Wizards of the Coast has announced a new Secret Lair superdrop. Since we are officially in the Fall season, the superdrop is appropriately Halloween-themed. The cheekily titled Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair superdrop contains a mix of nostalgic throwbacks and some modern horror energy.
The Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair Superdrop Announcement
In an official blog post, Wizards of the Coast previews card artwork from the Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair superdrop. The superdrop is comprised of eight different drops set to release September 30.
One of these drops is, surprisingly, another Hatsune Miku crossover. The Secret Lair x Hatsune Miku: Electric Entourage drop will feature not just the vocaloid idol but her friends as well. The set will contain:the following
- Elspeth Tirel as "Miku, Divine Diva"
- Jace, Unraveler of Secrets as "KAITO, Mysterious Maestro"
- Liliana of the Dark Realms as "Luka, The Traveling Sound"
- Freyalise , Llanowar's Fury, as "Miku, Voice of Power"
- The Royal Scions as "Len and Rin, Harmony Incarnate"
The next three drops in the Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair are placed squarely in 80s nostalgia. Two of them are themed around Ghostbusters.
The first one is themed around the animated spin-off cartoon: The Real Ghostbusters. Featuring guest artst Tyler Walpole, the drop contains the following:
- Careful Study
- Living End as "Total Containment Failure"
- Eladamri's Call as "Answer The Call"
- Boros Charm as "Ghostbuster's Patch"
- Unlicensed Hearst as "Ecto-1"
The second one is aimed at Slimer fans. It has Slimer as a Legendary Creature alongside some reinterpreted sorceries, instants, and enchantments. It contains the following:
- The Mimeoplasm as "Slimer, Voracious Apparition"
- Trickbind as "Slimed"
- Windfall as "Slimer's Feast"
- Incarnation Technique as "Escape Containment"
- Pernicious Deed
As for the third horror movie drop, it puts the spotlight on a certain Good Guy: Chucky. The card featuring the killer doll is even framed like a Good Guy doll box, which is a nice bit of detail. The drop's cards are as follows:
- Kardur, Doomscourge as "Chucky"
- Phyrexian Reclamation as "Sorry Jack...Chucky's Back"
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire as "Tiffany, Bride of Chucky"
- Twinflame as "Friends to the End"
- Genesis Chamber as "Play Pals Factory"
If you can't wait for the full release of Duskmourn, the Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair superdrop does contain a showcase drop. It will contain five cards reimagined in that set's retro analog horror style as well as a Duskmourn: House of Horror Play Booster. The cards given the spooky treatment are:
- Phyrexian Metamorph
- Cauldron Familiar
- Dauthi Voidwalker
- Magus of the Moon
- Witch's Oven
The last three drops put a spooky spotlight on guest artists. The Monstrous Magazines drop reimagines cards as cheesy horror magazine covers, courtesy of guest artist Ed Repka.It following cards get the front cover treatment:
- Doom Whisperer
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
- Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
- Uril, the Mistwalker
The second guest artist drop is the Eisner and Ringo award-winning comic book artist Peach Momoko. Momoko's body of work includes the current Marvel comics run of Ultimate X-Men and variant covers of Blade. She brings her unique style to the following cards:
- Aetherize
- Drown in Dreams
- Psychic Corrosion
- Visions of Beyond
- Time Sieve
Lastly, there is the Tome of the Astral Sorceress. This drop features the work of Helvetica Blanc and interprets four cards as if they were pages in a spellbook. Those cards are:
- Back to Basics
- Preordain
- Sphinx of the Second Sun
- Teferi's Ageless Insight
Each drop in the Magic: The Gathering Camp Totally Safe Secret Lair drop can be bought separately in both non-foil ($29.99) and foil ($39.99).
