How MTG Can Learn From Its Marvel Secret Lair Bonus Cards

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and Marvel's Secret Lair collaboration has already started arriving for fans lucky enough to buy them, who've been pleasantly surprised by the bonus cards included in each set. While Secret Lair has had its share of controversies over stocking issues and sales tactics, the cards are just as flavorful and unique as ever. Even though it's unlikely that will change its successful business model anytime soon, it can still learn from the popularity of its Marvel bonus cards.

The Secret Lair's Marvel hero cards were a highly anticipated set, being announced over a year ago with much fanfare from both long-time players and newcomers alike. Luckily for fans who missed the chance to grab any cards from this Universes Beyond collaboration,players won't have to rush as much when the second drop hits as part of their Marvel Spider-Man decks. While not much has been revealed about the set so far aside from it being released next year, should follow its trend of offering valuable and thematic bonus cards to each Secret Lair.

Unlike with some Secret Lair drops in the past,each one of the Marvel collaboration card packs came with a bonus Groot card themed after the deck. Not only is the art for each unique and cute in its own right, buteach Groot card fits right into the commander deck's gameplay mechanics. While the original prints of each themed card aren't worth that much on their own, the limited nature of the Groot variations is already fetching a hefty price on the secondhand market.

Reddit user Ydnar84 has even compiled a list of each Groot bonus card in just a few days, with fans benefiting from Secret Lair's much faster shipping times of late rather than waiting months in the past for their shiny new cards. While this compiles the list of the standard bonus card inclusions, is continuing its trend of offering extra rare bonus cards among them, with some lucky fans receiving a Groot version of Abundant Growth across each set.

Being a green card, Abundant Groot would not be