Wizards of the Coast has revealed the Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop. This is yet another very special collaboration between Magic: The Gathering and an iconic franchise that forms part of the TCG’s Universes Beyond theme.
The Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop does exactly what I think a few of us have wanted for a long time. Ghostbusters is finally coming to Magic: The Gathering through these cards, kicking things off not with the characters you know and love from the classic movies and more modern takes like the reboot, series, and even video games but with one who has been the face of it since day one. Of course, I’m talking about Slimer because there really is no other service you’re gonna call when you see its face.
When is the Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop release date?
The release date for the Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop is September 30, 2024. You can sign up to receive an email alert when the Superdrop goes on sale on the Secret Lair website. I can’t recommend this enough if you desperately want the set because of how Secret Lairs are now sold.
For those of you who aren’t aware, Secret Lair Superdrops used to be put up for pre-order for a few weeks before those pre-orders closed forever. This meant that everyone who wanted to pick up a Superdrop could do so at their leisure.
However, the system has been changed. There is now only a limited supply of every Superdrop available for sale, and once they’re sold out, they’re gone. This has caused some controversy among the Magic: The Gathering community because the Secret Lair website isn’t set up to stop scalpers using bots to buy all the stock and resell it for a profit.
All cards in the Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop
At the time of writing, five cards have been revealed for the Secret Lair x Ghostbusters: Slimer! Superdrop. I’ve listed every card we’re aware of below, alongside their abilities, so you can start crafting a deck that uses every single one ahead of time.
- Slimer: Voracious Apparition – A 0/0 Legendary Creature, Ooze. As Slimer enters, you may exile two creature cards from your graveyard. If you do, he enters as a copy of one of those cards with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on him equal to the power of the other card.
- Slimed – A 1-cost Instant, Split Second. Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent’s ability is countered in this way, activated abilities of that permanent can’t be activated this turn.
- Slimer’s Feast – A 2-cost Sorcery. Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player has discarded this way.
- Escape Containment – A 4-cost Sorcery. Demonstrate. Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Pernicious Deed – A 1-cost Enchantment. Pay X to Sacrifice Pernicious Deed: Destroy each artifact, creature, and Enchantment with mana cost X or less, where X is the amount of mana you tapped to Sacrifice Pernicious Deed.
I really like this Superdrop. It’s very much one that will suit decks that focus on building up a big graveyard and then pulling massive creatures in for lower costs. My favorite addition to a deck like that from this Superdrop is Slimed because you can put a pause on any attempts from your opponent to stop you from pulling that 10/10 out of your graveyard and into play to destroy them.
Published: Sep 14, 2024 06:07 am