Built for the Young Guns hunt

Hockey card scanner: identify a Young Guns and check its price in one scan

The NHL season opens in October 2026 and a new Upper Deck Series 1 lands soon after. SnapCard photographs one hockey card at a time, names the set and card number, pulls recent sold prices from five marketplaces, and estimates condition on the PSA 1–10 scale.

A hockey card scanner app photographs a card, identifies the player, set, year and card number, and returns recent sold prices for that exact card. SnapCard does this for Upper Deck Young Guns, O-Pee-Chee, SP Authentic and The Cup, drawing sales from eBay, Goldin, Heritage, PWCC and Pristine, and adds a condition estimate on the PSA scale.

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SnapCard hockey card scanner showing an Upper Deck Young Guns rookie with recent sold prices

How to scan a hockey card

One card per scan, front first and back if you want the condition read. Roughly ten seconds from photo to price.

1
Photograph the front
Set the card on a flat surface away from a window and frame it in the viewfinder. The app crops to the edges and reads the player, the set and the card number, which is how it separates a Young Guns from a base card.
2
Add the back for condition
The reverse of a hockey card carries the year and number, and it is where Upper Deck foil chips first. A back photo tightens the PSA-scale estimate on corners and edges.
3
Read the sales, then file it
Recent closed listings appear with the date, the platform and the grade of the copy that sold. Save the card to a binder, enter what you paid, and your portfolio total updates.

How to tell a Young Guns from a base card

Young Guns are the rookie cards inside Upper Deck's flagship set, and they occupy a fixed card number range. In Series 1, cards 201 to 250 are Young Guns; in Series 2, the range is 451 to 500. The front carries a Young Guns banner near the bottom, and checklists mark them YG. A card of the same player from a later season has neither the banner nor a number in those ranges.

Connor Bedard's Young Guns is number 451 in 2023-24 Series 2. Macklin Celebrini's is number 201 in 2024-25 Series 1. Those two cards drive most hockey searches as of 2026, and each has parallels, Exclusives numbered to 100, High Gloss numbered to 10, French versions and Clear Cut acetate, that sell far above the base version.

Young Guns identification checklist
Clue	Series 1	Series 2
Card number range	201 to 250	451 to 500
Usual release month	November	February or March
Front marking	Young Guns banner	Young Guns banner
Recent headline card	Celebrini 2024-25, number 201	Bedard 2023-24, number 451

Canadian collectors and the currency question

Most hockey volume trades on eBay in US dollars, while a large share of hockey collectors live in Canada. SnapCard shows each sale as the marketplace recorded it, with platform and date, and does not convert it. If a Bedard Young Guns closed at $150 on a US listing, that is the figure you see. A seller in Calgary should apply the day's exchange rate before comparing it to a local price.

As of 2026 a raw base Bedard Young Guns has been trading roughly in the $80 to $180 range and a raw Celebrini base Young Guns around $30 to $80, with PSA 10 copies several multiples higher. Those are ranges, not quotes. The app lists the actual closed sales so you can see the spread yourself.

Currency is not converted

An eBay US sale is shown in US dollars; a Goldin or Heritage result is shown as that house recorded it. The exchange rate moves several cents in a year, which shifts a $150 sale by $10 or more in Canadian terms, so factor it in before matching against a Canadian shop or listing.

Beyond Young Guns: O-Pee-Chee, SP Authentic and The Cup

Upper Deck holds the exclusive NHL license, so hockey has fewer brands than baseball or basketball and each product has a defined role. O-Pee-Chee is the affordable set with a 600-card checklist and Marquee Rookies. SP Authentic carries Future Watch rookie autographs numbered to 999. The Cup sits at the top, with rookie patch autographs numbered to 99 that anchor the hockey market every season.

Upper Deck Series 1 and 2: Young Guns, Canvas inserts and Exclusives parallels numbered to 100
O-Pee-Chee: Marquee Rookies plus Retro and Blue Border parallels, released each August
SP Authentic: Future Watch autographs to 999, with Limited versions numbered lower
The Cup: rookie patch autographs to 99, the priciest hockey cards of the year
Older Young Guns still matter: Crosby 2005-06 and McDavid 2015-16 are both number 201

Why two identical-looking hockey cards sell 50 times apart

A Celebrini base Young Guns and its Exclusives parallel share the same photo; the serial number stamped on the front is the only difference the eye catches. The scanner reads the set and the parallel where the card shows them, but confirm a serial number yourself before trusting a price, because the app matches the card it identifies.

Condition moves the number too. Upper Deck flagship uses a foil surface that scratches easily and corners that whiten fast, so PSA 10 populations stay small for most Young Guns. The estimate flags surface and corner issues before you decide whether an $80 grading fee plus shipping is worth it.

Series 1 Young Guns numbers: 201–250
Series 2 Young Guns numbers: 451–500
Marketplaces for sold prices: 5
Card per scan, front plus optional back: 1

Questions about scanning hockey cards

how much are young guns cards worth

Anywhere from under a dollar to five figures. Most Young Guns of role players sell for $1 to $5 raw as of 2026. Star rookies run into the hundreds, and a 2005-06 Crosby or 2015-16 McDavid in PSA 10 has sold in the thousands. Scan the specific card and read its closed sales.

how do i know if my card is a young guns

Check the number on the back. Series 1 Young Guns run 201 to 250 and Series 2 run 451 to 500, and the front shows a Young Guns banner. A number outside those ranges means a base card, an update or a different product.

does the app work with canadian hockey cards

Yes. Upper Deck, O-Pee-Chee and the French-language parallels are all in scope. Sold prices appear in the currency the marketplace recorded, most often US dollars, so convert before comparing to a Canadian listing.

can i scan a whole binder of hockey cards

Not in one pass. SnapCard scans a single card at a time, front and then an optional back. A 50-card Young Guns run takes a few minutes of steady scanning, and each card lands in your collection as you go.

what is the connor bedard young guns card number

Number 451 in 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2. Macklin Celebrini's Young Guns is number 201 in 2024-25 Series 1.

is the hockey card scanner free

SnapCard is free to download and has no account to create. SnapCard Pro, at $7.99 per week or $39.99 per year, covers unlimited scans, the full condition estimate and iCloud sync between devices. Scanning needs a connection.

Ready before Series 1 drops

Scan the Young Guns you pull this fall, see what each one has closed for, and file the keepers before the market moves.

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