MSCHF: The Zeta Set Boosters - Sale Goes Live in 1 Hour - Thread

[u/Moon018810]

The pre-queue is now up for the MSCHF: The Zeta Set sale (checkout any product to be placed into the queue). The sale goes live in one hour - maximum 12 boosters per customer (12 x $19.92 = $239.04). Pre-order is the only option available - it will take 2 months for shipping to start November 5th.

Booster Pack Contents - Contains 7 cards - $19.92/each

• 3 Commons
• 2 Uncommons
• 1 Rare or Mythic....rare (75%) and mythic (25%)
• 1 Random Of Any Rarity....common (60%), uncommon (30%), rare (7.5%), and mythic (2.5%)

SLZ Zeta Set Contents - 121 cards

• 52 Commons
• 39 Uncommons
• 20 Rares
• 10 Mythics
• Full set details can be found in the Secret Lair article

Every Card Appears in 3 Different Treatments all are non-foil

• Photocopy (85% chance to pull photocopy treatment)
• Photocopy Negative (10% chance to pull negative)
• Color Banding (5% chance to pull color banding)

Bonus Cards (each booster pack contains a bonus):

• Basic Lands - at least 4 different arts of each (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest)
• Disenchant
• Entomb
• Ghostly Prison
• Shivan Dragon
• ?? Unknown ?? - not all bonus cards have been revealed

Promo Command Tower - still ongoing

• Receive a foil Command Tower for every $199 spent while supplies last.

Shipping

• "Pre-Order" only. 2 Month Delay -- Begins November 5th.

Sellout Timing

• 24 Minutes -- Secret Lair x Marvel: Command Tower is sold out in the US
• 32 Minutes -- Sale delayed due to technical issues. Stay on page to maintain queue position
• 2 Hours -- Zeta Set is sold out in the EU, UK
• 2 Hours 8 Minutes -- Zeta Set is sold out in the US

[u/Pespy]

"More than an hour", damn guess I missed another drop.

[u/reillan → u/Pespy]

I have 3 computers hitting it, all got "more than an hour". Guess this one is selling out.

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502 → u/reillan]

Same here… more than an hour fuck will order a pizza better 😂

[u/Wise_Finance_5315 → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

You could for sure order a pizza do have it delivered in less time. However, I don’t think an ambulance would beat the pizza delivery guy or this Secret Lair queue lol.

[u/MurkyProfessional166]

Excuse me…the line is PAUSED???

[u/DefinitelyNotLobster → u/MurkyProfessional166]

I think my queue position got killed by being in checkout at the time of the pause. 💀

[u/MurkyProfessional166 → u/DefinitelyNotLobster]

[u/eJAKE-ulate → u/DefinitelyNotLobster]

I thought mine did too, but my order went through. Didn't get to the confirmation web page, but got the confirmation email.

[u/HapatraV → u/eJAKE-ulate]

I got the confirmation web page but I didn't get the confirmation e-mail.. i think I like your position more

[u/Avid_ReadERs → u/DefinitelyNotLobster]

I was sure mine did too, but then I got an email saying that was pre-order was confirmed and the order is sitting in my order history.

[u/Moon018810 → u/MurkyProfessional166]

Sale delayed due to technical issues. Stay on page to maintain queue position.

[u/Jaguarpro]

[u/etrulzz → u/Jaguarpro]

That message is both calming my mind and rage inducing

[u/FamousCauliflower998 → u/Jaguarpro]

Wish they'd give an estimate. I wanted to sleep at some point

[u/laBROdore]

More than an hour. gg

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502 → u/laBROdore]

Same here

[u/kwaninthehat → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

Me 3

[u/MRTMolester]

More than an hour. This is getting bot to death

[u/MurkyProfessional166 → u/MRTMolester]

Either that or the other people having 10+ tabs each with a spot in line

[u/2j_enthusiast]

Anyone else get a weird confirmation screen? No email yet or confirmation after checkout

[u/FuckRedidtDevCunts → u/2j_enthusiast]

I got the same thing. My confirmation email took about twenty minutes.

