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Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair: A Perfect Normal Superdrop on Sale August 31

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Secret Lair: A Perfectly Normal Superdrop, a new collection of eight limited Magic: The Gathering drops announced at MagicCon Amsterdam, goes on sale August 31. Despite the name, this Superdrop covers a lot of ground: Marvel pets, Hulk in several extremely calm moments, romance-comic covers, Dan Hipp’s unmistakable style, Gene Luen Yang’s take on Journey to the West, Ian Miller’s intricate fantasy art, Robin Eisenberg’s cosmic mysticism, and Lofi Girl-approved study supplies. A perfectly normal amount of things to put in one place.

Artist Series: Ian Miller celebrates the work of legendary fantasy illustrator Ian Miller, whose highly detailed, surreal, and unmistakable art has appeared on Magic cards across multiple eras. Ian Miller’s intricate, surreal fantasy worlds give every image a little more to find the longer you look. 

Featuring: Gene Luen Yang brings award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang’s style to characters from Journey to the West. From Monkey to Tripitaka, this drop reimagines the legendary journey with bold character work, clean storytelling, and a little room for trouble along the way. 

Cosmic Chill by Robin Eisenberg brings Robin Eisenberg’s cosmic style to Magic with glowing figures, celestial backdrops, and rituals that look right at home somewhere far outside Earth’s atmosphere. It’s bright, strange, and full of the kind of quiet confidence that comes from knowing exactly which spell you’re about to cast next.

Secret Lair x Lofi Girl: Beats to Cast To brings the iconic 24/7 study radio energy to Magic cards. Defeat procrastination with the perfect headphones, a cat to pet and late nights studying ancient scrolls.

Secret Lair x Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Pets celebrates some of Marvel’s most beloved animal heroes and companions, including Lockjaw, Jeff the Land Shark, Throg, Lockheed, and Devil Dinosaur. These pets may be small, strange, enormous, amphibious, prehistoric, or technically a shark, but they are all doing their best.

Secret Lair x Marvel: Hulk SMASH! showcases different eras of Hulk through Magic cards illustrated by Marvel Comics artists. From classic Hulk to Planet Hulk, Joe Fixit, and Bruce Banner’s transformation, this drop is large, loud, green, and red in exactly the expected amounts. 

Secret Lair x Marvel: Dan Hipp features Marvel characters through Dan Hipp’s vibrant, expressive style, including Doctor Strange, Professor X, Wolverine, Mister Sinister, and Man-Thing. Hipp’s work is beloved by Marvel fans, especially in the Marvel Snap community, and this drop brings that same bold, playful energy to Magic.

Secret Lair x Marvel: True Believers in Love turns some of Marvel’s most memorable romances into dramatic romance-comic covers. Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters, Captain America and Peggy Carter, Wiccan and Hulkling, Thanos and Death, and Rogue and Gambit all get their moment. Some are sweet. Some are tragic. Love contains multitudes.

All drops in A Perfectly Normal Superdrop will be available in Foil ($39.99) and Non-Foil ($29.99) while supplies last.

These limited Secret Lair: A Perfectly Normal Superdrop drops will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on August 31, 2026. For every $199 spent, fans will receive a foil Command Tower promo card, while supplies last—a perfectly normal headquarters for a perfectly normal amount of assembling

Magic: The Gathering Command Tower promo

Artist Series: Ian Miller

  • 1x Shivan Dragon, 1x Animar, Soul of Elements, 1x Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, 1x Tsabo Tavoc

Featuring: Gene Luen Yang

  • 1x Kibo, Uktabi Prince as “Monkey, Awakened to Emptiness”, 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar as “Pigsy of the Eight Precepts”, 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs as “Sandy, Awakened to Purity”, 1x Dosan, the Falling Leaf as “Tripitaka, Seeker from Tang”, 1x Quest for Renewal

Cosmic Chill by Robin Eisenberg

  • 1x Orvar, the All-Form, 1x Sage of Hours, 1x See Double, 1x Slip Through Space, 1x Sway of the Stars

Secret Lair x Lofi Girl: Beats to Cast To

  • 1x Felidar Guardian as “Lofi Cat”, 1x Starfield of Nyx as “Snowman Starfield”, 1x Careful Study, 1x Merchant Scroll as “Grandma’s Scroll”, 1x Paradise Mantle as “Cozy Headphones”

Secret Lair x Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Pets

  • 1x Ephemerate, 1x Shark Typhoon, 1x Lightning Bolt, 1x Searing Blaze, 1x Commune with Dinosaurs, 1x Titanic Ultimatum

Secret Lair x Marvel: Hulk SMASH!

