We knew the MagicCon Atlanta Preview Panel was going to be big, but Wizards has well and truly blown our socks off. Not only have Wizards revealed all seven MTG sets releasing in 2026, but we’ve got our first taste of Lorwyn Eclipsed, too. Already this would be more than enough to keep MTG players happy and overwhelmed with content, but Wizards didn’t stop there.
Following on from the main set reveals, Wizards has revealed Secret Lair drop after Secret Lair drop. In total, thirteen brand-new Secret Lair products have been announced, offering tons of crossovers, gorgeous art, and reprints. While it’s hard to pick and choose, a few drops still manage to stand out thanks to offering brand-new, mechanically unique MTG cards.
Secret Lair x Jaws: Terror of Amity Island
By virtue of releasing first, on October 13th, 2025, Secret Lair x Jaws gets top billing here. Jaws, in particular, is the brand-new, mechanically unique MTG card that players will have their eyes on. Specifically, Jaws, Relentless Predator is the name of this new card, and it hits all the flavor high notes.
Upon hitting a player, Jaws can create a bunch of Blood tokens, which will ping opponents when later sacrificed. This is already fantastic flavor, but Jaw’s abilities are actually pretty ruthless. Since this ability cares about any noncreature artifact that gets sacrificed or destroyed, Jaws can cause havoc in any artifact-token-focused deck.
As if he wasn’t already good enough as a Commander, Jaws, Relentless Predator doesn’t just activate when you sacrifice something. Any noncreature artifact getting sacrificed will hit each opponent, which potentially makes it playable in eternal formats. That said, the cost of five mana (3RR) will likely dampen his effectiveness.
Even with this in mind, Jaws is bound to see a decent deal of play in Commander, provided he’s accessible enough. Should this sticking point not be insurmountable, Jaws, Relentless Predator is practically begging to be built around. While he’s more than good enough on his own, he’s not the only card in the Terror of Amity Island Secret Lair.
On top of Jaws himself, this Secret Lair drop contains four other cards and a flavorful Blood Token. Curiously, two of the reprinted cards here come from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate. These cards, Descent into Avernus and Reckless Endeavor, are pretty pricey too, selling for $10 and $6, respectively.
Similarly, costing around $6, the reprint of Sneak Attack is a great thematic addition to the drop. The same is true of the Abrade reprint, although that card is only worth $0.13.
Secret Lair x PlayStation
While a Secret Lair drop containing one new, mechanically unique MTG card is all well and good, Wizards didn’t stop there. During MagicCon Atlanta, Wizards announced their partnership with PlayStation in spectacular fashion. On October 27th, we’re going to be getting seven brand new PlayStation-focused Secret Lair drops.
Each of these new Secret Lair drops will focus on a different PlayStation game and include mechanically unique cards. Drops depicting The Last of Us, God of War, Horizon Forbidden West, Uncharted, and Ghost of Tsushima have been announced, and it sounds like there’s more planned beyond that.
To top it all off, ten of the new cards from the upcoming PlayStation Superdrop have been revealed early. Each of these is a brand-new, mechanically unique design, and Wizards definitely didn’t disappoint with the flavor.
Secret Lair x The Last of Us Part I
To start us off with what Wizards got to reveal, we’re getting MTG cards for Joel and Ellie. Notably, these cards can be played together, thanks to their new Partner-Survivors ability. Beyond being flavorful, this Partner combination literally plays well together, since creating and killing tokens results in value.
Within this pairing, Ellie, Brick Master is the fuel to the fire, as just having her on the board will create Fungus Zombie tokens. That will be the case, at least, provided your opponents are attacking one another, which thankfully should happen naturally. If you wanted to speed this up, however, you could always throw in some Goad synergy to force those attacks.
Once created, those 1/1 Fungus Zombie tokens likely won’t last long, which is where Joel, Resolute Survivor comes in. Whenever a creature token dies, Joel gets bigger, and you draw a card. Thanks to all the Zombies floating about from Ellie, this should be happening fairly often, making Joel an absolute machine.
