Secret Lair sales have a history of being problematic, especially when mechanically unique cards, or popular Universes Beyond IPs are involved. Ever since Wizards of the Coast shifted the Secret Lair print run model from print-to-demand to limited print, obtaining popular Secret Lairs from the original source has become very difficult for players.
Despite the difficulties of past sales, Final Fantasy might be the worst of these yet. Many players did not get their desired Secret Lair despite lining up just seconds after the sale went live.
Massive Lines and Larger Sellouts
The first sold-out product for the Secret Lair Summer Superdrop 2025 sale disappeared just an hour and thirteen minutes after sales began. Game Over’s nonfoil English drop was completely sold out. 35 minutes later, Final Fantasy: Weapons sold out of UK and EU shops. Finally, an update two hours and 43 minutes after the sale went live confirms the following:
- Final Fantasy Weapons Nonfoil Edition is sold out in EU, US, and UK stores
- Final Fantasy Weapons Foil Edition is sold out in the EU store
- Final Fantasy Grimoire Foil Edition is sold out in EU and UK stores
- Final Fantasy Game Over’s Foil and Nonfoil drops are sold out in US, EU, and UK stores
- UPDATE: Final Fantasy Grimoire Nonfoil Edition, and Final Fantasy Weapons are entirely sold out 4 hours into the sale
Of course, this also means that the Final Fantasy Bundle and the Summer Superdrop Everything Bundles are sold out in the UK, US, and EU stores. At the time of writing, only the English printings of these Secret Lairs are selling out, with the Game Over Japanese Secret Lair being the only exception.
The most shocking part? Despite lining up for the sale only about 10 seconds after it went live, we still haven’t gotten a chance to purchase any Secret Lairs yet. We’re now three hours into the sale at the time of writing, which means that there will likely be a massive amount of disappointed MTG players. If you wanted to purchase the Final Fantasy Game Over English nonfoil drop, even lining up right as the sale began might not have been enough.
Worse yet, the line has been paused three hours into the sale. A recent post from Secret Lair’s Twitter page suggests that this is related to payment issues.
UPDATE: We only managed to reach the end of the line 4 hours into the sale, despite queuing up about ten seconds after the sale went live. By that time, only one of the English Final Fantasy Secret Lairs, the Foil Grimoire Drop, was not sold out.
Absurd Wait Times
We aren’t the only ones waiting in line despite lining up at 12. Twitter user and MTG content creator MTGNerdGirl, alongside many others, are still waiting in line over two and a half hours later. One Twitter user who checked out just 12 seconds after the Summer Superdrop sale went live is still in line despite many Final Fantasy Secret Lairs already selling out. Some players are even claiming to have been kicked out despite waiting the full three hours.
As always, despite the few protections that Wizards has put in place, scalpers are still going to slip through the cracks. At the time of writing, there are multiple Secret Lairs available on eBay for sale that, in extreme cases, have an over 600% markup. The nonfoil Game Over bundle, which was the first to sell out, is now going for anywhere between $100 to $235.
Frankly, anyone who’s been following early sales for Final Fantasy products should have easily predicted monumental amounts of demand for these products. What may be a bit more shocking, besides the sheer scale of the demand, is which Secret Lair completely sold out first. Despite Game Over being the least impressive Final Fantasy Secret Lair from a reprint value perspective, it was the first Secret Lair in the entire Summer Superdrop to sell out.
Worst Reprint Value Sells Out First
Final Fantasy: Game Over offers five popular Commander cards with a Final Fantasy skin representing a memorable moment from hallmark villains from various titles throughout the series. Despite being the first Secret Lair to sell out this one has the lowest reprint value, offering just over $30. That said, as far as Secret Lairs go, this remains a good deal.
As of the writing of this article, Weapons sold out shortly before publication. Offering a total of about $57 in reprint value for its nonfoil edition, Sword of Truth and Justice is the main attraction for sale here, offering a $35 Commander powerhouse.
Finally, despite offering one of the most powerful Game Changers in all of Commander, Grimoire’s foil edition is the only available English drop at the time of writing. Cyclonic Rift offers an impressive $35 in reprint value, and Grimoire adds up to about $49 in total value.
This could suggest that these Secret Lairs had varying levels of supply, but that’s purely speculation. This isn’t the first time that a Secret Lair sold out first in a Superdrop despite other ones offering better reprint values. It might be the first time, however, that players who lined up 12 seconds before the sale started failed to purchase their favored item. The massive amount of resales on various auction sites also suggests that Scalpers had a massive impact on the Final Fantasy Secret Lair sales. While these Secret Lairs have proven to be incredibly popular, the sale itself is a massive blunder on Wizards’ part.