Big Reveals at the Secret Lair Panel at MagicCon Atlanta

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Andy Zupke
Andy Zupke
Big Reveals at the Secret Lair Panel at MagicCon Atlanta

Photo by Nick Wolf

The Preview Panel wasn't the only exciting thing happening at MagicCon Atlanta on Friday. Immediately following that panel Wizards of the Coast embarked on another set of big reveals for upcoming Secret Lair drops, which include several mechanically unique cards.

Secret Scare

The first Superdrop is titled Secret Scare, and includes a wide range of IPs. It's expected to launch on October 13th.

Let's take a look.

Dwight's Destiny

This drop features the character Dwight Schrute, from the American TV show The Office. It shows Dwight as a reskin of several Magic cards, including legendary creatures Heliod, Sun-CrownedHeliod, Sun-Crowned and Baral, Chief of ComplianceBaral, Chief of Compliance, as well as a planeswalker card, Garruk RelentlessGarruk Relentless.

Heliod, Sun-Crowned Steelshaper’s Gift Swords to Plowshares Baral, Chief of Compliance Garruk Relentless Garruk, the Veil-Cursed

Furby

There'll be three drops featuring these furry creatures. The first is titled Doo-ay Noo-lah. The drop features several Commander staples, like Sol RingSol Ring and Chromatic LanternChromatic Lantern.

Distant Melody Explore Inspiring Call Chromatic Lantern Sol Ring

The second drop is Secret Lair x Furby: The Gathering. This drop puts the furbies "in-universe" as they interact with Magic characters like Aurelia and Tamiyo.

Sphere of Safety Miscast Phyrexian Arena Tormenting Voice Tamiyo’s Safekeeping

The last Furby drop is Secret Lair x Furby: The OddBodies. 

Hullbreaker Horror Maddening Cacophony Serum Visions Umbris, Fear Manifest Spellskite

Iron Maiden

The legendary progressive metal band Iron Maiden will get two drops, both with artwork featuring their classic Eddie character. The first of these drops is titled Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Album Art.

Lethal Scheme Grave Titan Animate Dead Temporal Trespass Unearth Lignify

The second Iron Maiden drop is titled Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained. It features some reskinned legendary creatures, including Bruvac the GrandiloquentBruvac the Grandiloquent and Nekusar, the MindrazerNekusar, the Mindrazer.

Bruvac the Grandiloquent Windfall Captain N’ghathrod Nekusar, the Mindrazer Iron Maiden Mindcrank

Jaws

The next drop is themed around the classic horror movie Jaws by Steven Spielberg, which turned 50 years old this year. This drop features one mechanically unique legendary creature: Jaws, Relentless Predator.

Jaws, Relentless Predator

Panic on Amity Island

Reckless Endavor

Sneak Attack

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

Blood token

Artist Series: Kieran Yanner

The next drop features the work of artist Kieran Yanner, and includes a reprint of Demonic TutorDemonic Tutor.

Armageddon Northern Paladin Demonic Tutor Lord of the Pit

Trick or Treat

This next drop features Halloween-themed art for five legendary creatures.

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose Satoru Umezawa Voja, Jaws of the Conclave Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Liberator, Urza’s Battlethopter

Dreaming Darkly

The next drop features four cards with art from Jim Woodring.

Soulherder Roon of the Hidden Realm Guardian Project Glen Elendra Archmage

Secret Lair x PlayStation Superdrop

In addition to the Secret Scare superdrop, Wizards also showed off a portion of the upcoming Secret Lair x PlayStation Superdrop, which will release on October 27th. These drops are all themed around popular Sony Playstation games.

Each of the cards revealed so far for this superdrop are mechanically unique legends that can be your commander. In addition, the cards from the Last of Us drops feature a new partner mechanic, Survivors, which allow you to have two of them as your commanders.

The God of War: Norse drop also features a new partner mechanic variation called father & son.

Not all cards were revealed, but here's what they showed us at the panel.

Secret Lair x The Last of Us Part I

Ellie, Brick Master
Joel, Resolute Survivor

There are three more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x The Last of Us Part II

Abby, Merciless Soldier
Ellie, Vengeful Hunter

There are three more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x God of War: Greek

Kratos, God of War

There are four more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x God of War: Norse

Atreus, Impulsive Son
Kratos, Stoic Father

There are two more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x Uncharted

Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter

There are four more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x Horizon: Into the Forbidden West

Aloy, Savior of Meridian

There are four more cards to be revealed from this drop.

Secret Lair x Ghost of Tsushima

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

There are four more cards to be revealed from this drop.

DanDan

There's one more drop to mention from the panel, and it's dedicated to the popular format Dandan, aka Forgetful Fish. The drop includes reprints of several cards that are crucial to the format, and have various border treatments.

Dandân 1 Dandân 2 Accumulated Knowledge Magical Hack Memory Lapse Mystic Sanctuary Island 1 Island 2 Island 3 Island 4 Capture of Jingzhou Chart a Course Control Magic Crystal Spray Day’s Undoing Mental Note Metamorphose Predict Telling Time Unsubstantiate Halimar Depths Haunted Fengraf Lonely Sandbar Remote Isle The Surgical Bay Svyelunite Temple

That's all we have for you from the Secret Lair panel at MagicCon Atlanta. What do you think? Any drops you're super excited about? Let us know in the comments. And stay tuned to EDHREC for more Magic news.

Andy Zupke

Andy Zupke


Andy's the editor in chief for the EDHREC blog content. He's been playing Magic on and off since Fallen Empires. He loves to travel, drink, eat, and spend time with family and friends.

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