Beyond just working well as a pair, Joel can definitely pop off on his own. Since the creature tokens don’t need to die in combat, there are absolute sacrifice shenanigans he can capitalize upon. He’s a bit out of color for a typical Aristocrats build, but plenty of decks will love the extra draw he can provide.
Secret Lair x The Last of Us Part II
Unsurprisingly, Wizards of the Coast isn’t just covering one The Last of Us game. The sequel is also getting its very own Secret Lair drop with mechanically unique cards. To whet our appetites, PlayStation has debuted Abby, Merciless Soldier and Ellie, Vengful Hunter, both of which are seriously interesting.
Out of the pair, which can be played together thanks to Partner-Survivors, Abby is definitely the most unusual. She can generate a huge number of 1/1 Fungus Zombie tokens when you cast her, but then you give her to an opponent. While this is a flavorful fit given she’s the game’s antagonist, this effect does dampen her effectiveness somewhat.
Since you can’t send her recklessly into battle yourself, an opponent could easily sit on Abby, Merciless Soldier. Unless you or another opponent has a kill spell, this would stop you from recasting her and getting more tokens. Due to this, Abby might end up being a very frustrating card to play, but she certainly has potential.
The same is true of Ellie, Vengeful Hunter, as she certainly has the potential to be a compelling sacrifice engine. For starters, having a repeatable sacrifice effect, even one that costs two life, is certainly capable of causing shenanigans. As if this wasn’t useful enough on its own, Ellie will also hurt an opponent and protect herself when sacrificing.
Naturally, this ability would be great to use with all of the tokens that Abby, Merciless Soldier creates. That said, it’s possible she may play better alongside Joel, Resolute Survivor, provided your deck has plenty of creatures to sacrifice. Either way, it’s hard to go wrong with her ability, especially if you can throw in some lifegain.
Secret Lair x Uncharted
If you were jealous of all of the degenerate Heist cards that Alchemy got, Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter is the card for you. If you can connect with this Rogue, you’ll get to exile a card from each opponent, one of which you can cast. Thanks to this card’s other ability, you won’t have to worry about the stolen card’s color either, even for its abilities.
Admittedly, Nathan Drake isn’t quite as oppressive as Heist, but he can definitely do some decent work. If you take extra turns or have multiple combat steps, you can definitely steal a few good options from opponents. Notably, when stealing, you’ll need to have plenty of mana open, since you’ll have to cast your find immediately.
Sadly, this need for immediacy does diminish the potential of Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter quite a bit. That said, if the rest of the Uncharted Secret Lair drop has support for this new Commander, he could be quite compelling. Either way, he’ll be a great way to annoy your opponents and deny them potentially powerful resources.
Secret Lair x God of War: Greek
As if one PlayStation double bill wasn’t enough, God of War is also getting two Secret Lair drops. The first of these has protagonist Kratos being the embodiment of death and destruction as a Mono-Red powerhouse.
For starters, Kratos, God of War is Mass Hysteria on a very angry stick. He might cost two more red mana to cast, but you definitely get your mana’s worth. For starters, Kratos is a 2/3 with Double Strike, so he can easily dish out the hurt with a few buffs. On top of that, he’ll also punish everyone who isn’t constantly attacking.
Unfortunately, within a Mono-Red Kratos deck, stopping people from attacking to burn them instead is rather difficult. Red might have access to Goad effects, but cards like Propaganda are in blue. There are bound to be some interesting tricks to pull with this card, but at the very least, he will annihilate any token-creating combos that can’t win instantly.
Secret Lair x God of War: Norse
Moving into the Norse series of games, Wizards has chosen to represent Kratos’ growth as a character with literal Experience Counters. This might sound corny, but the mechanics here are really interesting, especially since Kratos and Atreus work great together. Like the Last of Us cards, these two also feature a new Partner-Father & Son condition, allowing them to be played together.
Essentially, Kratos, Stoic Father is the muscle, encouraging attacking and Gods dying, to gain Experience Counters. These counters are then turned into additional punishment, as Kratos dishes out bigger and bigger buffs each turn. Also utilizing these counters, Atreus, Impulsive Son can turn them into a mountain of card draw.
