Magic’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle spoiler season was… a bit of a mess. Thanks to an accidental mass leak that occurred during Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease, all of the rares and mythic rares in the core Standard set were revealed a month early. With all the usual exciting cards already on full display, TMNT’s actual spoiler season is a bit strange.
Thankfully, there are still many unrevealed goodies for the world to see. A new Secret Lair Superdrop, all themed after the Turtles, for example, was suddenly dropped on our laps at the end of the announcement. With lots of crazy reprints in store, this is one drop that players will want to pay attention to.
Secret Lair x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mighty Mutanimals
Featuring the Mutanimals from the TMNT series, this Secret Lair offers a bizarre conglomerate of cards that all have powerful use cases. While the artwork and the characters may look a bit strange, the reprint value in this Secret Lair is no joke.
Triumph of the Hordes, an extremely scary Commander Overrun effect, almost pays for this Secret Lair for itself. Thanks to granting Trample and Infect to your team, this $17.50 reprint can end the game with surprising ease. Even if you only have a small board to capitalize on, Triumph of the Hordes can easily knock one Archenemy out of your game.
Pirated Copy is yet another expensive reprint, thanks in part to it never seeing a reprint beyond its original Jumpstart 2022 copy. Five mana is a lot for a copy effect, but this Mythic Rare pairs it with card draw. Copying the scariest creature in play, Pirated Copy will essentially allow you to draw cards whenever it, or the creature it copied, attacks, regardless of who owns it. Factor all that in, and you get a $16.50 card that’s easily worth the price point.
While the previous two cards are already enough to pay for this Secret Lair, the other reprints in this collection are also impressive. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar retains a $5.50 asking price thanks in large part to its Partner keyword, while Hardened Scales is still worth about $2 despite the ridiculous amount of reprints the card has. Deepglow Skate makes for a great partner with the green enchantment, despite its sub $1 pricepoint. All in all, with the singles totaling about $41, this $29.99 Secret Lair looks like a great buy for anyone interested in the cards being offered.
Secret Lair x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
I may be a bit biased, but The Last Ronin MTG X TMNT Secret Lair drop offers us some of the best artwork that Secret Lair has ever seen. While this will likely be enough for some players to grab the drop, the reprints featured here aren’t nearly as impressive.
Ironically, the most expensive reprint in this Secret Lair is one that you’ll have a hard time actually using. Thanks to its unrivaled power, Mental Misstep has been banned in many formats. Currently, Commander and Vintage are the only places where you can even use this card. This makes using the $10 free counterspell difficult, but this is a great way to bling out your cEDH decks.
Ink-Eyes, Servant of the Oni is another impressive reprint in this Secret Lair, offering Rat Typal fans another iteration of one of the archetype’s best Commanders. This card used to be quite expensive, but thanks to numerous recent reprints, you can now pick up copies for just $7.50. With Rat Typal getting some support in the new set, this respectable reprint could soon see a surge in price, too.
While the card is extremely powerful, Chord of Calling has also fallen off financially significantly. While reprints certainly have a hand in this, the card has also seen a lot less play across Magic’s competitive formats. Decks that traditionally use the card, like Modern Yawgmoth Combo, are falling off with recent power creep. In some cases, Chord of Calling formats, namely Pioneer, are just falling off entirely. All of that said, this is an extremely powerful $3.50 pickup for any green creature-based Commander deck.
The last two reprints are quite powerful across all kinds of different Commander decks, but they aren’t worth much. Anger is a great $1.80 addition to any red Commander deck that wants to attack, and the $0.10 Settle the Wreckage is one of the few instant speed board wipes available across all of Magic. These reprints add up to about $22, which means they fall short of the $29.99 price tag.
Featuring: Kevin Eastman
Adding further to the gorgeous artwork on display, Featuring: Kevin Eastman only has four cards to offer players. Despite this, the reprint value for this Secret Lair remains impressive.
