Magic: The Gathering's new Goblin Storm Secret Lair Commander Deck is seeing a huge change to its release strategy ahead of its release, limiting sales of the deck to one per customer. The deck, centered around one of Magic's most popular creature types, features several new artworks for classic cards.
Wizards of the Coast's Secret Lair drops have encompassed a wide variety of products, typically featuring both exclusive cards and special artworks. Secret Lairs have ranged from new renditions of beloved cards from a variety of different artists to fully-built decks that can be played right out of the box. The special promo sets have also been a major source of many of Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond crossover cards, featuring MTG x PlayStation cards with characters from The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Walking Dead, among others. Now, a new Secret Lair will include a major restriction to help more fans buy the Goblin Storm deck.
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Magic is Limiting Sales of its Goblin Storm Commander Deck
Magic: The Gathering recently revealed some special limitations on the upcoming Goblin Storm Secret Lair Commander Deck. Wizards of the Coast confirmed that the Goblin Storm Commander Deck will be limited to one deck per customer, whereas Secret Lair sales are usually unlimited. The announcement from Wizards of the Coast that the company wants to ensure that as many fans as possible can buy the deck through Wizards' official shop, with similar Secret Lairs frequently falling victim to scalpers buying out their stock and reselling for a profit. Magic: The Gathering's Goblin Storm Commander Deck is scheduled to go on sale through Wizards of the Coast's Secret Lair storefront on May 18 at 9:00 a.m. PT.
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Wizards of the Coast's proactive efforts to curb scalping come as past Secret Lairs have often seen speedy buyouts. The release of a new Secret Lair typically comes with a login queue for customers looking to purchase the deck, with Magic fans typically waiting a significant amount of time to access the site. Many of Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lairs sell out extremely quickly, often being purchased by resellers flipping the special promos for a steep markup. Secret Lair Commander Decks, in particular, also typically start with high price tags, often rising further after sellouts make the supply of the decks scarce.
Magic: The Gathering's Goblin Storm deck is one of several new Secret Lairs slated for release throughout 2026. Each new set typically gets its own themed Secret Lair, including unique promo cards based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Secrets of Strixhaven expansion. Wizards of the Coast has also added plenty of crossover content with its recent Secret Lairs, including new MTG cards based on the Fallout TV series and My Little Pony.
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The beloved trading card game has plenty of exciting sets coming for fans throughout the rest of 2026. June will welcome the release of Magic: The Gathering's fourth expansion of the year, debuting a Marvel Super Heroes MTG crossover with cards based on The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and more. Wizards of the Coast also has two more crossovers planned for later in the year with The Hobbit and Star Trek, and one more in-universe set in Reality Fracture. 2026 is primed to be one of the biggest years yet for Magic: the Gathering.