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Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Full Card List

The He-Man Secret Lair went on sale September 14, and the speculation is over. Here is the full 27-card list across five drops, what each costs, which cards are skinned reprints, and what that means for legality.

Published August 1, 2026Updated November 1, 2026·9 min read·By Mythras
Rick, Steadfast Leader from the 2020 Secret Lair x The Walking Dead drop, showing Rick Grimes raising a hand in front of two survivors — the first Universes Beyond Secret Lair card and the precedent for licensed characters like He-Man entering Magic.

He-Man is on Magic cards now. The Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe Superdrop, The Most Powerful Superdrop in the Universe, went on sale September 14, 2026 on MagicSecretLair.com, and the pre-sale guessing game this post used to cover is over. It was revealed July 17 at MagicCon Amsterdam, the full contents and prices landed in Wizards' August 24 announcement, and Scryfall now lists every card.

This page was last checked against Wizards' announcement and Scryfall on November 1, 2026. The short version: it is five drops, 27 cards, and the cards are reprints wearing He-Man art. The "muscular Commander" teased in July appears to be the skinned Winota, Joiner of Forces printed as "He-Man, Champion of Eternia".

The drop: what Wizards released

Wizards' announcement describes a Universes Beyond crossover with Mattel's Masters of the Universe, sold only on MagicSecretLair.com. Each of the five drops costs 29.99 dollars non-foil and 39.99 dollars foil. Wizards also sold three bundles: a five-drop non-foil bundle at 149.95 dollars, a five-drop foil bundle at 199.95 dollars, and a ten-item Everything Bundle (all five drops in both finishes) at 334.99 dollars.

Order mechanics matter if you missed the sale or are chasing one on the secondary market: Wizards ran a pre-queue that opened at 8 a.m. PT, an hour before the 9 a.m. PT sale start, and added that cart contents were not reserved until checkout completed. Orders also earned one foil Swan Song promo (Secret Lair promo number 922, art by Tyler Walpole) for every 149 dollars spent while supplies lasted.

The live-action Masters of the Universe film premiered May 18, 2026 and opened in US theaters June 5, 2026, a few months before the sale.

The full card list: five drops

All 27 cards below are in Scryfall's Secret Lair Drop set, numbers 2768 through 2794, released September 14, 2026. Names in quotation marks are the Masters of the Universe names printed on the card; the name after "as" is the underlying Magic card, which is what you play and what the rules text follows.

DropCards (printed name as underlying card)
By the Power of Grayskull!"He-Man, Champion of Eternia" as Winota, Joiner of Forces; Crackle with Power; "Orko, Trollan Magician" as Delina, Wild Mage; "Man-at-Arms, Master Tactician" as Bruenor Battlehammer; Konda's Banner as "He-Man's Battle Harness"
Nyah-ha-ha!"Skeletor, Lord of Destruction" as Tinybones, the Pickpocket; "Skeletor's Villainous Glee" as Tasha's Hideous Laughter; Bottomless Pit; "Evil Warriors' Shroud" as Necrogen Mists; "Rally the Evil Warriors" as Breach the Multiverse
She-Ra, Princess of Power"She-Ra, Princess of Power" as Sisay, Weatherlight Captain; Silence; "Swift Wind, Steed of She-Ra" as Emiel the Blessed; "Bow, Master Archer" as Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard; "Catra, Force Captain" as Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar; Sol Ring (full art, textless)
Allies and Enemies of Eternia"Man-E-Faces, Actor of Eternia" as Sakashima the Impostor; "Beast Man, Savage Henchman" as Kona, Rescue Beastie; "Evil-Lyn, Evil Warrior Goddess" as Ertai Resurrected; "The Sorceress, Heroic Guardian" as Derevi, Empyrial Tactician; "Teela, Warrior Goddess" as Samut, Voice of Dissent; "Trap Jaw, Wizard of Weapons" as Tetsuo, Imperial Champion
Sold Separately"Battle Cat, Fighting Tiger" as Fortune, Loyal Steed; "Panthor, Savage Cat" as The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride; "Bone Throne" as Throne of the God-Pharaoh; "Sword of Power" as Sword of War and Peace; Command Tower (double sided, textless)

Scryfall also lists seven bonus cards numbered 7181 through 7187 (Full Throttle as "Charge of Eternia," Whispersilk Cloak, Camaraderie, three art variants of Ponder, and Relic of Legends) tagged as Secret Lair bonus cards for this drop. According to MTG Wiki, each drop ships with one of them as a surprise; Wizards' announcement page does not mention them, so treat that part as the wiki's word.

The speculation column from before the sale resolved like this: the teased Commander appears to be the skinned Winota (a reprint of an existing card, not a new design), Castle Grayskull did not get a card of its own in the list above, and the card list was 27 cards.