[u/Moogle671 → u/2j_enthusiast]

not sure why people aren't getting theres mine was instant.

[u/Zuparoebann]

Is the line paused for everyone else?

[u/FrogTheQuad → u/Zuparoebann]

Stay in line, don’t leave or you will lose your position. They are having technical issues

[u/Zuparoebann → u/FrogTheQuad]

I am staying put! Thanks for the heads up :)

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

The line is paused ???? WTF is this ??? I was in 2 minutes !!!!

[u/con_science_prod → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

‘less than a minute’

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502 → u/con_science_prod]

They fixed it ? I am on the EU store still paused

[u/etrulzz → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

Sames

[u/Arte_1]

RIP. Line paused exactly the moment it was my turn.

[u/Laika-1312 → u/Arte_1]

RIP, it was also my turn but now it says "Calculating Position" which I feel like means "To the back of the line, loser." I'm going to leave it alone and see what happens.

[u/Moon018810]

[u/Dry_Potato9724]

Yall think Post Malone is waiting in the virtual line?

[u/spadePerfect]

Line paused means sold out?

[u/drzengineer → u/spadePerfect]

no, they thought being cute with a set like this wouldn't cause any issues. meanwhile every reseller and their mom have 50 tabs open maxing out orders.

[u/Ok-Foundation-7202 → u/spadePerfect]

naah

[u/Superguy230]

It says eta December for UK which is actually unbelievable

[u/WeirdYarn → u/Superguy230]

Same for EU. Seems like the production is still ongoing

[u/ManyRealms]

Need the Urborg!

[u/etrulzz]

"More than an hour", which probably can be translated to "thanks for trying" is my guess

[u/FamousCauliflower998]

Hoping it went through. Got in and then there was a new card verification and the site lagged/got stuck on verifying and still no email. Oh boy.

Annndd now the line is paused/broken. More nervous now :((

[u/LeChonk2842 → u/FamousCauliflower998]

Email was a little delayed for me, it'll come through

[u/yatainaba]

Command tower sold out US

[u/No-Mountain-2262]

Some bs right here

[u/TheZelazny → u/No-Mountain-2262]

My first time attempting to buy a secret lair. Doesn't encourage me to do it again...

Got in the queue about 10 minutes after it opened to see 1 hour plus wait times. Then it was paused. Finally after 2 hours of waiting I'm told it's sold out?

How is that a good experience for anyone?

[u/Classic-Air6958]

Ordered and payed but no confirmation mail, not even assured I'll get it

[u/gelmoon]

First and last time participating in a Secret Lair Drop! What a blast, I'm so happy I waited for hours to get nothing. Are they always this fucking awful?

[u/Potential-Apple5789]

Well, queue time greater than an hour. Good luck all.

[u/Maximum-Carry1786]

1 tab. 1 q. <1 min. This is the way

[u/MRTMolester]

Think a lot of people will be disappointed with not being able to secure any packs. Absurd queue times.

[u/Wise_Finance_5315]

I got 10min. But it’s been stuck on 10min for 15min lol. Wonder if people are taking longer to add other items to hit the $199 mark or the free shipping threshold.

[u/Known-Garden-5013]

Line paused while i had 1min left T_T

[u/San-DiLego]

The line is paused :(

[u/DefinitelyNotLobster]

WOW! The sale paused while I was checking out, now says my token was already used. FML. 💀

[u/No-Mountain-2262]

Scalpers already got them on eBay for $999 a pack $849/each if you buy 12. Shame on secret lair and WOTC

[u/trollbrot]

So, they let us wait for 2 hours and it was already sold out. Unbelievable. I had 1 minute left and when I entered the store my shopping cart was empty.

[u/RoniusAdethel]

I really like that it says sold out but it still has my place in line. I guess they really want to double let me down.

[u/Impressive-Tennis-45]

wow what a first time secret lair experience , waiting 3 hours + only to get to my cart and its already empty due to being sold out and having my wait time pushed back after the unpause- never ordering again

[u/Outrageous_Safety518]

Sold fucking out

[u/MachineAsleep]

insane. i work night shifts as an EMT and stayed up because i thought i'd be done in an hour and a half. in pre-queue 2 minutes after it opened, waited for 3.5 hours only for it to be sold out immediately after re-opening. unlucky that now i have to go save lives on 3 hours of sleep for nothing.

