Secret Lair Drop Series: Spring Superdrop 2024
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| Symbol description | Shooting star | ||||
| Release date | May 13, 2024 | ||||
| Set size | 7 drops (33 cards) | ||||
| Expansion code | SLD[1] | ||||
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- For other uses, see Spring Superdrop.
The Spring Superdrop 2024 is a superdrop in the Secret Lair product range and a continuation of the alternate art Secret Lair Drop Series. It became available for purchase from the Wizards of the Coast webshop secretlair.wizards.com on May 13, 2024.[2]
Description
This superdrop features a Universes Beyond drop centered on the Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku, a 16-year-old anime character with long, turquoise twin-tails.[3] Miku's personification has been marketed as a virtual idol, and has performed at live virtual concerts onstage as an animated projection (rear-cast projection on a specially coated glass screen). Miku previously starred in a special Japanese trailer for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.[4] The name of the drop "Sakura Superstar" references the Japanese spring flower, the cherry blossom. This the first of four drops featuring Hatsune Miku, each celebrating a separate season and appearing in future Secret Lair superdrops across 2024. All Hatsune Miku drops will be available in both English and Japanese languages.[3] Three drops supplement the April, 2024 release of Outlaws of Thunder Junction. There is also a belated April Fools drop.
For every $200 spent in a single order, you get a borderless Secret Lair Promo, Seedborn Muse with art by Princes Hidir.[2]
The Sakura drops (both English and Japanese, foil and non-foil) sold out in one day, as did several bundles.
Drops
| Drop | Price (non-foil) |
Price (trad. foil) |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | $29.99 | $39.99 | Three straight reprints and three skinned cards featuring the Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku. Universes Beyond.[3] |
| Goblingram | $29.99 | $39.99 | Five Goblin cards with a design based on Instagram, including rules text that is cut short [more] and comments in the flavor text (including those of a troll). The Goblingram is shown on a mobile phone with cracked glass. |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1: Rebellious Renegades | $29.99 | $39.99 | Four borderless cards with "distressed pulp magazine" art picturing "what if" scenarios when planeswalkers and legendary creatures would be visiting Thunder Junction. |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 2: Sinister Scoundrels | $29.99 | $39.99 | Four more borderless cards with "distressed pulp magazine" art picturing "what if" scenarios when legendary creatures would be visiting Thunder Junction. |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | $29.99 | $39.99 | Three legendary creatures and a planeswalker in the OTJ Showcase "Wanted Poster" card frame. |
| Poker Faces | $29.99 | $39.99 | Five textless creature cards in a poker card frame. Art by Bene Rohlmann. |
| sAnS mERcY | $29.99 | $39.99 | Five cards with new borderless art and all card text (including the information below the text box) written in the much-maligned Comic Sans font[5] and with inconsistent capitalization and spelling mistakes. Marketed as a late April Fools drop[6], with collector numbers immediately preceding the 2022 April Fools drop, Finally! Left-Handed Magic Cards. |
Bundles
The drops could be bought separately or in one of several bundles. Everything is Blooming contained all drops for $479,99. The All the Foils are Blooming cost $279.99 and the All the Non-Foils are Blooming cost $209.99. The Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar Bundle (containing both English and Japanese versions, foil and non-foil) was $124.99. The Spring into Action Bundle (containing Sakura (EN & JP), sAnS mERcY and Goblingram) was $145.99 (foil) / $109.99 (non-foil). The Outlaws of Thunder Junction Bundle Foil Edition (containing Poker Faces, Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1 &2, and Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction) was also $145.99 (foil) / $109.99 (non-foil).
