Magic: The Gathering’s Secret Lair crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog went live this morning, and it was predictably quite popular. Within minutes, people trying to get the special run of cards were met with long queue times and uncertainty. Secret Lair is Magic’s special line of cards, often taking artistic liberties or fresh approaches to classic cards. In the past, …
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Today, July 14, I bought Magic: The Gathering cards for the very first time. Wizards of the Coast and Sega’s new Sonic collaboration set went up for pre-order on Magic’s “Secret Lair” site and it seems like, somehow, I may have cut the line. My brother was also in the queue and was willing to ship me the cards I …
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Recent Secret Lair drops have been a real rollercoaster. After the shift to the limited-run print model, things were unsurprisingly a disaster. Thankfully, over time, Wizards managed this problem, and drops stopped selling out instantly. More recently, however, Wizards has bafflingly returned to the form of having some seriously shocking sales. Recent Secret Lair drops, like the Final Fantasy crossover …
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