  • 1x Anger, 1x Gratuitous Violence, 1x Rishkar’s Expertise as “Joe Fixit’s Expertise”, 1x Search for Tomorrow, 1x Unnatural Growth

Secret Lair x Marvel: Dan Hipp

  • 1x Mystical Dispute, 1x An Offer You Can’t Refuse, 1x Training Grounds, 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder as “Mister Sinister, Hubris Unbound”, 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower as “Man-Thing, Marsh Protector”

Secret Lair x Marvel: True Believers in Love

  • 1x Happily Ever After, 1x True Love’s Kiss, 1x Run Away Together, 1x Savor the Moment, 1x Grave Pact, 1x Thrill of Possibility

Magic: The Gathering announces a Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe Superdrop

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Wizards of the Coast and Mattel have announced Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: The Most Powerful Superdrop in the Universe, a new collection of five limited Magic: The Gathering drops inspired by the legendary heroes, villains, artifacts, and worlds of Masters of the Universe.

The Superdrop was first teased through select artwork during MagicCon: Amsterdam, giving fans an early look at how Eternia and Etheria are coming to Magic. Across the five drops, The Most Powerful Superdrop in the Universe brings together He-Man, Skeletor, She-Ra, the forces of good and evil, and the unmistakable fantasy action of Masters of the Universe through all-new artwork inspired by the franchise’s classic packaging, animation, and larger-than-life characters.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: By the Power of Grayskull! brings He-Man and his allies to Magic with artwork inspired by classic Masters of the Universe packaging. When evil gets ambitious, He-Man raises the Sword of Power, Orko makes the battle more magical, Man-At-Arms makes sure it stays winnable, and Castle Grayskull remains the kind of place everyone has strong opinions about controlling.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Nyah-ha-ha! gives Skeletor the spotlight he would insist he already deserved. Inspired by classic animation cels and illustrated by Secret Lair artist Tyler Walpole, this drop follows the Lord of Destruction, his Evil Warriors, and a plan so brilliant that any setbacks should be considered temporary, irrelevant, and definitely someone else’s fault.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: She-Ra, Princess of Power brings the Great Rebellion from Etheria to Magic. With She-Ra at the center, Bright Moon stands against the Horde with courage, resolve, and the kind of power that refuses to be commanded. Fans who collect the full Superdrop can also bring the drops together into a Masters of the Universe-themed Commander deck centered around She-Ra, Princess of Power.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Allies and Enemies of Eternia celebrates the larger world of Eternia, where every hero, villain, sorceress, beast, actor, and heavily armed plan seems to arrive with a name, a purpose, and a strong visual identity. Some protect Castle Grayskull. Some lurk around Snake Mountain. All of them make the battlefield more interesting.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Sold Separately gathers the essentials no battle between good and evil should be without: loyal mounts, legendary weapons, sinister thrones, and fortresses with presence. Heroism is included. Evil ambition is included. Some assembly may be required.

All Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe drops will be available in non-foil editions for $29.99 and foil editions for $39.99 through Secret Lair’s online store while supplies last.

These special limited quantity Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe drops will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on September 14. Fans will also receive an exclusive foil Swan Song for every $149 spent, while supplies last.

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: By the Power of Grayskull!

  • 1x Winota, Joiner of Forces as “He-Man, Champion of Eternia”
  • 1x Crackle with Power
  • 1x Delina, Wild Mage as “Orko, Trollan Magician”
  • 1x Bruenor Battlehammer as “Man-At-Arms, Master Tactician”
  • 1x Konda’s Banner as “He-Man’s Battle Harness”

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Nyah-ha-ha!

