MTG Secret Lair: Full Release Schedule for 2025, and What You Can Still Buy

This five-card acceptable includes creation from Jack Teagle for Mulldrifter, All Will Be One, Benevolent Hydra, Forgotten Ancient and Animar, Soul of Elements.

Artist Series: Jesper Ejsing - February 10

This Secret Lair driblet includes 4 cards with artwork from Danish illustrator Jesper Ejsing, including Sun Titan, Deflecting Swat, Llanowar Elves and Breeches, Eager Pillager.

Lorwyn Lightboxes - February 10

Still disposable from Wizards astatine the clip of writing, Lorwyn Lightboxes are stylised versions of Ancient Ampitheater, Auntie’s Hovel, Gilt-Leaf Palace, Secluded Glen and Wanderwine Hub.

City Styles 2: Dressed to Kill - February 10

Giving an municipality taxable to Karmic Guide, Ninja of the Deep Hours, Captain Sisay, Selvala, Explorer Returned and Veyran, Voice of Duality, this Secret Lair is agelong gone.

Arcade Racers - February 10

With gorgeous pixel art, arcade theming, these versions of Big Score, Final Fortune, Heat Shimmer, Roiling Vortex, and Wheel of Misfortune are eye-catching and inactive successful stock.

Aether Drifters - February 10

Aping the plan of Hot Wheels packaging, these Aether Drifters see reversible cards for six vehicles including Mechtitan Core and Smuggler’s Copter.

Featuring: Mitsuhiro Arita - February 10

This postulation offers 4 Magic The Gathering cards from longtime Pokemon illustrator Mitsuhiro Arita. Murktide Regent, Lightning Bolt, Shorikai Genesis Machine and Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice look incredible.

Cats vs Dogs - March 17

This treble driblet pits canines against felines. Both see Escape to the Wilds, Titanic Ultimatum, Rip Apart, Arcane Signet and Basilisk Collar, but with creation to signify your chosen species.

Spongebob: Squarepants - March 24

With Spongebob and pals taking cardboard forms, collectors tin drawback 7 idiosyncratic pieces, including Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and, of course, Patrick Star and Spongebob SquarePants himself arsenic portion of the Legends of Bikini Bottom set.

There’s besides a Lands bundle for the Nickelodeon favorite, and a meme-focused acceptable of spells, too.

Twisted Toons - March 24

A small Spongebob-adjacent, these full-art, Toon-inspired cards springiness america Cuphead vibes.

Tragic Romance - March 24

Following a ‘Romantasy’ theme, these cards see Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Master of Cruelties, Angel of Despair and Kaalia of the Vast.

They Grow Up So Fast - March 24

This Dragon-centric driblet has 5 cards, each with 2 versions of Dragonlords similar Atarka and Dromoka. Both versions are the aforesaid card, but with a young and mature mentation of each dragon.

Pick’em and Stick’em - March 24

This intriguing acceptable is inactive successful stock, and offers cards and accompanying stickers for players to customise them with. Clever Impersonator, Hedron Crab, Pitiless Plunderer, a Treasure Token and Thalia, Heretic Cathar are included.

Garden Buds - March 24

Billed arsenic the past remnants of an Ashaya, Soul of the Wild Commander platform that was mislaid to time, these seed-style cards see Harrow, Elvish Reclaimer, World Shaper and Horn of Greed with creation from Jordan Crane.

Oishi! Tokens - March 26

Inspired by Japanese nutrient packaging, this acceptable includes 4 Food Tokens, and is sold out.

Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool - April 1

The Merc with a Mouth’s Secret Lair has sold out, but it’s good worthy a look if you tin find it connected the secondhand market. Fourth Wall-breaking versions of Deadly Rollick, Saw successful Half, Blasphemous Act and Vandalblast are here, arsenic good arsenic Deadpool, Trading Card.

Adventures of the Little Witch - April 22

This adorable acceptable has Secret Rendezvous, Serenity, Esika’s Chariot and Realms Uncharted, each with Heikala’s inimitable artwork and usage of color.

VROOOOOMMMMMM - April 28

Toru Terada lends his unthinkable creation to Lava Dart, Monastery Swiftspear, Soul-Scar Mage, Underworld Breach, and Mishra’s Bauble. Still available, too.

Everything Is On Fire - April 28

This acceptable is each astir bringing the heat, with spicy caller creation for Chain Lightning, Dragon’s Rage Channeller, Lava Spike, Rift Bolt and Skewer the Critics.

Featuring: Jay Howell - April 28

Jay Howell’s Secret Lab acceptable includes cartoonish versions of Marchesa, the Black Rose, Uncivil Unrest, Treasonous Ogre, Priest of Forgotten Gods and Agent of Treachery, each from the feline who designed the formed of Bob’s Burgers.

Secret Lair X KEXP: Where the Music Matters - April 28

This acceptable of Land cards includes 2 of each basal onshore benignant for a full of 10 successful the set, and is inspired by the autarkic vigor presumption KEXP.

Secret Lair X KEXP: You Are Not Alone - April 28

Another KEXP collab, this 1 has a bid of colorful paper varients that thin into a “group-hug” platform theme. Cultural Exchange, Folio of Fancies, Concordant Crossroads, Rites of Flourishing and Font of Mythos are included.

Everyone’s Invited! - May 12

This treble rainbow foil Secret Lair driblet is inactive disposable (for $200, we mightiness add) and includes Shapeshifters, Dryads, Elementals, Faeries, Slivers, Cats and more. Ten foil cards, 4 foil tokens, 1 foil show paper and 90 reprints.

Slay the Day - May 19

The latest acceptable astatine the clip of penning includes Marwyn, the Nurturer arsenic good arsenic Liesa, Shroud of Dusk, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, and Slythis, Harvest’s Hand.

Final Fantasy - June 9

What is Secret Lair?

Secret Lair is simply a limited-time driblet of cards that are usually offered arsenic bundles for a time oregon 2 astatine the astir earlier they merchantability out.

They’ve had immoderate chaotic theming successful the past, but with Magic: The Gathering channelling its interior Fortnite, the crossovers are becoming much and much predominant (in fact, Fortnite has had its ain Secret Lair acceptable because, of course, it has).

The cards person caller artwork, but are based connected existing cards successful presumption of gameplay functionality, truthful you tin expect to usage them successful competitory play, truthful agelong arsenic the archetypal paper is inactive successful the modular rotation.

As of the debut of Final Fantasy’s Universes Beyond set, that database of Standard rotation sets runs until Brother’s War.

Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay. He's besides a tech, gaming, and fittingness freelancer seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.

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Jun 18, 2025 11:35 am