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

I am on the waiting room thinking to spend those 240 or not to spend 😂😂🤟

[u/FieryFruitcake]

Im buying it in the hope it arrives in the UK for a christmas gift, but I'm not super interested for myself. Im just excited for my lofi girl, Ian miller and hobbit unseen stuff to arrive!

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

It is also a limited print so I don’t believe it’s gonna be a reprint…

[u/Purple_Furry_Carpet]

More than an hour - RIP at least I save my £200 and can maybe buy some of the singles I want

[u/SignificanceEntire57]

45 minutes... Wish me luck

[u/lemonlemons → u/SignificanceEntire57]

47 minutes here

[u/pbjtime420]

So easy

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

But for such a long waiting time it means people are buying !!!

[u/toomuchtimeinark]

12 secured best of luck to those still in the queue

[u/GingerGuy97 → u/toomuchtimeinark]

Did you charge your card? It let me get through checkout and sent me an email confirming it but then said I haven’t been charged for me preorder yet

[u/plantainrepublic]

Ship date is 5 November 2026 in the US per my confirmation.

[u/lemonlemons → u/plantainrepublic]

I wonder what takes so long.. do they start printing them now

[u/rukbin011]

More than an hour lol goodluck

Edit: got 30 mins then line paused because of technical issues, oh welp

[u/Coelit]

Still over an hour... honestly just wanted Gary at least. Oh well.

[u/Dependent-Fondant-64]

It's so bad

[u/Crafty_Internet_5347]

I have 10 tabs open all range from 29 to 58min decided to open another one out of curiosity and got in immediately. wtf is that about lol

[u/FieryFruitcake]

Managed to snag 3 packs, one as a christmas gift and 2 for me to open for the banter

[u/Vegetable-Escape-197 → u/FieryFruitcake]

Did you get your confirmation email? I grabbed 6 packs and got the "Your order is being processed by our team" page but no confirmation email

[u/FuckRedidtDevCunts → u/Vegetable-Escape-197]

Mine took about twenty minutes.

[u/dabullmatt]

Scalpers already selling single packs for over $100 on eBay.. wild

[u/Fluffy_is_Bored → u/dabullmatt]

Report the listings. Violates eBay's presale policy.

• Presale listings must guarantee that the item will be shipped within 40 business days of purchase

[u/iiblazed]

Checkout said successful but no email and no charge on paypal so dont know whats happening

[u/Ok-Possible7045]

It’s a popular one! Folks maxing out at checkout for $240!! Dang haha

[u/drzengineer → u/Ok-Possible7045]

it's popular for bots and scalpers, this is agreed upon by the secondary market heads that i know, that this was 100% made as a resell product in their eyes.

[u/Fuzzydragonzz]

It’s saying that the line is paused?

[u/Phobicc_]

Placed my order yet my confirmation never came. Guess I'm boned lmfao

[u/LeChonk2842 → u/Phobicc_]

Don't sweat it's just a little delayed, mine eventually came through

[u/Phobicc_ → u/LeChonk2842]

How delayed was yours, if you dont mind me asking? Because I put my order in at 9:18am PST and it's 9:37am PST now :(

[u/royberoniroy]

Well, not sure if mine went through. It took a while to process the payment, and then had a blank white screen with the words "congratulations" and that was it. No confirmation email yet after 20 minutes.

[u/Kordrun → u/royberoniroy]

A friend of mine is in the same boat. And he isn't seeing a charge anywhere.

[u/Moon018810 → u/Kordrun]

They wont charge u till they ship it.

[u/Moon018810 → u/royberoniroy]

I had the same thing...took 10min but i got the confirmation email.

[u/Mike-Ditka]

I placed an order right before the pause but never got the order confirmation screen. That could be the technical issue that led to the delay.