  • 1x Tinybones, the Pickpocket as “Skeletor, Lord of Destruction”
  • 1x Tasha’s Hideous Laughter as “Skeletor’s Villainous Glee”
  • 1x Bottomless Pit
  • 1x Necrogen Mists as “Evil Warriors’ Shroud”
  • 1x Breach the Multiverse as “Rally the Evil Warriors”

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: She-Ra, Princess of Power

  • 1x Sisay, Weatherlight Captain as “She-Ra, Princess of Power”
  • 1x Silence
  • 1x Emiel the Blessed as “Swift Wind, Steed of She-Ra”
  • 1x Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard as “Bow, Master Archer”
  • 1x Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar as “Catra, Force Captain”
  • 1x Sol Ring

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Allies and Enemies of Eternia

  • 1x Sakashima the Impostor as “Man-E-Faces, Actor of Eternia”
  • 1x Kona, Rescue Beastie as “Beast Man, Savage Henchman”
  • 1x Ertai Resurrected as “Evil-Lyn, Evil Warrior Goddess”
  • 1x Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as “The Sorceress, Heroic Guardian”
  • 1x Tetsuo, Imperial Champion as “Trap Jaw, Wizard of Weapons”

Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Sold Separately

  • 1x Fortune, Loyal Steed as “Battle Cat, Fighting Tiger”
  • 1x The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride as “Panthor, Savage Cat”
  • 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh as “Bone Throne”
  • 1x Sword of War and Peace as “Sword of Power”
  • 1x Command Tower

Magic: The Gathering Launches Five Secret Lair x The Hobbit Drops

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Wizards of the Coast has launched five Secret Lair x The Hobbit drops as part of A Marvelous Mathoms Superdrop. These limited Magic: The Gathering collections follow Bilbo Baggins from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain, with stops for riddles in the dark, meals worth remembering, wild roads, Dragon hoards, and the kind of trouble that tends to begin when someone says it’s time for an adventure.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: He Who Walks Unseen follows Bilbo Baggins through moments where a Hobbit can vanish from view and still find himself exactly where the trouble is. Available exclusively in the Out of Sight edition, this drop uses a brand-new foil treatment created to emphasize Bilbo’s outline in each scene, whether anyone can see him or not.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Second Breakfast and Beyond celebrates one of the great Hobbit traditions: knowing when it is time to eat. Featuring seven food tokens inspired by the seven meals Hobbits enjoy throughout the day, this drop brings breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevenses, and the rest of the day’s essentials to Magic.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Over the Edge of the Wild follows Bilbo beyond the comforts of The Shire and into the stranger turns of the road ahead. Inspired by mid-century stop-motion television specials, this drop imagines key moments from The Hobbit with a playful, handmade sensibility suited for Trolls, spiders, forests, and other reasons to reconsider leaving home.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Smaug’s Spoils asks what might happen if a few Magic artifacts found their way into Smaug’s hoard. This drop gathers familiar artifacts among the Dragon’s treasure, where gold, gems, and a well-placed Sol Ring all seem like exactly the sort of thing Smaug would prefer no one touch.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Desolation brings classic moments from The Hobbit through a darker, metal-inspired lens. Stark, intense, and built around fire, ruin, and confrontation, this drop explores the story’s most brutal edges with art that feels as heavy as the road to the Lonely Mountain.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: He Who Walks Unseen will be available exclusively in Out of Sight edition for $59.99, while all other Secret Lair x The Hobbit drops will be available in Foil ($39.99) and Non-Foil ($29.99) while supplies last.

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: He Who Walks Unseen

1x Arcane Heist, 1x Contentious Plan, 1x Curiosity, 1x Solve the Equation, 1x Windfall

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Second Breakfast and Beyond

7x Food Token

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Over the Edge of the Wild

1x Cloudshift, 1x Tocasia’s Welcome as “Quite a Merry Gathering”, 1x Stony Silence, 1x Imp’s Mischief, 1x Seize the Spoils

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Smaug’s Spoils

1x Fellwar Stone as “Erebor Heirloom”, 1x Lightning Greaves, 1x Liquimetal Torque, 1x Sol Ring, 1x Thought Vessel

Secret Lair x The Hobbit: Desolation

1x Defile, 1x Diabolic Intent, 1x Dread Return, 1x Mirkwood Bats, 1x Read the Bones

These limited quantity Secret Lair x The Hobbit drops will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on August 17. For every $199 spent, orders will also come with a promo Arcane Signet as “Heart of the Mountain”, featuring the gemstone found deep beneath the Lonely Mountain, while supplies last. Fans can sign up for alerts on the Secret Lair website.

Wizards of the Coast Reveals Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Commander Deck: Hatsune Miku

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Wizards of the Coast has announced the Secret Lair Commander Deck: Hatsune Miku, a new ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck celebrating the global virtual singer through dazzling artwork, joyful gameplay, and the unmistakable energy of a stadium-sized pop performance.