Notably, while this Jeskai pair has strong synergy in isolation, Proliferate works wonders with them. By quickly increasing the number of Experience Counters, you’ll be able to get bigger buffs and more draw faster. Similarly, jamming your deck full of on-color cards that utilize Experience Counters will further improve the synergy.
Notably, it seems that the Avatar: The Last Airbender set will have a few cards using these counters. Should this set offer plenty of support, this God of War Commander pair could be surprisingly effective. As it stands now, however, they’re unlikely to break Commander apart, even if they are interesting design-wise.
Secret Lair x Horizon Forbidden West
Aloy, Savior of Meridian seems really interesting, but she’s sadly hamstrung by one all-important clause. Since her ability only activates “whenever one or more” artifact creatures you control attack, abusing it is rather difficult. It doesn’t matter how big your attacking army is, just how powerful the biggest artifact creature is.
Sadly, this means you’re only going to get one Discover trigger each turn, most of the time. Technically, you can take extra turns and extra combat steps, but the latter is difficult in these colors. Either way, you’ll still be relying on the mostly random nature of Discover, which will require extra setup to cheat something specific out.
Your best bet is likely using trigger-copying effects like Roaming Throne to maximize your Discover triggers. Anything that can copy triggered abilities will be your best friend in this deck.
If you’re willing to do the legwork, Aloy, Savior of Meridian’s ability can definitely be powerful. Combined with buffs, to Discover something larger, and topdeck sculpting, you can theoretically cheat out major threats. This, in turn, will allow you to continue cheating out massive threats, or at least playing anything for free.
Should you set up this cycle, it will be hard to scoff at Aloy, Savior of Meridian, but getting these isn’t seamless. Hopefully, the rest of the Horizon Forbidden West Secret Lair will offer added support to sure up this strategy. Otherwise, it might just be one that’s for the franchise fans, rather than most Commander players.
Secret Lair x Ghost of Tsushima
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima is the final mechanically unique PlayStation Secret Lair card to be revealed so far. Sadly, Jin Sakai doesn’t seem too amazing, even though he can draw cards when dealing combat damage to players. Thanks to having in-built Double Strike, you can potentially get two cards for your trouble, but that’s about it.
Admittedly, we’re being a little bit mean here, as there is more utility to be had with Jin Sakai. For starters, Jin Sakai’s second ability can activate once against each opponent, letting you buff three creatures or make them evasive. If you load up your deck with other creatures with damage-dealing abilities, this could be useful, but it’s definitely niche.
Potentially, loading up the chosen creatures with equipment to create a Voltron-esque deck could work. In reality, however, Jin Sakai feels more like a flavor-first design that will be appreciated by PlayStation fans more than Magic players. Thankfully, even if he’s not the most powerful Commander, the design space he offers does seem interesting.
So Good I’m Worried
All in all, it seems that PlayStation is really going all out for this Secret Lair partnership. Right now, we’ve only scratched the surface of what this Superdrop will offer, and we can’t wait to see more. That said, these might be the only mechanically unique cards from the sounds of a recent announcement by Wizards.
“Speaking of new cards, each of these drops contains one or more new-to-Magic cards.”
Wizards of the Coast
Even if these are the only mechanically unique cards we’re getting, there’s still a lot to look forward to. That said, from how interesting these drops look, there’s a good chance they’ll suffer from an age-old Secret Lair problem. Sadly, when Secret Lair drops look this good, scalpers start to pay attention.
Hopefully, Wizards of the Coast will address this problem by printing enough of these drops to go around. While we’d like to think this will happen, we have been let down time and time again, although admittedly less recently. Comically, despite PlayStation’s “Play has no limits” slogan, these drops are available in limited quantities.
Thanks to the limited availability, MTG players and PlayStation fans will need to be ready on October 27, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT. In the lead-up to this Superdrop launching, we should see the full contents of the individual drops be revealed, so stay tuned for that. Beyond that, it sounds like there might be even more planned for the future, but we’ll have to wait and see about that.
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