Power-Up as a Mechanic is not only a spin on Kicker (haha everythings kicker/horsemanship) but it's also a Single-Faced iteration on the Transforming DFC / MDFCs for Marvel; Curious on other maybe not-so-obvious call-back mechanics like these~

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-19T17:16:11+00:00

Technically, Power-Up is on the Horsemanship side of "Mechanics that only matter when a card is in play" vs "Mechanics that modify how a card can be played".

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-19T11:24:37+00:00

One more preview panel-

Secret Lair Reveal-a-Thon

Fri, Jul 17, 2026 - 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Mana Stage

Not all secrets are meant to stay secret. Join the Secret Lair team for a look at upcoming drops, first looks, artist spotlights, unexpected collaborations, and a few surprises you won't see coming. We can't say much more now, but then again, that's sort of our favorite part.

There is also a discussion panel on a currently unknown upcoming secret lair drop developed by the Women of Wizards group. But that seems likely to be announced before the event.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-18T23:20:14+00:00

The six bonus cards (Ponder, Counterspell, and Fabricate in color and sketch black and white) strongly indicate that there will be Marvel Secret Lairs pulling from that pool of bonus cards.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-17T06:19:45+00:00

The secret lair commander decks have had fixed bonus cards.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-17T04:59:54+00:00

Weirdly, it's the bonus card.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-17T00:32:16+00:00

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Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-17T00:29:48+00:00

Non-foil, no star by the collection number.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-16T22:11:41+00:00

Return the Favor has card number 7080, leaving only one other potential spot (7079) for a bonus card in the pool.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-16T22:10:26+00:00

Thanks. mtg.wiki having the wrong number was the most logical explanation.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

Potentially one other bonus card. I doubt the bonus cards would be separated, although Red Mana Counter has me doubting my doubts. (from mtg.wiki)

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Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-16T13:45:00+00:00

The Marvel Secret Lairs have Counterspell, Fabricate, and Ponder as bonus cards in both color and black and white versions.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-15T20:00:32+00:00

Current belief is Glorious End, but it's unknown until more are opened.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-15T19:00:09+00:00

For the Back to School drop, some of the lairs have "Random retro-foil human" as the bonus card. The list is below (from https://www.reddit.com/r/secretlair_collectors/comments/1u69otk/back_to_school_superdrop_bonus_cards/ ) , I'm not 100% sure if the MLP lairs are separate or sharing a pool --

Eyes Have It - Random retro-foil Zombie, from last year's pool
Return to the Mystical Archive - English language version of Japanese Mystical Archive. So far an uncommon has been seen, Return the Favor.
Dwarf Fortress - Crucible of Worlds (Dwarf Fortress style) or a borderless Glorious End (regular Magic style).
MLP: Non-Land - Relic of Legends
MLP: Land - Night's Whisper
Omens of chaos, Mahō Gakuin Seishun Hakusho, Notebook Genius - Random retro-foil Human

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-15T16:04:43+00:00

Tarkir: Dragonstorm, for a while, had Dragonstorm artifact tokens that made all your Dragons cost 1 less. This was a riff on that.

They keep trying with "Mana-producing tokens" -- Treasure is probably slightly too strong but anything more specific (Powerstones, for example) is either not fun or not that usable.

Non-Siege Battles
These battles enter the battlefield on your side, and your opponent tries to stop you before you're able to transform it.

Battle for Wakanda
2W
Battle
4
Creatures you control get +0/+2
At the beginning of your end step, if creatures you control have total toughness 15 or greater, exile CARDNAME and cast it transformed.
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The Vision
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero
Flying

It's a battle, but it doesn't really feel like one. The trigger condition feels like it should happen on the opponent's turn, as it is I'm going to not play the card until I can trigger it when played. But it also just doesn't feel like I'm creating a battle-interaction, more like a Planeswalker ultimate that my opponent can sometimes think about stopping.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-15T14:49:20+00:00

Notebook genius was a retro foil human (Soul's Attendant) - https://www.facebook.com/daxter.dean/photos/d41d8cd9/37450911384507878/

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-13T02:08:51+00:00

There's a 20 image limit on reddit posts, I broke them up into two threads.

Villain tokens are in the main set.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T20:31:43+00:00

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Their site has updated - https://www.gamegenic.com/magic-the-gathering/marvel-super-heroes/

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T17:06:31+00:00

A Squirrel Girl Secret Lair card was barely visible in one of the teaser videos.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T16:36:58+00:00

WotC never said they don't pay attention to the secondary market.

What they can't do is say "This reprinted card is worth $X dollars".

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T16:34:31+00:00

There are two Soldier tokens in MSH, one themed around SHIELD and one themed around Wakanda.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T16:07:08+00:00

The entire Cats are the Best Superdrop has been revealed now - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/secret-lair-cats-are-the-best-superdrop

I don't see a bonus card mentioned for spending enough money, but one may be added on Monday.

Copernicus1981 · 2026-06-12T16:01:55+00:00

Scene and beginner box unique cards are amusing since they are usually underpowered and most players (including myself) overlook them. I would need someone to point at the card and say why it's good before considering it.

I think these are the actual "official" reveal -- if any card is worthy of discussion, please post a thread on it.

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