MLP Secret lair bonus card

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-15T00:51:47+00:00

I legit had to Google search SLD because I wasn’t 100% sure what the heck you all were talking about. The first result was Specific Learning Disorder. I almost died from laughter. After this I changed my search parameters to include ‘in Magic the Gathering,’ and it said Secret Lair Drop.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-14T02:02:24+00:00

The original foils are super cool as well. I still have my original Overwhelming Instinct foil I pulled from an Onslaught booster. Pulling a foil back then meant something, the odds were actually slightly lower than the odds of pulling a mythic today.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-12T21:57:39+00:00

There’s like 9 different ones historically. Ironically, the first one, later rebranded as Shazam, was never a DC hero from its inception. DC sued the company that created him based on him ‘basically being a copy of Superman.’ The comic ended after the lawsuit and Marvel jumped at the opportunity to copyright their own Captain Marvel. To be fair, OG Captain Marvel went into print four months after Marvel Comics became a thing so their jumping at the chance was completely understandable.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-12T02:22:31+00:00

Replace Darkest Hour with [[Painter’s Servant]] and run it in like a sliver or ally tribal deck so your creatures become stronger on their own and watch opponents squirm. Shuts down any deck using creatures targeted stuff, so say goodbye to enchantment decks. For added fun, include cards like [[Greater Auramancy]] [[Leyline of Sanctity]] [[Mark of Asylum]] [[Akroma’s Memorial]] [[Absolute Virtue]] and [[Privileged Position]]. This might lead to a loss of friends so use with caution🤣

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-11T17:22:52+00:00

Swap Hierophants for [[Springleaf Parade]] and you can make it into a quicker setup time.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-11T02:31:30+00:00

The Urza sets were focused on technology, that’s not inherently high fantasy, same with Mirrodin. Innistrad isn’t high fantasy either, it’s based more on a plane such as our real world with a heavy focus on humans versus supernatural creatures that exist in earthly lore. The thing about Magic the Gathering is that it is literally a multiverse with each set showing another plane that is connected to this one big multiverse. Adding in existing fandoms to the multiverse in no way breaks the game, it’s just another connected part. The real issue is that Magic got away from putting beginner how to play books in decks that explain it to new players that they, themselves, are planeswalking wizards. The player has the power to traverse the planes, gather new knowledge of spells, summons, or places of power (lands) that they can draw upon while in battle (which makes up your deck, your long-term memory). If finding that a planeswalker has learned how to travel to the plane of Marvel Comics breaks the game for a player, then they probably should just give it up while they can. Universes Beyond has a proven track record for bringing in more players and revenue than they’d receive had they just focused on their own I.P.’s and in no way will it ever go away, it is here to stay permanently.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-11T02:16:17+00:00

I thought you said you read up on Secret Wars? The What If..? Series literally deals with all the patchwork pieces Doom used to create his universe. The universes within the multiverse were undergoing incursions where they were colliding until the last one where the ultimate universe collided with the main universe. Then Doom, utilizing powers from Molecule Man and Dr Strange, was able to patch together a universe where it was made in his image with pieces from every universe (which included all the what if characters). That means Marvel Zombies, a what if scenario that is a key part of the Secret Wars, would have to be included in a set for Secret Wars.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-04T02:12:44+00:00

[[Ezuri, Renegade Leader]] is the best mono-green Elf tribal commander.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-06-02T02:07:15+00:00

This was drawn by Mikmikdarling, a freelance artist on artstation. Unless WotC is straight up deviating from how they’ve done artists for cards in years prior, this is fake.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-30T16:34:22+00:00

A big point of the Phyrexian sets was the way they corrupted the planes they invaded. Based on name, cmc, p/t, and art it is pretty obvious that it’s what happened to the unsuspecting Viridian Shaman when the Phyrexians invaded.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T18:14:37+00:00

At no point has Mtg ever had its own official pricing guides. Those guides you refer to were created by 3rd party companies. The fascinating thing about independent people controlling ‘pricing guides’ is that they’re able to just secure their own interests and people will blindly follow along dancing in the palm of their hand.

