Tomb Raider joins Magic: the Gathering in surprise Secret Lair announcement
MTG Tomb Raider will be the next Secret Lair drop, adding another member of video game royalty to the docket.
Announced earlier today by publisher Wizards of the Coast (via IGN), MTG Tomb Raider will launch as part of the 2023 Secretversary Superdrop next week, alongside a range of other Secret Lair products yet to be announced.
Magic: the Gathering’s ever-growing list of Secret Lair crossovers offer small-scale, one-off products taking inspiration from franchises outside of MTG's purview. However, in contrast to the massive undertakings of Commander Deck series like Warhammer 40,000 or even the full Lord of the Rings set, MTG Tomb Raider will only feature a handful of cards (most of which are adaptations).
The cards are:
The Magic: The Gathering X Tomb Raider Secret Lair breaks new ground in Magic’s Universes Beyond Secret Lairs, a collection of 6 Tomb Raider themed reprints with new art and names, and one unique card: Lara Croft, Tomb Raider. The card is surprisingly well-statted, and as with most Secret Lair exclusive cards, mostly intended for Commander, but could possibly see experimentation in Magic’s Legacy competitive format in fringe strategies, similar to some of Magic’s Secret Lair: the Walking Dead cards.
Although Magic’s Universes Beyond line has been part of one of the best card games for years at this point, the continued experimentation with the structure of the Secret Lairs, and the split between exclusive cards and crossover-themed reprints, is still being worked out - the similar Secret Lair x The Princess Bride announced earlier this year, for example, contained nine reprints all with new theming and art. As such, it’s clear that the Universes Beyond line of products is still in a nascent phase of
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