Card list
| Drop | Card # | Card/Token | Artist | Notes |
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| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1587 | Shelter | Mandy Jurgens | New flavor text. |
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1594 | Miku's Spark | Justyna Dura | Reskinned Chandra's Ignition. New flavor text. |
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1596 | Harmonize | SYUTSURI | New flavor text. |
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1597 | Miku, Lost but Singing | Jehan Choo | Reskinned Azusa, Lost but Seeking. New flavor text. |
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1602 | Miku, the Renowned | Yuko Shimizu | Reskinned Feather, the Redeemed. New flavor text. |
| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | 1605 | Inspiring Vantage | Dani Pendergast | New flavor text. |
| Goblingram | 1614 | Brash Taunter | Mark Behm & Scott Okumura | New flavor text, referencing Goblin Chieftain and Thrun, the Last Troll |
| Goblingram | 1615 | Goblin Chieftain | Jakub Kasper & Scott Okumura | New flavor text, referencing Goblin Welder and Thrun, the Last Troll |
| Goblingram | 1616 | Goblin Ringleader | Svetlin Velinov & Scott Okumura | New flavor text, referencing Goblin Chieftain and Thrun, the Last Troll |
| Goblingram | 1617 | Goblin Welder | Zoltan Boras & Scott Okumura | New flavor text, referencing Brash Taunter, Thrun, the Last Troll and the original flavor text for Goblin Welder. |
| Goblingram | 1618 | Mogg War Marshall | Caroline Gariba & Scott Okumura | New flavor text, referencing Goblin Ringleader and Thrun, the Last Troll |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1: Rebellious Renegades | 1619 | Tezzeret the Seeker | Miguel Mercado & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1: Rebellious Renegades | 1620 | Griselbrand | Stephen Andrade & Scott Okumura | New flavor text. |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1: Rebellious Renegades | 1621 | Grenzo, Havoc Raiser | David Robert Hovey & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 1: Rebellious Renegades | 1622 | Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker | Aaron J. Riley & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 2: Sinister Scoundrels | 1623 | Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger | Aaron J. Riley & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 2: Sinister Scoundrels | 1624 | Karona, False God | David Robert Hovey & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 2: Sinister Scoundrels | 1625 | Korvold, Fae-Cursed King | Josh Newton & Scott Okumura | |
| Outlaw Anthology Vol. 2: Sinister Scoundrels | 1626 | Memnarch | Gaboleps & Scott Okumura | New Flavor text |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | 1687 | Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet | Massiveface | |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | 1688 | Magda, Brazen Outlaw | Cabrol | Magda is not an Outlaw! |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | 1689 | Dack Fayden | Dibujante Nocturno | |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | 1690 | Greasefang, Okiba Boss | Michael Walsh | |
| Poker Faces | 1703 | Jaxis, the Troublemaker | Bene Rohlmann | Jack |
| Poker Faces | 1704 | Coffin Queen | Bene Rohlmann | Queen. First foil for this card. |
| Poker Faces | 1705 | Goblin King | Bene Rohlmann | King |
| Poker Faces | 1706 | Professional Face-Breaker | Bene Rohlmann | Ace |
| Poker Faces | 1707 | Rankle, Master of Pranks | Bene Rohlmann | Joker |
| sAnS mERcY | 9990 | dOOm bLaDE | Cynthia Sheppard | "Target" spelled as "targeet". New flavor text. |
| sAnS mERcY | 9991 | mAsSaCRe | Andrey Kuzinskiy | New flavor text. |
| sAnS mERcY | 9992 | tOrMEnt oF hAiLFiRe | Raymond Swanland | New flavor text. |
| sAnS mERcY | 9993 | rUiNatIOn | Joseph Meehan | New flavor text. |
| sAnS mERcY | 9994 | MOgIs, gOD of sLaUGHter | Maxime Minard | New flavor text; immediately following the end of the rules text rather than starting on a new line. |
Bonus cards
As an extra, each drop comes with a surprise bonus card. Except for the cases listed below, potential bonus cards include extended art elves (e.g. Fierce Empath, Ivy Lane Denizen) or a borderless Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (in the same style as the Outlaw Anthologies Vol. 1 & 2 drops).
| Drop | Bonus card | Card # | Artist | Notes |
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| Hatsune Miku: Sakura Superstar | Elvish Mystic | 805 | Ekaterina Burmak | New flavor text. |
| Encore Electromancer | 808 | Raita Kazama | Reskinned Snapcaster Mage. New flavor text. Extra rare, | |
| Goblingram | Thrun, the Last Troll | 810 | Jakub Kasper & Scott Okumura | New flavor text. |
| Showcase: Outlaws of Thunder Junction | Norin the Wary | 827 | Jarel Thread | Reversible, to indicate if he is in exile or not. |
| sAnS mERcY | sPitEfuL pRaNKstEr | 801 | Igor Kieryluk | New flavor text. |
References
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (May 10, 2024). "Secret Lair Spring Superdrop 2024". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast (April 29, 2024). "Hatsune Miku Comes to Secret Lair". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Connected by Mwk feat. Hatsune Miku (Video). HatsuneMiku. YouTube (February 3, 2022).
- ↑ Eryn Stubblefield (March 4, 2019). "Why Comic Sans is The Joke of The Graphic Design Community.". Freepik.com.
- ↑ MTG Secret Lair (May 2, 2024). "HaPpY MaYpRiL fOoLs To aLl WhO CeLeBrAtE tHiS vErY rEaL HoLiDaY!". Twitter.