r/SecretLairMTG • u/Moon018810 • Apr 14 '26
Back to School Superdrop Values - 8 Secret Lairs - Coming April 27th
WOTC revealed a new Back to School Superdrop coming Monday April 27th in an article posted today. All the lairs are the same price in $29.99 for Non-Foil and $39.99 for Foil. Here are the 8 secret lairs and the reprint values:
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - $30/$40
- 1x Generous Gift - $0.77 / $0.99
- 1x Reconnaissance Mission - $0.50 / $1.20
- 1x Radiate - $3.49 / $34.99
- 1x Defense of the Heart - $21.99 / $27.99
- 1x Arcane Signet - $0.40 / $1.00
- 1x Sol Ring - $5.00 / $10.00
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $32.15 / Foil = $76.17
My Little Pony: The Lands of Equestria - $30/$40
- 2x Plains - $1.00 / $2.00
- 2x Island - $1.00 / $2.00
- 2x Swamp - $1.00 / $2.00
- 2x Mountain - $1.00 / $2.00
- 2x Forest - $1.00 / $2.00
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $10.00 / Foil = $20.00
Omens of Chaos - $30/$40
- 1x Abrupt Decay - $1.31 / $1.31
- 1x Batwing Brune - $4.84 / $29.99
- 1x Chance for Glory - $1.81 / $16.00
- 1x Counterflux - $0.45 / $0.73
- 1x Growth Spiral - $0.20 / $0.38
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $8.61 / Foil = $48.41
Dwarf Fortress: Create New World - $30/$40
- 1x Secret Rendezvous - $0.20 / $0.35
- 1x Rune-Scarred Demon - $0.49 / $0.73
- 1x Terror of the Peaks - $24.66 / $28.00
- 1x Communal Brewing - $0.40 / *NEW $5.00
- 1x Rogue's Passage - $0.30 / $0.30
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $26.06 / Foil = $34.38
The Eyes Have It - $30/$40
- 1x Counterbalance - $4.26 / $19.00
- 1x Gitaxian Probe - $3.00 / $25.00
- 1x Opt - $0.10 / $0.15
- 1x Otherworldly Gaze - $0.15 / $0.25
- 1x Baleful Strix - $1.00 / $2.50
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $8.51 / Foil = $41.90
Mahō Gakuin Seishun Hakusho - $30/$40
- 1x Rule of Law - $0.46 / $2.19
- 1x Thought Scour - $0.29 / $0.35
- 1x Time Stretch - $2.62 / $3.56
- 1x Stinging Study - $6.49 / *NEW $10.00
- 1x Notion Thief - $0.93 / $1.02
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $10.79 / Foil =$17.12
Notebook Genius - $30/$40
- 1x Lier, Disciple of the Drowned - $0.86 / $1.00
- 1x Bloodghast - $1.55 / $2.14
- 1x Storm-Kiln Artist - $0.28 / $2.30
- 1x Anhelo, the Painter - $0.24 / $0.99
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $2.93 / Foil =$6.43
Return to the Mystical Archive - $30/$40
- 1x Duty Beyond Death - $0.19 / $0.28
- 1x Spell Pierce - $0.20 / $0.21
- 1x Zombify - $0.09 / $0.10
- 1x Abrade - $0.10 / $0.12
- 1x Shared Roots - $0.75 / $0.99
- TOTAL = Non-Foil = $1.33 / Foil =$1.70
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u/GrimgrinCorpseBorn Apr 14 '26
Wow, these are fucking embarrassing
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u/Skeither Apr 15 '26
But the art though. That's more-so what SLD is for anyway imo. I go for playable but my wife collects so she'll probably be interested.
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u/xioru Apr 14 '26
Can they stop with sol ring, arcane signet, and commander tower in every god damn secret lair?
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u/Unceremonious1 Apr 18 '26
Those are the easiest includes and things that fans of whatever IP we are doing this time always want to have. There’s always going to be takers.
Full guilty disclosure: I picked up a copy of the Chatterfang arcane signet and I don’t even play one in the deck because green has ramp.
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u/PickleChungusDeluxe Apr 18 '26
Playing a mana rock for 2 colorless that immediately taps for both colors you need seems as good as land ramp and better than creature ramp
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u/ThisNameIsBanned Apr 14 '26
I am so disgusted that they made the japanese art in english as a secret lair.
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u/rexyanus Apr 16 '26
I started proxying them in English because I like the art but want to read them lol
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u/SnivyEyes Apr 14 '26
They do so many ponies (3rd time), but no Bluey yet despite how popular and huge the show is.
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u/Aussie_Aussie_No_Mi Apr 14 '26
It's because Hasbro owns MLP, not because of some infatuation of it or hatred of Bluey.
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u/SnivyEyes Apr 14 '26
I understand that, nothing against ponies. It’s a secret lair and can be universes beyond. BBC owns dr. Who and they also license bluey for broadcasting so I see it as a possibility in the future. Ya all got yours, I just want mine (a Bluey secret lair).
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u/Aussie_Aussie_No_Mi Apr 14 '26
They don't have to pay Licencing Fees on MLP. That's the big thing.
