Hedman | Rare |
| 112 | Jake Guentzel | Rare |
| 117 | Anders Lee | Rare |
| 123 | Brock Boeser | Rare |
| 127 | Aaron Ekblad | Rare |
| 135 | Bo Horvat | Rare |
| 156 | Tomas Hertl | Rare |
| 162 | Sean Monahan | Rare |
| 163 | Patrick Marleau | Rare |
| 175 | Jonathan Toews | Rare |
| 186 | Seth Jones AS | Rare |
| 195 | Nolan Patrick | Rare |
| 217 | Alex Galchenyuk | Rare |
| 231 | Elias Pettersson AS | Rare |
| 245 | Charlie McAvoy | Rare |
| 249 | Patrice Bergeron | Rare |
| 287 | Sean Couturier | Rare |
| 290 | Thomas Chabot AS | Rare |
| 303 | Jeff Carter | Rare |
| 314 | Connor McDavid AS | Rare |
| 334 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Rare |
| 368 | Gabriel Landeskog AS | Rare |
| 404 | Anze Kopitar | Rare |
| 420 | Eric Staal | Rare |
| 448 | Brayden Point | Rare |
| 501 | Filip Zadina | Rare |
| 504 | Ryan Poehling | Rare |
| 513 | Philippe Myers | Rare |
| 519 | Quinn Hughes | Rare |
| 525 | Rudolfs Balcers | Rare |
| 527 | Max Jones | Rare |
| 531 | Vitaly Abramov | Rare |
| 544 | Erik Brannstrom | Rare |
| 545 | Dante Fabbro | Rare |
| 546 | Taro Hirose | Rare |
Post Game Handshake Variants (5 total) – Photos show athletes shaking hands with opponents
| 54 | Justin Williams | Uncommon Rare |
| 109 | Mathew Barzal AS | Uncommon Rare |
| 126 | Tuukka Rask | Uncommon Rare |
| 441 | Logan Couture | Uncommon Rare |
| 489 | Ryan O’Reilly AS | Uncommon Rare |
Retro Alternative Jersey Variants (20 total) – Look for images of players in alternative jerseys
| 94 | Brent Burns AS | Very Rare |
| 109 | Mathew Barzal AS | Very Rare |
| 154 | Joe Thornton | Very Rare |
| 155 | Sidney Crosby AS | Very Rare |
| 157 | Drew Doughty AS | Very Rare |
| 183 | Alexander Ovechkin | Very Rare |
| 184 | Johnny Gaudreau AS | Very Rare |
| 192 | Evgeni Malkin | Very Rare |
| 207 | Sebastian Aho AS | Very Rare |
| 208 | Nikita Kucherov AS | Very Rare |
| 219 | Steven Stamkos AS | Very Rare |
| 261 | Brady Tkachuk | Very Rare |
| 288 | Ryan Getzlaf | Very Rare |
| 353 | Claude Giroux AS | Very Rare |
| 360 | Mark Giordano | Very Rare |
| 430 | Nathan MacKinnon AS | Very Rare |
| 444 | Mark Scheifele AS | Very Rare |
| 459 | Clayton Keller AS | Very Rare |
| 476 | Andrei Svechnikov | Very Rare |
| 498 | Taylor Hall | Very Rare |
Reverse Images Variants (15 total) – These are tricky, you’ll need to see a regular one to tell the difference
| 101 | Marc-Andre Fleury AS | Super Rare |
| 155 | Sidney Crosby AS | Super Rare |
| 183 | Alexander Ovechkin | Super Rare |
| 208 | Nikita Kucherov AS | Super Rare |
| 231 | Elias Pettersson AS | Super Rare |
| 251 | Carey Price | Super Rare |
| 314 | Connor McDavid AS | Super Rare |
| 353 | Claude Giroux AS | Super Rare |
| 444 | Mark Scheifele AS | Super Rare |
| 463 | Auston Matthews AS | Super Rare |
| 501 | Filip Zadina | Super Rare |
| 504 | Ryan Poehling | Super Rare |
| 519 | Quinn Hughes | Super Rare |
| 528 | Cale Makar | Super Rare |
| 544 | Erik Brannstrom | Super Rare |
Black and White Test Proof Variants (10 total) – These will be the easiest to discover, but the hardest to find in black and white
| 155 | Sidney Crosby AS | Ultra Rare |
| 183 | Alexander Ovechkin | Ultra Rare |
| 231 | Elias Pettersson AS | Ultra Rare |
| 314 | Connor McDavid AS | Ultra Rare |
| 463 | Auston Matthews AS | Ultra Rare |
| 501 | Filip Zadina | Ultra Rare |
| 504 | Ryan Poehling | Ultra Rare |
| 519 | Quinn Hughes | Ultra Rare |
| 528 | Cale Makar | Ultra Rare |
| 545 | Dante Fabbro | Ultra Rare |
Each level has a different level of rarity. Upper Deck will not share print runs, but we can disclose the rarity levels on tiers: Also, these won’t be the only surprises in the product either! It should make for a great pack-opening experience! Find 2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Trading Cards on UpperDeckStore.com.
3 Comments
Can’t wait to see a checklist.
Are the blaster boxes being sold at Walmart and Target this year? I haven’t seen them anywhere in Colorado. What gives?
Do any of these variations also occur on the Back Border parallels or are they limited to the base set?