Wizards of the Coast has put a price on its next Secret Lair drop and Commander players are doing the maths. Secret Lair Commander Deck: Goblin Storm launches 18 May at $149.99 (around £119 plus shipping and import VAT for UK buyers), and unlike most Secret Lairs it's a fully playable 100-card deck rather than a novelty drop.
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Start organising for freeThe pitch is goblins meet Storm. Storm is the spell-chaining mechanic that's been a Magic deckbuilding obsession (and competitive ban target) since 2002, and pairing it with goblin token swarms is the kind of thing players have been brewing in kitchen-table Commander for years. The deck is built around two commanders: Krenko, Mob Boss for the goblin token engine, and Zada, Hedron Grinder for the cantrip-into-Storm enabler. Cards on board include Broadside Bombardiers, Grapeshot and Roaming Throne, plus 22 themed Mountains and 12 borderless foils, all sporting new art by Wizard of Barge that renders the goblins as cute impish scamps. Whether you find that adorable or grating depends on your tolerance for cartoon goblins.
The box also packs foil goblin tokens and a Storm Count tracker, a nice touch given Storm's reputation for stalling games while you count to ten. Designers Carmen Klomparens and Eli Rice have tuned the deck for aggressive opening turns followed by a Storm-fuelled finish, although Commander tables are already debating where it lands on the format's bracket scale.
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See how it worksFor UK players, the deck sells direct through MagicSecretLair.com from 9am PT (5pm BST) on 18 May, with shipping out of the EU site (Wizards lists a long EU country list but UK orders typically attract import duties). Whether $149.99 for a precon-style deck flies depends entirely on how much you love goblins and how often your pod will let you actually cast Grapeshot. Got a Commander night scheduled? Worth flagging it before the deck arrives.
Sources: Wizards of the Coast | TechRaptor | EDHREC
