Just a couple days ago, the Secret Lair x National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures: Nuestra Magia product went on sale. This collection of cards boasts a decent sum of value, and Wizards announced they would donate 50% of the product price from each purchase to the NALAC.
On top of the solid subset of cards guaranteed in the Secret Lair, it appears that each product features a pretty gnarly bonus card. This bonus card increases the reprint value of the Secret Lair pretty considerably, and it showcases horrifyingly beautiful artwork.
Tibalt’s Trickery Bonus Card
Tibalt’s Trickery is a very strange design with a ton of variance built in. If you’re lucky, you can cast a cheap spell of your own, counter it, and resolve a huge Eldrazi or other busted payoff super early in the game.
While decks built around Tibalt’s Trickery in Pioneer aren’t truly competitive and the card is mostly just brushed off as a meme, it does remain banned in Modern and Historic.
At the time that Tibalt’s Trickery was banned in Modern, it could be used alongside Violent Outburst to create a rather consistent and fast combo. By casting Violent Outburst and Cascading into Tibalt’s Trickery, you could counter your Own Violent Outburst, reveal Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, and win easily as a result.
There aren’t as many ways to abuse Tibalt’s Trickery in a broken manner in Historic, but the card frankly promotes unfun gameplay when utilized proactively in Constructed.
Nonetheless, the card does still have plenty of use in Commander. In mono-red decks that don’t have access to good counter magic, Tibalt’s Trickery can stop a game breaking spell from resolving. Much like Chaos Warp, that opponent still has the chance of hitting another big spell, but there’s a good chance whatever they reveal will be a downgrade in that situation.
This EDH demand helps the card maintain a price tag of over $8 in its cheapest, non-foil form according to TCGplayer market price. This particular bonus card version may end up being worth even more, too, if there doesn’t end up being a ton of copies in circulation on the secondary market.
Player Reaction
Plus, from how players are reacting to the bonus card in general, there may be a high level of demand for the card in the long run. Up to this point, Tibalt’s Trickery had only been printed in Kaldheim, and thus featured just one illustration.
Players now get access to a version with terrifying yet amazing artwork. This spooky artwork was illustrated by Babs Webb, the same artist whose work is featured on Demonic Counsel and Overlord of the Balemurk from Duskmourn.
According to the artist, the background is based off of their grandmother’s house. Some players were upset that Babs Webb didn’t have the opportunity to design more art for Duskmourn cards, so it’s nice to see another masterpiece on full display.
Between the choice to use Tibalt’s Trickery as the bonus card and the artwork associated with it, players seem quite pleased in general. Anyone looking to add some flare to their Magda, Brazen Outlaw EDH deck and beyond, now’s your chance.
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