This coming Monday, one of the biggest crossovers in Magic’s 30-year history will be dropping in the Secret Lair store. Multiple different PlayStation IPs, including renowned titles like God of War and Uncharted, will be coming to Magic in the MTG X PlayStation Superdrop. With tons of mechanically unique cards available, the demand for this drop is bound to be massive.
While this Superdrop hits the internet next week, players knew about the cards a lot earlier than expected. Thanks to a massive leak, it was believed that we knew everything about MTG X PlayStation all the way back at MagicCon: Atlanta. That said, the Bonus Cards for the MTG X PlayStation Secret Lair remained a mystery, and are only starting to be revealed.
Atsu, Ghost of Yotei
Revealed today by IGN, Atsu, Ghost of Yotei appears to be the bonus card for the Ghost of Tsushima Secret Lair. As beautiful as the artwork is for the card, it’s sadly a rather unexciting reskin of an existing MTG card; financially, at least. Thanks to multiple uncommon reprintings, Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive has virtually no secondary market value. Despite this, the card sees a surprising amount of Commander play at all competitive levels, which could give this premium variant some value.
A few different Commander archetypes care a lot about making their small creatures unblockable, meaning that Tetsuko Umezawa almost always appears in those decks. Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow, recently removed from the Game Changer list, is the most common home for this card in Commander and cEDH alike. Making small creatures unblockable not only allows Yuriko to connect without resistance, but ensures that you’ll be able to maximize her Commander Ninjutsu ability.
Outside of Yuriko and other Ninja decks, Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive commonly appears in a lot of decks that use creatures with lower Power. Arcadies, the Strategist, a Commander that’s all about Walls, is the most popular among these thanks to Tetsuko making all of your creatures unblockable. Seeing play in roughly 34% or Arcadies decks across Duel Commander, cEDH and casual Commander, low power isn’t a downside to Arcadies decks, since your Commander lets you swing with your Toughness.
The card does, additionally, synergize with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima, the focus of this Secret Lair drop, potentially allowing Jin Sakai to give Double Strike to other unblockable creatures for massive damage. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive can make creatures with one Toughness unblockable as well, despite it seeing use in low Power decks more often.
Sol Ring
An MTG crossover without a Sol Ring seems to be an impossibility nowadays. Despite being the most powerful card in Commander, Sol Ring is printed in every single crossover set, as well as in every single MTG Commander precon. This gives the card a $1 market value despite its immense popularity, but rarer reprintings of the card commonly go for $20 or more.
This particular Sol Ring is the bonus offered when a customer pays $199 or more on the upcoming MTG x PlayStation Superdrop. This means that some level of exclusivity will be attached, but likely not enough to make this an extremely sought-after card. Past promotional items for popular reprints in these Superdrops go for about $25, meaning that this will likely be in the same ballpark. This is a nice bonus if you’re planning to pick up all the MTG X PlayStation Superdrops, but it isn’t really a reason to go out of your way.
More Bonus Cards to Come
With the Ghost of Tsushima Bonus Card down, six more Bonus Cards await players’ discovery in the MTG X PlayStation Secret Lair. That said, if Atsu, Ghost of Yoitei is anything to base these cards on, chances are that the other Secret Lair Bonus Cards aren’t too exciting, either. There are generally some rarer chase Bonus Cards available in Secret Lair Superdrops, but this isn’t always the case.
Either way, the new Ghost of Tsushima Secret Lair Bonus Card does offer a premium printing for a niche card that some players will be excited about.
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