2023-24 Upper Deck Tim Hortons Greatest Duos Hockey

2023-24 Upper Deck Tim Hortons Greatest Duos Hockey builds its checklist around pairings, with 100 base cards showing two players on each card. The set mixes teammates, family links, Tim Hortons spokesmen Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby together, Connor Bedard, and several women’s standouts under the PWHPA banner. Insert sets are also part of the release, including cards built around shared achievements and a lenticular-style Captains concept.

Set identity and collecting angle

Greatest Duos is the second Tim Hortons hockey release of the season and it keeps the focus tight on player pairings rather than single-player profiles. That structure gives the set a clear collecting rhythm: each card is built around a relationship, a shared team history, a family connection, or a specific accomplishment that links the two names together.

Because the checklist is built this way, the appeal is less about filling a standard roster and more about following the set’s theme. Collectors can treat it as a companion piece to the earlier 2023-24 Tim Hortons Hockey release while recognizing that this one is its own project with its own identity and design approach.

Base set features to look for

The base set contains 100 cards, and every card pairs two players. Most of the combinations are teammates, but the checklist also includes a familial connection and the Tim Hortons spokesmen Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby together. Connor Bedard is part of the set as well, giving the checklist one of its most recognizable names without changing the pair-based format.

The base cards are double-sided. Aside from the two names, there is little extra text on the card itself, so the collecting focus stays on the pairing and the overall design rather than on long player notes. That makes condition and presentation matter, especially for collectors who like clean display copies of cards with unusual construction.

Beyond the NHL-only expectation

Greatest Duos is not limited strictly to NHL content. A handful of women’s standouts appear under the PWHPA banner, which broadens the set’s reach beyond the usual men’s league checklist and gives the release a wider mix of hockey names.

For collectors, that means the set can be approached in more than one way. Some may want to follow the most familiar NHL combinations first, while others may prefer to build around the PWHPA inclusions as part of a more inclusive team or player set. Since the checklist is built around duos, the mix of names is as important as the individual players themselves.

Insert choices and display appeal

A handful of insert sets are also on the checklist, and some are harder to find than others. Those inserts continue the duo theme by tying players together through a specific achievement, so the concept stays consistent from base cards to chase cards. That coherence helps the set feel organized rather than random.

One of the more distinctive elements is the Captains insert, which uses a flipping image effect so tilting the card changes the picture between the two featured stars. If you enjoy insert sets that play with motion and presentation, these are the cards to watch. If you prefer a more straightforward build, the base set already delivers the core theme in a simple, readable format.