How Secret Lair drops actually work in 2026

The Stardew Valley Secret Lair printing of Sol Ring, pixel art drawn by Stardew creator ConcernedApe, showing a farmer sitting beside a stone shrine with a glowing purple Stardrop fruit.

If Masters of the Universe was your first Secret Lair, or you are deciding whether to chase one, here is the machine you stepped into.

Secret Lair is Wizards' direct-to-consumer product line, running since December 2019. A drop is a small themed bundle of cards with art you cannot get anywhere else, and a Superdrop is a batch of drops sold in the same window, purchasable individually or as a bundle. The Masters of the Universe drops held to the pattern of 29.99 dollars non-foil and 39.99 foil, with five or six cards per drop.

Two mechanical realities of modern Secret Lair are worth knowing:

It sells out. From 2020 through 2023, Secret Lair was print-to-demand: the sale window closed, they printed what was ordered, everyone got their cards eventually. Since January 2024, drops are printed in fixed quantities before the sale, which means popular drops can and do sell out before the window ends. I have not found a sourced sell-out time for the Masters of the Universe drops, so I am not going to invent one.

Your local store is not the plan. Since early 2025, Wizards has been testing distribution of some drops through WPN game stores, with limited non-foil quantities sold a few weeks after the website sale starts. Wizards' Masters of the Universe announcement says the Superdrop is available only on MagicSecretLair.com, so do not plan around finding it at your local game store.

Most Secret Lair cards are reprints, and this drop is a textbook case. Scryfall lists 32 Sol Ring printings in the main Secret Lair Drop set as of November 1, 2026 (including the new textless Masters of the Universe one, number 2783), plus three in the Zeta Set, among them the Stardew Valley version drawn by ConcernedApe himself. A Secret Lair Sol Ring is just a Sol Ring: same card, same rules, playable in every Commander deck's mana rock slot as any other printing. The art is the product.

The legality question: what Scryfall shows

Earlier versions of this post laid out two possible shapes for the drop: reprints wearing He-Man art, or mechanically new cards like the 2020 Walking Dead designs. Shape one is what shipped. Every card in the 27-card list is a printing of an existing Magic card, so legality attaches to the underlying card, not the Masters of the Universe name. Scryfall's legalities for the set, as of November 1, 2026:

  • All 27 are legal in Commander, and Scryfall reports each as legal in Legacy except Sol Ring, which is banned in Legacy because the underlying card is. Sol Ring in this printing shows not legal in Modern and Standard, matching the plain Sol Ring.
  • Modern legality varies with the underlying card: Bottomless Pit, Emiel the Blessed, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, Tetsuo, Imperial Champion, and Sol Ring are not legal in Modern, while most of the rest are.
  • Only a few are Standard legal: Tinybones, the Pickpocket, Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, Kona, Rescue Beastie, Fortune, Loyal Steed, and The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride.

Do not read that list as a tournament ruling, because Scryfall's legality flags are only as current as the banned-list updates behind them. Check the Wizards banned-and-restricted pages before sleeving anything for a sanctioned event. For Commander casual play, the practical answer is simple: a He-Man printing of an existing card is as legal as the original, and it is a Legacy or Modern question only insofar as the underlying card is.

The precedent for the other shape is still useful context. Secret Lair x The Walking Dead, October 2020, was the drop that started Universes Beyond, and its cards were new designs that Wizards made legal only in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. Pull up the card once printed as Rick, Steadfast Leader on Scryfall today and the legality box still reads exactly that: legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Oathbreaker and Duel, not legal in Standard, Pioneer, or Modern.

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart from the 2023 Universes Within Secret Lair printing, an armored soldier in white-and-gold armor holding a glowing heron-headed mace — the in-Magic-universe version of Rick, Steadfast Leader with identical rules text.

The Walking Dead precedent comes with a footnote: the backlash. Mechanically unique cards locked behind a limited-time celebrity crossover went down so badly in 2020 that Wizards invented a safety valve called Universes Within, in-Magic-universe reprints of those cards with new names and new art. Rick, Steadfast Leader was reborn as Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart in 2023, same rules text to the word, and Scryfall now files the Walking Dead printing under Greymond's name. Street Fighter's Chun-Li, Countless Kicks got the same treatment as Zethi, Arcane Blademaster. The Masters of the Universe drop sidestepped the whole question by being a skinned-reprint product from day one, which is the conservative answer to the 2020 backlash.

Universes Beyond's track record: the receipts

Chun-Li, Countless Kicks from the 2022 Secret Lair x Street Fighter drop, showing Chun-Li mid-kick with blurred boots — a mechanically unique multikicker design that later received an in-universe reprint as Zethi, Arcane Blademaster.

Skeptical that a He-Man Secret Lair is a big deal? The licensing track record says it is the product line, not a side experiment.

