Last week, Wizards of the Coast, along with the help of streamers, started to show off the latest Secret Lair reprints. Soon to be arriving as part of the next Secret Lair Commander deck, dubbed Everyone’s Invited, this deck already looks fantastic. While the full decklist is yet to be revealed, plenty of exciting cards have already been revealed, and there’s no end to the stellar art.
While we already know that Everybody’s Invited looks fantastic, the theme of this deck is still a mystery. So far, we’ve seen a range of typal support cards, which are fan favorites in Commander. Thanks to their popularity, these reprints have gotten a lot of players excited. However, Everyone’s Invited has a rather confusing identity.
Curiously, Everyone’s Invited appears to be a deck all about typal support cards and not much else. Hopefully, there will be at least a few powerful gems to make this deck play alright. For better or worse, the latest reprint to be revealed is just yet another typal support piece. While this doesn’t help us determine the deck’s play pattern, it’s nonetheless definitely worth getting excited about.
Coat of Arms
Played in over 100,000 Commander decks, according to EDHREC, Coat of Arms is a typal classic. Any deck that plays a bunch of the same creature type can create massive boards with Coat of Arms. Thanks to being a colorless card, it can also easily be included within any deck, so there’s little reason not to play it.
The only downside with Coat of Arms is that it applies to every player, which can unintentionally buff opposing boards. More often than not, however, so long as you’re not facing other themed typal decks, you’ll get a bigger benefit from Coat of Arms.
Currently, it’s unclear how well Coat of Arms will function within the Everyone’s Invited Commander deck. So long as this Secret Lair precon has one core creature type, you can expect to generate tons of value from Coat of Arms. If this deck is more of a typal hodgepodge with no clear core, however, then you may end up buffing your opponents more. Ultimately, it’ll all come down to the full decklist for Everyone’s Invited, which has yet to be revealed.
Sadly, while many MTG players are on the edge of their seats, anticipating the release of this deck, there’s no word on when it will be revealed. Due to the banner on the Secret Lair website, many players expected it to drop yesterday, but that didn’t happen. Potentially, there’s a chance it’ll be revealed later today during the WeeklyMTG livestream, but this is unconfirmed.
For now, it seems we’re just going to have to sit tight and wait for more information about the Everyone’s Invited Commander deck. Thankfully, even if Coat of Arms does end up being a bit of a dud within Everyone’s Invited, this card is still an expensive Commander favorite.
Secondary Market Value
Even if Coat of Arms doesn’t end up being useful within Everyone’s Invited, there will undoubtedly be demand for this new reprint. After all, this typal card is a true fan-favorite in Commander that sees a great deal of play in the format. To date, this card has been reprinted a fair few times since its debut in 1998’s Exodus. Despite this, the average price of this card has remained high.
Right now, the cheapest you can get a copy of Coat of Arms for on TCGplayer is around $16. Notably, this is for a white-bordered copy from 8th Edition, which is typically less desirable than black-bordered cards. Thankfully, the cheapest black-border variant isn’t that much more expensive, only clocking in at $16.60.
On the other end of the spectrum, the borderless Coat of Arms from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander is currently selling for $26. This increased price likely has something to do with the art of this variant, which isn’t so outwardly pirate-y. Considering the art in this new variant, there’s a good chance that this new Secret Lair reprint may have a similar price point.
That being said, Coat of Arms already has a Secret Lair reprint from the Featuring: Julie Bell drop. Currently, this variant is selling for $21.50 in non-foil and $25 as a foil. At the very least, the new Everyone’s Invited variant should sell for around this price, but that will depend on supply.
Until the Everyone’s Invited Commander deck is released, there’s no telling how accessible this precon will be. The latest Secret Lair Commander deck, 20 Ways to Win, took a very long time to sell out and is still available in some regions. If the same happens with Everyone’s Invited, then the staples inside may be cheaper than expected.
Stay Tuned for More
From what we’ve seen so far, the title reprint value of Everyone’s Invited currently sits at around $53. Notably, this doesn’t include the Sol Ring reprint, however, since the price of that could be anywhere from $1 to $100. The Sol Ring from the 20 Ways to Win deck, for instance, is currently selling for $30. Even including the Sol Ring, $53 for seven cards isn’t half bad at all.
Obviously, there’s still a lot more of Everyone’s Invited that’s yet to be revealed, so that total reprint value will surely increase. We’ll just have to wait and see to find out exactly how much the reprints within this deck are worth. If past precedent has told us anything, however, then this deck should have no trouble breaking even, even if it costs $150.
For now, we’re just going to have to wait and see what gets revealed in the future. As mentioned, we’ll hopefully see more from this deck during the upcoming WeeklyMTG livestream today. If the deck doesn’t get revealed today, all eyes will turn to next Monday since that’s the day Wizards tends to release Secret Lair products.