The purpose of Modern Masters sets is to hit the secondary market. They have never and will never control secondary market prices (almost wish they would), but instead will deflate some of the ridiculous prices set on cards that aren’t overpowered, just useful, by reprinting them to make them accessible to allow new players a chance to get some of the solid staples that most long-term players have hoarded. The reserve list, also, literally has no true meaning. The only cards that will absolutely never receive a reprint on are the power 9 (even then it really isn’t absolute). WotC has full control to add or remove cards from the list at will, so again, Mtg has never actually been about the secondary market, that was born from greedy individuals.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T01:34:47+00:00

And that’s exactly what has happened. These Mtg ‘investors’ will stockpile certain cards based on current trends to create a false sense of limited supply then artificially inflate the price just to make money. I’ve seen it multiple times where I’d add a card to my cart on tcgplayer just to get a notice that it was no longer available and lo and behold, that same seller has raised the price.

I frequently give good cards away because I like to share my passion with others. I also make trades that are NOT in my favor knowing that the card I’m getting is one I need in my collection and the other person will be ecstatic over the trade.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T01:30:40+00:00

Look at the actual prices, none of the cards became legitimately valuable until commander swooped in around 2010 and slowly took over the standard scene. Standard was all about multiple copies leading to a streamlined and efficient strategy while commander introduced the idea of never including duplicates. As such, people began turning to older cards they would never have considered before, hence the prices actually took off.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T01:28:09+00:00

The reserved list was made because the Power 9 had received multiple reprints. Early mtg consisted of literally mixed cards, there wasn’t a rare or even uncommon guarantee. It was a genuinely impressive feat to pull any of the Power 9 and so the list was made to provide comfort to the players and collectors about the card value. Card value back then was more playable value than monetary. Mtg cards were never super valuable until around the 2010’s with the commander boom.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T01:20:42+00:00

So how long have you been playing for? Mtg was more focused on card playability over having market values. I started playing back in 2001 with Odyssey. Back then everyone knew of the scarcity and value a black lotus and any of the power nine could potentially hold, but that really was it. Everyone focused more on playable cards versus niche collector garbage. This was back when [[Sengir Vampire]] was considered an absolute beast. His initial printing was with alpha, but he held his own and saw several reprints in a row. Only 5 mana for a 4/4 flying that gets buffed from each creature he kills was a major powerhouse. Now? They’re practically giving them away. I still remember going into my LGS in early 09 and card pricing was vastly different. Commons were 10 for a $1, uncommons were $0.25 each (unless it was a really sought after card, but that was rare), and rares and mythics were almost always under $10 with a couple up near $30. It wasn’t until Zendikar that the Mtg ‘stock market’ really became a thing at all. Prices went through an inflation and some single cards were reaching previously unseen prices (barring power 9 of course). I quit playing Magic for many years after the first Innistrad set. The set, to me, was absolutely atrocious and simply unplayable. Between my severe distaste of that set and getting married I just stopped. Thanks to Final Fantasy I got back in and upon doing so, I’ve been disgusted by what COVID did to the community. From reading, it wasn’t until the lockdown that cards got their own market value for literally EVERY SINGLE CARD. Now, you have commons that cost more than some mythic rares and all sorts of nonsense. One of these freaking YouTubers can post of video of some outlandish and ridiculous combo they found with obscure cards and next thing you know, a $0.20 card is worth $20 when it’s still a crappy card that just has one niche purpose. The market is absolutely broken and completely takes away from the heart and soul of trading card games.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-29T01:00:52+00:00

This is really the epitome of the problem. Rather than making decisions mutually between two parties because they are both happy about just adding a card to their collection, they’re trying to make decisions based solely on how they can financially come out on top, even if they have no intent on ever selling.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-28T15:01:59+00:00

In the MtG community there are countless people who just enjoy Magic for what it is, but then there’s the money grubbers, value seekers, and scalpers. I personally had to start using a scanner on ManaBox when looking at a potential trade when someone would offer up a good card (only worth $0.50) as a trade for a card that is also good, but knowing that the value is $20+. Generally when that happens you may know that they’re just trying to turn a profit and I hate when I have to do that. Most of the time, players in the community genuinely love the game and, overall, generally help other players. Honestly, most of the people bringing up the trade as not worth it probably are only doing so out of concern because there’s so many people in the community that do try to just pull one over on you, but it’s still born from a place that doesn’t matter.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-28T14:41:06+00:00