On the Secret Lair side, Masters of the Universe joins a lineage of licensed drops that began with The Walking Dead in 2020 and has since included Stranger Things, Street Fighter, Fortnite, Arcane, Warhammer 40,000, and Doctor Who. The controversial experiment of 2020 is now simply the product line.

On the full-set side, the receipts are blunter. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth took six months to deliver 200 million dollars of revenue, per Hasbro's CEO. Final Fantasy, in June 2025, did 200 million in one day by the same account, and Kotaku called it the fastest-selling set in Magic's history. Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit followed on August 14, 2026, and Star Trek is next, on November 13, 2026, per Scryfall's set list.

Where it was announced

The Masters of the Universe Superdrop was revealed on July 17, 2026 at MagicCon Amsterdam, during the Secret Lair reveal-a-thon, not at Gen Con. The official Secret Lair account's teaser named Castle Grayskull, promised "exclusive artwork," and teased "a muscular Commander," with a September 14 on-sale date. Wizards' full contents and pricing followed in its August 24 announcement. If you see "revealed at Gen Con" framing in older coverage, that is two events blurring together in the retelling.

One opinion, clearly labeled: if you want to build around the list, Sword of Power is a skinned Sword of War and Peace, which slots straight into a Voltron equipment deck. The full picture of what Wizards did bring to the summer's convention is in our MTG at Gen Con 2026 live recap.

The calendar from here

This section used to list the August and September run-up. Those dates have passed, so here is what is dated, from Scryfall's set data as of November 1, 2026:

  • September 2 — The Zeta Set released.
  • September 14 — The Most Powerful Superdrop in the Universe went on sale.
  • October 2 — Reality Fracture released.
  • November 13 — Star Trek and Star Trek Commander release (a future date as of this writing).

Wizards' news page also lists a Secret Lair announcement called "Set Phasers to Superdrop," but I could not confirm a date for it from what I read, so I am not putting one here. Check the official Secret Lair site for what is currently on sale and what is sold out.

Frequently Asked Questions

When did the Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe drop release?
The Most Powerful Superdrop in the Universe went on sale September 14, 2026 on MagicSecretLair.com, with the sale starting at 9 a.m. PT and a pre-queue opening at 8 a.m. PT. It was announced July 17, 2026 at MagicCon Amsterdam, and Wizards published the full contents and prices on August 24, 2026.
Is He-Man a Magic card?
Yes. Winota, Joiner of Forces is printed as "He-Man, Champion of Eternia" in the By the Power of Grayskull! drop of the Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe Superdrop (Secret Lair Drop number 2768). Skeletor is Tinybones, the Pickpocket printed as "Skeletor, Lord of Destruction." These are skinned reprints: the rules text is the underlying card, with Masters of the Universe names and art.
Are the Masters of the Universe Secret Lair cards legal in Commander?
Yes. Scryfall lists all 27 Masters of the Universe Secret Lair cards as legal in Commander as of November 1, 2026, because each is a printing of an existing Magic card, and legality follows the underlying card. Modern and Standard legality varies card by card, and Sol Ring is banned in Legacy as usual.
Are Secret Lair cards tournament legal?
Reprints are. A Secret Lair printing of an existing card is legal in every format where that card is already legal. Mechanically unique Secret Lair cards, like the 2020 Walking Dead designs, have historically been restricted to Legacy, Vintage, and Commander, which Scryfall still reflects on those cards today. Check the Wizards banned list before a sanctioned event.
How much does the Masters of the Universe Secret Lair cost?
Each of the five Masters of the Universe drops costs 29.99 dollars non-foil and 39.99 dollars foil. Wizards also sold a five-drop non-foil bundle at 149.95 dollars, a foil bundle at 199.95 dollars, and the Everything Bundle (all five drops in both finishes) at 334.99 dollars.
How many cards are in the Masters of the Universe Secret Lair?
The Masters of the Universe Superdrop contains 27 cards across five drops, Secret Lair Drop numbers 2768 through 2794 on Scryfall: five in By the Power of Grayskull!, five in Nyah-ha-ha!, six in She-Ra, Princess of Power, six in Allies and Enemies of Eternia, and five in Sold Separately. Scryfall also lists seven bonus cards numbered 7181 through 7187.
Do Secret Lair drops sell out?
Yes. Since January 2024 Secret Lair has used fixed print runs instead of print-to-demand, so popular drops can sell out before the sale window closes. Wizards said the Masters of the Universe Superdrop is available only on MagicSecretLair.com, so there was no game-store route for it.
Was the Masters of the Universe Secret Lair announced at Gen Con 2026?
No. It was announced July 17, 2026 at the MagicCon Amsterdam Secret Lair reveal-a-thon, roughly two weeks before Gen Con. Wizards published the full contents and pricing on August 24, 2026.

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