Wizards of the Coast revealed five new Secret Lair drops through various partners today, with themes like tattoo art, mechs, alternate takes on Planeswalkers, bolts, and birds.
The drops are a part of the “superdrop” that will release over the course of the first week of June, similar to how the first seven Secret Lairs were released at the end of last year. There will be an opportunity to buy all of the Secret Lairs in the superdrop as a bundle, similar to the first set of drops, and the bundle will come with a random fetch land promo from Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition.
Each drop will be available for 24 hours, 12 PM Eastern to 12 PM Eastern, on the following schedule:
- Full Sleeves: Tattoo art theme, releases Monday, June 1 for $29.99.
- Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel: Mech theme, releases Tuesday, June 2 for $39.99.
- The Path Not Traveled: Alternate takes on Planeswalkers, Wednesday June 3, for $39.99.
- Mountain, Go: Four different full-art Lightning Bolts, Thursday, June 4, for $29.99.
- Ornithological Studies: Bird theme, Friday, June 5, for $29.99.
- Bundle of all Five: Monday, June 1 through Monday, June 16, for $169.95.
Wizards expects these Secret Lair drops to begin shipping on August 15 for North America, as well as for the LATAM and APAC regions. European shipments should begin around August 30. (Check the full list of countries that Wizards ships Secret Lairs to.)
Full Sleeves
Wizards partnered with Chicago-based tattoo artist Joshua Howard of Pioneer Tattoo for the tattoo-themed “Full Sleeves” Secret Lair drop. The art on the five included cards mimics the style of traditional tattoos and all of the card names have references to tattoo-related words: Spell Pierce, Blood Artist, Eternal Witness, Pithing Needle, and Inkmoth Nexus.
The drop will also have codes for a Pithing Needle sleeve style on MTG Arena and copies of these cards for Magic Online. It will release on Monday, June 1 for $29.99.
Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel
The “Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel” drop is made up of three, alternate, full-art foil versions of classic artifact creatures: Darksteel Colossus, Arbound Ravager, and Walking Ballista. It will be available on Tuesday, June 2 for $39.99.
It will also include codes for an MTG Arena sleeve style of the Arcbound Ravager art as well non-foil copies on Magic Online.
Darksteel Colossus art by Hector Ortiz
Arcbound Ravager art by Danny Miller
Walking Ballista art by Bad Flip Productions, Inc.
The Path Not Traveled
Wizards teamed up with a few popular cosplayers to preview “The Path Not Traveled” Secret Lair drop, which re-envisions four Planeswalkers: Vraska, Golgari Queen as prom queen, Tamiyo, Field Researcher as a cross between a detective/Carmen Sandiego/Indiana Jones, Domri Rade as a cowboy, and Ajani Steadfast an X-Force superhero.
The Path Not Traveled will be available on Wednesday, June 3, with four foil alternate art cards, as well as codes for a sleeve style on MTG Arena and Magic Online versions of the cards, for $39.99.
Previewed by Manju Elise, cosplayer
Previewed by Olivia Gobert-Hicks
Previewed by Tappy Toe Claws
Previewed by Jackal Costuming
Mountain, Go
“Mountain, Go” will contain four different foil, full-art Lightning Bolts by Noah Bradley, Brigette Roka, Robbie Trevino, and Alexis Zibbit. It will be released on Thursday, June 4 for $39.99 and will include codes for an MTG Arena sleeve style of Noah Bradley’s art and copies of all four on Magic Online.
Ornithological Studies
Ornithological Studies was previewed by Nissa Cosplay and features five Birds and Bird token-makers from Magic’s history: Birds of Paradise, Baleful Strix, Dovescape, Gilded Goose, and Swan Song.
It will be released on June 5 for $29.99 and will include codes for an MTG Arena sleeve style of the Birds of Paradise art as well as copies of each card on Magic Online.
Stay tuned for official confirmation and the possibility of additional drops that have yet to be announced!