Designed by Magic: The Gathering’s Carmen Klomparens, this deck is the first Universes Beyond Secret Lair Commander Deck, combining the creativity of Secret Lair with one of the world’s most recognizable virtual performers. Headlined by Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice as “Miku, Song of the People,” the deck invites players to flood the board with creatures, gain massive amounts of life, and turn that momentum into a performance worthy of an encore.

Secret Lair Commander Deck: Hatsune Miku captures the bright, expressive, and collaborative spirit that has made Hatsune Miku a global phenomenon. The deck features 13 cards with new art by Japanese artists, including a special illustration by KEI, Hatsune Miku’s first software packaging illustrator, for Miku, Song of the People. Additional artists, including fan-favorite creators such as 八三/HASSAN, and さいとうなおき/NAOKI SAITO, help bring Miku to life. That visual celebration carries through to the mana base with foil borderless basic lands featuring new artwork, making the deck feel like a full Miku production from the first land drop to the final encore.

Built around a classic green-white lifegain strategy, Secret Lair Commander Deck: Hatsune Miku plays exactly like a great Miku performance feels: joyful, communal, and bigger with every verse. Cards like Archangel of Thune, Aetherflux Reservoir, Crested Sunmare, Rhys the Redeemed, Voice of the Blessed, and Mirari’s Wake help players build an ever-growing board state, gain life in huge bursts, and transform that life total into a win condition.

The Secret Lair Commander Deck: Hatsune Miku will include:

  • 1x Ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck
    • 12x Foil borderless cards featuring new artwork
    • 7x Foil borderless basic Plains featuring new artwork
    • 7x Foil borderless basic Forests featuring new artwork
    • 74x Non-foil reprints
  • 10x Non-foil double-sided tokens
  • 1x Trostani, Selensya’s Voice as “Miku, Song of the People” display commander (not legal in sanctioned play)
  • 1x Deck box

For this release, Secret Lair is introducing a 24-hour order window to help more fans get the deck. Orders placed between Monday, August 10, 2026, at 9 a.m. PT and Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 8:59 a.m. PT will be fulfilled. A limited quantity will be available to ship right away, while additional orders placed during the window are expected to ship in May 2027 in North America and June 2027 in the EU/UK.

Magic: The Gathering Announces Secret Lair x Marvel Spinner Rack Specials featuring art by Annie Wu

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It’s time to give the spinner rack another turn. Secret Lair x Marvel: Spinner Rack Specials, a five-card Magic: The Gathering drop featuring original artwork by acclaimed comic artist Annie Wu, is available through the Secret Lair Chaos Vault, bringing the look and feel of classic comic books to five cards from the upcoming Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes.

Secret Lair x Marvel: Spinner Rack Specials gives these cards the full vintage-comics treatment, with art that looks like it could have come straight from the pages of a retro comic book. Artist Annie Wu brings a distinct comics sensibility to the drop, combining expressive character work, heavy inks, aged textures, and rich color to make every card feel like the cover that stopped you mid-spin at the local comic shop. This drop celebrates the bold storytelling, iconic characters, and unforgettable art that Magic and Marvel fans know and love.

Foil editions of Secret Lair x Marvel: Spinner Rack Specials are available in limited quantities at MagicCon: Amsterdam, taking place July 17–19, 2026, and through the Chaos Vault on the Secret Lair website. The Chaos Vault will be open during the show from 10:00 AM CEST on Friday, July 17 to 7:00 PM CEST on Sunday, July 19, 2026, while supplies last.

Secret Lair x Marvel: Spinner Rack Specials includes:

  • 1x Hammerhead, Maggia Boss, 1x Undead Hand Ninja, 1x Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner, 1x Hex Magic, 1x Baxter Building
  • Price: Foil: Non-Foil: $29.99 USD, $39.99 USD

Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated Vol. 8 is another great volume in the series

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In the summer of 1999, Hajime finds a new friend in Lou, a transfer student from France. Meanwhile, Yakumo invites Hajime on a date and things get awkward between the two as her feelings for him come to the surface. In the aftermath, they all head off to Ikebukuro for the Regional Championship to see who will represent Japan on the world stage.