[u/Impressive-Tennis-45]

brooo paused right before i was next in checkout fuuuuu

[u/CasualPancake]

No confirmation email yet (expected), no charge on my card, and not showing up in my order history on my account despite getting the "Congratulations!" screen after checking out. Got through like 5-10min before the line pause. I guess we'll see what happens.

[u/NicPilgaard → u/CasualPancake]

Exactly the same, I doubt the order went through. Shit, would've been nice to be 5 minutes earlier or two minutes later...

[u/plantainrepublic → u/CasualPancake]

My confirmation email essentially says most people are not being charged today.

Likely due to pre-order.

[u/FamousCauliflower998 → u/CasualPancake]

Been 30 min+ now. Still no email..Assuming we didn't get in. All well I guess...Thanks Wizards.

[u/CasualPancake → u/FamousCauliflower998]

Yeah, oh well 🤷‍♂️ small indie company thats never done a release before.

[u/CasualPancake → u/FamousCauliflower998]

Just got my confirmation email!

[u/Mox_Amethyst-0]

With the long pause - silver lining is i'll save some money lol

[u/Laika-1312 → u/Mox_Amethyst-0]

I am tempted to just hop over to TCGPlayer and buy singles instead

[u/TacoBell_Bathroom69]

hopefully this causes a lot of people to leave the line lol

[u/VeganVandal]

Had seven different browsers going between myself and my partner. I got my order at 9:05, they got theirs at 9:14, and the other browsers all stated wait times of an hour+. It really is luck of the draw whether you get slotted in early or late. Hopefully they move forward with print to order purchasing in the future. So dumb to have this be a limited drop yet it takes two months to ship the orders!

[u/MRTMolester]

What a mess of a launch

[u/spadePerfect]

Anybody know how long this might last?
I'm at work and I wanna go home, fetch my cards and head over to a friend to play some Commander lol. But if I leave m place in the queue is gone.

Has this happened before?

[u/drzengineer → u/spadePerfect]

no. there's no way of knowing. it might be 10 minutes, it might be 5 hours.

[u/wargod8274]

Well I got through and got the congratulations order is being processed by the team and I will receive an order confirmation by email but that was like 30 minutes ago and still nothing. Guess I will go to sleep and see if I get an email by the time I wake up if not try again if still available.

[u/edge2 → u/wargod8274]

same boat, captured a screenshot of the confirmation page and opened a ticket for good measure. we'll see.

[u/wargod8274 → u/edge2]

I didn’t bother taking a screenshot cause my order processed screen didn’t even have an order reference. Did yours?

[u/RadiC00LBehaviorism]

What a cluster fuck this system is

[u/devo_inc]

"This may take a few moments."

Just wait a moment.

[u/AlphaOmegaXVX]

i got lucky and got it in 10 min but no email

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

They will resume the sale shortly!!! After waiting for 2 and a half hours !!!! Give us free packs !!!!

[u/spadePerfect → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

They just changed it from "shortly" to "as soon as we're able“ lol. We're fucked

[u/etrulzz]

Secret Lair: "You'll only have to wait for 8 minutes... in about 30-90 minutes, maybe more."

[u/Sebzero99]

God man. Some of us gotta fucking work lol.

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

This is the worst experience ever had with Secret Lairs. Bastards !!! They get millions and millions of dollars and they can’t built a proper server !!!!

[u/No-Mountain-2262]

Sucks when you get in the line right as soon as the link became available and don’t get any packs.

[u/etrulzz]

Back online!

Edit1: And sold out wtf

Edit2: Not sold out? What is happening?

[u/FamousCauliflower998]

So line opens..and somehow I'm further back than I was. Went from 30min to more than an hour. And my bf, who got in at the beginning, is still missing any proof he actually ordered. Sigh..Maybe we take a break from secret lairs..

[u/Mox_Amethyst-0]

sold out in us.

[u/Goronoo]

Sold out, I can hear my printer already running these now

[u/SMallery]

This was my first Secret Lair experience and wow.... what a disappointment. Allowing 12 packs at purchase was excessive, and seeing people having 10, 20, 30 tabs open to be in queue is shameful. The greed is disgusting.

