Secret Lair Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdrop announced

Wizards of the Coast has announced the Secret Lair Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdrop. The Superdrop celebrates the 50th anniversary of D&D with a whopping five Drops that culminate in this colossal Superdrop. Each one will be available on the Secret Lair website on August 27, 2024.

The announcement for what will undoubtedly be the most sought-after Secret Lairs of 2024 was made on Twitter and required a thread for all the information despite only two cards having been shown so far. You’ll be pleased to know that the cards play into your deepest desires and will feature characters from Baldur’s Gate 3. At the time of writing, Karlach and Astarion have been revealed. However, I hope there’s a callback to classic D&D artwork and characters from the past five decades somewhere in these five sets.

50 years of roleplay in five small sets

Wizards of the Coast has revealed the name of every Drop in the Secret Lair Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdrop. Outside of the two cards above, Astarion, the Decadent, and Karlach, Fury of Avernus, we don’t know anything else. All the set names are as follows.

• Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: An Exhibition of Adventure
• Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: Astarion’s Thirst
• Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: Karlach’s Rage
• Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: Death is in the Eyes of the Beholder I
• Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: Death is in the Eyes of the Beholder II

As you can tell, it’s difficult to work out what will be included in each set based on these names alone. Two are obviously character-specific for Astarion and Karlach, while the one sounds like a look at classic D&D art, and the other two could be anything.

Unfortunately, the announcement has been somewhat clouded by fans’ issues with Secret Lairs. Wizards of the Coast now only sells a limited number of sets when a Secret Lair goes live, which has led to scalpers buying in bulk and preventing anyone else from buying the cards they’re after.

User Kurisu commented, “Bring back the old Secret Lair system.” Jen goes even further. “‘While supplies last’ So you mean I’m going to get in the queue as it opens, again. And then I’m going to wait for two hours, again. And then, when I’m inputting my payment info, I’m going to find out it sold out. Again. Old system way better, even with the wait.”

Fans just aren’t happy with how the Secret Lair system currently works and simply want to be able to buy their cards. If nothing changes by the time August 27 rolls around, it looks like most fans will miss out or have to pay double for each of these sets.