Secret Lair
Secret Lair is a “sub-brand” of Magic: The Gathering that groups existing cards into small collectible sets with strange themes and wild new art styles.[1][2] The Secret Lair Series is Wizard of the Coast's first full foray into selling single reprints directly to players.
Description
For Secret Lair, Wizards of the Coast is trying to work with artists they usually don't: street artists, comic book artists, album cover designers, etc. Alternately, they may use traditional Magic artists working with very non-traditional art briefs.
Drop Series
All cards in the print-to-demand Secret Lair Drop Series have alternate art and a rare or mythic rare shooting star expansion symbol. The tokens have a common expansion symbol. The Secret Lair Drop Series are English only.
The "drops" contains between three and seven cards and/or tokens in a customized collector box, costing either $29.99, $39.99, or $49.99 depending on the drop – some of which use premium foil cards as well. The drops are only for purchase from the Wizards of the Coast webshop secretlair.wizards.com. Each drop usually only lasts for 24 hours (though there are some exceptions). "Superdrops" are multi-day sales including multiple different drops that can be purchased individually or as part of a bundle.[3]
| Drop | Card numbers | Release date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitterblossom Dreams | 012 - 016 | 2019-12-03 | $29.99 |
| Eldraine Wonderland | 001 - 005 | 2019-12-04 | $29.99 |
| Restless in Peace | 006 - 008 | 2019-12-05 | $29.99 |
| Seeing Visions | 029 - 032 | 2019-12-06 | $29.99 |
| <explosion sounds> | 017 - 021 | 2019-12-07 | $29.99 |
| Kaleidoscope Killers | 009 - 011 | 2019-12-08 | $39.99 |
| OMG KITTIES! | 022 - 028 | 2019-12-09 | $39.99 |
| Year of the Rat | 033 - 036 | 2020-01-27 | $39.99 |
| Theros Stargazing, Volume I | 068 - 070 | 2020-02-14 | $39.99 |
| Theros Stargazing, Volume II | 071 - 073 | 2020-02-14 | $39.99 |
| Theros Stargazing, Volume III | 074 - 076 | 2020-02-14 | $39.99 |
| Theros Stargazing, Volume IV | 077 - 079 | 2020-02-14 | $39.99 |
| Theros Stargazing, Volume V | 080 - 082 | 2020-02-14 | $39.99 |
| International Women's Day | 051 - 055 | 2020-03-08 | $49.99 |
| Thalia - Beyond the Helvault | 037 - 040 | 2020-03-12 | $29.99 |
| April Fools | 060 - 062† | TBA | TBA |
| The Godzilla Lands | 063 - 067 | 2020-05-07 | $29.99 |
| Full Sleeves: The Tattoo Pack | 041 - 045 | 2020-06-01 | $29.99 |
| Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel? | 056 - 058 | 2020-06-02 | $39.99 |
| The Path Not Traveled | 087 - 090 | 2020-06-03 | $39.99 |
| Mountain, Go | 083 - 086 | 2020-06-04 | $29.99 |
| Ornithological Studies | 091 - 095 | 2020-06-05 | $29.99 |
^† As of June 22, 2020, card 059 will be removed from the set and not be printed.[4]
Ultimate Edition
Ultimate Edition is a different product line under the Secret Lair umbrella with the same sensibility but with a different distribution model (through LGS's).[3]
| Set | Card numbers | Release date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition | 001 - 005 | 2020-05-29 | > $165.00 |
References
- ↑ Tom Marks (November 25, 2019). "Magic: The Gathering Reveals New Secret Lair Drop Series With Wild Art". Ca.ign.com.
- ↑ Mark Heggen (November 25, 2019). "Revealing Secret Lair". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (March 13, 2020). "Making Fetch Happen—Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ MTGSecretLair. Twitter.