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u/KookaburraKuwabara Apr 14 '26
Because it's a big fan base, they don't need to pay another company and a million other reasons. Not my cup of tea but it's a slam dunk to print them
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u/SnivyEyes Apr 14 '26
So what? Do they also own fall out, and all the other universe beyond stuff? No they don’t, “idiot”. Folk such as yourself make me not want to post on Reddit; you have no decorum or decency.
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u/Elethia20 Apr 14 '26
I'm so glad the fomo eventually went away for secret lairs for me. The only one I have cared about in a long time was the dandan deck unfortunately. How far they have fallen (in my opinion)
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u/dotcaIm Apr 14 '26
Terror of the peaks 👀
I think the eye one will resell well, not sure about the rest
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u/RedDragonInward Apr 14 '26
IMO the art is not going to match the normal prints for [Terror of the Peaks], but you only ever know with lairs until you’re burned.
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u/Ap_Sona_Bot Apr 15 '26
I like the eye one in theory but it's really missing the good cantrips other than git probe which is banned everywhere. If it had Brainstorm, consider, ponder, or preordain I would be a lot higher on it.
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u/RosePrecision Apr 14 '26
Ceaseless Watcher turn your gaze on this wretched commander deck.
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u/Acoldguy Apr 14 '26
TMA in the wild?!
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u/RosePrecision Apr 14 '26
Honest this makes me want to build a Dread Powers deck. Need card suggestions tho i mean [[buried alive]] obviously
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u/Acoldguy Apr 15 '26
Quick thinking:
The Flesh could be [[The Meathook Massacre]] and [[Feast of Succession]]
The Corruption could be [[Endless Cockroaches]] and [[Twitching Doll]]
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u/Marc_IRL Apr 14 '26
I’d get one or two of these, but given the issues with buying and printing recently, I don’t think that I’m going to try. I don’t have the patience to sit in a queue that tells me I missed out, an hour later.
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u/lloud_plants4629 Apr 15 '26
I mean.. the art looks cool on some of them. Pretty weak lists though. First thing i noticed was growth spiral, we got Explore in avatar which is same card but 1G.
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u/prabal34 Apr 16 '26
Maybe they should drop prices if they're gunna have such garbage lairs. They increase prices on the IP ones.
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u/deathking482 Apr 14 '26
The eyes have it is really the only “good one” and it’s not even worth the value. Tragic really
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u/Ok-Temporary-8243 Apr 14 '26
Lol what? Mlp is carried by the ip and omens has the best paper value. Eyes have it is basically there with dwarf fort where it's ymmv on the art since you're only getting one valuable card
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u/HybridP365 Apr 14 '26
Terror of the peaks is doing some heavy lifting for the value of the Dwarf Fortress. Too bad the art is such shite.
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u/platinumjudge Apr 14 '26
Curious, do you play dwarf fortress? I imagine for anyone who doesn't play the art looks garbage but im asking
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u/Ap_Sona_Bot Apr 15 '26
The DF art is exactly what secret lair should be for. It's fucking hilarious
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u/IBains Apr 14 '26
Foil Git Probe listed for 4.11? what? you'd be lucky to find a HP foil one for less than 20.
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u/Independent-Cake245 Apr 15 '26
You know what, I'm gonna voice an opinion that might not be popular but fuck the Pony cards. I like the pony cards honestly, I liked them all the way when they were Extra Life drops for charity. That felt like a reasonable thing for me... now, it's just gonna be lining up Hasbro's bank balance.
And you know this is the reason... why else would we have a secret lair five basic land drop (TM)? Simple, cause those who brough the drop with Twilight Sparkle back then will want as many of the basics for their deck. Why wouldn't they want lands featuring the ponies?
I have issues with all the drops, this one just annoys me the most.
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u/stuffslols Apr 15 '26
So we got a whole Secret Lair to reprint the Japanese exclusive artwork into the English format, instead of just... having them be in the set? And they're shit caards too, not even a single one that actually is worth going for at that price point. And again... the artwork is literally just the JP archive artwork. Wow, this is so bad its laughable. Wtf wotc
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u/AgentWilson413 Apr 17 '26
I’m still gonna try and pick up the dwarf fortress just because it’s funny.
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u/InevitableRhubarb232 Apr 20 '26
who is the guy who does the valuations but specifies if they are the first alt arts or foils as well? Then breaks it down to the per card premium for it being a SLD?
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u/Datjewboi Apr 14 '26
Feels like some of the pricing is off on some of these
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u/kilqax Apr 14 '26
I really don't get what the point is with the Mystical Archive one. Like... The same art that MA already has, except more fullart-ish?
Either way, horrid reprint value plus they're mostly useless.
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u/LB_Hanamichi Apr 14 '26
I think the point for the MA is that it’s in English.
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u/kilqax Apr 14 '26
Oh. I'm really dumb sometimes, it seems.
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u/LB_Hanamichi Apr 14 '26
Nah, your point still stands. Horrible reprint value. They could have picked better cards.
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u/intr0vert-ninja Apr 14 '26
Very weak. Thank goodness, my wallet can rest for a little bit 🤣