After being briefly teased in an early advert yesterday, the last Star Trek-themed Secret Lair has finally been revealed. While we don’t have this drop’s name yet, each of the cards is finally visible, so players know what’s on offer.
Sadly, while the cards in this final Borg-themed Secret Lair drop do look very striking, value-wise, they’re pretty dire. In total, there’s about $12.60 of value here, which is a long way off the $29.99 asking price.
MTG Borg Secret Lair
Recently revealed on Reddit, this Secret Lair drop is easily the most striking from the entire Superdrop. As we gathered from the early advert, this Secret Lair has a metal-inspired body horror theme that evokes the Borg’s signature style.
On social media, MTG players have been consistently praising this artwork; however, as good as these cards look, they aren’t perfect. Not only do these reprints offer pretty poor value, but none of them upgrade the We Are the Borg precon.
As much as this would have been a nice saving grace for this Secret Lair, it now has to stand on its own, which isn’t ideal. After all, from a value perspective, this Secret Lair drop is pretty woeful, with only one good reprint available.
Selling for around $8.20 at its cheapest,
Hive Mind
Hive Mind
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player copies that spell. Each of those players may choose new targets for their copy.
is a very solid reprint to see in any Secret Lair drop. Notably, this card does have one past Secret Lair printing, too, which currently goes for almost $14.
While Hive Mind is a solid reprint, after that, values plummet off a cliff, as
Suture Priest
Suture Priest
Whenever another creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.
is the next most expensive card. Considering this classic card sells for around $1.40, it’s clear that the rest of this drop isn’t much to write home about.
After this,
K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
sells for $1.17, but both
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
and
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
are under $1. In total, going off the lowest reprint value of each card, there’s just $12.60 of cards here, which is never that exciting.
Thankfully, while the raw reprint value of these cards is terrible, each one of these sees solid Commander play. Ideally, this could lead to these new Secret Lair variants selling for a decent amount, but that remains to be seen.
Sales Start Soon
If you’re not put off by the pretty dismal value of this Secret Lair drop, you won’t have to wait long to get it. This drop, along with the rest of the ones in Set Phasers to Superdrop, launches on November 9th.
Since the supply of each drop is always a mystery, it’s best to queue and pre-queue where possible to avoid missing out. If you want to join the line, pre-queue opens at 8 a.m. PT, with the full queue opening at 9 a.m. PT.
Should you not be in a rush, however, it’s not a bad idea to wait until the first deliveries of the new drops have happened. After these, we’ll know each of the new bonus cards on offer, allowing players to make more informed purchases.
For now, however, we can only really wait for the sale to start and for deliveries to happen. Thankfully, with MTG Star Trek now legal to play, we’ve got plenty to keep busy with in the meantime.
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