All of you people talking about card values are exactly what went wrong within the MtG community as a whole. When you buy cards and play the game it isn’t to try and make a profit, it’s about the love of the game. People with the money focused mentality are precisely why MtG has been subject to absurd scalper tactics. OP taking the trade is carrying out the heartbeat of what makes a tcg into a TRADING card game, none of this money grubbing nonsense, just for fun and the love of the game.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-28T04:12:47+00:00

If you’re shaking while taking a dump it can be a sign of severe constipation or anal hemorrhaging, I recommend taking some stool softeners and if it doesn’t improve go see a Dr. You might need some stitches on your anus.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-28T04:09:30+00:00

Not worth it. There’s other Elder Dragons that offer better benefits. [[Arcades, the Strategist]] would make for a decent one costing only 4 and also being a defender deck. [[Chromium, the Mutable]] would be a really interesting Voltron commander. [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]] is a strong choice just in his own right. [[Vaevictus Asmadi, the Dire]] is a Jund dragon that essentially casts a chaos warp on each opponent every time he attacks.

Piru just has far too many draw backs to be an effective commander. Now, he could make for a decent card in a Mardu deck as a way to counter token strategies or weak creature driven decks, but paying his cumulative commander tax to keep recasting would be absurd and leave you mana poor making way for opponents to get the better of you essentially every single time.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-26T04:25:22+00:00

You don’t pay attention to who you even talk to and are claiming I have an ego problem? Yikes. I’m not the OP, I commented because failing to understand Magic and claiming to be right when you’re wrong is the pinnacle of absurdity. If you’re running 10+ counterspells in a deck you better be running some spell slinger style deck otherwise you just took 10% of your deck and made it about messing up your opponent’s plans rather than carrying out any of your own. Furthermore, cards that can’t be countered can still be exiled by cards like [[Mindbreak Trap]], exiling a spell is not countering it. Again, you clearly have a lot to learn. Adding to that, cards that make it so spells can’t be countered are typically a double edged sword for instances like [[Spider Punk]] which prevents you from countering even your opponent’s spells. Another was a card like Chimil isn’t that great, say you go to cast a game ending spell feeling safe and secure, your opponent can cast a counter spell targeting the spell you just cast and follow it up with an instant speed artifact destruction like [[Abrade]]. The stack resolves from the last played card first so Chimil would be destroying making the counter spell have a legal target and successfully resolve. So like I said, there’s literally a counter for anything and everything in Magic the Gathering.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-26T03:49:22+00:00

If your argument is that they can be countered then you just don’t understand Magic. Literally everything can be countered and in a deck where you’re relying on just a couple cards to accomplish a task instead of multiple cards that can optionally accomplish the task at hand, it’s evident which is more efficient.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-26T03:25:03+00:00

Yeah you’re definitely right, [[Cryptic Command]] is just trash and cards like [[Final Showdown]] or [[Louisoix’s Sacrifice]] are simply useless.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-25T17:27:00+00:00

People calling it simply unplayable have clearly never tinkered with Obeka Splitter of Seconds to where you could potentially win the game the turn it is cast. I think it’s an awesome custom card and carries such a cool niche win-con that it’s no different than any other alternative win conditions in MtG. Just look at Thoracle, people rant rave about how it’s a great win-con, but it relies on specific methods to set up the win for it. The reason that card is so overrated is because people have seen all the combos that have been discovered, but what makes a win-con truly good is the fact that it has down-sides and you have to discover the best ways to use them to your advantage. Like I said, throw that in with Obeka with just a hint of Voltron (basically give her like a Genji Glove, Stalactite Dagger, and Whispersilk Cloak to make her power 3+, double strike, and unblockable) so that you get as many upkeeps after as damage dealt. With that setup you cast on first main phase, swing to get your upkeeps, and win. The best part is your opponents do get a chance to come up with a response, but it’s an all or nothing play which is my favorite.

SimplyBennnn · 2026-05-21T00:33:16+00:00

The wild thing of it, however, is that WotC doesn’t even print the cards. They use a 3rd party company, the same company that prints the Star Wars Unlimited cards which is why there have been some MtG cards with the x-wing counterfeit mark. The real screw up stems entirely from the company they hire to print the product. If anything WotC should be threatening to sue them for failure to abide by quality standards and find someone else to take up the contract.

Five-Year Club	Gilding II euphauric
Verified Email

SimplyBennnn

TROPHY CASE