2026-27 NHL Flair (Hobby)

OVERVIEW: Following its triumphant return to the sports card market in 2025-26 after a nearly 20-year absence, Flair Hockey is back to give collectors more of what they love about this legendary brand! With well-known Flair standards such as Center Spotlight, Hot Gloves, Hot Numbers, Scoring Power and Wave of the Future intermingled with spectacular new inserts such as Diagrams, Keys for Success, Passage of Time and Wooooooooo!, along with an elegant Base Set sporting an extensive parallel and variant lineup full of chase cards, 2026-27 Flair Hockey is bound to be as exciting as the game of hockey itself! Collectors young and old will appreciate the bold intersection of technology, design and luxury finishing. THE CARDS: The Base Set More than double the standard card thickness and boasting an elegant triple-photo design (two on the front, one on the back) accented with beautiful deco foiling and a glossy laminate finish, each Flair Hockey Base Set card is a treasure. Collect all 200 cards featuring the best veteran players in the game and the top rookies - all sporting an “RC” foil stamp. The Base Set includes at least five players from each team and, like Flair Base Sets of the past, it is checklisted alphabetically by team. Collect one (1) Veteran and one (1) additional Veteran or Rookie Base Set card per pack and keep an eye out for the Printing Plates used in the production of the Base Set. The parallel lineup includes three numbered newcomers (Copper, Purple and Silver) along with these returning favorites: Autograph (one in every 25 packs), Blue Ice (#’d to 99) and Spectrum (#’d to 10). Keep an eye out for amazing Forecheck Variant (#’d to 399) and Backcheck Variant (#’d to 299) card sporting a third player image on the front! Lucky collectors will pull Blue Ice parallels of the Forecheck Variant, each numbered to just 49, and the heavily sought-after 1-of-1 Spectrum parallels of the Backcheck Variant! The Themed Inserts Featuring a variety of technology and sensational designs, the insert lineup is full returning favorites alongside fresh content sure to be a hit with collectors. Here is a look at the offering: Netminders (New!): Goalie collectors rejoice! This new set contains most of the League’s top defenders of the twine. Scoring Power: These really sharp cards with the “Scoring Power” callout outlined with Silver deco foil feature players who fill the scoresheet on a regular basis. Touch of Flair: With intricate Silver Spectrum deco foil linework on a black background, these cards featuring players that play the game with an extra touch of Flair are going to stand out in the pack! Wooooooooo! (New!): You will smile each time you pull a card from this fun new set with varying background colors! The checklist aptly features some of the most exciting players in the game today! • Collect seven (7) cards per box, on average, from these four sets. • All of these cards boast a soft-touch UV coating. • Look for Purple (#’d to 249), Gold Spectrum (#’d to 99) and Autograph (Varied #’ing) parallels! Center Spotlight: Featuring the top centers in the League today, the checklist is star-studded! Diagrams (New!): Each two-player card in this colorful new set pairs countrymen, brothers, generational 1st overall draft picks, former college or CHL teammates and prolific goal scorers from rival teams, just to name some of the intriguing pairings! Flash & Flair (Flash): This is one half of a dynamic set involving 10 players, 20 cards and two substrates. Each card features a two-sided die-cut that will allow it to interlock with its two-side die-cut Flash & Flair (Flash) counterpart. Wave of the Future!: Everyone will love these cards featuring a two-sided die-cut design with intricate foil linework simulating a wave and a checklist full of high-end rookies! • On average, nine (9) of the boxes in every 10-box case will contain one (1) of these cards. • All four sets are printed on Acetate stock. Flash & Flair (Flair): The other half of the dynamic Flash & Flair set - this time on C2S stock with Silver Spectrum Light FX and Gold deco foil! Hot Gloves: A Flair favorite and another for the goalie collectors! Each card boasts a three-sided die-cut and these are the first Hot Gloves cards to sport Light FX! Hot Numbers: Twenty-five standout players with astonishing stats, all presented on the card via an excellent mix of Silver Spectrum Light FX and Gold deco foil. Keys for Success (New!): Everyone who loved the Guaranteed Fresh! set from 2025-26 Flair Hockey will dig these cards that will remind some of an old school hotel room key. The checklist is comprised of young stars and top rookies that hold the “keys to the future of the League!” Legion of Boom: These stunning cards feature some of the hardest-hitting, hardest-working players in the League and mix Light FX and dec foil brilliantly. • Collect one (1) of these cards per box, on average. • All of these cards feature Silver Spectrum Light FX and Gold deco foil. Autographics: The return of a legend! The checklist for this hard-signed autograph set includes legends of the game, current superstars and several of the most promising 2026-27 rookies. Anticipation (New!): This set pays tribute to the 1995-96 Flair Anticipation inserts. However, with this installment, we take the funk to another level as each card is a three-layer Lenticular! Oh, and the checklist is INCREDIBLE and only 15 players deep! Passage of Time (New!): Each card sports three images: a current image, a rookie year image, and other in between. With this three-layer Lenticular set, you can follow the career of 25 longtime standouts with just a flick of the wrist! • Case Hits! Collect one (1) of these cards per case, on average.

Herstellerinformationen
Hersteller:	The Upper Deck Company
Adresse:	5830 El Camino Real Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA
Kontakt:	ud_store@upperdeck.com
EU-Importeur:	Olaf Friese Cards & Supplies GmbH & Co.KG
Adresse:	Rösrather Str. 267 51107 Köln Deutschland
Kontakt:	service@friese-cards.de
Warnhinweise
ACHTUNG! Nicht geeignet für Kinder unter 3 Jahren. Erstickungsgefahr durch verschluckbare Kleinteile.