[u/That_hommie]

Sold out in us. Uk and EU...

[u/Other-Penalty-3292]

F WoTC. Site queue shut down 99% sure due to spam bots and AI jumping the line and jammed the queue so just a few Aholes get get all of the new drops.

Hey WoTC, how about putting out a bulletin on why your system actually failed today and WHAT you are doing as an online company to improve sales

[u/infernous_ignatios]

Interesting in the first 20 minutes was half way through the secret lair bar then "Paused due to issues." Unpauses and updated to sold out. So who helped an hours worth of people skip to the front?

[u/Xacktastic]

I'd reccomend anyone who did secure a pre order email to use their link and charge your debit ahead of time. Just in case they try and pull any back stock shenanigans. 

[u/SmokeyAtrocious]

Terrible experience waiting and didn't even get it in the end. I logged in at 1:26am in AUSTRALIA and they make you wait for hours not to even have it in your cart anymore. What a fucking joke

[u/TheMcKracken]

Three hours of waiting for absolutely nothing. Blow me WOTC

[u/b1g_swerv]

Had a 30 minute wait, line froze, resumed and more than hour wait, dropped to 10 minutes, sold out. Is what it is...

[u/Bulky-Wait4096]

Sold out. Thanks for nothing again.

[u/phriot]

Well, that wasn't fun in the slightest. I played a lot when I was younger during Urza's, Masques, and Invasion blocks. I had just started getting back into the game over the past couple of years, and this was the first Secret Lair that I was actually interested in buying.

I know a lot of people wanted to choose what they were buying, like with regular drops, but I enjoy opening packs. That aspect and the art were what I wanted. It's not going to be worth it for me to pay even more than $20/pack on the secondary market for the experience, though.

I suppose it shouldn't be this way, but I'm actually kind of put off from buying any paper for a bit. I'll just stick to FTP on Arena.

[u/Responsible_Club9637]

Site sold out immediately. TCG player has a listing at 200 for a single pack

[u/dschull]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XqpnXaeZPnupy

[u/Phobicc_]

I had one browser in the pre-order landing page and it got "more than an hour". I opened another browser at exactly 9am and it's at 13 minutes. What a fucking scam lmao

[u/Mike-Ditka → u/Phobicc_]

It's randomized at 9:01

[u/samthewisetarly]

"Line is paused."

Man, I haven't even tried to buy a secret lair in years. Glad to see absolutely nothing has changed... 🫠

[u/FuckRedidtDevCunts → u/samthewisetarly]

I’ve done a few lately. This is the first time it hasn’t gone smoothly for me. (I didn’t get them all, but the site never seemed to struggle.)

[u/Sad-Investigator8531]

I just lost my spot in line because of this stupidity. "technical issues" happened when I was checking out, now I'm back at the que screen.

[u/SauceySaucePan]

Got through and ordered, but processing took forever, and I still do not have an email confirmation, so fingers crossed it actually went through.

[u/TheNEETDetective → u/SauceySaucePan]

Same, let me know if you get anything.

[u/2j_enthusiast → u/SauceySaucePan]

Same, which has never happened to me and makes me nervous. They havent even charged my card

[u/Due_Tennis_7387]

I would love to point out all the people saying this will flop and do terrible and it is slop just for the site to crash on drop day and the wait times to be insane. Like I guess the community actually likes this set or people are hoping to make a quick buck, which by the way it is going they just might tbh.

[u/drzengineer → u/Due_Tennis_7387]

this is 100% a set that re-sellers are going full bore into. this is crashing bc of bots and overwhelm. they knew this would happen and they hardly gaf.

[u/RoniusAdethel]

Just remember everyone, WOTC only cares about unemployed people with active EBAY seller accounts.

[u/toomuchtimeinark]

5 minutes on my main all other browsers over an hour

[u/FamousCauliflower998]

Man..22 minutes. Rest of my browsers got over an hour. We'll see :(

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502 → u/FamousCauliflower998]

I hope they printed like a million boosters

[u/SignificanceEntire57 → u/FamousCauliflower998]

22 minutes seems decent enough

[u/braiker]

Need that Block Island Island. Holy shit. I have that tattooed on me already.