Sakashima’s Student is definitely the star here, almost paying for the Secret Lair on its own. A copy effect coupled with Ninjutsu is a deadly combination, allowing Sakahima’s Student to turn a rather innocuous attacker into a lethal threat. For this reason, despite seeing occasional reprints, this card has retained a $28 price tag. Notably, this will also be the first foil print of the Ninja, which could make this Secret Lair card extremely expensive.
Sadly, the rest of the reprints in this Secret Lair aren’t worth much, but they don’t really need to be. Throat Slitter goes for a couple of bucks, and could be interesting for TMNT fans building Ninja or Rat Typal decks. Guttersnipe and Loxodon Gatekeeper, on the other hand, can go in a wide variety of Commander decks, despite their sub $1 price tag.
While this Secret Lair barely breaks even, the Sakashima’s Student reprint has the potential to be extremely expensive. Because of this, I would not be surprised if this were the most lucrative Secret Lair of the bunch. Notably, there is also an ink variation of this Secret Lair, offering the same cards without colors.
Secret Lair x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: VHS Villains
Featuring a nostalgic callback to the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons, this card collection includes some of the franchise’s most iconic villains. While the reprints in this Secret Lair aren’t incredible, there are a few noteworthy cards to keep an eye on.
The reprints of Species Specialist and Higure, the Still Wind aren’t home runs, but they do give this Secret Lair some value. Priced at about $10 each, both of these cards are fantastic additions to a Dimir Ninjutsu Commander deck. Thanks to the influx of Ninjas we’re about to get from MTG x TMNT, Shredder, Criminal Mastermind might become extremely expensive in the coming months.
Sadly, this is where the notable cards in VHS Villains end. Almost all of the reprints in the VHS Villains Secret Lair are financial duds. Rampaging Baloths, Triskelion, and Delver of Secrets are all sub $1 cards, despite their appeal in various formats. This brings the total reprint value of this Secret Lair to about $22, which doesn’t quite match the $29.99 entry fee. That said, the premiums that Secret Lair cards usually demand mean that you’ll likely still be getting some bang for your buck.
Featuring: Stan Sakai
Last, but certainly not least, the legendary artist Jin Sakai has made his debut in the world of Magic: The Gathering. While the artwork provided is timeless, the reprints are a bit suspect.
Master of Ceremonies is certainly the headliner here, sneakily creating tons of value while keeping your opponents happy. This card gives every player at the table benefits, but Master of Ceremonies will ultimately provide the most value for you. Whether you make three treasures, draw three cards, or do some mix of the three, this Rhino Druid can run away with the game if left unchecked. Considering that your opponents might be hesitant to remove this card because they also benefit, it’s no wonder this card has a $17 price tag.
While restricted somewhat by its color identity, Sunforger is another extremely powerful card for the Commander decks that can use it. Able to cast anything from Teferi’s Protection to Settle the Wreckage at a moment’s notice, this three mana equipment is the ultimate utility tool. If you build around it, this $5 card will consistently be the best card in your Commander deck.
Sadly, the rest of the reprints here aren’t worth much, but that doesn’t mean that they have no potential. Second Harvest is only worth about $1 at its cheapest, but the token doubler’s last Secret Lair appearance still goes for $10. Similarly, while Baylen, the Haymaker, is just a $0.60 card, it’s also a rather popular Token Commander, which could cause its Secret Lair reprint price point to soar. All of the cards in this Secret Lair perfectly fit a Baylen, the Haymaker deck, in fact, which could even cause a surge in synergistic cards in the secondary market. While the singles in this Secret Lair only add up to about $23, this is another Secret Lair with tons of potential.
Fortunately, if you’re interested in grabbing some of the drops in the upcoming Totally Tubular Superdrop, you won’t have to wait much longer. The drop goes live on March 2nd, 2026, at 9:00 AM PST, while pre-queues start an hour prior. Notably, entering the pre-queue will result in a random seat when the sale starts, meaning that there’s no difference in queuing up at 8:00 or 8:58. If you want the best shot at getting your Secret Lairs before they sell out, we highly recommend joining the pre-queue for this sale.
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