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Magic: The Gatheringhas unveiled the next lineup of its seasonal Secret Lair drops, and it includes The Lord of the Rings, some grubby little goblins, and skeletons going incredibly, bodaciously hard.
Like most Secret Lairs, these will only be available for a limited time and are printed to demand. This means you have Jun 22, 2025 to put your preorders inon the Secret Lair site, but you won’t have to worry about them running out of stock.
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Fortunately, Wizards is sweetening the deal this time, by offering those who spend over $200/£200 two free Collector booster packs of last year’s The Brothers’ War. This gives you the chance to pull things like serialised Retro Frame Artifacts, or theShattered Glass alt-arts of the tie-in Transformers cards.
Mirror of Galadriel
Shire Terrace
To tie in with the recently released Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, we have four reprints from the set with art taken straight from the 1978 Ralph Bakshi film.
While this is a great drop for those just wanting more Lord of the Rings, card-wise it’s one of the most underwhelming drops Secret Lair has done in a long time. With two commons, an uncommon, and a rare that already has multiple art treatments available, the overall value is very low.
Buy this one for Lord of the Rings, but don’t buy it to play with the cards. You’ll likely pull everything here in a few regular boosters of Tales of Middle-earth.
More Adventures In Middle-earthcosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Wheel of Misfortune
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Mark Riddick is back again, having been a contributor to Magic multiple times in sets like Kaldheim and Phyrexia: All Will Be One. With his gritty, metal-inspired style, we have five death-themed cards on offer.
The big winners here are Syr Konrad the Grym, an excellent Sacrifice and graveyard recursion commander, and Nekusar the Mindrazer, a Zombie who punishes your opponents for drawing cards. The other cards are great too, with Underworld Dreams, Waste Not, and Wheel of Misfortune all fitting nicely into a Nekusar Commander deck if you want.
While the cards are good, they’re not hugely valuable, either. You’re buying this for the art and an exclusive, Metal-style version of a popular commander rather than the sheer value.
Death Is Temporary, Metal Is Forevercosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
Shattergang Brothers
Goblins are one of Magic’s most popular creature types, and this drop gives you a few tools to push them even further.
Of course, the art by Wizard of Barge is the big draw, with this colourful, slightly grungy style going perfectly with Magic’s favourite lil’ guys. You even get Muxus, Goblin Grandee, one of the go-to Goblin commanders.
Again, though, this is a tough value proposition. These cards are great for Goblin decks, but they’re not the all-timers like Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin or Empty the Warrens. Goblins are a generally cheap creature type in general, which makes doing a whole drop for them a tricky task.
Goblin & Squabblin’costs $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Probably one of the funniest Secret Lair drops we’ve had in a good long while, Bad to the Bone takes lots of the grimmest cards and gives them a radical Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride of a makeover thanks to art by Ryan Quickfall.
Nothing is better than a skeleton riding a motorbike. Or riding a motorbike holding their head. Or riding a motorbike and falling into a bottomless pit. There’s some great cards here, too, with things like Necrogen Mists and Reassembling Skeleton seeing plenty of play.
Plenty of the cards in here are seeing reprints for the very first time, with Necrogen Mists; Tinybones, Trinket Thief; and Bottomless Pit all making their first reappearances since their first printings. Value-wise this is one of the best propositions in the whole Superdrop, and a screaming skeleton doing a sick jump on a bike only helps make it better.
Bad To The Bonescosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Worldspine Wurm
Wurm Token
Ryan Alexander Lee is known for some of the most-played cards in Magic, like Commander’s Sphere, Snapcaster Mage, Zurgo Helmsmasher, and Stolen By The Fae.
The cards on offer in this drop are interesting way to tell a story, with Lee allegedly inspired by the “liner notes in an old heavy metal album”, and follow a hero as they sacrifice everything to hopefully defeat the monster that seeks to consume the world.
The art is incredible, with Gaea’s Blessing and Twilight Prophet in particular looking utterly stunning. Value-wise this drop isn’t too bad either, with both Twilight Prophet and Worldspine Wurm being in demand. Thanks to the addition of a terrifying Wurm token as well, this is definitely one of the better drops in this lineup.
Artist Series: Ryan Alexander Leecosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Risen Reef
Voice Of Resurgence
This highly abstract drop is one of the most visually interesting of the bunch, with a mix of vivid colours and geometric shapes representing some truly great Elemental greatures.
Omnath, Locus of Rage takes the cake here, of course, making Elemental tokens and dealing damage whenever an Elemental dies. Joining it are the Elemental deck staple Risen Reef, the tutor Flamekin Harbinger, and the counterspell-dissuading tool Voice of Resurgence, all of which see play.
Sadly, for all its vivid art, this is another tough sell value-wise, with all four cards collectively worth about a quarter of the asking price. As is the case with lots of this drop, you’re buying the art more than the game pieces.
The Stars Gaze Backcosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Featuring: The Mountain Goats
Let’s ignore the irony of a band whose most famous song features the line “I am drowning, there is no sign of land”. This set of ten Mountains was pretty much entirely directed by John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.
He planned the art, picked artists, and wrote the flavour text, setting the whole ten-part story on the fan favourite plane of Lorwyn.
Notably, this is also the first time ever basic lands have been available as extended art. While ten lands isn’t enough to kit out a deck with nothing but these lands, the narrative nature of them makes including all in one deck very intriguing indeed.
Featuring: The Mountain Goatscosts $29.99/£29.99 for a non-foil version, or $39.99/£39.99 for traditional foil.
Bundles
As always, there are a number of bundles up for grabs.
More Adventures In Middle-earth Bundle
If you want both the foil and non-foil versions of these Lord of the Rings cards, the bundle will set you back $69.98/£69.98. In total, you’ll get eight cards.
Tearing Up A Sick Tube Of Non-Foils Bundle
Uncommonly for a Superdrop bundle, this even includes the Universes Beyond drop. For $208.99/£208.99, you’ll get non-foil versions of More Adventures In Middle-earth, Death Is Temporary, Metal Is Forever; Goblin & Squabblin’, Bad To The Bones, Artist Series: Ryan Alexander Lee, The Stars Gaze Back, and Featuring: The Mountain Goats.
As you hit the $200/£200 price, you’ll also get the two Collector boosters of The Brothers’ War.
Carving Up A Barrel Of Foils Bundle
If you want the shinier option, for $278.99/£278.99, you’ll get foil editions of More Adventures In Middle-earth, Death Is Temporary, Metal Is Forever; Goblin & Squabblin’, Bad To The Bones, Artist Series: Ryan Alexander Lee, The Stars Gaze Back, and Featuring: The Mountain Goats.
This will also net you the two Brothers’ War Collector boosters.
Shredding A Wave Of Everything Bundle
With no foil-exclusive bundles in this Superdrop, the final bundle nets you a nice, clean 14 drops for $488.99/£488.99. You’ll get foil editions of More Adventures In Middle-earth, Death Is Temporary, Metal Is Forever; Goblin & Squabblin’, Bad To The Bones, Artist Series: Ryan Alexander Lee, The Stars Gaze Back, and Featuring: The Mountain Goats.
If that isn’t enough for you, you’ll also get the Brothers’ War Collector boosters.