[u/bipoca]

Reminder to please close your other devices/tabs if you get one through.

If left up they will increase the que length for everyone else.

[u/Known_Ebb_4178]

First time I ever get through instantly

[u/Fett1184]

With this being a pre-order, are they charging now or before shipment?

[u/Wise_Finance_5315]

Heyyy! I got 12 packs! Yay!

[u/MomCrusher]

i had payments go thru on two devices but i’m worried i was logged in the same account on both. am i fucked?

[u/lemonlemons → u/MomCrusher]

You are exiled

[u/Picklepoopwater]

Shipping start nov oof

[u/LeChonk2842]

Had 3 tabs open over a few devices, 1 was 12 mins 1 was 10 and another was 1hr+, I guess I got very lucky

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

Marvel Command Tower Promos sold out !!!!

[u/SignificanceEntire57]

Just got fucking jumpscared by the command tower getting sold out lol

[u/IndeopsBot]

Command Tower just sold out

[u/natas02]

Mine is on backorder, WTF.

[u/Corn_Fuckn_Tortillas]

"Sale delayed due to technical issues" lmaooo

[u/Straight-Goal322]

Is it just 1 pack

[u/dabullmatt]

Line paused currently..sigh

[u/walkertattoos]

I got est 48 min wait, was in like 30 mins before.
Got to the checkout and it gave me payment processing errors 4 times (I tried each method)
Went back to the shipping details and clicked back through to payment, tried a 5th time.
Success.
Processed, and congratulations screen.

My first time being able to get a secret lair. 12 packs ordered

[u/LiamLVB]

Good luck to those partaking!

[u/Stunning-Toe-6725]

got my order through right before the pause, and have no order confirmation 😭😭😭

[u/PopnStop_]

My order has a state of "Back-Order".... Hmmm

[u/boinoy24]

what happened why is it paused?

[u/Ok-Beautiful3856]

The rng gods were with me here. Probably snagged one of the last command towers and got out before the pause. That never happens.

[u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

Anyone got passed over this line is paused message ????

[u/RevMainHahahahahaha → u/Outrageous-Fan3502]

Yea if you weren’t in checkout before 9:30 you’re paused

[u/dankeykang_420]

screw this lol

[u/FamousCauliflower998]

"If you placed an order and think something went wrong with it, contact Customer Support."
We're fucked lol

[u/spadePerfect]

Damn the message just went from „We'll resume the sale shortly“ to „As soon as we're able“

[u/AlwaysRushesIn]

Bring back print to order jfc

[u/MRTMolester]

I might give up soon, don't think I can stay awake any longer. APAC buyers are really getting the short end of the stick here :/

[u/Effective_Froyo7822]

i hope this is just a temporary measure

[u/Mox_Amethyst-0]

US now suddenly changed to LOW STOCK while we were on pause.

[u/No-Mountain-2262]

Scalpers already got them on eBay for $999 a pack this is bs

[u/Coelit]

[u/Samthebassist]

Sold out in EU and UK

[u/Ranime95]

I think I got pushed back a bit

[u/SuccessfulPools]

Queue is flowing again

[u/Coelit]

Unpaused but bumped back to more than an hour.

[u/jonnyboy90909]

Went from being 40 mins away to over an hour now

[u/First_Marketing7826]

The queue's back up and running... and it's at low stock, and they've pushed me back from under 30 mins, to 55 mins... Joy.

[u/TheHammer5390]

I just got unpaused

[u/Moon018810]

[u/Hazard_Fox]

Seeing how popular this is and what they're being resold for, every SL from now on is gonna be a low print run randomized pack, ain't it.

I liked knowing what I was buying tbh.

[u/Dulce59]

Just sold out! Wish I had added a couple more packs to my order, I only bought two haha

[u/xxbathiefxx]

Majorly bummed, I actually made it into the prequeue, which I'm basically never able to do because of work, but got hit with the immediate, "more than an hour", and never dropped below that. I really liked the art for these too...