Story: Katsura Ise
Art: Takuma Yokota
Translation: David Evelyn
English Adaptation: Molly Tanzer
Touch-up Art and Lettering: Richmond Torrefranca

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Preview: Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories – Jace #3

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Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories – Jace #3

Writer: Michael W. Conrad
Artist: Caitlin Yarsky
Colorist: Alex Guimarães
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Cover artist: Caitlin Yarsky

As danger looms in both past and present, Jace continues to search for answers in his memories. Jace discovers that he and his mentor are not the only ones seeking the powerful artifact, but the truth behind Tezzeret’s intentions remain obscured.

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Magic: The Gathering Announces New Secret Lair Drop Celebrating Women

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Wizards of the Coast has announced Secret Lair x Global Fund for Women: Their Magic is Limitless, a new Magic: The Gathering philanthropy drop created in support of Global Fund for Women, one of the world’s leading foundations for gender justice. The drop celebrates women, their relationships, their power, and the many ways they support, teach, protect, and champion one another across generations, communities, and worlds.

Inspired by Global Fund for Women’s work supporting gender justice organizations around the world, Secret Lair x Global Fund for Women: Their Magic is Limitless centers the kind of connection that turns individual power into collective change. Global Fund for Women resources grassroots leaders and feminist movements working in their own communities, and this drop carries that spirit into Magic through mentorship, family, collaboration, love, legacy, and women standing together across the Multiverse.

Secret Lair x Global Fund for Women: Their Magic is Limitless includes:

  • 1x Lathril, Blade of the Elves, 1x Path of Ancestry, 1x Cultivate, 1x Sol Ring, 1x Finale of Devastation, 1x Coat of Arms, 1x Dark Ritual 
  • Price: Non-Foil: $39.99 USD, Foil: $49.99 USD* 

*Fifty percent (50%) of the product price will be donated to Global Fund for Women.

Secret Lair x Global Fund for Women: Their Magic is Limitless will be available at MagicSecretLair.com from July 20, 2026, at 9 AM PT through August 3, 2026, at 11:59 AM PT. Fifty percent (50%) of the product price will be donated to Global Fund for Women, which support gender justice organizations around the world.

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United Wizards of the Coast Votes to Unionize

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In April, United Wizards of the Coast announced their intention to unionize. The developers behind Magic: The Gathering – Arena overwhelmingly voted their interest in forming a union, United Wizards of the Coast – CWA (UWOTC). Now, the staff have officially voted for the union.

The National Labor Relations Board website shows that, out of a total of 102 eligible voters, 79 votes were cast in favor of unionization, that leaves 16 against.

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected.

The USWOTC asked the Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro management to voluntarily recognize the union by International Workers Day (May Day) which took place on May 1, 2026. That did not happen, and instead there were regular reports of WotC discouraging the formation of the union.

In their announcement, the union said they are negotiating for:

Sustainable Workload: Employees’ experiences with “crunch” (intense, mandatory unpaid overtime) to meet deadlines vary widely by team and project, with some teams crunching on a regular basis just to get planned work out the door.

Layoff Protections: Employees currently live in fear of suddenly losing their jobs, with no warning and through no fault of their own.

Remote Work Protections: Leadership is instituting a mandatory RTO, forcing numerous remote employees to return to a physical office or be forced to resign. This painful choice is splitting our employees between their homes, communities, and the jobs they love.

Generative AI Protections: Pressure has ramped up from leadership to adopt LLMs and Gen AI tools in various aspects of our work. WOTC lacks a robust AI policy, leaving opportunities for abuse and communicating a level of disrespect for artists and other creatives.

On their site, the union wrote:

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected.

From this day forward, we have a union!

To the thousands who signed our petition letter, the journalists who let us tell our own story, every person who reached out with words of encouragement, our stewards at the CWA who helped guide us, we cannot thank you enough for your support.

We stand on the shoulders of giants, and we can only hope that our victory in turn inspires others to start unionizing at their own workplaces. Change is possible when workers stand together!

We hope to share good news of a ratified contract with all of you soon. 

It’s only recently that a momentum has been built and more staff in video games, comics, and more in the “geeks space” have come together for unionization. In early June, staff at Dark Horse had their union voluntarily recognized by management.

There are many more steps in the process to go but this vote is a major one for the staff. The next stage is for the union to establish a ratified contract with Wizards of the Coast. That can take quite a while.

We open up a Magic: The Gathering – Marvel Super Heroes Draft Night Pack!

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With it’s release we dive into Magic: The Gathering – Marvel Super Heroes by opening up a Draft Night box!

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